Members of the Oregon Women Lawyers Foundation gathered at two events in November, 2017 with recipients and judges to celebrate our Armonica Law Student Grant recipients in Salem and Portland. Congratulations to grant recipients Traci McDowall, Lekha Fernandes, Myla Sepulveda, Marina Spencer and Demi Jacques. Each receives $1000.00 for textbook costs. Many thanks to Judges Stacie Beckerman, Adrienne Nelson, Cheryl Albrecht, Youlee Yim You, Meghan Flynn, and Mary Mertens James, who will each serve as a mentor for the recipients this year. … [Read more...] about OWLS Foundation Celebrates the 2017 Armonica Law Student Grant Recipients
Armonica Grant Recipients Announced
Congratulations to the 2017-2018 Armonica Law Student Grant recipients! The Foundation is proud to offer this grant in honor of late Foundation Board member Armonica Gilford, the first Black female Oregon Assistant Attorney General. The grant is available to third- or fourth-year students attending the three Oregon law schools who can demonstrate a commitment to the Foundation’s goals through their personal volunteer or educational experience. Ethnic minorities and women are especially encouraged to apply. Each recipient receives a monetary grant in the amount of $1000 and is matched with a judge who serves as the student's mentor for the academic year. The recipients and their mentor-judges include the following: Traci McDowall (Willamette University College of Law), to be mentored by Judge Meagan Flynn: Coming from a rural upbringing to pursue her legal education, Traci’s goal is to break the barriers that many young women face in pursuing their dreams. Demi Jacques (Lewis … [Read more...] about Armonica Grant Recipients Announced
Jill Tanner to Receive Oregon State Bar Taxation Section Award of Merit
The OWLS Foundation is delighted that our board member Jill Tanner has been selected as the 2017 Oregon State Bar Taxation Section Award of Merit recipient. Prior to her retirement from the bench, she served on the Oregon Tax Court for nearly two decades, most recently as Presiding Magistrate. The award recognizes her for exemplary leadership and service to the Oregon State Tax Court, the Bar, and the community in general; her professionalism; her commitment to the advancement of women in the legal profession; and for her tireless efforts at mentoring new lawyers. The award will be conferred on Thursday, June 1, at the Oregon Tax Institute. Online registration is available here. … [Read more...] about Jill Tanner to Receive Oregon State Bar Taxation Section Award of Merit
Q&A With Roberts Leadership Conference Grant Recipient Nicole Rose
Jammell Nicole Gamboa Rose is a recipient of the Justice Betty Roberts Leadership Conference Grant. We asked her to share her thoughts about the experience with us. Tell us about yourself: I have been an attorney in Oregon since 2012. My background was in finance; however, I wanted to pursue a career in which I felt I could truly help people who were voiceless or felt voiceless in our society. I had desired to become an attorney since a young age and was encouraged to pursue law school. I graduated from Willamette College of Law and passed the Oregon bar a few months later. I am married to my best friend who I met my first year of law school. We have a beautiful blended family which includes four children-- three girls and a young son. I am a happy and very proud mother of four. I currently work for the Multnomah County Health Department writing complex mental health contracts. I truly enjoy what I do and the people I work with, though my true desire is to have the … [Read more...] about Q&A With Roberts Leadership Conference Grant Recipient Nicole Rose
Raffle for Arch Cape Beach House Stay
Support the work of the Oregon Women Lawyers Foundation while getting the chance to win a 5-night stay at the Oregon Coast. The home is located in the community of Arch Cape, approximately four miles south of Cannon Beach. The home is just one block from the beach. It has an open floor plan with expansive decks. It has three bedrooms and two bathrooms and comfortably sleeps seven guests. This getaway is subject to availability and must be claimed by March 10, 2018. The drawing will be held at the Roberts and Deiz Awards Dinner on March 10, 2017. You need not be present to win. Click here for a link to purchase a ticket. 2017 OWLF Beach House Flyer … [Read more...] about Raffle for Arch Cape Beach House Stay
OWLS Foundation Celebrates the 2016 Armonica Grants Recipients
Members of the Oregon Women Lawyers Foundation gathered at three events in late November and early December, 2016 with recipients and judges to celebrate our Armonica Grant recipients in Eugene, Portland and Salem. Congratulations to the grant recipients: Jen Penaherrera, Angela Rico, Laura Koistinen, Tessa Copeland, Gabriela Perez-Mendoza, and Bailey Moody. In addition to each receiving $1000.00 for textbook costs, the recipients were matched with Judges Josephine Mooney, Eve Miller, Stacie Beckerman, Adrienne Nelson, Cheryl Pellegrini and Justice Lynn Nakamoto, who will each serve as their respective student’s mentor for a year. … [Read more...] about OWLS Foundation Celebrates the 2016 Armonica Grants Recipients
2016 Armonica Grant Recipients
Congratulations to this year's Armonica Grant recipients: From Lewis & Clark: Tessa Copeland and Laura Koistinen From University of Oregon: Jen Penaherrera and Angela Rico From Willamette: Gabriela Perez-Mendoza and Bailey Moody Each law student recipient receives a monetary grant in the amount of $1,000 and is matched with a mentor judge or attorney. … [Read more...] about 2016 Armonica Grant Recipients
Balancing the Scales: A Feature Documentary Film, October 25, 2016
Balancing the Scales: A Feature Documentary Film will receive a screening at 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, October 25, 2016, at World Trade Building 2 Auditorium. Over a period of 20 years, Atlanta lawyer and producer Sharon Rowen interviewed more than 40 women attorneys spanning five generations. Oregon Women Lawyers and Bodyfelt Mount LLP are proud to bring this event to Portland. Join us at the World Trade Center Building 2 auditorium for a social and networking at beginning at 4:30 pm with the film screening followed by Q&A with Sharon Rowen from 5:15 to 6:45. Parking is available in the World Trade Center garage. All proceeds will benefit the Oregon Women Lawyers Foundation. Cost is $25 or $10 for students. To register, click here. … [Read more...] about Balancing the Scales: A Feature Documentary Film, October 25, 2016
Congratulations to Raffle Winner Sue Grabe!
At Oregon Women Lawyers’ March 11, 2016 Roberts-Deiz Awards Dinner, the OWLS Foundation conducted a raffle of a vacation package to the city of Cortona in the beautiful Tuscany region of Italy. Beatrice Grace, a recipient of two of the Foundation’s grants (see her story on this page) was asked to draw the winning ticket out of a bowl. The winner was former OWLS board member Sue Grabe, Director of Public Affairs at the Oregon State Bar. The vacation package that she won includes accommodations for two in an apartment in the heart of the city for one week, concierge services and other travel arrangements in Italy. The concierge will assist Sue to arrange cooking classes, wine tours, museum passes, car rentals and more, -- all to make the vacation a truly special, customized event! After winning this prize, Sue stated: “I appreciate the work OWLS and the OWLS Foundation does on behalf of women and minorities in the justice system in Oregon. The success of the organization is based on the … [Read more...] about Congratulations to Raffle Winner Sue Grabe!
Beatrice Grace Thanks the OWLS Foundation for Supporting Her Dream
Beatrice Grace, a new lawyer, 2015 UO Law School graduate and proud member of OWLS, is a grateful recipient of two OWLS Foundation grants during her final year of law school — the Armonica Law Student Grant (2014) and the Vernellia Randall Bar Exam Grant (2015) — for the financial relief they brought her family: Last year, my family and I were entering a real crisis. At the end of my last year of law school, the ability to study for the bar presented a huge hurdle. I had no way to pay my bills, my rent. I was looking at having to work 12-hour shifts in the ER while trying to study and raise my two children as a single parent. Not passing the bar was an unthinkable option. It would have been a terrible hardship for my family. We had all worked so hard to get me to this point. I am the first person in my family to go to law school and the first person in my family to get an advanced degree. Now, this last mile seemed for all practical purposes impossible. For the first time, I … [Read more...] about Beatrice Grace Thanks the OWLS Foundation for Supporting Her Dream
