Leslie Harris > Professional Activities

2006 - present - Executive committee, Juvenile Law Section, Oregon State Bar

2004 - present - Oregon State Public Defender Service and Juvenile Court Improvement Project, Juvenile Law Training Academy workgroup

1997 - present: State Advisory Board, Oregon Juvenile Court Improvement Project

1999- present: Advisory Board, Family and Children's Law Abstracts

2003 - present - Newsletter Advisory Board member and contributor. Elder law Section, Oregon State Bar (chair 2005-present)

2006 - 2007- Oregon Law Commission, Uniform Parentage Act Work Group (reporter)

April 2007 - Convenor, Oregon Child Advocacy Project conference on Children Aging Out of \ State Programs

March 2006 - Convenor, Oregon Child Advocacy Project conference on Protecting ChildrenŐs Need for Nurturance

January 2006 -Team Leader, Oregon Office of Public Defense Services site evaluation team, Multnomah County juvenile court contractors

Fall 2000 - 2006: Board of Directors, Lane County Legal Aid

2003 - Co-convener, North American Regional Conference, International Society of Family Law

2003 - 2004 - Oregon Law Commission Juvenile Code Revision Work Group and Putative Father Sub-work Group (reporter)

2003-2004 - Assessment Review Committee for the Oregon Judicial Department Juvenile Court Improvement Project Reassessment Plan

2002 - 2004: Board of Directors, CASA for Lane County

2001 - 2002: Board of Governors, Lane County Bar Association

1991-1996: Multi-state Essay Exam Drafting Committee

1981-84: Family and Juvenile Law Section of the American Association of Law Schools: executive board 1984-1986; chair 1983; program chair 1982; secretary 1981

1993-94: Steering committee to establish a CASA program for Lane County

1990-1991: Member, Juvenile and Family Justice Committee (Task Force to propose revisions to the Oregon juvenile code and family law code, appointed by the Oregon legislature's Law Improvement Committee)

1989-1994: Founding member, Board of Directors, Oregon Lawyers for Children

1988-89, 1990-91, 1991-92: Legislation committee, Family Law Section, Oregon State Bar

1989: Board of Directors, Oregon Legal Services

1986-1987: Advisory Committee to the statewide administrator of Oregon's Citizen Review Boards