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Bar lunch: May 21, 2010, CLE ignition interlock

Published May 12, 2010 in Bar Lunch, CLE and Criminal Law. Closed

May 21, CLE — Ignition Interlock presented by Courtney Popp, Washington State Patrol, at the Skills Center 8th and B street. Lunch is $9.00. Please RSVP for this event as soon as possible.

WSBA ADR section web site update

Published April 16, 2010 in Alternative Dispute Resolution, Bar News, Legal Resources, Litigation and Practice areas. Closed

The ADR section of the WSBA has implemented a new web site at www.wa-adr.ning.com. It is based on Web 2.0 standards and is oriented around a social networking and marketing orientation, which allows section members tools to collaborate and market their practices on a searchable site. Parts of the site are only accessible by members, and other parts are viewable by the public, which includes the ability to search for section members / mediators by geography skill and interests.

The ADR section provides services to people practicing ADR, and also for users of ADR services.

Upcoming bar meeting schedules: April 16 canceled

Published April 13, 2010 in Bar Lunch, Bar News, CLE and Criminal Law. Closed

The April 16, 2010 bar lunch has been canceled, due to the BOG luncheon on April 23.

The next bar lunch May 7 bar lunch will be our annual Law Day event.  It is expected there will be a speaker, and awards will be presented.

The May 21 lunch will offer the Ignition Interlock CLE (which was previously scheduled for April 16).

Sexual assault info presentations, by Healthy Families

Published April 8, 2010 in CLE, Family Law and Mental health. Closed

APRIL IS: SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH
&
CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH

Healthy families is sponsoring 2 events that you are encouraged to attend! Reader’s Theater Plus will be reading excerpts from books published by two local authors. The authors will be present both evening for Q & A and book signing. Books will be available for purchase at the events. (Subject matter not appropriate for children)

Refreshments and Q & A following, at all events.

EVENTS 1: Barbara Richard, author of the trilogy Dancing on His Grave, Walking Wounded, and Chasing Ghosts, along Dauna Cole, author of A Shattered Mind, will be answering questions and autographing books at both venues. You have 2 opportunities at 2 different places to hear 2 local authors tell their life stories as survivors of domestic abuse/sexual assault.

Readers Theater Plus Authors’ Event (held 2 times)
Friday/ April 9 Port Angeles Senior Center – 382 E. 7th St.
Saturday/April 10 Sequim Faith Lutheran Church – W. 382 Cedar St.
Time: 6:30 p.m. at both venues
Cost: FREE! (Donations welcome!)

EVENT 2: Screening of “Rape Is…” with Healthy Families Master’s level therapist, Ann Marie Emineth.
Q & A following

Tuesday/April 27 Port Angeles Healthy Families-1210 East Front Street-Suite Time: 6:00 p.m.
Cost: FREE (Donations welcome!)
PLEASE RSVP BY CALLING 452-3811

Written by:
Becca Korby
Executive Director
Healthy Families of Clallam County
1210 East Front Street Suite C
Port Angeles, WA. 98362
OFF: 360-452-3811

[Editor's note: There is no scheduled CLE credit for these events, but you may be able to obtain permission by filling out Form One with the WSBA. Please let us know if you have success with obtaining CLE credit.
Mark Baumann]

Family Law: Fatherhood class

Published April 8, 2010 in Bar News, Family Law and Legal Resources. Closed

Hello everyone,
I’m writing to let you know that there are just a few spaces left in the
next Fatherhood First class. We’re working to finalize the exact start date
and location, but the class will begin the last week in April on either the
27th or 29th. Continue reading ‘Family Law: Fatherhood class’

Guardian ad Litem training in Bremerton

Published February 25, 2010 in CLE, Estate Planning and Family Law. Closed

The Seventh Annual Certified Professional Guardian Continuing Education Conference; Wed, Thur March 30, 31 2010 at Kitsap Conference Center at Bremerton Harborside, 100 Washington Ave, Bremerton, WA 360-377-3785 CLE for attorney has been submitted to WSBA contact Bridge Builders, LTD at 360-683-8334; PO Box 182 Sequim, WA www.bridgebldrs.com for more information.

Peacekeepers update

Published January 17, 2010 in Alternative Dispute Resolution, Bar News, Practice areas and Pro Bono. Closed

Peacekeepers, the Port Angeles High School peer mediation program, is looking for adult volunteers and student mediators.

Attorneys, mediators and other adults interest in mediation, are needed to serve as supervisory committee members, and/or trainers. Peacekeepers is a PAHS program, but is maintained by school staff/administration and non-school community members. The primary functions for the adults is not to conduct or assist with mediations, but to:

  • train student mediators, for the annual fall training and ongoing trainings throughout the year
  • assist with debriefing/training for student mediators as needed
  • ensure student recruitment occurs every year
  • ensure a program coordinator is selected and trained every year
  • assist with raising funds (if and when needed)
  • be responsible for maintaining and reviewing student mediation contracts
  • act as a liaison with the school district
  • develop and maintain program policies
  • perform any other functions as necessary to ensure the continuing health of the program.

An initial 2-day training  for the program will be held on Thursday and Friday, February 5th and 6th, 2010. Interested adults and students should contact Mark Baumann or Taylor Schraudner at the numbers below.

The February training will be conducted by CRU Institute, a Bellevue company specializing in setting up high school peer mediation programs and curriculum.

Peacekeepers is a joint community effort supported by the Port Angeles High School, Angeles Mediation, Vista, the North Olympic Volunteer Center and the North Olympic Youth Corps. Funding for the cost of training was provided by a generous grant from the Port Angeles Education Foundation, Angeles Mediation, and the Kiwanis of Port Angeles.

Taylor Schraudner, PAHS Vista Volunteer, will serve as the volunteer program coordinator for the 2009-2010 school year.

Taylor Schraudner, Vista, 360-504-1201
Mark Baumann, Angeles Mediation, 360-452-8688
AngelesMediation.com

New Ways for Families CLE

Published June 3, 2009 in Bar News, CLE and Family Law. Closed

Training for the New Ways for Families program is confirmed and the information is below.

TRAINING:
Cost: $20
CLE credit: 1.5
Date: Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Time 8-9:30
Location: Peninsula Community Mental Health Center, 118 E. 8th Street,
Port Angeles
Trainer: Bill Eddy (program designer)

New Ways is a counseling/life skills-training program for parents involved in custody issues (divorce, paternity and dependency) and is designed to reduce parental conflict and in particular the exposure of that conflict to the children. It is based on several research studies, including the new longitudinal study from La Trobe University which provides strong research findings that facilitating the parents to “hear” their children makes a decided and enduring difference in the reduction of conflict, reduction of litigation, improvement in the stability of families, and satisfaction of parents with parenting arrangements.

Bill Eddy, the New Ways developer, will be in Victoria, and has graciously offered to come to Port Angeles the following day to do the training in person. At this time, we have about 15 counselors from Clallam and Jefferson committed to take the training (including PCMHC), and most of the family law bar as well. The program will have the most impact if counselors, judges and attorneys understand the program, so I do recommend all family law attorneys take the training. Three (cheap) CLE credits are provided, and a solid grounding in this tool will help you help your clients maximize whatever their goals may be.

The Clallam and Jefferson judges have expressed interest in the program, although they are keen for feedback from the attorneys and are truly interested in cooperative efforts with the bar. I encourage everyone to communicate with the judges if you have any thoughts or opinions about the program, pro or con.

You can find more info at:

http://highconflictinstitute.com/

Please feel free to call me if you have any questions or would like to know more about the program.

Regards,
Mark Baumann
360-452-8688

http://markbaumann.com/new-ways-for-families™

Parenting Summit: Celebrating our Kids

Published April 16, 2009 in CLE and Family Law. Closed

Saturday, May 16, 2009, 8:30-1:00
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
$5 fee, 4.5 CEU’s provided
Contact Jennifer Charles, 360-417-2384

A one day parenting summit and training will be presented with Kevin Haggerty, MSW, University of Washington, School of Social Work as the keynote speaker.

The program will begin with a PARADE OF LEADERS, including:
· School Superintendent, Diane Reaume
· Clallam County Sheriff
· Pediatrician, Mildred Bay, M.D.
· Clallam County Commissioners
· Peninsula Daily News, Jim Casey
· Commissioner Brent Basden
· Port Angeles and/or Forks Mayors
· County Tribes
· Peninsula College, Barbara Clampett
· Faith Community, Vicki Corson
· Jewish Community, Roland Pfaff
· United Way
· Clallam County Literacy Council, Rebecca Redshaw
· CPS
· Foster Parents, Martha Hastings
· Representing Youth Groups Gina Royal
· Service Clubs, Patti Hannah
· SNAP, Stuber
· Spanish Parents, Lilia Dodd
· Child Care Providers

A variety of breakout sessions  on parenting topics will be offered by speakers including: Karen Meyer, Speakers, Rosemary Newday, Lynn Sharpe, Lilia Dodd, Manuela Velasquez , Dan Maguire, Tracey Hosselkus, Larry Dunn, Sterling Epps, Ann Penn and Mark Baumann

Mediation training

Published March 26, 2009 in Alternative Dispute Resolution and Bar News. Closed

Laura O’Neill from Peninsula Dispute Resolution Center advised today that there is another traning coming up in April. The cost of the 40 hour training is $495.00 per attendee and a total of 36 CLE credits will be awarded to any who attend.

The program is scheduled for April 16, 17, 18, 23, 24 and 25. The program will be in Sequim. You can check the website at PDRC.org to view the flyer for additional details such as hours, location and registration information.

Ms. O’Neill also indicated that she is working on a program targeted at attorneys which will have an evening schedule over a number of weeks. If you are interested in a program in the evening, you may want to express your interest directly to her.

CLE: Attachment and the Foster Child

Published March 22, 2009 in Bar News, CLE and Family Law. Closed

Attachement and the Foster Child

Randi Hankins, noted speaker on the dominant approach to childhood attachment theory, will be presenting on March 25, 2009, at the Port Angeles, WA, DCFS office at 201 W. 1st Street, from 9-4. There is no cost for this seminar.

Topics include:
- Trauma and its impact
- How trauma and attachment problems impact behavior
- Running away, power struggles, defiant behavior
- Real tools for caregives
- Strategies to improve behavior and attachment
- Parenting skills

To register, email Bill Todd

“Although not without its critics, attachment theory has been described as the dominant approach to understanding early social development and to have given rise to a great surge of empirical research into the formation of children’s close relationships.[17] As it is presently formulated and used for research purposes, Bowlby’s attachment theory stresses the following important tenets: 1) children between 6 and about 30 months are very likely to form emotional attachments to familiar caregivers, especially if the adults are sensitive and responsive to child communications. 2) The emotional attachments of young children are shown behaviorally in their preferences for particular familiar people, their tendency to seek proximity to those people, especially in times of distress, and their ability to use the familiar adults as a secure base from which to explore the environment. 3) The formation of emotional attachments contributes to the foundation of later emotional and personality development, and the type of behavior toward familiar adults shown by toddlers has some continuity with the social behaviors they will show later in life. 4) Events that interfere with attachment, such as abrupt separation of the toddler from familiar people or the significant inability of carers to be sensitive, responsive or consistent in their interactions, have short-term and possible long-term negative impacts on the child’s emotional and cognitive life.”
From Wikipedia.com,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bowlby#The_.22Attachment_and_Loss.22_trilogy

CLE: DV Conference, south Seattle

Published March 22, 2009 in Bar News, CLE and Family Law. Closed

The Children & Families Experiencing Domestic Violence Conference on March 25th at South Seattle Community College is an opportunity for professionals and community members to learn more about how domestic violence affects the families in your community. The Conference is planned around four main themes including:
Primary Prevention
Engaging and Working with Domestic Violence Perpetrators as Parents
Supporting the Needs of Domestic Violence Survivors and their Children
Working with Maltreated Children and their Families in Court Dependency Processes

Conference presenters are some of the best in the domestic violence field from across the country. Three nationally known presenters include: Larry Cohen, Executive Director and Founder of the Prevention Institute; Professor Jeffrey Edleson, University of Minnesota; and Anne Ganley, University of Washington PLUS 18 additional speakers from the Puget Sound area will present. Laura Porter, Staff Director of the Family Policy Council, will present on The Dynamics of Thriving in Washington State!

The Conference fee of $55 includes all materials, continental breakfast and lunch with registration before March 23rd (registration increases to $75 on March 23rd). A brochure is attached to this email for you to check out.

To register simply log onto http://www.skccn.com/ChildDVconf.asp and click on the registration button. You will be able to view the full agenda plus speaker bios. Registration is by purchase order or credit card. Special arrangements for checks can be made by contacting conference coordinator, Dianne Heide, at dheide@skccn.com.

Mark Baumann elected to WSBA ADR Executive Committee

Published March 22, 2009 in Alternative Dispute Resolution, Bar News and Family Law. Closed

Mark Baumann, Port Angeles, Washington, attorney, has been elected to a 3 year term on the Washington State Bar Association’s Alternative Dispute Resolution executive committee.

Teresa Neudorfer elected to WSBA FL Executive Committee

Published March 22, 2009 in Bar News and Family Law. Closed

Teresa Neudorfer, Sequim, Washington, attorney has been elected to the Washington State Bar Association Family Law section executive committee, for a 3 year term.

CLE: Understanding & Managing High Conflict Personalities

Published April 14, 2008 in CLE and Family Law. Closed

CLE
Understanding & Managing High Conflict Personalities
Seattle, June 18-20, 2008
Click here for more information and registration

Bill Eddy returns to Seattle to again present his very excellent on recognizing and learning what to do about High Conflict people. This year the seminar is three days, and may be taken in segments of one, two or all three days.

“I found last years program by far the single best seminar I have taken in 20 years of practice.” Mark Baumann

Day 1: Understanding & Managing High Conflict Personalities in Litigation, Negotiation & Mediation
Day 2 High Conflict Personalities in Family Law
Day 3 Advanced Skills Training

Details about the program follow: Continue reading ‘CLE: Understanding & Managing High Conflict Personalities’