FOUNDED BY LAWYERS, SUPPORTED BY THE LEGAL COMMUNITY
The Lawyers' Campaign for Equal Justice strives to improve the well-being of the people of Oregon by supporting access to civil legal services to those who live in poverty by developing and distributing resources through fundraising, public education, and law-related projects.
CEJ was started by Oregon lawyers and we currently have over 200 volunteer lawyers who help to support legal aid. (This does not include the hundreds of hours of casework done by lawyers in connection with legal aid.)
Board of Directors
Larry Brisbee, Brisbee & Stockton |
Rod Lewis, Davis Wright Tremaine - Vice President |
CEJ Staff
Sandra Hansberger
Executive Director
Sandy has served as CEJ’s Executive Director since 2005. She was a Clinical Professor of Law at the Northwest School of Law of Lewis and Clark College from 1988 to 2005, and has had a rich and varied career which has included teaching and supervising law students at Lewis and Clark’s low-income legal clinic and serving on an array of legal services boards and committees of the Oregon bar. A graduate of Pitzer College in Claremont California and the Lewis and Clark Law School, Sandy’s career has centered on promoting access to justice for low-income people in Oregon.
Lisa Lam
Assistant Director
Lisa is the Assistant Director of the Campaign for Equal Justice. Lisa is a 2008 graduate of the University of Oregon Law School. Lisa clerked for the Honorable Debra Vogt in Lane County and immediately before joining the CEJ staff, she was a staff attorney of the Hillsboro office of Legal Aid Service of Oregon. Her work focused on elder law. She enjoys cooking, crafts, hiking, following the Portland Trail Blazers, and spending time with family.
Shari Nilsson
Office Manager
Shari has worked as CEJ’s office manager since 2008. She attended Portland State University, and worked as a legal secretary and office manager for Lewis & Clark Law School’s Legal Clinic, as well as at Lewis & Clark College, before taking some time off to be at home with her now 11-year-old twins. In her spare time, she enjoys family flights with her pilot husband at the helm, doing genealogical research, reading, nature, and moonlighting as the administrative assistant for the Oregon Council on Court Procedures.
Adam Hopfe
Administrative Assistant
Adam joined CEJ in 2011. He attended Portland State University and graduated with a degree in General Management and Human Resource Management. While pursuing his Bachelor of Science, Adam focused on sustainability in the Northwest, and his work was featured in the Portland Tribune. An Oregon native, Adam enjoys snowboarding, spending time outdoors with his American Eskimo dog, and practicing for his future (hopeful) appearance on Iron Chef America.
Advisory Committee
Richard D Adams |
Kathy T Graham Steven D Larson
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Robert W Palmer |
