As part of the launch of the new Urban Indian Law Clinic, please join the Northwest Indian Bar Association and the Indian Law Section of the Washington State Bar Association for a free seminar on basic Indian law.
Representing Native Americans in Washington State: An Indian and Tribal Law Primer
The conference will include presentations on cultural competency and Indian law fundamentals in key areas including jurisdiction, criminal law, and family law as they relate to tribes and tribal members. This conference will serve as a training for lawyers interested in volunteering at the new Urban Indian Legal Clinic that is slated to open in March, as well as for attorneys who are simply interested in learning more about serving native people.
When: Thursday, February 28, 2008
9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Where: Washington State Bar Association
1325 4th Avenue
Seattle, WA
CLE: Application for 5 CLE Credits pending
Our faculty includes:
Lisa Atkinson, Law Office of Lisa Atkinson P.L.L.C.
Sevilla Claydon, Garvey Schubert Barer
Molly Cohan, University of Washington School of Law
Michelle Demmert, Northwest Justice Project
Merf Ehman, King County Bar Association
Jenine Grey, Executive Director - Chief Seattle Club
Joanna Plichta, Foster Pepper P.L.L.C.
Rondi Susort, Garvey Schubert Barer
Tom Tremaine, Northwest Justice Project
Gyasi Ross, Port Madison Enterprises
And More!
Sign-up: RSVP by February 22nd to Trent Crable at
or (206) 386-5200. Lunch will be provided. The event is wheelchair accessible.
We would like to thank the King County Bar Association and the Northwest Justice Project for their support in putting on this seminar and helping with the founding of the Urban Indian Law Clinic.
Renew Your Dues!
It is time to renew (or apply for the first time!) your Skagit County Bar Association membership for 2008. Please complete the application and send it with a check for your membership dues to Skagit County Bar Association P.O. Box 57 Mount Vernon, WA 98273. As a member of the SCBA, you will enjoy reduced registration fees at local CLEs, support and camaraderie of your colleagues at monthly bar meetings and activities, and a copy of the expertly-crafted Skagit Bar Newsletter every month!
JUNE BAR MEETING and CLE
FREE ETHICS CLE AT THE SKAGIT COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION MEETING
Do your knees start shaking when you read the discipline notices in the WSBA Bar News? Join your fellow lawyers in the ambience of Max Dale's Restaurant for a mini CLE by one of our own John Murphy on "The Nuts and Bolts on How to Stay out of the Bar News with Emphasis on the new Rules of Professional Conduct". Skagit Bar Association's application for 1 CLE ethics credit is pending. Does this sound like a deal? One free hour of ethics CLE, free course materials, and a clearer conscience for having attended a Skagit Bar Association meeting.
When? Tuesday, June 5, 2007 at 5pm
Where? Max Dale's Restaurant
2030 Riverside Drive, Mount Vernon
No host beverages, $5 for hors d'oeuvres
If this is well attended, the Skagit Bar may be encouraged to provide more free mini CLE opportunities at its meetings. Nancy Preg welcomes any ideas for topics for these short sessions. Please email her at
or call her at 766-6916.
Save the Date
THE SKAGIT COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION and Skagit County Community Action Agency and SCCAA Volunteer Lawyer Program Cordially invite you to the 40th Annual LAW DAY CELEBRATION and LIBERTY BELL AWARD LUNCHEON
WHEN: Tuesday, May 1, 2007
WHERE: McIntyre Hall
2501 E College Way, Mount Vernon
Guest Speaker
Justice Faith Ireland
Washington State Supreme Court
The Crisis is Over!
Some of you may have received 100s or 1000s of emails which appeared to have come from the court administrator's office. I can assure you that it was not a virus or spoofing. This was a freak occurrence due to a bug in Microsoft Small Business Server Exchange during a network upgrade unrelated to the court’s servers.
The problem was fixed right away once Exchange was shut down, the computer was reformatted, and Windows was allowed to finish its updating prior to Exchange being configured.
You can rest easy that if you unblock Delilah, you should not have the same problem again ... The emails did not originate from the administrator’s office and the problem server has been fixed. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused
If you have any questions, please feel free to call Rachelle Eason at 360.336.2221.
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