Oregon Women Lawyers Foundation

09/01/2026

Registration is now open for the 2026 Chief Justice Martha Walters Award Luncheon, honoring the founders of Lane County Women Lawyers.

Register here: https://oregonwomenlawyers.org/events/event/2026CJMWA/.

The LCWL encourages early registration, as this event has sold out in past years.

LCWL would also like to thank the underwriters for this year’s event: Lady Justice – Hutchison Cox; Scales of Justice – Watkinson Laird Rubenstein, Hershner Hunter, and Lawrick Law Firm; and Social Justice – Johnson Johnson Lucas & Middleton and Thorp Purdy.

08/26/2026

08/20/2026

Congratulations to Rami Amaro, Lake County's newly-appointed District Attorney!

08/19/2026

If you or someone you know is in your final year at an Oregon law school, this is the time to apply for the Armonica Law Student Grant! Learn more here: https://www.owlsfoundation.org/grants/armonica-law-student-grant

08/13/2026

Parents studying for the February Oregon State Bar Exam, this is your time to submit an application for the Vernellia R. Randall Bar Exam Grant!

https://www.owlsfoundation.org/grants/vernellia-r-randall-bar-exam-grant

08/03/2026

Congratulations to Oregon's newest judge, Sonia Montalbano! Her appointment to the Multnomah County Circuit Court is effective immediately.

08/01/2026

🎶 We’re not T-Pain… but we would love to buy you a drink. 🍹

📅 Register for the OMLA Summer Social & Fundraiser by July 31, and your first drink is on us!

Even better? Your attendance helps support future attorneys through OMLA's Bar Exam Grant Program, which provides financial assistance to aspiring attorneys as they prepare for the bar exam.

Register today, raise a glass, and help make a difference. We can't wait to see you there!

Eventbrite link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/omla-summer-social-fundraiser-tickets-1993346241267

07/17/2026

Congratulations to Washington County's newest Circuit Court judge, Zohra Bakhtary Tourville. She will fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Theodore Sims.

07/02/2026

Trudy Allen's McMenamins HistoryPub presentation Tuesday on the history of women lawyers in Oregon was a chance for OWLS and OWLS Foundation past and present board members to meet up.