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Civil Rights Committee
Monday, September 22 2008 – Civil Rights Committee Mini-CLE: 2008 Seattle Civil Rights Conference: Opportunities, Next Steps.
The WSBA Civil Rights Committee invites attorneys and the public to attend its 2008 Seattle Civil Rights Conference: Opportunities, Next Steps.
The conference will cover past, present, and future issues in civil rights and will include discussions of civil rights jurisprudence, federal civil rights violations, and state hate crime laws and issues.
When: Monday, September 22, 2008
9:00a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Where: Washington State Bar Association
1325 Fourth Avenue, Suite 600
Seattle, WA 98101
Credits: 6.25 General CLE Credits for Washington attorneys
Cost: $25 for all registrants
Free for law students
Registration: Please register online at https://pro.wsba.org/forms/cle/CR80922.asp
Questions and/or Special Accommodations:
Please contact Sharon Payant at spayant@perkinscoie.com
The Civil Rights Committee studies and, as directed by the Board of Governors, investigates matters relating to American civil liberties, to keep the spirit of civil rights alive within the bar and the community. The Committee submits recommendations concerning such matters to the Board of Governors.
Chair
Tracy Flood
(360) 895-2400
fltracylaw@aol.com
WSBA Liaison
Bob Welden
bobw@wsba.org
Board of Governors Liaison
G. Geoffrey Gibbs
ggibbs@andersonhunterlaw.com
Past Accomplishments
- April 24, 2008: Civil Rights Committee Conference: Opportunities, Next Steps, Civil Rights Issues Past, Present, and Future
- WSBA Civil Rights Committee Remembers Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.; 2008 Civil Rights Conference: Opportunities, Next Steps, Civil Rights Issues Past, Present, and Future
- April 17, 2007: Presented a 1-hour CLE program with Mr. Jon
 Heuvel (right), Partner, Head of Employment, Penningtons Solicitors LLP, London, on the new age discrimination law in England, and comparisons between the new English law and US law.
- March 23, 2007: Presented a 1- hour CLE program on the WTO Protest case with Tyler Weaver (left), counsel for plaintiffs, and Ted Buck (right), counsel for City of Seattle. Weaver and Ted Buck discussed the "ban on protest" in Seattle, class certification, probable cause for arrest, and free speech claims in the WTO protest litigation. Tracy Flood (center), Chair of the Civil Rights Committee, moderated the CLE.
  
 February 8, 2007: Presented a 1-hour CLE program with Drew Hansen (right), author of "The Dream: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Speech that Inspired a Nation" speaking on the legal history of the civil rights movement.
- March 16, 2005: Presented a public forum titled "USA Patriot Act, the War on Terrorism, and Civil Liberties: Balancing Safety and Freedom in the Post-9/11 World" at the Washington State History Museum in Tacoma.
- March 2003: Developed and distributed Civil Rights Brochure to inform members of the bar and general public of resources available in the area of civil rights.
March 15, 2000: Panel Discussion: WTO: GOVERNMENT ACTION/CIVIL RIGHTS.
June, 2000: Committee recommends moratorium on the death penalty.
Sponsoring a speaker for an educational "Brown Bag" Luncheon to discuss the ABA-proposed death penalty moratorium.
Organizing, sponsoring and presenting a CLE session at the WSBA Celebration 2000 Convention on the topic of Teen/Student Civil Rights.
Preparing a Proposed Evidence Rule 412 to the WSBA Rules Committee; although not approved for submission to the Board of Governors, the proposed rule is currently undergoing revision for re-submission.
Soliciting and sponsoring publication of articles in the WSBA Bar News: U.S. Representative Jay Inslee, The Fight for Privacy: Technology and Financial Services Industry Consolidation Impacts on the American Consumer (May 2000); and Michael Subit, Segregation as a Constitutionally Protected Right: The Legacy of Washington Supreme Court Justice Mallery (February 2001).
Organizing and presenting a CLE on Taxation of Civil Rights Settlements in Discrimination Cases. |
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