Licensure Pathways Implementation Steering Committee
In March 2024, The Washington Supreme Court adopted in concept recommendations of the Washington Bar Licensure Task Force for creating additional pathways to obtaining license to practice law in Washington. Pathways include law-graduate apprenticeship, law-school experiential pathways, APR 6 law clerk apprenticeship, and alternative assessments and interventions established lawyers. The Washington Supreme Court directed the Washington State Bar Association to convene the Licensure Pathways Implementation Steering Committee to propose rule changes and identify next steps to implement the recommendations.
The Steering Committee's role is to provide high-level direction and decision-making for the implementation of new licensure pathways. Subcommittees created by the Steering Committee conduct research and draft specific policies. The Steering Committee exercises final authority to approve or reject subcommittee proposals.
Washington Bar Licensure Task Force
Washington Supreme Court Order on Task Force Recommendations
Steering Committee Members
The Licensure Pathways Steering Committee is composed of the following 18 people drawn from entities and communities affected by new pathways to lawyer licensing in Washington state:
Tom Ahearne, WSBA Board of Governors Jordan Couch, WSBA Board of Governors Greg Crowder, Law Student, Seattle University School of Law Alfredo González Benítez, Consumer Protection Representative Judge Cathy Helman, Board of Bar Examiners Vivian Hernández, Law Student, University of Washington School of Law Dusty Weber LaMay, Access to Justice Dr. Lori Larsen, Character and Fitness Board | Dean Tamara Lawson, University of Washington School of Law Julia McGann, Consumer Protection Representative Justice Raquel Montoya-Lewis, Washington Supreme Court Terra Nevitt, WSBA Executive Director Judge Leone Reinbold, Law Clerk Board Prof. Zaida Rivera, Committee Chair Dean Jacob Rooksby, Gonzaga Law School Serena Sayani, At-Large Member Yuriko Hannali Styles, Law Clerk Dean Anthony Varona, Seattle University Law School |
Steering Committee Meetings
Next meeting: 1–3:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 3, 2025
This meeting will be held remotely via Zoom videoconferencing
Call in: 253-205-0468
Meeting ID: 856 9836 1436 || Passcode: 459006
Learn More about Pathways
Find more information here about current and future pathways to licensure.
Contact Us
For questions or to send comments, please email Chief Regulatory Counsel Renata de Carvalho Garcia or Assistant General Counsel Catherine Schur.
