Mentor Program Awards

Each year, the Law School presents awards to recognize outstanding mentoring service. Recipients are selected based on nominations by their students and the awards are presented at the annual Spring Mentor Program Awards Reception in March.

Mentors who were paired with first year students are presented the First Year Partnership Program Mentoring Award. Typically, four First Year Partnership Program awards are given each year.

Upper division mentors receive the Andrea Swanner Redding Outstanding Mentor Award and it is presented to only one mentor each year, with rare exception. The award honors Andrea Swanner Redding '86, who died on April 5, 1996. At the time of her death she was the assistant dean for career services at the law school. Her professional affiliations included active membership and involvement in Oregon Women Lawyers, the National Association for Law Placement, the Oregon State Bar Association and the Multnomah Bar Association. During her tenure in career services, she transformed the office, adding dozens of new programs and services and involved more alumni than ever before. She was described by many as “tireless,” and her contribution to the law school was significant and cannot be adequately described.