Affirmative Action Program

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Affirmative Action Committee

Duties/Responsibilities
Members of the Affirmative Action Committee score applications for the Public Honors, Clerkship Stipend, Scholarship, and Bar Exam Grant programs. This committee of 17 volunteer attorneys and 1 public member is a critical part of the Affirmative Action Program. The Committee also provide vision, advise the AAP staff, and are strong program advocates.

2008 Affirmative Action Committee Roster
Trung D. Tu, Chair
Tom Kranovich, Secretary
Dennis C Karnopp
Lisa M Umscheid
Michael E Callier
Madeleine Campbell
Ronald G Guerra
Parna A Mehrbani
David Schuman
Magali Sosa-Tirado
Kim Sugawa-Fujinaga
Beth S Wolfsong
Kimberley Ybarra-Cole
Joylynn Nair
Martha L Rice
Ulanda Lynette Watkins
James D Williams
Rene Cardenas (Public Member)
Gerry Gaydos (BOG Liason)


Affirmative Action Staff

Vacant, Administrator
The position is open. Requirements for applying available here.


Cheryl Taylor, Administrative Assistant
(503) 431-6338
fax (503) 598-6938
ctaylor@osbar.org



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Connections Newsmagazine

Connections is the AAP newsmagazine to lawyers, law students, and prospective law students. Each of the following listings includes the titles of the issue's main articles.

Volume 3, Issue 1 (16 pages)

  • The Convocation on Equality
  • The Importance of Community
  • Appellate Practice - the Lawyer; the Law Student
  • From the Bench: Advice to Oregon's Law Students (Hon. Paul DeMuniz, Hon. Ellen Rosenblum, Hon. Roosevelt Robinson)
  • REAL AAP

Volume 2, Issue 2 (16 pages)

  • OMLA Fundraiser for Ethnic Minority Law Students
  • Colliding with Geronimo
  • An Interview with Donald Muccigrosso
  • A Day in the Life of the OAAP
  • AAP Employment Program Descriptions & Testimonials

Volume 2, Issue 1 (12 pages)

  • Landscaping Oregon's Diversity
  • When Skin Turns to Jade
  • Four Words are not Enough
  • Marketing Yourself as "Dual Professional"
  • Job Hunting and the Internet
  • Coping with Finals

Volume 1, Issue 4 (12 pages)

  • Affirmative Action Assessment Held Constitutional
  • OLIO
  • A Long Overdue Day of Acknowledgement
  • Ballot Measure 11: Disproportionate Impact on Minority Youth
  • Network, Network, Network

Volume 1, Issue 3 (16 pages)

  • "Access to Justice" at the Turn of the Century
  • Knowing Where You Stand
  • Pointers in Preparing for a Public Interest Job
  • Julie's Story: The Roles of Vision and Determination in Career Development
  • Balancing Factors
  • Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges
  • Up Close and Personal with Barriers and Bridges
  • The Oregon Supreme Court and the Public Honors Fellowship Program
  • From Silverton to the Oregon Supreme Court

Volume 1, Issue 2 (12 pages)

  • AAC & the Road Ahead...
  • Going in Circles—Yet Another Time
  • Diversity Summit: A Personal View
  • Mentoring at Work
  • Opportunities for Law in Oregon (OLIO)
  • From the Onion Field to the Playing Field
  • Ten Tips for Finding Your First Job as a Lawyer

Volume 1, Issue 1 (8 pages)

  • Straightening Chairs on the Titanic
  • Working Undercover
  • Participation is Making the Connection