Updated: Sept. 12, 2025

Rule of Law Ambassador Program



Video introduction with Washington Supreme Court Chief Justice Debra Stephens and WSBA Executive Director Terra Nevitt.


The WSBA’s Rule of Law Ambassador Program launched on Law Day, May 1, 2025, with legal professionals around the state retaking the Oath of Office, signaling their commitment to uphold the Rule of Law. We continue to build on the theme of this monumental day — “The Constitution’s Promise: Out of Many, One.”

Thousands of Washington legal professionals are taking action to champion our most foundational legal institutions. You can become a Rule of Law Ambassador simply by bringing outspoken trust in our legal institutions to the forefront of your professional practice.

We invite you to engage in ways accessible to you. Below is a menu of options for action big and small you can take to deepen trust and understanding of our constitutional democracy in your community.


Get Started Serving as a Rule of Law Ambassador

  1. We’re compiling resources in our growing Rule of Law Ambassador Tool Kit to help you connect with and educate members of your community. The Tool Kit leads you through three basic steps: refresh your understanding of the Rule of Law, spread accurate and digestible information about the legal system, and demonstrate a nonpartisan commitment to civic discourse.
  2. As part of our Tool Kit, we published a free CLE: "Rule of Law and Constitutional Crises for Lawyer Ambassadors." It’s available on demand and just as relevant as ever. Watch (or rewatch) for a constitutional law refresher and discussion about what is meant by “rule of law” and “constitutional crisis” (and how to know when we are in one or not).
  3. There is no better way to champion democracy than to educate and inspire a new generation of leaders and community members! Lawyers in the Classroom is a new statewide collaboration, based on the successful Judges in the Classroom program, to equip legal professionals with predesigned, experiential civics lessons and connect them with local classroom teachers. The cherry on top? Your volunteer time can be logged as pro bono service hours.
  4. Join the Rule of Law Ambassador mailing list. Send an email to ambassadors@wsba.org to be the first to receive updates on new tools and opportunities to connect with legal professionals passionate about democracy.

 

Legal professionals retaking the Oath of Attorney at Seattle University School of Law on Law Day, May 1, 2025.

Legal professionals around the state — in rural and urban communities, in courthouses and law schools — retook the Oath of Attorney to signal their commitment to upholding the Rule of Law in our Constitutional Democracy. Above, King County Superior Court Judge Patrick Oishi hosts the ceremony at Seattle University School of Law on Law Day, May 1, 2025.