Access to Justice Conference Program
Partnerships for Justice

June 20-22, 1997 - Doubletree - Yakima Valley

Friday, June 20

Preliminary ATJ Network Member Organization Meetings

9:00. - 4:00 WSBA Board of Governors ¡V Naches Room
10:00 - 12:30 Access to Justice Board Cowiche ¡V Board Room
10:00 - 3:00 Legal Foundation of Washington Board ¡V Harrah Room
10:00 - 2:00 LAW Fund Board ¡V Tieton Room
12:00 - 4:30 Columbia Legal Services Board ¡V Wapato Room
12:00 - 5:00 Volunteer Attorney Legal Service Programs ¡V Selah Room

Specialty Legal Service Programs

12:00 - 5:00 Courthouse Facilitators ¡V Executive Board Room
12:00 - 5:00 Northwest Justice Project Board ¡V Pepper Tree Inn
2:00 - 5:00 Unemployment Law Project Board ¡V Cowiche Board Room
3:00 - 5:00 ATJ Board Education Committee ¡V Tieton Room

Access To Justice Conference Opens - Yakima Ballroom

6:00 p.m. Welcoming Reception Buffet - Bountiful Appetizers/No Host Bar
Sponsored by: Washington State Bar Association and Legal Foundation of Washington

Welcome: Tom Chambers, President, Washington State Bar Association; Kevin Kelly, President, Legal Foundation of Washington; and Paul Stritmatter, Chair, Access to Justice Board

Entertainment: East Side Story, presented by The Moderately Talented (Yet Plucky) Repertory Theatre of Justice

Keynote Speaker: John McKay, President, Legal Services Corporation

7:30 - 8:30 a.m. Buffet Breakfast Courtyard & Vineyards Restaurant

First-time conference participants should be seated in the Vineyards Restaurant for a Conference Orientation presented by Ada Shen-Jaffe, Director, Columbia Legal Services

9:00 - 12:00 WSBA Board of Governors Harrah Room
8:30 - 11:30 Bar Leaders Conference Workshops Selah Room

Concurrent Workshops
8:30 - 10:00 Resources for the Pro Se Litigant Wapato Room

Do It Yourself Divorce Workshops/Clinics As a Resource for the Pro Se Litigant, Bruce Neas, Columbia Legal Services
The Role of the Courthouse Facilitator, Sandy Fitzpatrick, Snohomish County Courthouse Facilitator
The Role of the County Clerk, Peggy Bogdon, Cowlitz County Clerk and JoAnne McBride, Clark County Clerk
Written Resources for the Pro Se Litigant, June Krumpotick, Northwest Womenƒ­s Law Center
CLEAR as a Resource for the Pro Se Litigant, Joan Kleinberg, Northwest Justice Project

Defined task representation is a key to the future of access to justice. Panelists will address the ethical and practical issues from the point of view of the attorney.

Justice Richard Guy, Washington State Supreme Court; Hon. Anne Ellington, Washington Court of Appeals; Barrie Althoff, WSBA Chief Disciplinary Counsel and Director of Lawyer Discipline; Leslie Savina, Eastside Legal Assistance Program; and Commissioner Kim Prochnau, King County Superior Court

The focus is to increase the understanding of the relationship between educating the public and access to justice.

Welcome, Introductions, Overview of Session, Mary Wechsler, ATJ Board Education Committee Chair
Interactive Strategy for Educating the Public
Connecting Public Education in the Law to Access to Justice, Margaret Fisher, Street Law Program
The Big Picture (ABA Video)
Highlighting Specific Programs in Washington, Hon. Richard B. Sanders, Washington State Supreme Court; Hon. Judith Hightower, King County District Court; Marla Elliott, LASER Project; Eleanor Wotten, Chair, Social Studies Dept., Lincoln High School, Tacoma; and Margaret Fisher, Street Law Program.
Discussion of Public Education Strategies

10:00 - 10:15 Break

Concurrent Workshops
10:15 - 11:30 Welfare Reform Wapato Room
Panelists will cover the new welfare reform legislation, the proposed regulations to implement the legislation, the impact on clients, and the role of advocates. Yvette War Bonnet, Elizabeth Schott and Rebecca Smith of Columbia Legal Services
10:15 - 11:30 Defined Task Representation in Family Law
Unbundling Legal Services Naches Room
From the Program Point of View
Defined task representation is an important new tool for improving access to justice. Panelists will discuss the place for this kind of representation in legal services delivery programs.

Justice Richard Guy, Washington State Supreme Court; Hon. Anne Ellington, Washington Court of Appeals; Karen Westover, Director of Legal Development, Maricopa County Self Service Center (Arizona); Pam Feinstein, Eastside Legal Assistance Program Director; and Commissioner Kim Prochnau, King County Superior Court

10:15 - 12:00 noon Technology - What It Can Do For You
Peppertree Conference Room
Panelists will discuss the benefits of technology for legal services and volunteer attorney legal services programs and will demonstrate current available software programs (Kemp Cases, Pro Law, Quick Books) that can assist with the management of the data and funding. In addition, OAC will discuss the information available over the Internet.

Joan Kleinberg, Northwest Justice Project; Robin Lester, King County Bar Association; and a representative from the Information Systems Division of the Office of the Administrator for the Courts.

12:15 - 1:45 WSBA Annual Awards Luncheon ¡V Yakima Ballroom
Award presentations by Tom Chambers, President, Washington State Bar

Invitation to ATJ Conference Plenary Session: Justice Charles Z. Smith, Washington State Supreme Court

2:00 - 4:30 Building Partnerships/Sharing Resources Yakima Ballroom
Welcome & Introductions: Colleen Kinerk, Access to Justice Conference Chair

In this plenary session with the Bar Leaders Conference, Bill Meyer of Meyer & Associates, Inc. will inspire and motivate conference participants as he teaches team building skills. This session will include exercises in:

Making it Work Partnering Communications Coming Together
Teambuilding Problem Solving Establishing Priorities Designing an Action Plan

6:00 - 9:30 p.m. Wine Tasting and Barbecue Hyatt Vineyards Winery in Zillah
This is a joint event with the Bar Leaders Conference. Entertainment will be Clallam County, Seattle¡¦s Slowest Rising Folk Group. No buses or car pools have been arranged. Please see driving directions in your registration packet.

8:00 - 8:30 a.m. Buffet Breakfast Courtyard & Vineyards Restaurant
8:30 - 12:00 Bar Leader Conference Workshops Selah Room

Concurrent Workshops
8:30 - 10:00 Technology - What It Can Do For You Tieton Room
Repeat of hands-on demonstration only

Forum for a discussion of the role of the bar in access to justice. Speakers will share their views, to be followed by full audience participation in a discussion of these - and other - points of view. Leonard Schroeter, ATJ Board Jurisprudence of Access Committee Chair; Prof. Rob Aronson, University of Washington School of Law; Mary Fairhurst, Attorney General's Office; Prof. John Strait, Seattle University Law School and Hon. Anne Ellington, Washington Court of Appeals

8:30 - 10:00 Funding: Public Private Partnerships Naches Room
Facilitator: Bob Patrick

State Funding Issues - Marlin Appelwick, Representative for the 46th District; Arnie Whedbee, Columbia Legal Services; and Jim Bamberger, Columbia Legal Services
Federal Funding Issues - Pat McIntyre, Northwest Justice Project Executive Director
IOLTA - Kevin Kelly, Legal Foundation of Washington President
LAW Fund - John Powers, Jr. LAW Fund Board Member
Innovative Fundraising Ideas - Cheryl Baumann, Clallam County Pro Bono Program

8:30 - 10:00 Community Partnerships Harrah Room
Non-lawyers in the community can enhance access to justice by working in partnership with staffed and volunteer legal services programs and the courts. Innovative models will be highlighted which involve mediators, court reporters, domestic violence advocates and social service providers. Phyllis Selinker, Snohomish County Legal Services; Susan Clark, Clark & Associates Reporting Services; Bev Goodman, Dispute Resolution Center of Yakima & Kittitas Counties; and Yvette War Bonnet, Columbia Legal Services

10:00 - 10:30 Break - Hotel checkout

10:30 - 12:00 noon ATJ Conference Wrap Up Wapato/Naches Rooms

CLE Credits for Conference Workshops are Pending