News and Events

• Unified Bar Q&A
  

  Currently there are multiple challenges across the country to the legitimacy or legality of unified bars. More information, including what these challenges could mean for the OSB, is available here.

• Bar Seeks Comments on Proposed Changes to Bar Rules of Procedure
  

  The OSB Board of Governors has approved several changes to the rules of procedure that govern Oregon’s attorney regulatory system. These changes, which will be proposed to the Oregon Supreme Court following a 60-day comment period, involve: (1) enhancements to the role, jurisdiction and functioning of the Adjudicator; (2) clarifications pertaining to investigations and formal proceedings; (3) modifications to reinstatement rules, and to Form A and Form B resignations; and (4) housekeeping and error corrections since the rules were amended in 2018.

  
  Details of the proposed changes are available here.
  
  A Rules of Procedure redline version is available here.
  
  Members are welcome to submit comments and questions in writing. Please direct them to ropcomments@osbar.org by April 29, 2019.
  

• 2019 Oregon State Bar Annual Awards Nominations
  

  Every year the OSB honors Oregon's most outstanding lawyers, judges and citizens but we can't do it without your help. We are currently accepting nominations for the following awards:

  Award of Merit
  Wallace P. Carson Jr. Award for Judicial Excellence
  President's Diversity & Inclusion Award
  President's Membership Service Award
  President's Public Service Award
  President's Public Leadership Award
  President's Sustainability Award
  President’s Technology & Innovation Award
  

  The Oregon Bench & Bar Commission on Professionalism is also accepting nominations for its Edwin J. Peterson Professionalism Award

  The deadline for all nominations is Tuesday, June 11. Nomination criteria, forms and other information can be found below.

  OSB Awards Professionalism Award Past Award History
• Barriers to Justice: Legal Need Study Released
  A study released this week by Oregon’s Access to Justice Coalition reveals that under current funding levels Oregon is meeting just 15% of the need for civil legal help for low-income Oregonians. Conducted by Portland State University, this was the first comprehensive look at the civil legal needs of Oregonians in 18 years. For more information or to see the study, click here: http://olf.osbar.org/lns.
• Board of Governors Vacancies – File by May 14
  Four seats are up for election to the OSB Board of Governors. Relevant forms and information available here.
• Oregon State Bar Public Meetings
  Click here for notice of upcoming public meetings pursuant to ORS 192.640. Please note that meetings are subject to change or cancellation, and may be amended during the course of the month. To confirm a meeting, call the OSB Center at (503) 620-0222.
• Judicial Vacancies
  For the latest information on current State and Federal court vacancies, including selection processes, please visit our Judicial Vacancies page. This page also includes information on recent judicial appointments.

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