Oregon lawyers established the Campaign for Equal Justice (CEJ) in 1991, with the mission of making equal access to justice a reality for all Oregonians. CEJ is the support organization for Oregon’s statewide legal aid programs, who encourage your support through CEJ. In the past 26 years, CEJ has raised more than $26 million in its annual fund drive.
operating an Annual Fund Drive with the help of 300 volunteer lawyers across Oregon;
educating lawyers and the community about access to justice and how legal services are delivered in Oregon;
working with lawyer volunteers and bar organizations to increase state and federal funding for legal aid;
growing foundation support for legal aid programs; and
managing an Endowment to preserve the future of legal aid.
When you support CEJ, you make a difference for low-income and elderly Oregonians all across the state. Your support helps legal aid serve people with the most critical legal needs—food, shelter, medical care, income maintenance, and physical safety. About forty percent of legal aid’s cases involve family law, usually helping victims of domestic violence, and almost eighty percent of legal aid’s clients are women, most with children to support. Thank you for helping legal aid!
YOUR ASSISTANCE MEANS MORE THAN EVER BEFORE
There are 850,000 low-income and elderly Oregonians eligible for legal aid services. The need has increased under pressure from a weak economy; since 2000, poverty in Oregon has risen by 61%. With help from supporters like you, Oregon legal aid programs will serve about 22,000 families and individuals this year.
Dspite the tremendous efforts of CEJ volunteers and contributors, legal aid still meets just 15% of the legal needs of Oregon’s poor. You can help change that.
If you supported legal aid this year, thank you! If you did not, there’s still time to help.
