For a full copy of the 2008 conference schedule, including speakers, please click here.

Pre-Conference Reception - co-sponsored by Perkins Coie and Starbucks Coffee Company
Thursday, May 29, 2008

5:30 - 8:00pm at Perkins Coie

Statewide Diversity Conference
Friday, May 30, 2008
Seattle University School of Law

8:15 – 8:45am   Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:45 – 10:15      Plenary Session: Courtroom Bias: How do Judges and Juries Interact with Diverse Counsel and Litigants?  The plenary session is sponsored by the University of Washington School of Law.

10:30 – 11:45    Morning Concurrent Sessions:
(A) Considering a Judicial Career: Getting Experience as a Neutral Decision Maker
(B) Top 10 Junior Attorney Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
(C) Minority Bar Association Collaboration: An Update on Joint Projects
(D) Overrepresentation of Minority Communities in the Juvenile Justice and Foster Care Systems

Noon – 1:15pm  Lunch and Multimedia Presentation: WSBA Diversity Through the Years.  The luncheon is co-sponsored by WSBA Committee for Diversity and Stoel Rives.

12:30 - 1:15pm  Speed Networking.  Similar to "speed dating," participants in this session will be set up with a series of short networking introductions to selected in-house counsel and other attorneys. Sponsored by Microsoft Corporation.

1:15 – 2:30pm   Afternoon Concurrent Sessions (I):
(A) Considering a Judicial Career: Getting Experience in Both Civil and Criminal Law

(B) Financial Aspects of Law Firm Partnership

(C) Finding the Next Grutter: Getting the Most Impact with Amicus Briefs

(D) Legislative Updates: Legislation that Leads to Social Change

2:45 – 4:00pm   Afternoon Concurrent Sessions (II):
(A) Considering a Judicial Career: Running a Judicial Campaign
(B) Tribal Courts 101
(C) Anatomy of a Legal Clinic
(D) Pro Bono Spotlight: Asylum Cases

Thank you to the 2008 Planning Committee and Volunteers