News and Events

A new online portal from the NCVLI is providing free legal advice to victims of hate and bias crimes in Oregon, bridging a critical gap in access to justice.

Starting in the 2024-2025 academic year, Lewis & Clark Law School is partnering with Metropolitan Public Defenders to offer a year-long Public Defense Practicum, giving 2L and 3L students practical experience in public defense at a time when Oregon is facing a crisis-level shortage of public defenders.

“Cellblocks to Mountaintops,” a restorative justice podcast, investigates the story of Sterling Cunio, one of the “Oregon Five”– juveniles convicted of aggravated murder without an opportunity for parole. Cunio was a client of the law school’s Criminal Justice Reform Clinic, and clinic students worked on the cases that are featured in the podcast.

Distinguished Professor of Law Emerita Susan Mandiberg was appointed by Oregon Supreme Court Chief Justice Megan Flynn to serve on the new Oregon Public Defense Commission, tasked with overseeing Oregon’s state-funded public defense system.

Three awards were given to Professor Aliza Kaplan, Director of the Criminal Justice Reform Clinic and Professor of Law for her criminal justice work in Oregon.

The Criminal Justice Reform Clinic and PSU issue a report on Oregon’s parole system, recommending critical reforms.

The 2nd annual event in March 2023 discusses how the law has been used to both perpetrate and combat antisemitism. The deadline for papers is October 1, 2022.

The Oregon Supreme Court ruled that private medical entities operating in jails must follow state public accommodations laws.