2021 Mentor/ Mentee Awards

Alumni and their colleagues have played a major role in supporting law students through the long tradition of pairing students with attorney mentors based on shared interests and backgrounds.

Law student Tyler Takeshita ’23 was selected as the Outstanding Mentee Award recipient this year.

Tyler’s mentor, Justine Bonner ’18, Judicial Clerk at U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon, nominated him and had this to say:

“Tyler was the best mentee ever. The best part about mentoring him is that he sought out my help and responded to it. He let me read and edit his cover letters and reached out to me about how to navigate things like competing summer offers and how to gracefully stall or coax out an answer. He had no particular ego about being new to everything. He is a star. I am so looking forward to following his future in the law and having him buy me a cup of coffee once he is in the position to be a mentor himself.”

Mike Sargetakis ’17 of Oxbow Law Group was selected as the Outstanding Mentor Award recipient.

Mike’s mentee, Zach Pavlik ’23, nominated Sargetakis and had this to say:

“Mike has been an incredible mentor and has been a reinforcing and recentering voice, navigating what has been by any measurement an unprecedentedly challenging 1L year. Thanks to the mentorship program and Mike’s gracious sharing of his time and experience, I have been able to keep perspective on what is most important during this first year, as well as develop a meaningful plan for the coming two years and my eventual career. The advice, insight, war stories, encouragement, and friendship of Mike all added to what has proven to be a fantastic first year of law school.”

Supporting Students

Fall-2021, Supporting Students

The Enduring Impact of the Roosevelt Robinson Minority Scholarship

As a community leader, former prosecutor, respected judge, and beloved friend, the Honorable Roosevelt Robinson ’76 touched the lives of many and set a sterling example of legal professionalism in public service.

Fall-2021, Supporting Students

Commencement

COVID restrictions, continued beyond original expectations, derailed planning for the 2020 commencement. The virtual celebration for 2021 grads featured U.S. Representative Earl Blumenauer BA ’70, JD ’76, and top graduate Michael Benjamin Smith ’21.

Fall-2021, Supporting Students

Supporting Public Interest Students

The 30th Annual Public Interest Law Project (PILP) Auction, which was held in February 2021, raised over $63,000.

Fall-2021, Student Achievements, Supporting Students

Points of Pride

Students received one or more of the following scholarships and grants: The Dean’s Scholarship, Andrea Redding Scholarship, Brooks Institute Scholarships in Animal Law, Discovery Grant, Harpole Scholarship, Roosevelt Robinson Minority Scholarship Jane Wiener Scholarship Fund, Trillium Grant and the Rose E. Tucker Charitable Trust Annual Scholarship - Law.

Fall-2021, Supporting Students

Judges Reflect at Martin Luther King Jr. Event

Judge Ulanda Watkins ’96 (Clackamas County), Judge Ray Crutchley ’99 (Deschutes County), and Judge Patricia McGuire ’95 (Multnomah County) served on a virtual panel in honor of the school’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture.