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LMBA Community Service Opportunity
Volunteers Needed!
Date: Saturday, December 3rd, 2016
Time: 9am - 11am
Location: Emergency Feeding Program of King County
851 Houser Way N
Renton, WA 98057
Volunteer with LMBA by helping pack a week's worth of food for hungry families.
Please RSVP by 12/1/16
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LMBA Annual Holiday Party
Monday, December 19th
6 pm - 8:30 pm
@ Still Liquor
1524 Minor Ave
Seattle, WA 98101
Please RSVP by 12/16/16
Join us for Food, Music and Raffle Prizes
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* I-873 Happy Hour *
Thursday, December 1, 5:30-7:30 pm
Vermillion Cafe/Art Space on Capitol Hill
1508 11th Ave, Seattle, WA 98122
$10 suggested donation, no one will be turned away for lack of funds
The initiative needs 250,000 signatures by December 30. If it gains 250,000 signatures, it goes to the legislature. If the legislature fails to act during this upcoming session, the initiative goes to the 2017 ballot. In addition to the Loren Miller Bar Association, I-873 has been endorsed by: the Seattle Police Department, ACLU Washington, Senators Murray and Cantwell, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray, and many, many more.
I-873 is an initiative to the legislature to amend RCW 9A.16.040. According to an Amnesty International report and a special Seattle Times article, Washington has the most egregious deadly use of force law for police officers in the country. This statute makes it virtually impossible to prosecute police officers when they use deadly force (only one police officer has been charged with illegal use of force in the three decades since RCW 9A.16.040 was adopted).
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The Washington Access to Justice Board, Gender and Justice Commission, Interpreter Commission, and Minority and Justice Commission
invite you to their joint meeting
"Race, Equity, and Access to Justice"
Friday, December 2, 2016 – 8:45 AM to 11:00 AM
WSBA Conference Center,
1325 4th Ave, Suite 600, Seattle, WA 98101
Register here (In-person attendance space is limited.)
Webcast is available.
Please join us to hear from these four Supreme Court appointed entities meeting to share their respective work in race, equity, and access to justice and identify ways for potential collaboration. All are welcome to attend. More details here.
If you have any questions or need reasonable accommodations, please contact Diana Singleton, Access to Justice Manager, at dianas@wsba.org or 206-727-8025.
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Loren Miller Bar Association, with Puget Sound Lawyer Chapter, Washington Women Lawyers, Latino/a Bar Association of Washington, Helsell Fetterman & Northwest Indian Bar Association present:
The Gavel Gap
December 5, 2016
06:00 PM - 07:30 PM
Event Location:
Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt
1420 5th Avenue, Suite 3400
Seattle, WA 98101
Details:
For the first time, researchers have gathered data on the demographics of state court judges in all 50 states. They found troubling differences between the race and gender composition of the courts and the communities they serve. We call this disparity The Gavel Gap.
Join us to discuss this eye opening report and what may be done to address this issue, featuring the Honorable Johanna Bender of King County Superior Court, with time for Q/A.
Special thanks to Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, PC and Helsell Fetterman, LLP for their support of this event.
Cocktail reception will follow.
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Seattle Office for Civil Rights invites public comments through December 2
The Seattle Office for Civil Rights (SOCR) has proposed Administrative Rules for the new source of income protections that amended the City of Seattle's Open Housing Ordinance (SMC 14.08, CB118755). Members of the public have until 5 p.m. on Friday, December 2, 2016 to comment on the proposed Rules.
The Rules provide guidance regarding several provisions of the ordinance, including:
- Alternative source of income;
- Short term subsidies; and
- First-in-time provision.
Please send comments by December 2 to rulecomment@seattle.gov or:
Seattle Office for Civil Rights
Attn: Source of Income Protections Rule Comment
810 Third Ave., Suite 750 Seattle, WA 98104-1627
Click here for the full text of the rules. For more information, please call 206-684-4514.
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Early Bird Registration available until December 31, 2016
CLE Proposals
The National Bar Association wants to continue our tradition of presenting high quality CLE Programming at the NBA Annual Conference. CLE proposals must be submitted by December 19, 2016 to CLE@NATIONALBAR.ORG. The proposals should address the following:
- Title of CLE
- Is this seminar for CLE credit
- Type of CLE course: Ethics or Fundamentals
- Number of speakers/panelist
- Identify the proposed speakers and panelist
- Provide a detailed description of the proposed CLE
- NBA Affiliation: Loren Miller Bar Association
It is anticipated that you will receive a response sometime around February 1, 2017 if your proposal has been approved or denied by the CLE Committee.
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KCBA 2017 Annual Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Luncheon
Friday, January 13, 2017
Noon - 1:15pm
Click Here to Buy Tickets.
Washington State Convention Center
705 Pike Street
Seattle, Washington 98101
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