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Career Services

Current Students

Have questions about finding a job? Interested in a certain area of law? The Career Services Advisory Board is here to help! Members of the Career Services Advisory Board have volunteered to meet with students to discuss their career search experiences while in law school. Browse the board member bios below and feel free to drop them an e-mail. You can download their bios by clicking on the links below.

Eric Blaine 3L

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Willamette University, Salem, OR
Political Science, History, Class of 2004

Hometown: Goldendale, Washington

UO Clubs & Activities:

  • ORIL Executive Director
  • Small Business Clinic
  • ASUO Constitution Court Chief Justice

Legal Interests:

  • Business law
  • Real Property Development

Legal Work Experience, Clerkships, Externships, Clinics, & Summer Plans:

  • Velikanje Halverson, P.C. - Yakima, WA
    Summer Associate - Summer 2009
  • Oregon State Senate - Salem, OR
    Legislative Legal Intern - Spring 2009
  • Beau Delicious! International, LLC - Eugene, OR
    Legal Intern - Summer 2008

Hobbies: Filmmaking, hiking

P. Rond Chananudech 2L

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University of California, Davis, CA
History, Class of 2003

Hometown: San Francisco, California

UO Clubs & Activities:

  • Minority Law Students Association Co-Director
  • ACE Tutor (Torts)
  • Black Law Students Association Treasurer

Legal Interests:

  • Employment Law
  • Business/Commercial Law
  • Torts

Legal Work Experience, Clerkships, Externships, Clinics, & Summer Plans:

  • Honorable Owen M. Panner, United States District Court - Medford, OR
    Judicial Extern - Summer 2009
  • Law Offices of Christopher F. Emley - San Francisco, CA
    Paralegal - 2004-2008
  • San Francisco Public Defender's Office - San Francisco, CA
    Legal intern - Summer 2004

Hobbies: Ultimate Frisbee, backpacking, hiking, and playing with my dog, Bear.

Allyson Dahlhauser 2L

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Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Political Science / International Studies, Class of 2007

Hometown: Kent, Washington

UO Clubs & Activities:

  • JELL Member
  • LALSA Member
  • MLSA Member

Legal Interests:

  • Business Law
  • Real Estate Law

Legal Work Experience, Clerkships, Externships, Clinics, & Summer Plans:

  • Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt - Portland, OR
    Summer Associate - Summer 2009

Hobbies: Cooking, Reading, Traveling, Running

Sevanah Fitzgerald 2L

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University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
Political Science, Class of 2008

Hometown: Medford, Oregon

UO Clubs & Activities:

  • University Hearings Board (2007-2009)

Legal Interests:

  • Family Law
  • Criminal Law

Legal Work Experience, Clerkships, Externships, Clinics, & Summer Plans:

  • Oregon Department of Justice - Eugene and Medford, OR
    Law Clerk, Child Advocacy Section

Hobbies: Reading, Painting, Walking, Organizing

Haley Griffith 3L

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University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
Psychology/Women's and Gender Studies, Class of 2007

Hometown: Coburg, Oregon

UO Clubs & Activities:

  • Women's Law Forum Board
  • Career Services Advisory Board
  • DV Clinic

Legal Interests:

  • Criminal Law
  • Family Law

Legal Work Experience, Clerkships, Externships, Clinics, & Summer Plans:

  • Coit & Dean, P.C. - Eugene, OR
    Law Clerk - Fall 2009
  • Coit & Dean, P.C. - Portland, OR
    Law Clerk - Summer 2009
  • Clark County Prosecuting Attorney's Office - Vancouver, WA
    Intern - Summer 2008

Hobbies: Sportbikes, cooking, reading, gardening, hanging out with friends and dogs.

Kristen Hiraoka 2L

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UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
English Literature & Language, Class of 2005

Hometown: Los Angeles, California

UO Clubs & Activities:

  • OLR Staff Editor
  • SELF Co-Director
  • LBA
  • PIPS Service Committee Board
  • APALSA Member/Mentor

Legal Interests:

  • Entertainment Law
  • Intellectual Property
  • Labor Law
  • Sports Law

Legal Work Experience, Clerkships, Externships, Clinics, & Summer Plans:

  • McCormack Intellectual Property PS - Seattle, WA
    Summer Associate - Summer 2009
  • Directors Guild of America - Los Angeles, CA
    Claims Representative March 2006-June 2008

Hobbies: Basketball, live music, movies, traveling, snowboarding, coffee, biking at the beach

Mitchell B. Huzar 3L

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Vermont Law School, South Royalton, VT
Matriculated for Juris Doctor, 2007-2008

Michigan State University, East Lansing. MI
B.A. International Relations, Class of 2007

Hometown: Detroit, MI

UO Clubs & Activities:

  • OLR Operations Editor
  • Small Business Clinic
  • LBA

Legal Interests:

  • Business/Commercial Law

Legal Work Experience, Clerkships, Externships, Clinics, & Summer Plans:

  • OR DOJ Trial Division - Eugene, OR
    Law Clerk - Summer 2009
  • Lane County Circuit Court - Eugene, OR
    Judicial Extern - Hon. K.H. Rasmussen - Fall 2008
  • Michigan Dept. of the Attorney General - Lansing, MI
    Law Clerk - Summer 2008
  • Child & Family Services Bureau - Lansing, MI
    Executive Student Aide - Fall 2005-Spring 2007

Hobbies: Fishing, Classic Cars, Detroit Sports

John Mellgren 2L

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University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Political Science / Economics, Class of 2005

Hometown: Grand Rapids, MI

UO Clubs & Activities:

  • PIELC Co-Director
  • JELL Staff Editor
  • Environment & Natural Resources Program Fellow - Global Environmental Democracy Project

Legal Interests:

  • Environment and Natural Resources

Legal Work Experience, Clerkships, Externships, Clinics, & Summer Plans:

  • OR Attorney General's Office - Environmental Enforcement - Salem, OR
    Law Clerk - Fall 2009
  • Fiscalía del Medio Ambiente - Santiago, Chile
    Intern - Summer 2009

Hobbies: Backpacking, Hiking, Mountains, Live Music, College Football

Ellen Range 3L

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University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Comparative History of Ideas/Class of 2003

Hometown: Port Townsend, Washington

UO Clubs & Activities:

  • ORIL Symposium Editor
  • Women’s Law Forum member
  • Lavender Law member
  • International Law Society Member

Legal Interests:

  • Employment Law
  • Civil Rights Litigation

Legal Work Experience, Clerkships, Externships, Clinics, & Summer Plans:

  • Federal Externship with Chief Justice Aiken - Eugene, OR
    Extern
  • Johnson, Clifton, Larson & Schaller - Eugene, OR
    Summer Associate - Spring, Summer 2009
  • Oregon Department of Justice, Torts & Employment Section - Salem, OR
    Student - Fall 2008

Hobbies: The Great Outdoors, Arthouse Movies, Gardening

Sandy Weintraub 3L

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Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Newspaper Journalism/Political Science, Class of 2005

Hometown: St. Louis, Missouri

UO Clubs & Activities:

  • Student Bar Association, President
  • Public Interest Public Service, Board
  • ASUO Senator
  • OLSPIF Stipend Reciepiant

Legal Interests:

  • Public Interest
  • Education

Legal Work Experience, Clerkships, Externships, Clinics, & Summer Plans:

  • New York City Department of Education - New York, NY
    Education Pioneers Fellow - Summer 2009
  • UO Mediation Clinic - Eugene, OR
    Student - Fall 2008
  • Alaska Legal Services - Fairbanks, AK
    Law Clerk - Summer 2008

Hobbies: Sports, Travel, Hiking, Conversation, Exploring

Megan Yarnall 3L

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Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA
Chemistry / Environmental Studies, Class of 2006

Hometown: Eureka, California

UO Clubs & Activities:

  • OLR Associate Editor
  • Land Air Water Member
  • UO Club Swim Team
  • Legal Aid Volunteer

Legal Interests:

  • Intellectual Property
  • Environment and Natural Resources

Legal Work Experience, Clerkships, Externships, Clinics, & Summer Plans:

  • Kolisch Hartwell P.C. - Portland, OR
    Summer Associate - Summer 2009
  • UO Environmental Clinic - Eugene, OR
    Student - Fall 2008
  • US DOJ Environment and Natural Resources Division - Sacramento, CA
    Law Clerk - Summer 2008

Hobbies: Swimming, Fishing, Hiking, Cooking, Diving

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