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Upcoming CLE shedule for the remainder of 2010:

Sept 17 –Family Support Division of Prosecutor’s Office — Stormy Howell
Oct 1 — Electronic Discovery — Will Payne
Oct 15 — Ethics — Hugh Haffner
Nov 5 — Clallam Legal (full day seminar)
Nov 19 — Ethics (possibly)
Dec 3 — Open — takers?

1st Annual Golf Tournament and BBQ/dinner

Just a reminder that the 1st Annual Golf Tournament and BBQ/dinner will be held August 17, 2010.  Please join in this premier summer CCBA event to close out the summer.

For you golfers, tee times begin at 2:00, there are five times reserved,  for a total of twenty golfers.  There are 5 openings left so hurry up and reserve a spot.

Even if you don’t golf, bring your spouse/signficant other and enjoy dinner and the surprise mystery entertainment.

Cost of the dinner is going to be approximately $15.00 and golf cost is $36 + $14 cart. Dinner and entertainment begin at 7 pm.

Please RSVP with President Will Payne as an accurate head count will be needed.

Ceremony for Graham Ralston

This friday at 11:30 am in the old courtroom, Judge Brooke Taylor will swear-in Graham Ralston as a recently admitted lawyer.

Graham grew up in Port Angeles and is the great great grandson of Judge John Ralston who presided in Clallam and Jefferson counties in the middle of the last century and whose photograph is displayed on the wall outside the Superior Court Clerk’s Office.

All are welcome to attend the ceremony.

Judicial Forum July 16, 2010

The Judicial Forum will be held on July 16, 2010 from 11:45 to 1:15.  The PDN and Sequim Gazette will be present and the forum will be recorded.

Steve Methner is not available as a moderator, so if someone has a suggestion, please contact President, Will Payne.

After the forum, the evaluation forms for prosecutor and judicial candidates will be mailed to only dues paid members for 2010 as of July 16, 2010. So, if you have not paid, please do so to Cliff Tassie. The evaluations will be mailed with a SASE envelope to return the evaluations to CCBA and the results will be blind. Past President, Carol Mortensen, President, Will Payne and 2011 President, Chris Koenig will tally the results and provide it to the members.

Please RSVP so a correct amount of food may be ordered for those who attend.

Bar Lunch 6/18/10: Prosecutor forum

The Clallam County Bar Association will host a candidate forum for the elected position of Prosecutor. The forum will be from 11:45 to 1:15 on Friday, June 18, 2010, at the North Olympic Peninsula Skills Center located at 905 West 9th Street. Lunch is payable to it in the form of a check for $9.00 or cash in the exact amount

Will Payne, CCBA president feels that for impartiality purposes, Steve Methner, current president of the Rotary Club 2 of Port Angeles, will moderate. The format will be:

Ten minute open
Questions from audience that can be directed to a specific candidate or the panel and each candidate that answers gets three (3) minutes to answer.
If a question is directed to a specific candidate and another candidate wants to answer it, he/she gets a three (3) minute response.
We will judge how our time is and and each candidate will be given five (5) minutes to close and summarize why he/she is the best candidate for the position.

The purpose of the forum is for CCBA to analyze/review the candidates and the platforms.

Please RSVP to [email protected]

Law Day lunch

Please join Pro Bono Lawyers and the Clallam County Bar Association LAW DAY Lunch

Friday, May 7, 11:45 – 1:00 Community Senior Center
328 East 7th Street Port Angeles, WA
Rep. Lynn Kessler – Speaker
Service Awards — to be announced at the meeting.

Please RSVP to 452-9137
$30.00 per person