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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">As part of its ongoing DEI work, ERB formed
<b>a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee, </b>including Board staff and practitioners as follows: Shirin Khosravi (ERB), Sabrina Dunsworth (ERB), Juril Stover (ERB), Lisa Umscheid (DOJ), Alex Wheatley (Fisher Phillips), Andi Pla (SEIU Local 503), Luke
Kuzava (Tedesco Law Group), and Katelyn Oldham (Oldham Law Office). The Committee was formed last fall and has had three meetings thus far. The Committee is focused on how the agency can better serve our community, from a DEI perspective.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">So far, the Committee has largely focused on law school outreach. There is a critical need to ensure that law students have access to opportunities to practice labor law – to both
improve diversity of the labor bar and to address the arbitrator diversity “pipeline” issue. Accordingly, the Committee has proposed a mentorship program that would pair practitioners with current law students interested in pursuing labor law. The ERB would
act as a liaison, pairing students and practitioners based on the student’s specific interests (<i>e.g</i>. a student interested in becoming general counsel for a union would then be put in contact with in-house counsel at an Oregon union). The three Oregon
law schools (Willamette Law School, University of Oregon Law School, and Lewis and Clark Law School) have been contacted about the mentorship program and are very excited to offer the opportunity to students.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">If you are interested in participating in the mentorship program, please reach out to Board Member Shirin Khosravi (<a href="mailto:Shirin.khosravi@erb.oregon.gov">Shirin.khosravi@erb.oregon.gov</a>)
with your name and contact information. Member Khosravi will follow up with you directly to discuss your availability. We ask that you please contact us by
<b>August 1, 2024,</b> so that we have mentorship opportunities for students during the upcoming fall semester. We hope that you join fellow practitioners in this critical outreach to students that wish to be part of our legal community!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif;mso-ligatures:none">April Bathurst<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif;mso-ligatures:none">Board Secretary<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif;mso-ligatures:none">Assistant to Business Operations Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif;mso-ligatures:none">Rules Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif;mso-ligatures:none">Oregon Employment Relations Board<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif;mso-ligatures:none">503-378-3807<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="mailto:April.Bathurst@erb.oregon.gov"><span style="color:blue">April.Bathurst@erb.oregon.gov</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif;mso-ligatures:none">
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from disclosure under Oregon Public Records Law. This email is subject to the State Retention Schedule.
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