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Dear Friends,

We are just a few weeks away from our Evening of Justice at Wing Luke. I hope you can join us on Thursday, October 16th to honor the invaluable contributions of our volunteers and pro-bono attorneys, and help us raise essential funds to continue our critical work in these challenging times. Register here.

Thursday, October 16th, 2025

The Wing Luke Museum

719 South King Street | Seattle, WA

Reception at 5:30pm | Program at 6:30pm

The evening will feature delicious hors d'oeuvres and refreshments from Baegopa Korean BBQ, a short speaking program, and an opportunity to donate to NWIRP. If you’re unable to attend but would still like to contribute, you can always do so at https://bit.ly/NWIRPwingluke2025. We are grateful for your continued partnership in this work.

Estimado/as Amigo/as,

Estamos a solo unas semanas de nuestra Velada por la Justicia en Wing Luke. Espero que puedas acompañarnos el Jueves, 16 de Octubre para honrar las contribuciones invaluables de nuestros voluntarios y abogados pro-bono, y ayudarnos a recaudar fondos esenciales para continuar con nuestro trabajo crítico en estos tiempos de constantes desafíos.  Regístrate aquí.

Jueves, 16 de Octubre de 2025

Museo Wing Luke 

719 South King Street | Seattle, WA

Recepción 5:30 pm | Programa 6:30 pm

La velada ofrecerá deliciosos entremeses y refrigerios de Baegopa Korean BBQ, un programa breve de intervenciones y la oportunidad de realizar una donación a NWIRP. Si no puedes asistir pero aún así deseas contribuir, siempre puedes hacerlo en https://bit.ly/NWIRPwingluke2025. Estamos agradecidos por tu continuo apoyo con nuestra labor. 

 Law Rocks is an organization that hosts battle of the bands starring legal professionals, with each band playing to support the nonprofit of their choice. We have raised over $8 million and toured to 31 cities globally since our founding in 2009, and hundreds of legal professionals around the world have played our shows. Audience members at a Law Rocks show get the chance to hear great music, connect with the local legal community, and support amazing nonprofits.

Details here!

We are pleased to announce that the application for the Judicial Institute's Fellows Clinic is now open. The Judicial Institute is committed to the diversification of Washington’s courts. Please apply or share widely with your networks so we can ensure a more accessible path to the judiciary. 

About the Clinic:

Fellows will participate in two-day in-person interactive sessions at Seattle University School of Law on March 27-28, 2026, designed to provide practical knowledge to help legal professionals from a variety of backgrounds become judges. Taught by instructors who are judges, minority bar judicial evaluation committee members, and appointing authorities, the clinic will address topics including judicial ethics, the judicial appointment process, and preparing for a judicial campaign.

In addition, Fellows will be assigned judicial mentors who will provide one-on-one feedback and guidance. At the end of the program, Fellows should have the skills and information to begin seeking a position on the bench. Fellows will also receive general and ethics CLE credits. 

There will be a $100 fee to help cover costs of obtaining CLE credits and other expenses.

Application Process:

Interested applicants with eight years or more of legal experience should submit a letter of interest, resume, and application. Due October 31, 2025, the application is attached in both Word and PDF and available HERE.

You're invited to the National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL) 2025 General Counsel Institute at the InterContinental New York Barclay on October 15-17, 2025.

Program is curated for your unique, in-house perspective. Over 70% of attendees are in-house counsel, and they're ready to welcome you with that signature NAWL warmth.

Discounted room rate expires on Monday, September 29! Register soon to book your room and snag the savings.

The National Association of Women Lawyers (“NAWL”) is gathering insights from attorneys nationwide to better understand the evolving legal landscape. Responses will help guide future programming, policy recommendations, and workplace reforms.

NAWL is reaching out to ask for Washington Women Lawyers' partnership in this important research effort.

10 minute survey

The Washington State Supreme Court Disability Justice Task Force (DJTF) is pleased to announce a four-part webinar series on the criminalization of disability, facilitated by KMG Consulting Firm. This series will examine how disability is criminalized in our legal systems and explore intersections with race, gender, poverty, and more. Each session will explore barriers and opportunities for systemic improvement.

The webinars will be held Fridays from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. PDT, beginning May 30 through June 20, 2025. All sessions will be recorded.

Please see the attached flyer for full session descriptions, dates, and registration links. Feel free to share with your networks.

CLE Credit: Credit has been requested and is currently pending approval. Additional details will be provided once confirmed.

To request accommodations, please contact: Joslyn.Nelson@courts.wa.gov

We hope you’ll join us for this important discussion.

Pro-Choice Washington is currently searching for passionate, committed leaders to help guide our work protecting and expanding reproductive freedom across Washington and the Northwest.

If you think this volunteer role is of interest to your community, please feel free to circulate with your networks. The link to apply is below and feel free to reach out if you have any questions.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeIOtYrXp_kd1Aqv2QhZOCDpK3n_QD4j9vWH3rb4ZiqiwgwhQ/viewform 

 Law & Corporate Affairs Department 

2024-2025 Diversity Mentorship Program

The Starbucks Law & Corporate Affairs Department is pleased to invite mentee participants for our Starbucks Diversity Mentorship Program.  This program will connect Starbucks in-house lawyers with junior attorneys from diverse backgrounds in one-to-one mentorship relationships.  The Starbucks legal department boasts one of the most experienced and diverse groups of attorneys in the region, and our lawyers are excited to share their insights into learning the practice of law, their advice in navigating legal work environments, and for those who are interested, strategies for future career development.   

Following a virtual kick-off reception for incoming mentees and their mentors, this program will foster direct, informal interactions over a one-year period to help diverse junior attorneys connect and network in the local community of legal professionals and business leaders.  The program is open to all lawyers in private practice in their first four years as an attorney, and who are members of one or more minority bar associations or diversity affinity groups.   

If you are interested in applying, please submit a cover letter and resume to Doug Stevens at doug.stevens@starbucks.com, with a copy to lcainclusiondiversity@starbucks.com, by Friday, September 6, 2024.  In your cover letter, please identify your current area of practice (and your desired area, if different), your office location, your general interest in receiving mentoring, and the minority bar association(s) or affinity group(s) to which you belong.  If you have any questions, please direct them to Doug Stevens, and one of our committee members will follow up with you. 

Sincerely, 

The Starbucks L&CA Diversity Mentorship Committee 

Lawyers and Judges: Have you ever reached a point in your career and thought, "If only I had known...."  

Law Students: Have you ever wished you had advice from someone who has actually been there?  

Mentors meet mentees!  

The mission of the JMMP is to promote the retention, growth, and success of minority* law students and new lawyers as they enter the legal profession, through formalized one-on-one mentorship matches and practical follow-up events throughout the year.

*We consider people of color; religious, ethnic, and racial minorities; people with disabilities; and LGTBQ+ people to be minorities in our society for purposes of our group's mission. We have chosen to focus our limited resources on addressing impacts on societal minorities. However, we recognize many other groups--such as women, individuals with socio-economic disadvantages, first generation law graduates, and formerly incarcerated individuals--have also been historically under-represented and marginalized in our profession. We do include programming that addresses these issues because they also impact many of our mentees. In addition, many of our follow-up events are open to all and free of charge. With respect and solidarity, if you are not a member of a societal minority but are looking for mentorship, please reach out directly to one or our many partner organizations for their assistance: King County Bar Association, Federal Bar Association, Washington State Bar Association, Washington Women Lawyers, and Mother Attorneys Mentoring Association of Seattle.  

Participants will be formally matched, and pairs will create their own agreement regarding discussion topics, meetings, and follow-up.  The formal program will last through the end of 2024.  But we hope the relationships will continue beyond.  Register HERE to attend the Kick-Off Event on Wednesday, March 27th from 6:00-8:30 pm at Foster Garvey’s Seattle law office: 1111 3rd Ave Ste 3000, Seattle, WA 98101. .

*JMMP is generously sponsored by The Opportunity and Progress Council, Foster Garvey’s diversity, equity, and inclusion initiative.

JMMP partner organizations include:

·  South Asian Bar Association of Washington (SABAW) - Founding Partner

·  Middle Eastern Legal Association of Washington (MELAW) – Founding Partner

·  Washington Attorneys with Disabilities Association (WADA)

·  Northwest Indian Bar Association (NIBA)

·  Washington State Bar Association - Indian Law Section (WSBA-ILS)

·  Vietnamese American Bar Association (VABAW)

·  Korean American Bar Association of Washington (KABA)

·  Latina/o Bar Association of Washington (LBAW)

·  Washington Women Lawyers Association (WWL)

·  Washington State Bar Association – Board of Governors (WSBA-BOG, unanimously adopted by Board of Governors)

·  Washington State Bar Association – Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Council (WSBA – DEI Council)

·  King County Bar Association - New Lawyers Division (KCBA-NLD)

·  King County Bar Association (KCBA)

·  QLaw – a voice of LBGT Lawyers and other legal professionals in Washington

·  Federal Bar Association - Washington Chapter (FBA - WA)

·  Mother Attorneys Mentoring Association of Seattle (MAMAS)

·  Asian Bar Association of Washington (ABAW)

·  and welcoming our newest partner, the Loren Miller Bar Association (LMBA)!!!

Join us March 22nd-24th at the Pierce County Superior Courthouse in Tacoma, WA…

Washington State YMCA Youth & Government is hosting the Washington State Mock Trial Tournament on March 22nd-24th at the Pierce County Superior Court (930 Tacoma Ave S Ste 110, Tacoma, WA 98402). Please join us in volunteering or sharing out the sign-up links, as it will take over 150 volunteers to make this event happen. We have had over 10% growth in Mock Trial this year, so we need your support now more than ever!

We need attorneys to volunteer for the following times:

Round 1: Friday (3/22) @ 6:30pm

Round 2: Saturday (3/23) @ 8:30am

Round 3: Saturday (3/23) @ 12:30pm

Round 4: Saturday (3/23) @ 4pm

Please sign up for a round (or two!) and get some volunteer hours, meet other folks working with youth interested in the law, and become a part of the Mock Trial community! We have over 70 teams (including Middle Schools!) registered for this season! Feel free to forward this email or sign-up link to friends and colleagues that may be available and interested.