Dr. Brian L. Ferris is a vascular surgeon in Bellevue, Washington and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Overlake Medical Center & Clinics and EvergreenHealth Kirkland. He received his medical degree from University of Virginia School of Medicine and has been in practice for more than 20 years. Dr. Brian L.
Law Clerk position that will include conducting intakes, investigation, discovery review.
Position is full time in summer, part time during school year. We also accept externships for school credit during school year.
Position is for Spring 2024, Summer 2024, possibly beyond.
We are based in Portland, OR, but flexible on full remote work for this role.
Clerk position is paid, externships usually are not.
Open to all law students, remote available, $1,500 stipend and college credit available, ~15 hours per week.
We are willing to host more law student externs if they are able to find a funding partner. We host Civil Rights Externs on a quarterly basis.
A 77-year-old retired psychologist with no criminal record, 5 feet 2 inches tall, 140 pounds, was falsely arrested, and injured by jail guards during book-in after expressing annoyance and confusion when denied access to his attorney’s phone number. One guard grabbed plaintiff’s left arm; a larger guard lunged suddenly from a side room, grabbed plaintiff’s arm and pulled it behind plaintiff’s back and upward, and slammed his left forearm behind plaintiff’s neck. This arm-bar maneuver caused a massive full-thickness rotator cuff tear of plaintiff’s right shoulder.
Salem Police responded to a call for a welfare check on Chase, a-27-year old Black male, reporting he was suicidal, under the influence of Xanax, and in possession of his father’s gun. When police arrived on scene, he was not there. Over an hour later, after dark, Chase approached, walking slowly and calmly up the street. Officers testified that Chase was holding a revolver, upside down and by the butt, as he approached. The officers shined their lights at him and officers simultaneously shouted different commands at him.
Deliberately indifferent failure to diagnose and treat inmate’s spinal injury, causing quadriplegia and death; 28 year old male inmate survived by parents; all but $500,000 paid by Corizon.
26 y.o. woman died in jail while detoxing from heroin without proper medical care; survived by parents.