The Agricultural Section of the Oregon State Bar hosts several events throughout the year that are open to the public to attend. As details of these events become available, they will be posted here. Please check back here regularly for details and updates to our events.

Upcoming Events

8/16/2023 – Annual Round Up CLE

In person in The Dalles at the Columbia Gorge Discovery Center & Museum

9:30 am – 3 pm

Topics & Speakers:

Agricultural Employment Law Updates: Heather Van Meter, Miller Nash

State Meat Inspections & Processing Program Updates: Jason Johnston, Mountain Valley Meats & Steven Cade, Sussman Shank

Working Land Easements for Succession and Business Planning: Nellie McAdams, Oregon Agricultural Trust

• Additional materials available here.

Ethics: Amber Bevacqua-Lynott, Buchalter

Credits:  3 general CLE credits + 1 Ethics credit (pending)

Links for Registration & Lunch Orders

Previous Events

12/7/2023 – Virtual Round-up webinar CLE

Presentations will include:

• Oregon Land Use Updates: Mary Kyle McCurdy, 1000 Friends of Oregon
  • Materials: https://aglaw.osbar.org/files/2023/12/Ag-Law-CLE-12.7.23.pptx 
• Agrifinance Lending, Workouts, and Remedies: Joseph Welch, Blank Rome LLP & Geoff Winkler, American Fiduciary Services LLC
  • Joseph’s Materials: https://aglaw.osbar.org/files/2023/12/OSB-Ag-Presentation_Ag-Lending-Workouts-and-Remedies_Welch-and-Winkler_12.7.2023.pdf
  • Geoff’s Materials: https://aglaw.osbar.org/files/2023/12/Overview-of-Oregon-Receivership-Law.pdf
• Agricultural Estate Planning & Estate Tax Exemption: June Wiyrick Flores, Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt PC
  • Materials: https://aglaw.osbar.org/files/2023/12/OSB-Ag-Law-CLE-OR-Natural-Resource-Credit-and-Exclusion-Amount-JWF.pptx

8/10/23 – Oregon Stewardship Trusts: A new steward-ownership model  (Brownbag CLE).

5/5/2022 – Attend the Virtual Round-up webinar CLE.

5/12/2022 – Attend the Virtual Round-up webinar CLE.

5/19/2022 – Attend the Virtual Round-up webinar CLE.

1/19/2022 – The Section held a webinar CLE: Don’t Squint! Solar Leases on Farmland.

5/6/2021 – The Section held a brown-bag CLE: What I Did During the Pandemic: New Developments in Agribusiness Receivership and Insolvency Proceedings.

4/8/2021 – The Section held a brown-bag CLE: Will Oregon Follow the DeReyter Overtime Decision?

1/6/2021 – The Section held a webinar CLE: 2021 Legislative Preview CLE.

7/15/2020 – The Section held a webinar: What’s In/What’s Out in 1031.

05/20/2016 – The Section held its annual 2016 Agricultural Law Round-Up at the Columbia Gorge Discovery Center & Museum in Dallas, Oregon.