Lady Justice (Salem, Oregon)

{{Short description|Sculpture in Salem, Oregon, U.S.}}

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| caption = The statue in the Truman Wesley Collins Legal Center in 2018

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| city = Salem, Oregon, United States

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Lady Justice is a {{convert|12|ft|adj=on}}-tall, {{convert|300|lbs|adj=on}} Lady Justice statue in Salem, Oregon, United States. Formerly located on the roof of the Marion County Courthouse,{{cite book|last=Swenson|first=Eric|title=Willamette University College of Law: The First Hundred Years: An Illustrated History|publisher=Willamette University College of Law|year=1987}}{{cite web|url=http://courts.oregon.gov/Marion/GeneralInformation/CourthouseHistory.page|title=The Marion County Courthouse: A Historical Perspective|last=Barber|first=Richard D.|work=Marion County Circuit Court|publisher=Oregon Judicial Department|accessdate=February 22, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225202116/http://courts.oregon.gov/Marion/GeneralInformation/CourthouseHistory.page|archive-date=February 25, 2012|url-status=dead}} the sculpture is now installed in Willamette University's Truman Wesley Collins Legal Center. The Willamette University College of Law received the statue when the Marion County Courthouse was demolished to make way for a new one.

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