Nancy Bergeson Ardent Advocate Lecture Series 2024
July 18, 2024
This is an outdoor event held in memory of Ardent Advocate Nancy Bergeson and celebrating defense lawyers. Nancy Bergeson was a career-long public defender whose legal acumen was matched only by her uncanny ability to empathize with her clients. She articulated her client's position to a jury or judge as if it was Nancy, herself, on trial for her life. In honor of her example, we have established the Nancy Bergeson Ardent Advocacy Series.
Registration (Members, please log in before registering!)$35 until July 1.
$40 after July 1.
$15 for lawyers admitted to bar five years or less and law students.
What's Included?Admission, reception, seminar materials, CLE credit, networking, relaxing, a great time!
Scholarships
Contact OCDLA to inquire about scholarships.
Cancellations
Seminar cancellations made by noon on July 1 will receive a refund less a $10 cancellation fee. No-shows receive the seminar material.
Guest Lecturer
Lara Bazelon is a Professor at the University of San Francisco School of Law where she directs the Criminal & Juvenile and Racial Justice Clinics and holds the Philip and Muriel Barnett Chair in Trial Advocacy. Since 2022, she has served as the Law School’s Dean of Scholarship. She is the author of the nonfiction books Rectify: The Power of Restorative Justice After Wrongful Conviction (Beacon Press 2018) and Ambitious Like a Mother (Little Brown 2022) as well as numerous essays, op-eds, and long-form journalism pieces. Her work has been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic Magazine, and New York Magazine, among other outlets.
Emcee – The Honorable Celia Howes
Location — Standard Insurance Building: 2nd Floor Outdoor Terrace (900 SW 5th Ave., Portland)
Program
4:00p Doors open & reception in memory of Nancy Bergeson and a celebration of defense attorneys.
5:00 Lara Bazelon presents.
6:00 Lecture adjourns. Please stay for more food, talk and libations.
Sponsors
Forthcoming.
Program subject to change.
Location
Standard Insurance Building: 2nd Floor Outdoor Terrace (900 SW 5th Ave., Portland)
Standard Insurance Building: 2nd Floor Outdoor Terrace (900 SW 5th Ave., Portland)
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