Lewis and Clark Protest Resources: Bail Resources

Informative article about Oregon's unique bail procedures. Oregon does not use bail bondspeople, instead, the court acts in this capacity.

Multnomah County Courthouse information on posting bail and costs.

This GoFundMe page is set up to pay for bail and legal expenses for protestors arrested during Portland area protests. Details on who to contact if services are needed or how to donate to the fund are available on the page.

Donations are for bail and legislative efforts to end bail in Oregon.

List of bail funds specifically for protestors across the U.S. Organizations are listed by state and city.

The National Bail Fund Network is made up of over sixty community bail and bond funds across the country. *Note that this directory is currently limited to community bail funds that are regularly paying bail/bond within the criminal legal or immigration detention systems for community members as their central action.

This helpful article from Elle Magazine has tips and resources on finding a pro bono attorney and the ACLU's tips on your rights as a protestor. Resources include multiple ways to get in touch with local attorneys available to help.

This article gives practical advice on staying safer from COVID-19 while protesting.

Information on mobile COVID-19 mobile testing units in Portland, OR. Currently testing is free at the Portland Expo Center.

Popular Science article navigating tear gas exposure.

Electronic Frontier Foundation article on steps to using Google Docs and Sheets safely and privately for protest information.

Specifics to consider as a law student preparing to take the bar.

Letter from Oregon Chief Justice Martha L Walters and Associate Justices of the Oregon Supreme Court
"We acknowledge that there is injustice here in Oregon, and that we, collectively and individually, bear responsibility for that injustice. Saying that aloud is a recognition of a wrong, but it will only compound that wrong if we do not act, collectively and individually, to bring change."

Conviction of a crime rules for admission of attorneys to the Oregon State Bar: "An applicant shall not be eligible for admission to the Bar after having been convicted of a crime, the commission of which would have led to disbarment in all the circumstances present, had the person been an Oregon attorney at the time of conviction."

Oregon Women Lawyers (OWLS) Multnomah Chapter Queen's Bench monthly speaker series with Interim Legal Director of the Oregon ACLU, Kelly Simon. Video recording from June 9, 2020.

FindLaw's 50 state survey of legal protest requirements and penalties (where applicable).

Quoted from the Source "Last week, as she was standing with fellow Portlanders peacefully exercising their constitutional rights to freedom of speech and assembly, Associate Professor of History and Department Chair Maureen Healy (known to colleagues and students as Mo) was shot in the head by a “less lethal” round fired by a law enforcement officer.
To convey the profound level of dismay at how Professor Healy and many other Portlanders have been treated, and to support a full inquiry into the use of federal forces in local matters, President Wiewel sent a letter last week to our congressional representatives: Senator Ron Wyden, Senator Jeff Merkley, and U.S. Representative Earl Blumenauer BA ’70, JD ’76. Appended to that letter was a statement by Professor Healy and a (graphic) photograph of her the night she was injured."
Letters and addresses can be found through the link.