WSBA Leadership Institute
Tracy Flood (left) receives the first "Two Thumbs Up" award, presented by WSBA Leadership Instite co-chairs Judge Marcine Anderson and Bill Garcia at a breakfast attended by members of the WSBA Board of Governors and WLI Advisory Board members and fellows on June 4, 2011. Tracy, a member of the inaugural WLI class in 2005, received the award in honor of her being the first WLI fellow elected to the Board of Governors.
Bar News Article by WSBA President Steven Toole
Read the July 2011 President's Corner in Bar News, "The WSBA Leadership Institute: What Is It and Why Should We Care?"
About the WSBA Leadership Institute
The WSBA Leadership Institute (WLI) is a leadership development program created in 2004 by the WSBA Board of Governors at the behest of then-president Ronald R. Ward, founder of the WSBA Leadership Institute. The program operates under the direction of a Board of Advisors and provides monthly training sessions to participants (fellows). The sessions include topics such as the "nuts and bolts" of law practice, leadership styles, the judiciary, and the legislative process. A WSBA Leadership Institute fellow is afforded numerous opportunities to personally interact with legal, judicial, and political leaders.
2012 WLI Class
The application period for the 2012 class is now closed; thank you to all who applied. Applications for the 2013 class will be accepted beginning in August 2013.
WSBA Leadership Institute Mission
The mission of the WSBA Leadership Institute is to recruit, train, and develop minority and traditionally underrepresented attorneys for future leadership positions in the Bar and community. Our goal is to have a class that reflects the full diversity of our state, which includes race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disability, and geographic location.