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April 2021
Free Workshop – Silence = Acceptance: Starting the Conversation
Continued tragic and historical events surrounding race and systemic racism have sparked movements and conversations worldwide. The DMCMA Education Committee and the Minority & Justice Commission are sponsoring an upcoming workshop Silence = Acceptance: Starting the Conversation as a starting point to begin the essential and necessary work of eliminating systematic and institutional racism within our courts and continuing the dialogue. This workshop will increase one’s knowledge and bring awareness of how racism and bias evolved to present day and how…
Find out more »Courts’ Role in Addressing Racial Disparities: Module 1 of the FBA WDWA Race Equity Justice Educational Series
The Federal Bar Association for the Western District is launching a four-part Race, Equity and Justice (REJ) series that seeks to facilitate discussion and understanding of the many challenges attorneys and courts face in achieving equal justice. The initiative's first program discusses the courts' role in addressing disparity and how each federal district can lead by example. Please join us for a panel discussion moderated by Judge Tsuchida, who will explore this topic along with Chief Judge Martinez, Judge…
Find out more »Free Workshop: Silence = Acceptance: Starting the Conversation
Continued tragic and historical events surrounding race and systemic racism have sparked movements and conversations worldwide. The DMCMA Education Committee and the Minority & Justice Commission are sponsoring an upcoming workshop Silence = Acceptance: Starting the Conversation as a starting point to begin the essential and necessary work of eliminating systematic and institutional racism within our courts and continuing the dialogue. This workshop will increase one’s knowledge and bring awareness of how racism and bias evolved to present day and how…
Find out more »May 2021
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON’S ANNUAL DISTRICT MEETING
The Federal Bar Association of the Western District of Washington and the Ninth Judicial Circuit Historical Society invite you to the WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON’S ANNUAL DISTRICT MEETING May 6, 2021 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. 2.5 CLE CREDITS (Pending Approval) Presentations by: The Honorable Ricardo S. Martinez Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington The Honorable Marc Barreca Chief Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Washington The Honorable Robert S.…
Find out more »Racism, Truth, and Reconciliation in Washington Courts: Module 2 of the FBA WDWA Race Equity Justice Educational Series
This program will remind us that racism has come from decisions of courts we still appear before, in buildings we still work in, and from positions which, while occupied today by different people, still exist. Through a discussion of three cases—United States v. Hirabayashi, Price v. Evergreen Cemetery Co. of Seattle, and O’Meara v. Wash. Bd. Against Discrimination, we will ask, given that these courts and positions still exist: What has changed? What hasn’t changed? What is our responsibility to…
Find out more »September 2021
All-day CLE: Current Issues in Maritime Law 2021
The Federal Bar Association (WD WA) Admiralty Committee and WSBA invite you to join us for an all-day CLE "Current Issues in Maritime Law 2021" on Wednesday September 29, 2021. You will hear from esteemed faculty from all over the nation and London. Attendance will be online only as a member of a global audience. The program will address a broad range of topics encompassing developments in litigation, transactional and regulatory practice. Credit for insurance professionals has been applied for.…
Find out more »December 2021
FBA-WDWA Annual Event │ Dec. 8 at 4:00-5:30pm │ Zoom Registration Now Open
The Federal Bar Association for the Western District of Washington is pleased to invite you to our Virtual Celebration, in lieu of the annual dinner at the Fairmont Hotel. December 8, 2021, from 4 to 5:30 pm, via Zoom With Featured Guest: Brittany K. Barnett, Attorney and Author of A Knock at Midnight: A Story of Hope, Justice, and Freedom, interviewed by WDWA Judge Richard A. Jones State of the Court Remarks by: WDWA Chief Judge Ricardo…
Find out more »May 2022
Meet Our New Judges!
The Federal Bar Association of the Western District of Washington and the King County Bar Association invite you to MEET OUR NEW JUDGES! A FREE CLE May 24, 2022 What to know about our new Judges and appearing before them (1.5 CLE credits pending approval) The Honorable David G. Estudillo Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington The Honorable Tana Lin Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington The Honorable Lauren King Judge, U.S.…
Find out more »December 2022
Annual Dinner and CLE – December 14, 2022
The Federal Bar Association for the Western District of Washington is pleased to announce that it will hold its Annual Dinner and CLE December 14, 2022 With Remarks by Special Guest, Professor Jeffrey L. Fisher The Dinner will be held in-person at the Fairmont Olympic Hotel, 411 University Street, in Seattle, beginning at 5:30 p.m. The Dinner will be preceded by a reception. Jeffrey L. Fisher is a Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Supreme Court Litigation…
Find out more »April 2023
Roadways to the Bench: Who Me? A Bankruptcy or Magistrate Judge?
Registration is now open for “Roadways to the Bench: Who Me? A Bankruptcy or Magistrate Judge?”, an exciting program coordinated by the Judicial Conference Committees on the Administration of the Bankruptcy System and the Magistrate Judges System. This national event includes a Seattle venue that will take place on April 3, 2023, at the Federal Courthouse. The event is aimed at increasing diversity in the bankruptcy bar and both the bankruptcy and magistrate judge benches. There will be a live-streamed…
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