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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 Southern Oregon event! On October 9th we had a wonderful event in Southern Oregon! A special thank you to Hon. Ellen Rosenblum for giving a great keynote address and to all our other speakers and volunteers. You all truly help make this event possible. Thank you to everyone who

Check out the Photos from our 2025 Central Oregon Luncheon! On September 26th we had our largest and best attended Central Oregon Luncheon ever! A special thank you to Representative Emerson Levy for giving a great keynote address and to all our other speakers and volunteers. You all truly help make this event possible. Thank

Legal Aid Services of Oregon Announces Molly Washington as the New Director of the Native American Program! Legal Aid Services of Oregon (LASO) recently welcomed Molly Washington (N’dee/Apache) to serve as the next Director of the Native American Program, historically known as NAPOLS. Since its inception in 1979, NAPOLS has provided high-quality legal advice and

Check out the Photos from our 35th Annual Campaign Kickoff! On September 18th we had a wonderful kickoff for our 35th annual campaign! We set a goal of raising 30K at this event and we exceeded it! Thank you to all who came and donated to help us reach that goal. Thank you to all

Check out the Photos from our Annual Awards Celebration! We had a wonderful event in Portland in celebration of our amazing community—the room was full of infectious energy! Thank you to our award winners: Former Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum recipient of the Public Access to Justice award, Maddie Holes winner of the Associate Award, Keller