Reminder- Tonight's LMBA Meeting

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TONIGHT, March 20, 2017 - LMBA General Body Meeting - 6pm at K&L Gates (925 4th Ave, Ste 2900, Seattle WA 98104). Agenda: Board and Committee Updates; Equal Justice Coalition presentation; ACLU Technology & Policy presentation. *Motions among the voting members in attendance may be entertained. All members are encouraged to attend. We hope you join us!!

CLICK HERE TO JOIN OR RENEW YOUR LMBA MEMBERSHIP TODAY

Dominique Shannon has paid her LMBA dues, have you? (Don't know if you are a current dues paid member? Contact our Membership Chair, Erin McIntire.)

** LMBA Membership Perk - receive Reciprocal Membership for 1 year with Washington State Association for Justice! **

You are invited to another Mentor-Mentee Mixer for LMBA and SU/UW BLSA on Thursday, March 30.

What: LMBA Mentorship Program

Date: Thursday, March 30, 2017
Time: 5:30 P.M. - 7:30 P.M.

Where: Elephant and Castle Billiards room
Motif Seattle, 1415 5th Ave, Seattle, WA 98101

Food, games, and prizes will be served
This is a great opportunity for law students to connect and network with professional leaders of LMBA. We hope to see you there! RSVP here.

Thank you to our host, OnPoint!

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Save The Date ~ LMBA's 30th Annual Philip L. Burton Memorial Scholarship Dinner ~

Friday, May 19, 2017

Four Seasons Hotel Seattle!

LMBA Annual Award Nominations now open, until March 31, 2017. Submit nominations here.

(Past award recipients listed here.)

LMBA Lifetime Achievement Award - This is a special award given to an LMBA member for a lifetime of service to LMBA and the African American community.
Excellence In the Law Award - This honor is awarded to an LMBA member who has achieved an exceptional outcome in a recent matter, or otherwise made an outstanding contribution to the legal community.
LMBA Community Service Award - This award is presented to a lawyer, non-lawyer, or law firm who has given back to LMBA, the African American community, or the community at large in a meaningful way.
Social Justice Award - This award is presented to a lawyer, non-lawyer, or law firm for outstanding cumulative efforts in challenging injustice and valuing diversity.
Young Lawyer Award - This award recognizes the contributions of an LMBA member to LMBA or the legal community. The award recipient must be within five years of admission or under 36-years old.

Awards will be presented at our Annual Dinner on May 19, 2017.

60 volunteers still needed!

The Honorable John Prim (1904-1961), our first black prosecuting attorney and judge in Washington, will be inducted into the Franklin High School Hall of Fame May 18. Details for the ceremony to follow.

More information will be posted here.

* The Commission is looking for people of color who have been excused from jury service after appearing and answering questions posed by the court or counsel. Please email info to jhawk@aclu-wa.org.

** The Commission is also looking for Washington courts that have implemented initiatives to increase the racial and ethnic diversity of juries. This may include, but is not limited to, initiatives involving jury source lists, juror summonses, juror pay, and outreach in underrepresented communities (e.g., campaigns about the importance of jury participation). If you know of any courts involved in these types of efforts, please email carolyn.cole@courts.wa.gov.

LMBA members are actively being recruited to fill legal positions in our area. See what's available:

Click Here to View LMBA's Job Board

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Employers - you are encouraged to post your open positions to LMBA's Job Board for immediate access by LMBA members:

Click Here to Post Job Openings to LMBA's Job Board

Sign up to be a CLE faculty member with WSBA. The link to access the database is here. Once you log in you will be taken to the faculty application form. Simply complete the form and click “submit.”

FYI - Here is the letter that LMBA has joined to request that the WSBA study equity regarding results of the Uniform Bar Exam. Contact Christopher Sanders to get added to the UBE Task Force.

2016 - 2017 LMBA Board of Directors

Chalia Stallings-Ala'ilima
President

Raina Wagner
Vice President

Erika Evans
Secretary

Stacy Smith
Treasurer

Hon. Tanya Thorp
At-Large

RaShelle Davis
At-Large

Lionel Greaves IV
At-Large

Erin McIntire
At-Large

Moe Spencer
At-Large

Ian Warner
Immediate Past-President

Christopher Sanders
President-Elect

NEW mailing address
PO Box 1873
Seattle, WA 98111

LMBA Committees:

Judicial Evaluations Committee: Contact our Chair, Jamila Taylor

Legislative & Social Justice: Contact our Chair, RaShelle Davis

Mentorship: Contact our Chair, Erika Evans

Membership: Contact our Chair, Erin McIntire

LMBA History Project: Contact our Co-Chairs, Raina Wagner & Lionel Greaves IV

Task Force to Review Uniform Bar Exam: Contact our Chair, Christopher Sanders

Community Service & Outreach: Chair Needed!

LMBA Neighborhood
Legal Clinic

VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED!

In partnership with the King County Bar Association, we staff and operate an LMBA Neighborhood Legal Clinic in Renton. This effort is an outgrowth of our joint meeting with the NAACP and Urban League in 2015 and other voices that have asked LMBA to provide our community with representation from attorneys of color.

The clinic is open every Tuesday night, from 6:30-8:30pm.

To volunteer, please fill out the volunteer application. When applying, select Neighborhood Legal Clinics as the program and, in the comments section, write “interested in Renton Loren Miller Bar Association Legal Clinic”. Volunteers will receive training and be asked to staff the clinic once every 6 to 8 weeks.If you have questions please email our Clinic Contacts.

The clinic is located at: Downtown Renton Public Library 100 Mill Ave. South Renton, WA 98057

LMBA is the Washington State local affiliate of the National Bar Association.

The NBA is the oldest minority bar and the largest organization of African-American attorneys in the United States. Information about the NBA is available at nationalbar.org.

Weekly Community Meetings

Every Wednesday
6-8 PM at the Seattle Vocational Institute

4th Floor,
Room 401
2120 S. Jackson St.
Seattle, WA 981144