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Domestic Violence Pro Bono Clinic- June 23, 2017

The Law Office of Mark Baumann is hosting a domestic violence legal clinic, starting tomorrow, June 23, 2017 through December 31, 2017. They are attempting to reach out to domestic violence victims and help them to achieve safety and stability through guiding them with free counsel and legal paperwork drafting for domestic violence protection orders. They encourage eligible clients to contact  them, at 360.504.0409,  between the hours of 10:00 A.M. and 12:00 P.M. on Mondays or 2:00 P.M. and 4:00 P.M on Friday.

In addition, this clinic will be used as a way to collect research for BELARI. The goal of BELARI is to help improve the legal system by researching and applying interdisciplinary concepts to legal counseling and representation. BELARI occasionally conducts research projects, sometimes in conjunction with pro bono clinics. For more information regarding BELARI visit http://markbaumann.com/belari/.

Law at the Landing- June 24

The Clallam County Bar Association is hosting Law at the Landing this Saturday from noon to 3:00.  This drop-in clinic is a great way to serve your community without committing to long term representation. Contact Shauna Rogers if you are available to volunteer at 360.504.2422.

Resilience Training – May 15 & 16

On May 15th & 16th of this month, Forks Abuse Program is hosting a training by Linda Chamberlain PhD, MPH. The training will offer a strengths based approach that highlights resilience-promoting practices with families. Building a more caring, empathetic and resilient community has been an ongoing project for the Forks Abuse Program.

Registration for this training is limited based on space. If interested, please contact Nicole Knieps at the Forks Abuse Program (now called Mariposa House) (360) 374-6411, or register at https://nicoleknieps.typeform.com/to/RUvRK5.

Law Day Event – May 5, 2017

Clallam-Jefferson County Pro Bono Lawyers (CJCPBL)Law day celebration will take place on Friday, May 5, 2017.

The keynote speaker for the annual event will be John L. McKay. Mr. McKay is a national leader of funding low income civil legal services, top Department of Justice lawyer in Western Washington, a constitutional law professor at Seattle University, as well as Team Leader Chief for rule of law and human rights projects in the Palestinian West Bank.

CJCPBL’s Law Day event will be held at Kokopelli Grill from Noon-1:15, lunch is $20. Please RSVP [email protected].

CCBA listserve

CCBA has a listserv that is operated through the Clallam County Bar Association Google Group and is available to its members as well as other legal professionals in the Clallam County area. If you would like to be added to the group and receive CCBA emails, just go to https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!forum/clallam-county-bar-association and click on the “Apply for membership” link. The listserv is used to send out notifications of upcoming events, resources that are of interest to our members, and for discussions relevant to our members. If you have already joined the CCBA Google group, you can send an email to the list by sending it to: [email protected]. Emails to the list are monitored by the CCBA president, so make sure to review the posting guidelines to ensure that your message is approved and sent out to the list without delay. If you are a member of the CCBA Google Group, you can also follow the link above to review previous posts.

Stephanie Hyatt
President
Clallam County Bar Association

CLE: Prosecuting Attorney’s Office

When: April 21, 2017, 12 p.m.-1 p.m.
Where: Kokopelli Grill, downstairs

Presented by Mark Nichols. Information will be provided about prosecuting attorney’s office and coroner’s office.

Filed Under: CLE

General Legal Drop-In Clinic

Hosted by Clallam-Jefferson County Pro Bono Lawyers

When: Saturday, April 29, 12:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
Where: The Landing Mall

Upcoming CLE’s

February 11th 12-3pm, upstairs Landing Mall: Clallam County Will’s Clinic – volunteers needed
February 17th, noon, downstairs at Kokopelli’s: Hannah McFarland will be presenting to us on forensic document examination. The bar social previously scheduled for this date has been cancelled. (1 CLE credit pending)
March 3rd, 4:30 pm, upstairs bar at Kokopelli’s: Bar social!
March 17th, noon, downstairs at Kokopelli’s: Jeff Boyd will be presenting to us on DISC: Who’s your jury going to be? (1 CLE credit pending)
April 7th, noon, downstairs at Kokopelli’s: Jeanne Marie Clavere will be presenting to us on updates to the RPCs (1 Ethics CLE credit pending)

CCBA

Last week the Board of Trustees voted on the issue of whether or not to join the following statement proposed by the Port Angeles Racial Justice Collective: “We
seek to hold a safe space for our community members and will not tolerate violence or discrimination in Port Angeles and the North Olympic Peninsula. We offer our support to immigrants, indigenous peoples, people of color, Muslim and Jewish people, LGBTQ people, women and femmes, survivors, people with disabilities, and all those who have been marginalized and may be targeted because of who they are.”

The results of the poll showed that the majority of the CCBA members were in favor of joining the statement. The Board of Trustees discussed the poll, reviewed the comments provided by our members and ultimately chose to vote in favor of joining the statement. Thank you to all those who participated in the poll and provided comments on the issue.