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Check out the Photos from our Annual Awards Celebration! On March 19th we had our 35th Annual Awards Celebration with amazing turnout! It is such an honor to celebrate our wonderful community of donors, volunteers, and stalwart supporters with this special event! A special thank you to Chief Justice Meagan Flynn for giving an impactful […]

The Portland Region is CEJ’s 2025-2026 Winner of the Leadership Cup! The Oregon Law Foundation and CEJ congratulate the Portland Region on winning the Leadership Cup! The Leadership Cup is awarded to the legal aid region with the greatest number of new IOLTA accounts opened at Leadership Banks or Credit Unions. This year, an outstanding

Lane County is CEJ’s 2025-2026 Winner of the Equity Cup! This year, the Equity Cup is awarded to Lane County for achieving the second highest percentage of lawyers contributing to the campaign this year. The Lane County region had an impressive 44% of their lawyers donated this year! The Lane County team worked hard to

Central Oregon is CEJ’s 2025-2026 Winner of the Justice Cup! Congratulations to Central Oregon for winning the Justice Cup for the fifth year in a row! The Justice Cup is awarded to the region with the highest percentage of lawyers contributing in a campaign year. This year, more than 50% of Central Oregon’s lawyers donated

Cosgrave Vergeer Kester LLP is CEJ’s 2025-2026 Winner of the Large Firm Award! Cosgrave Vergeer & Kester is this year’s recipient of the Large Firm Award, demonstrating outstanding improvement across all categories compared to last year. Lawyers and staff worked together to achieve 100% participation among lawyers, and strong staff support —a true testament to

Samuels Yoelin Kantor is CEJ’s 2025-2026 Winner of the Mid-Size Firm Award! Samuels Yoelin Kantor is the recipient of this year’s Mid-Size Firm Award. A longtime supporter of CEJ and legal aid, the firm demonstrated its deep commitment with an impressive 100% participation rate among lawyers and strong staff participation. This year, the firm increased

Paul Balmer and Rosie Fatta are CEJ’s 2025-2026 Winners of the Associate Award! Paul Balmer and Rosie Fatta, Associates at Tonkon Torp, are the winners of this year’s Associates Award. Paul and Rosie have been outstanding members of the Tonkon Torp CEJ team, demonstrating exceptional leadership and commitment throughout the year. Thanks to their efforts,

Join CEJ, Willamette School of Law, and the Marion-Polk Legal Community for a night of Trivia! Join us at our Access to Justice Trivia Night at Willamette School of Law on Friday, April 3rd. We will come together for some fun with colleagues and friends, while supporting legal aid. RSVP today: cej-oregon.org/mp-trivia/ This is a

It’s Time for our Annual Raffle for Justice! Support legal aid and have the chance to win something amazing! We have two categories of raffles again this year! The first is our luxury vacation raffle split into two pools where you can enter to win a trip to Costa Rica, Hawai’i, Banff, Tuscany, Ireland, New

Check out the Photos from our Marion-Polk Luncheon! On November 13th we had our Marion-Polk Luncheon with amazing turnout! A special thank you to Justice Aruna Masih for giving an impactful keynote address and to all our other speakers and volunteers who helped make our event a success. You all make this event possible and