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Statewide Diversity Conference

Fourth Annual Statewide Diversity Conference


2009 Conference Schedule

Statewide Diversity Conference
Friday, June 12, 2009
Seattle University School of Law

8:00 – 8:30am   Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:30 – 10:00      Plenary Session: Recent Developments & Emerging Issues in Immigration Law

10:15 – 11:30    Morning Concurrent Sessions:

(A) Switching Practice Focus: What It Takes To Develop Expertise In a New Area

(B) Public Service:  Opportunities to Impact Public Policy

(C) Addressing Bias/Stereotypes In Negotiations, Mediations, and Client Meetings

(D) Retaining Diversity In the Workplace In An Economic Downturn

(E) Constitutional Implications of California's Prop 8 Litigation on Minority Communities

11:30 – 12:30pm Lunch  Sponsored by STOEL RIVES

12:45 – 2:00pm   Afternoon Concurrent Sessions (I):

(A) Increased Need For Pro Bono Legal Services:  Roles And Responsibilities

(B) Predatory Lending- Recent Legal Developments and Impacts On Minority Communities

(C)  Tips On Keeping Your Legal Practice (Whether You Have A Solo Practice Or Are In A Firm) Profitable In This Economic Downturn

(D) Judicial Appointments

2:15 – 3:30pm   Afternoon Concurrent Sessions (II):
(A) Lobbying –Is It For You?

(B) Juvenile Justice: How Lawyers Can Impact Public Policy

(C) Practicing the Lost Art of Professionalism

(D) Judicial Elections
Thank you to the 2009 Planning Committee

Renea Saade, Co-Chair

Suchi Sharma, Co-Chair

Lianne Caster

John Chung

Angelique Davis

Lael Echo-Hawk

Tracy Flood

Zabrina Jenkins

Lynda Jonas

Roger Leishman

Lam Nguyen-Bull

Gloria Ochoa-Lawrence

Rashelle Camille Tanner
Catherine Vuong

Kate Walsh


Thank you to our 2009 Sponsors and Conference Partners

HOST: Seattle University School of Law

PLATINUM PLUS
Microsoft Corporation
Stoel Rives

PLATINUM
Cairncross & Hempelmann
Davis Wright Tremaine
DLA Piper
Foster Pepper
Gonzaga University School of Law
Hillis Clark Martin & Peterson
K&L Gates
Lane Powell
Perkins Coie
Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt
Stafford Frey Cooper
Williams Kastner

GOLD
Helsell Fetterman
Stokes Lawrence
Summit Law Group
United Way of King County

SILVER
King County Bar Association
Littler Mendelson
Miller Nash
Riddell Williams
WSBA Administrative Law Section

BRONZE
ACLU of Washington
Bennett Bigelow & Leedom
Keller Rohrback
Moschetto & Koplin

 
 
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