Timeline

CEJ’s 30th Anniversary year looks different than we hoped, but we pivot with the rest of the world! CEJ hosts countless virtual meetings, 8 virtual CLEs, 10 virtual special events, and a virtual anniversary gala.

CEJ raises 1.8 million dollars! – the most raised in any single year.

The Lara Skidmore Fund is created. It funds an 8-year staff attorney position in the Portland LASO office.

CEJ Endowment Fund surpasses $1 million. Annual endowment disbursements to support legal aid begin. Civil Legal Needs Study is commissioned by OLF, OSB, Oregon Judicial Department, CEJ, Legal Aid Services of Oregon, and the Oregon Law Center with the support of the Oregon Department of Justice. The study finds that Oregon is meeting less than…

CEJ works with Oregon affinity bar associations to increase the number of groups partnering on CEJ’s Call to Action.

Class action funding bill passes the legislature. By 2021, this will have resulted in an $80 million increase in legal aid funding. The funds are invested to help support legal aid over decades.

CEJ spearheads the Task Force on Legal Aid Funding with representatives of the bar, courts, Oregon Law Foundation, Governor’s office, corporations, legislators, and private foundations. New funding sources recommended include residual class action money and increased pro hac vice fees.

OSB & CEJ begin a regional competition for the Justice Cup and Equity Cup, a friendly competition for Oregon’s regions to bring in more donors and more donations

CEJ surpasses 3,000 donors in one year for the first time!

Regional Steering Committees are formed in Central Oregon, Lane County, and Southern Oregon. They hold annual events to help support the CEJ and legal aid