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Free Legal Clinic: Advanced Directives

Get help with your health care directive, durable power of attorney for health care, and durable power of attorney for finance.

When: June 6, 2015 from 12 p.m.- 3 p.m.

Where: 115 E. Railroad Ave. Port Angeles.

Call 360-504-2422 to register.

Judge Brian Coughenour Swearing In

Date: Monday, June 1, 2015
Time: 3:00 p.m.
Place: Courtroom I

Please join us on Monday, June 1, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. in Courtroom I for the swearing in of Judge Brian Paul Coughenour. Justice Susan Owens and Judge George L. Wood will officiate. Cake & coffee will be served following the ceremony.

Law Day 2015

When: Friday, May 1, 2015 at 12:00 p.m.
Where: Kokopelli Grill, 203 E. Front St., Port Angeles
Featured Speaker: Senior United States District Court Judge Robert Bryan for the Western District of Washington.
Lunch Cost: $15

Please RSVP by responding to this email by no later than 5pm, SUNDAY April 26, 2015

LET’S CELEBRATE – LAW DAY – FRIDAY MAY 1, 2015!

The Clallam County-Jefferson County LAW DAY and Pro Bono Lawyers celebration will be held on Friday May 1 at Noon (doors open at 11:30) at Kokopelli’s Grill, 203 E. Front St., Port Angeles. This year’s theme is the Magna Carta – the foundation of the rule of law in the Western World. The program will end promptly at 1:15 p.m. – Superior Court Judges and Commissioners have been invited and have graciously agreed to delay ex parte until 1:15 p.m.
This presentation is not a CLE, but any donations to Clallam-Jefferson County Pro Bono would be greatly appreciated!
Our featured speaker is Senior United States District Court Judge Robert Bryan for the Western District of Washington. An outstanding speaker, Judge Bryan is well known to many Port Angeles lawyers since he frequently acted as a visiting Superior Court Judge when not on the bench in Kitsap County. Judge Bryan is an energetic leader especially in the judiciary having served as a pro tem Supreme Court and Court of Appeals judge. He is a founder and first president of the Puget Sound Inn of Court and one of a relatively few recipients of the Life Time Service Award conferred by the Washington State Bar Association.
At this event, we will honor two Pro Bono Lawyers of the Year and all the other pro bono volunteer lawyers of Clallam and Jefferson Counties.
Lunch will cost $15.00 (including tip and tax), thanks to our generous sponsors who have allowed us to subsidize lunch for the event. Thank you for your support. The menu is a fixed menu, featuring Fish (cod) and Chips, smoked salmon chowder, green salad and coleslaw, bread/rolls, and coffee, tea and water. Please RSVP by responding to this email by no later than 5pm, SUNDAY April 26, 2015; Pro Bono will be charged a minimum of 40 plates regardless of whether 40 people attend. The banquet room can accommodate up to 60 attendees, so let’s fill the room for Judge Bryan and our Pro Bono Lawyers.
Lunch tickets may be purchased by contacting Shauna Rogers at Pro Bono at 360.504.2422 or [email protected] or at the door.
We thank our Sponsors who are:
Platt Irwin; Will Payne; Johnson, Rutz & Tassie; McMenamin & McMenamin; Derek Medina; Carol Mortensen; Greenaway, Gay & Tulloch; J. Richard Manning – Seattle Northwest Mediator & Arbitrator Services.

The Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce graciously loaned us a portable PA system.

Thank you all for your support, see you on LAW DAY!

CCBA lunch – CLE Mythbusting I-594

Please mark your calendars for our upcoming event – Mythbusting I-594 presented by Will Payne and Derek Medina, 12-1pm at the Skills Center.

As you may be aware, we left the Skills Center toward the end of 2014 because they were unable to accommodate preparing lunch during the noon hour, and that has not changed. We briefly had our lunches at the Bushwhacker, but I recently learned that the Bushwhacker will be re-opening for lunch, which would make it difficult to hear presenters.

After some research and discussion, I made the decision to return to the Skills Center, at least on a temporary basis. ***PLEASE NOTE that the Skills Center will not be providing lunch. A member has graciously decided to donate lunch for the day, but we need to provide a headcount. If you plan to attend, please respond to this email.

I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, however, it appears we have limited options at this point. Thank you for your patience.

 

CLE: TIME AND BILLING PRACTICES THAT WORK

  • Host: Clallam County Bar Association
  • Phone: 360-417-5659
  • When: Friday, December 5 at 12:00 PM
  • Where: Bushwhacker Restaurant

Presenter Charity Anastasio from the WSBA graduated from The University of Washington with a BA Degree in English in 2001 and Seattle University School of Law in 2007. She opened her practice in 2008 where she focused on Estate Planning, Probate, and Family Law issues in her Kirkland office. In 2013 she joined the WSBA’s LOMAP team as a Practice Management Advisor. Now she has the honor of meeting lawyers where they are at in their newly budding, transitioning, or winding up of their solo or small firm, assisting lawyers in making their practice flourish and their dreams come true.

*** Lunch – $14.00; CLE – $20 donation to Pro Bono Lawyers

Nuts and Bolts CLE

Presented by Clallam-Jefferson County Pro Bono Lawyers & Northwest Justice Project

Annual Continuing Legal Education Event

When: Friday, November 7, 2014 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

Where: Port Angeles City Counsel Chambers. Across the street from the Clallam County Courthouse

Breakfast and lunch provided

Earn 6 continuing legal education credits: 4 general & 2 ethics

Pre-register $150 or pay at the door $175. Mail to 408 E. 5th Street, Port Angeles WA. Make checks payable to Clallam-Jefferson County Pro Bono Lawyers. Credit/Debit cards will be accepted at the door.

Doug Ende, WSBA Chief Disciplinary Counsel: Disciplinary Procedure.

Jon Fox, Seattle attorney: Update on marijuana law, current issues in DUI defense

Sam Adams, NJP Veteran¡|s Project: Veteran’s Legal Issues, Veteran’s Project.
Meredith Childers/Daniel Ediger, NJP CLEAR Senior, Advance planning, powers of attorney, advanced directives.
Patricia Proebsting, CLEAR, debt collection, charity care/medical debt, student loans, driver’s license reinstatement, Foreclosure Prevention attorney, NJP: Washington’s Foreclosure Prevention Act

 

 

CLE: THE STATUS OF FISH CONSUMPTION STANDARDS

Hosted by:
Clallam County Bar Association

When:
Friday, October 03, 2014 at 12:00 PM

Where:
The Skills Center
905 W 9th St
Port Angeles WA 98363

Katie Krueger will present this CLE  about administrative law (rulemaking) in regards to the dispute between the Native American Tribes in WA and Ecology/governor about: 1) The pace of promulgation of water quality standards to protect those who regularly eat fish, from ingesting too much toxic material or carcinogens, and 2) Levels the governor said he will find acceptable, as a settlement of sorts (unwritten) between the state and those who must dispose of water (municipal waste treatment plants, industry). It will cover some of the administrative procedure of the feds and WA, discuss what standards exist federally and currently with WA, issues regarding fish consumption rule amendment, how the criteria are set and what Oregon has done a few years ago, and how Oregon is doing.