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It’s not to late to JOIN US TOMORROW!

You can still register for tomorrow’s CLE!  The Disability Law Section and Oregon State Bar present:

PRACTICING INCLUSION: HOW TO BEST REPRESENT CLIENTS WITH DISABILITIES

Join us while we explore the fascinating and widely-relevant challenges attorneys face when representing clients with cognitive and physical disabilities.

Friday, June 7, 2019, 9 AM – 4:30 PM

Oregon State Bar Center

Join us for a hosted receptions after we adjourn!

CLE credits: 0.5 General, 1 Abuse Reporting, 1.5 Ethics, 1 Mental Health and Substance Use, 2 Access to Justice

FACT Oregon and the Disability Law Section invite you to join us on June 7th

Can’t make it to the CLE on June 7th, but still want to connect with those in the disability law community?  Come on over at 4:30!

FACT Oregon and the Disability Law Section invite you to join us on June 7th at 4:30.  Disability culture – how we see disability, has changed over time. FACT Oregon will have staff and board members (several that are also members of the OSB) on hand to network, discuss these changes, while enjoying wine and light refreshments. It will be a great way to start a weekend!

Didn’t realize we were co-hosting a CLE?  Check it out HERE!

Time is running out! Only 10 more days to get the CLE registration DISCOUNT!

Planning to attend our section’s CLE on June 7?  Register by June 3 for a discount!

The Disability Law Section and Oregon State Bar present:

PRACTICING INCLUSION: HOW TO BEST REPRESENT CLIENTS WITH DISABILITIES

With 6 CLE credits offered (including valuable specialty credits), lunch included, and a hosted reception after we adjourn, this promises to be a fun and cost-effective way to learn important and fascinating information about representing clients with cognitive and physical disabilities.

Friday, June 7, 2019, 9 AM – 4:30 PM at the Oregon State Bar Center

CLE credits: 0.5 General, 1 Abuse Reporting, 1.5 Ethics, 1 Mental Health and Substance Use, 2 Access to Justice

Need Ethics, Abuse Reporting, Attorney Mental Health and Access to Justice CLE Credits?Get all FOUR at our JUNE CLE!

The Disability Law Section and Oregon State Bar present:

PRACTICING INCLUSION: HOW TO BEST REPRESENT CLIENTS WITH DISABILITIES

Join us while we explore the fascinating and widely-relevant challenges attorneys face when representing clients with cognitive and physical disabilities.  And earn required specialty MCLE credits!

Friday, June 7, 2019, 9 AM – 4:30 PM

Oregon State Bar Center

Join us for a hosted receptions after we adjourn!

CLE credits: 0.5 General, 1 Abuse Reporting, 1.5 Ethics, 1 Mental Health and Substance Use, 2 Access to Justice

REGISTER BY JUNE 3 FOR A DISCOUNT!

Analysis of Supreme Court Opinion in Culbertson v. Berryhill (Social Security Cap on Attorney’s Fees)

Click here for an analysis of the recent Supreme Court opinion in Culbertson v. Berryhill holding that the Social Security Act’s fee cap of 25 percent of past-due benefits imposed on attorneys who successfully represent Title II benefit claimants in court proceedings applies only to fees for court representation and not to aggregate fees for both court and agency representation.

Opinion analysis: Social Security cap on attorney’s fees applies separately to successful representation before a court

Volunteer Opportunity!

If you’ve been looking for a way to help the next generation of lawyers hone their legal skills, consider volunteering with the upcoming National Appellate Advocacy Competition, taking place in Portland February 15-17, 2018! This year’s competition focuses on a disability  law topic- particularity how the Americans with Disabilities Act applies to law enforcement. Any attorneys can volunteer (no appellate experience required) and you can sign up to judge one or more rounds. CLE credit is available for judging.

Follow the below link to get more information about the competition, and to sign up to judge a round.

Executive Committee’s Annual Report

Each year the Bar asks our section to provide an annual report regarding our sections activities.  Below, are highlights from this the 2017 annual report:

Activities and accomplishments:  This year, the Disability Law Section focused on gathering information from our section members in order to determine what services our membership would like the section to focus on.  The section partnered with the Bar to produce and conduct a survey of the section membership regarding desired services and priorities for the section’s future.  From this survey the section determined that its membership is most interested in the section working to provide information to its members through continuing legal education and the section’s website.  To that end the section implemented a new plan to further develop the section’s website and to post material for section members on the site regularly.  Additionally, the section began the planning process for a CLE which will be held at the beginning of 2018.  Throughout 2017 the section continued to advertise and seek applicants for it’s scholarship program, recruited new members to the executive committee and section, and co-sponsored events (like BOWLIO), which align with our section’s mission.

Budget:  The section’s budget is healthy and we are operating with a surplus.

Matters pending:  Planning the section’s CLE for early 2018 is the largest matter continuing to occupy the section’s executive committee.

Recommendations for 2018:  2018 will be a great year to focus on the priorities the section identified in 2017.  These priorities include putting on a half-day CLE with web-casting services and increasing the quality and quantity of informational content posted to the section website.