Oregon Women Lawyers Foundation awarded four Vernellia R. Randall Bar Exam Grant to third year law students who will take the Oregon bar exam in July. Among the receipients are Laura Forester, who will graduate from Lewis & Clark Law School in May, who is the single custodial parent of two children, ages 3 and 5 years old; and Darin J. Dooley, who will graduate from Willamette University College of Law in May, who is the single custodial parent of two children, ages 8 and 10. In addition, the Foundation awarded the bar exam grant to another graduating student from Willamette, who is a single parent to a 5 year old son, and to a University of Oregon School of Law graduating student, who is the single parent to a 16 year old daughter. … [Read more...] about Foundation Awards Four Vernellia R. Randall Bar Exam Grants
2007 – Foundation Makes Annual Grants
Oregon Women Lawyers Foundation has awarded its annual grants to several organizations which advance the Foundation’s mission to promote greater access to the justice system for women and minorities. Volunteers of America (Multnomah County CourtCare), CASA for Children, Portland Women’s Crisis Line, and St. Andrew Legal Clinic each received a significant grant from the Foundation in 2006. The Foundation also awarded the Vernellia R. Randall Bar Exam Grant to two third year law students who will take the Oregon bar exam in February. Anne Marie Clark, a Lewis & Clark Law School student, is the single parent of three children and has balanced law school with her significant parenting responsibilities. Samantha Copeland, a Willamette College of Law student, is also a single parent to an 8 year old child. The Foundation board congratulates these two deserving students on their success in law school and encourages them to do all they can in their careers to advance the interests of women and … [Read more...] about 2007 – Foundation Makes Annual Grants
