Tuesday, December 19, 2023

Washington Law Student Employment Retreat

Seattle U Law students are invited to the First Annual Washington Law Student Employment Retreat

Saturday, January 6, 2024; 9am – 3pm; WSBA Seattle Offices

LBAW, in partnership with WSBA, ABAW, WWL, Cardozo, FLOW, and JMMP, invites diverse, marginalized, and underrepresented law students to WSBA offices for a day-long intensive employment preparation event. 

This event includes: 

  • Panel discussions
  • Mock interviews
  • Resume reviews 
  • Free headshots
  • Networking
  • Legal recruiting fair
  • Happy hour for everyone to mingle and make new connections

Register here today (SPACES IS LIMITED)

Wednesday, December 6, 2023

Federal Practice CLE - Students Will Receive a Discounted Rate

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REGISTER HERE (message Dean Fullner for a discount code)

December 13, 2023

The Federal Practice CLE

presented by

the Federal Bar Association of the Western District of Washington

is only eight days away!

 

3.5 hours of WSBA CLE Credits (including 1 Ethics Credit for Panel 2)

are being requested.

  


The CLE will be held in-person in the 19th-floor conference room at the U.S. Federal Courthouse, 700 Stewart Street, in Seattle, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on December 13, 2023.

Online streaming of the CLE will be available.

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Topic 1: “Fireside Chat” with Mary H. Murguia, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit 

Interviewer: Chief U.S. District Judge David G. Estudillo

·       Chief U.S. Circuit Judge Mary H. Murguia

·       Interviewer: Chief U.S. District Judge David G. Estudillo

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Topic 2: The Shifting Landscape of U.S. Immigration Law: Obstacles to Legal Immigration, Recent and Pending Litigation, and Related Ethical Concerns

Moderator: Professor Zaida C. Rivera

·       Thomas A. Saenz, President and General Counsel, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF)

·       Matthew H. Adams, Legal Director, Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (NWIRP)

·       Hilary A. Han, Partner, Dobrin & Han PC

·       Amy Royalty, Member, Ryan Swanson & Cleveland, PLLC

·       Moderator: Zaida C. Rivera, Visiting Assistant Professor of Law, Seattle University School of Law, and Director, Immigrant Justice Clinic (IJC)

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Topic 3: On Judging and the Judiciary: Q&A with Judges Coughenour, Jones, Lin and Chun

Moderator: Acting U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman

·       S. District Judge John C. Coughenour

·       S. District Judge Richard A. Jones

·       S. District Judge Tana Lin

·       S. District Judge John H. Chun

·       Moderator: Tessa M. Gorman, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington


In-person attendees will be required to certify that they are fully vaccinated and boosted.   

REGISTER HERE