Project Alumni

Class of 2009

Jordan Bates, '09, was a Campbell Child Advocacy Fellow in 2007-2008 and a KLC Fellow in 2008-2009. She is now an attorney at St. Andrew Legal Clinic in Hillsboro, OR, where she represents low-income people in child custody and other family law disputes. Prior to law school, she worked with incarcerated youth in southern California at a juvenile detention camp, which led her to write her thesis on juveniles in the adult justice system. As an undergraduate, she also volunteered at the Juvenile Rights Project in Portland, OR. These experiences motivated her to attend law school so that she could advocate for the rights of children. During law school, Jordan volunteered with the Streetlaw Juvenile Justice program, becoming the co-director of that program her second year. After her first year of law school, Jordan was a clerk at the Youth Law Center in San Francisco, CA, where she advocated for children in the juvenile justice and welfare systems. After that, Jordan clerked for the Federal Public Defender for the District of Oregon.

Colin Love-Geiger, '09, was a Campbell Child Advocacy Fellow in 2007-2008 and a KLC Child Advocacy Fellow in 2008-2009. He graduated from law school in May of 2009 and currently is a federal judicial clerk for the Honorable Garr M. King in U.S. District Court in Portland. Prior to law school Colin attended Reed College and then worked as a legal assistant for a small Portland firm for two years. During that time, he also became a Court Appointed Special Advocate. His fluency in Spanish led him to work exclusively with Hispanic children and families involved in the foster care system. After entering law school in 2006, Colin became an ACE Tutor and a member of the Moot Court Board. In addition to being a member of the Board, Colin competed at the national level in several moot court competitions, and in 2008 Colin and a partner became the Western U.S. Regional Champions for the National Appellate Advocacy Competition. During his third year of law school Colin worked for Justice Virginia Linder at the Oregon Supreme Court as an extern.

Class of 2008

Farron Lennon was a Campbell Child Advocacy Fellow in 2006-2007 and a KLC Fellow in 2007-2008. Farron now works as an associate in the Seattle office of Schwabe, Williamson, & Wyatt. She attended Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington, where she earned a bachelor's degree in psychology and criminal justice, concentrating on child development, foster care, and juvenile delinquency. That work inspired her to attend law school to advocate for the optimal development of children everywhere, through legal and political reform. Throughout her life she has worked with children and families and, as an executive board member of the law school's PIPS Program, she helped the students and faculty of the U of O get involved as well. During law school, Farron worked for the Federal Public Defender for the District of Oregon and volunteered at LegalAid, teaching self-help divorce and custody classes to low-income men and women in Eugene. She looks forward to continuing her work with children and families through pro bono and community service projects.

Gloria Trainor was a Campbell Child Advocacy Fellow in 2006-2007 and a KLC Fellow in 2007-2008. Gloria works for the law firm of Johnson, Clifton, Larson, and Schaller, and she looks forward to continuing her commitment to child advocacy through pro bono work in the Eugene community. During college, Gloria spent summer break as a counseling intern in a juvenile detention center in North Carolina, an experience which facilitated her awareness of the many unmet needs of children in the juvenile justice system. After college, Gloria moved to Austin, Texas, where she provided legal and educational advocacy to youth involved in both the juvenile justice and special education systems for five years before relocating to attend law school at the University of Oregon. Gloria spent the summer after her first year of law school clerking at the Juvenile Rights Project, Inc., advocating for abused and neglected youth in the Portland area.

Class of 2007

Laura Althouse was a Campbell Child Advocacy Fellow in 2006-2007. She came to law school with a strong interest in family law and child advocacy, having worked as a teacher of English as a second language, a classroom aid to elementary students with special needs, an outreach and education assistant at a progressive family health clinic, and a camp counselor. After her first summer of law school, Laura was an intern at the Linn County Juvenile Court, under the supervision and mentorship of Judge Daniel Murphy. She remains passionate about the law's role in protecting our most vulnerable citizens. Laura works at the Portland law firm of Dunn Carney Allen Higgins & Tongue, LLP, and she remains active within the juvenile and family law legal community. She says that her experience as a child advocacy fellow was one of the most rewarding opportunities she had during law school.

Class of 2006

Molly Allen Mitton was a Campbell Fellow in 2005-06. She was born and raised in Carmel, California. Before law school, she attended the Evergreen State College in Washington where she earned a bachelor's degree in liberal arts. Molly has worked with children throughout her life as a nanny, teacher's aide, probation officer intern, peer court judge, and law clerk. She spent two summers during law school working with and advocating for abused and neglected children at Juvenile Rights Project, Inc. in Portland, Oregon. She was also a 2005 Henry Bergstrom Child Welfare Law Fellow. Molly now lives in Medford, Oregon, where she is the proud mother of Jackson, who was born in 2006.

Tehan Wittemyer Slocum was a 2005-2006 Campbell Fellow. She now lives in Reno, Nevada, where she is a public defender, representing parents and children in juvenile court. She was born and raised in Portland, Oregon. Her interest in advocating for children began after she volunteered in New York City public schools while she was attending Columbia College. She later joined Teach for America and taught for five years in struggling Washington DC public schools. She was inspired to seek her law degree in order to improve the lives of children beyond the classroom. Tehan was a Wayne Morse Fellow from 2003-2005.