Law Library Membership
Law library membership includes the Oregon Defense Attorney newsletter, publication discounts, and an annual membership directory.
OCDLA Membership — Join Here
Strength in Numbers. Fairness in Justice.
Mission Statement
“To champion justice, to promote individual rights and to support the legal defense community through education and advocacy.”
It can be lonely standing up to the power of the state, demanding justice and advocating for an individual's rights. It is not easy fighting to keep a kid in her home, arguing for alternative treatment programs or testifying in front of a legislative judiciary committee. Yet every day, hundreds of OCDLA members do that and more. And OCDLA is often the home base from which the defender finds resources to advance an argument, hone a legal theory and sustain a sense of purpose.
OCDLA is a community, but more akin to a family than an amorphous educational nonprofit. Our family offers the best training programs and seminars in the state. We produce trial books and aids that are the envy of the nation. And, if you really want to test our pedigree, visit the Library of Defense, which is developing into the best "find it when you need it" web resource of all. This is a family that talks to each other too. We support list serves, committees of all sorts, amicus action, expert witness databases, legislative advocacy and even great social events and BBQ's. All this helps cement us as a community, allowing both individual and collective growth. By joining, you too can reap the benefits, grow professionally and contribute to Oregon's family of defenders.
Membership Year and Rates, 2011–2012
Our membership year follows a fiscal calendar, July through June. We prorate quarterly. And, if your current finances hamper your ability to join, call the OCDLA office and we will help.
Membership Type |
Dues |
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Life |
$5000 one-time |
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Sustaining |
$390 annual |
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Regular (bar 2006 or earlier) |
$285 annual |
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Regular (bar 2007-2010) |
$195 annual |
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New Bar Admittee (bar 2011) |
$50 first-year |
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Professional Nonlawyer |
$115 annual |
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Law Student |
$10 annual |
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Law Library |
$115 annual |
Download a membership renewal form.
Life Membership
Includes framed life member certificate and special recognition in
the Membership Directory and Oregon Defense Attorney.
View our Life Members.
Sustaining Membership
Includes sustaining member certificate and special recognition in
the Membership Directory and Oregon Defense Attorney.
View our Sustaining Members
Help make OCDLA strong
OCDLA is as strong as its members. Consider contributing your special skills and talents by joining one of our many active committees.