4:30pm: MLSA’s Gratitude Dinner
Please join us for a potluck dinner (previously referred to as the Thanksgiving Dinner)! Come enjoy great food and drinks with fellow students, professors, and staff!

12:10pm - 1:20pm: First General Meeting
MLSA is having our first general meeting of the year! We plan on talking about filling our 1L rep position, upcoming events, and our exciting new relationship with the Oregon Trial Lawyers Association. This new relationship can lead to potential externships, networking events, free membership and mentorships! Hope to see you there!

12:10pm - 1:10pm: Diversity Student Group Panel
Come join the Minority Law Student Association, Latinx Law Society, Black Law Student Association, Asian/Pacific American Law Student Association, OutLaw, and Native American Law Student Association for lunch! The president’s of all these student groups will be on a panel discussing topics of diversity, being a minority, and how these student groups benefit our community.

12:10pm: Opt In to Race Forward: Navigating Race in the Legal Profession Workshop
L&C Law alums Kasia Rutledge and Rakeem Washington will lead an interactive workshop on how to discuss race. The workshop aims to equip attendees with tools and skills for effective and meaningful engagement. As present and future legal advocates, ignoring the race elephant in the room is not an option.

4:30pm - 6:00pm: MLSA Staff Appreciation Thanksgiving Dinner
Please join MLSA in celebrating the annual MLSA Staff Appreciation Thanksgiving Dinner! This event hosts students, faculty, and staff to show thanks for all that the Lewis & Clark Law School staff provides for the law school community. We will be providing a thanksgiving feast in the LRC on November 11, 2014 from 4:30PM-6:00PM.

8:30am: It’s been a bumpy ride: Housing Discrimination in Portland, Bus Tour
RSVP for a three hour bus tour lead by the Fair Housing Council of Oregon that will highlight how Oregon’s history of racism has shaped, and continues to shape, the geography of the greater Portland area.

7:00pm: Ray Warren Symposium on Race and Ethnic Studies
Keynote Event:

Dylan Rodriguez, professor and chair of ethnic studies, University of California, Riverside
“Inhabiting the Impasse: Incarceration, Insurgencies, and the Logic of Racial Genocide”

12:15pm - 1:30pm: Rethinking Professionalism
The National Lawyers Guild is hosting a panel of lawyers to speak on diversity as a core tenet of service to clients.

6:00pm: OLIO Spring Social
OLIO’s Spring Social Networking Event is coming. RSVP soon!

All Day: Deadling Approaching: OSB Diversity Scholarships
Deadline for OSB Diversity Scholarships is April 1st!! Follow this link for more information.

12:00pm - 1:30pm: Minorities on the Bench
Join BLSA and LLS for a combined Judges Panel, “Minorities on the Bench”. Come meet Oregon Judges who will share how they came to Oregon, why they stayed and what they like most about being a Judge. Great opportunity for 1Ls to meet local Judges and learn first hand how to prepare for judicial clerkships and externships. This event will be held in Classroom 4, 12:15pm-1:30pm. Cuban food will be served. For more information please contact Vicky Razo at vrazo@lclark.edu.

6:00pm - 7:30pm: Wrongful Convictions Panel: What Went Wrong?
Juan Meléndez and Greg Wilhoit, from Witness to Innocence, spent a combined 22+ years on death row for crimes they did not commit. Hear their powerful stories about their journey from death row to freedom. Professor Aliza Kaplan and Professor Tung Yin will provide legal insight on wrongful convictions and the criminal justice system.

Sponsored by: Oregonians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, Oregon Justice Resource Center, American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon, Amnesty International USA, National Lawyers Guild. (Wednesday 3/6, 6-7:30 pm, Room 2).

5:00pm - 7:30pm: Faculty/Staff Appreciation Thanksgiving Dinner
A hearty Thanksgiving dinner for the amazing faculty and staff at the law school.

9:00am: Oregon Court of Appeals Open House
The Oregon Court of Appeals is inviting you to listen in on oral argument, and to have a conversation with the judges and clerks.

5:30pm - 7:00pm: Alumni Reception
3400 U.S. Bancorp Tower
111 S.W. Fifth Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97204-3699