We hope you can join us at our 29th Annual Awards Luncheon on February 20, 2020! We always appreciate this opportunity to reflect on the past campaign year and to celebrate the volunteers and donors who make such a valuable contribution to CEJ, to legal aid, and to equal access to justice throughout Oregon. Come see who will win the Justice Cup and the Equity Cup!

Individual tickets are $50 each and tables of 10 are $500. Sign up now, while there's still room!

Nine lawyer comedians vied for fabulously decorated rubber chicken awards. With such talented comedians, we wish that everyone could have taken home a chicken, but these were the ultimate winners:

The 11th Annual Campaign for Equal Justice Lane County Luncheon

On October 4, 2019, nearly 200 members of the Lane County legal community gathered at the Vet's Club for the 11th Annual CEJ Lane County Luncheon.

Our speakers included: Hon. Mustafa Kasubhai, Hon. Josephine Mooney, Todd Johnston, Ross Williamson, Gerry Gaydos, Erika Hente, Elliott Farren, Molly Wijers, and Sebastian Tapia from the Lane County Bar Association.

As Judge Kashubai so sagely pointed out during the luncheon:

• March 15, 2019 / Bend Bulletin
• March 13, 2019 / Salem Reporter
• March 5, 2019 / Oregon Public Broadcasting
• February 28, 2019 / Oregonian
• June 2019 / Oregon State Bar Bulletin

CEJ was saddened to learn of the recent passing of Lara L. Skidmore, the Managing Partner of Troutman Sanders’ Portland office. Her husband, John Moot, has generously offered to fund a new domestic violence attorney position at Legal Aid Services of Oregon, in her memory.

John states: “I have committed to fund, in Lara’s name, an additional Legal Aid Services attorney in Portland for a minimum of eight years, focusing on areas that Lara cared about the most.  With the help of additional donations from her friends and supporters and some additional work on my part, I am hopeful we can push this to ten years of full funding, which will enable hundreds, if not thousands, of people who cannot afford an attorney to get the legal services they deserve. In the process, this effort will ensure that we build something positive out of her tragic and premature death.”

Donations in Lara’s honor can be made to CEJ on this page. We thank you for honoring her memory and for helping to support domestic violence survivors in Oregon.