Access to Justice 1998 Conference Program

Washington State
Access to Justice Conference
Conference Program

April 3-5, 1998 Campbell’s Resort – Chelan, Washington

Friday, April 3
10:00 a.m.
Early Conference Registration
Conference Center Foyer

9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
WSBA Board of Governors East West Rooms
(Lunch at noon on Terrace - weather permitting, or in Ballroom 3)

10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Access to Justice Board Ballroom 1
(Lunch at noon on Terrace - weather permitting, or in Ballroom 3)

12:00 - 4:30 p.m.
LAW Fund Board Edmunds Room
Volunteer Attorney Program Coordinators Park Room
Specialized Legal Services Program Staff Park Room
Courthouse Facilitators Park Room
Columbia Legal Services Board Stehekin A
Northwest Justice Project Board Stehekin B

1:30 - 3:30 p.m.
ATJ Board Education Commitee River Room

6:00 p.m.
Welcoming Reception Buffet Ballrooms
Hosted by the Washington State Bar Association
and the Access to Justice Conference (no-host bar)

Welcome:
Mary Fairhurst, President, Washington State Bar Association Barbara Clark, Executive Director, Legal Foundation of Washington
Nancy Isserlis, Access to Justice Board

Entertainment presented by the Moderately Talented (Yet Plucky) Repertory Theatre of Justice:
"Lawfulpalooza"

Saturday, April 4
7:00 - 8:30 a.m.
Breakfast Buffet Ballrooms

7:30 - 8:00 a.m.
Conference Orientation for New Participants
Pat McIntyre, Executive Director, Northwest Justice Project
First-time ATJ Conference participants will be directed to a designated area.

8:00 - 8:30a.m.
Keynote:
Justice Phil Talmadge, Washington State Supreme Court
"Moving Forward"

10:00 a.m.
Resource Room Edmunds Room
Open Throughout Conference

8:30 - 10:00 a.m.
Concurrent Workshops

Defined Task Representation
(Unbundled Legal Services) Park Room
Panelists will define unbundling, discuss when and how it is appropriate to use, and air the ethical considerations.

Barrie Althoff, WSBA Chief Disciplinary Counsel
Jim Bamberger, Columbia Legal Services
Bobbe Bridge, King County Superior Court
Maureen Carl, Spokane County Bar Volunteer Lawyers Program, moderated by Pam Feinstein, Eastside Legal Assistance Program

What’s New in Technology Stehekin A
ATJ Board ComTech Committee Update:
Hon. Chip Small, Chair, ATJ Board ComTech Committee
CLEAR Update:
Joan Kleinberg, Northwest Justice Project
Website Demonstrations:
Debbie Juntunen, Columbia Legal Services
Ike Binford, King County Bar
Hon. Chip Small, Equal Justice Coalition
Joan Fairbanks, Washington State Bar Association
Pro Bono Programs Update:
Robin Lester, King County Bar
Linda Young, Thurston County Volunteer Legal Clinic

Telling Your Story:
How to Promote Your Program Stehekin B
Learn the nuts and bolts of how to market your program to funders, clients, the media and the larger community. The workshop will cover message development, identifying messengers, working with the media, and pro active communication strategies. All workshop participants will receive a "Public Relations Reference Manual" with information to help with day to day communication challenges.

Theresa Harrington, Legal Foundation of Washington
Ty Duhamel, Columbia Legal Services
Tim Treanor, Treanor & Associates

10:00a.m. Break

10:15 - 12:15 Plenary Session
Partnerships for Justice Ballrooms
The creative work of several new partnerships will be highlighted during the first half of this session. The conference will then break out into regional groups to discuss the need for such a project(s) in their communities and how these projects can be replicated. "Recipes" for these partnerships (and several others) will be distributed.

Moderated by Mary Fairhurst
Presenters: Janet Helson, Columbia Legal Services
Jeff Parkinson, Calbom & Schwab
Candis Kruse, Law Offices of Patrick Morrissey
Mary Myhre-Pancake, Dispute Resolution Center of Lewis County
Ty Duhamel, Columbia Legal Services
Allen Sanders, Columbia Legal Services
David Shaw, private attorney
Peter McKee, Theiler Douglas Drachler & McKee
Hon. Karen A. Overstreet, U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Phyllis Selinker, Snohomish County Legal Services
Christine Allen, Bogle & Gates
12:15 - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch Ballrooms

Lifetime Achievement Award presented to Senator Irv Newhouse, by Mary Fairhurst

"Courthouse Facilitation: Community Benefit or Burden?"
Ada Shen-Jaffe, Director, Columbia Legal Services
Deborah Perluss, Director of Advocacy/General Counsel, Northwest Justice Project

1:30 - 3:00p.m.
Concurrent Workshops

Role of the Judiciary:
Promoting Pro Bono Involvement by the Private Bar
Park Room
A Nuts & Bolts discussion of ways for judges to provide and promote access to the courts and access to justice.

Hon. Faith Ireland, King County Superior Court
Hon. Kathleen M. O’Connor, Spokane County Superior Court; Hon. Karen Overstreet, U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Hon. Chip Small, Chelan-Douglas County Superior Court

Alternative Dispute Resolution Stehekin A
Learn the differences and similarities between mediation, arbitration and litigation and hear about remedies using different forms of alternative dispute resolution.

Robin Gaukroger, Johnson, Gaukroger & Crossland
Susan Cawley, Monnette, Rechtin & Cawley
Linda Young, Thurston-Mason County Volunteer Legal Clinic; Hon. Jack Burchard, Okanogan Superior Court
Nick Yedinak, Estes & Yedinak
Sara Borgersen and
Sam Howell, Okanogan County Dispute Resolution Center

Non-Attorney Involvement:
Administrative Law & Advocacy Stehekin B
Hear different points of view on non-attorney involvement in legal services. Look at a volunteer legal services program in Northern California and see how it could be a model for programs in Washington.

Norma Bayes, Northwest Justice Project
Pam Crone, Unemployment Law Project
Kimela Vigil, Fremont Public Association
Hon. Chris Blas, Office of Administrative Hearings -Yakima; Ellen Juarez, Voluntary Legal Services Program of Northern California

3:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Rest & Relaxation.....or Networking Opportunities

Ideas:
Boating on Lake Chelan
Visit a dam (Azwell, Rocky Reach, Chief Joseph, Grand Coulee) - Go shopping (antiques & boutiques)
Tour the murals around town
Hike the Butte Road
Stroll around Riverwalk Park
Comb the beach
Do the scenic loop at Manson
Go fishing
Go to the State Park
Go horseback riding
Hike the trails above 25-Mile Creek Park
Gamble at the Mill Bay Casino
Visit the Whaley Mansion.

Networking Opportunities
3:00 - 4:30
A Fundraising Roundtable River Room
3:30 - 5:00
VOCA Grantee Meeting Stehekin B
3:30 - 5:00
ATJ Board Jurisprudence of ATJ Meeting Stehekin A
6:00 - 7:30
Dinner Ballrooms
Keynote:
Linda Rexer, Executive Director, Michigan State Bar Foundation

7:30 - 8:30
Clallam County - "Seattle’s Slowest Rising Folk Group"

Sunday, April 5
8:00 - 8:30 a.m.
Breakfast Buffet Ballrooms

8:30 - 10:00 a.m.
Concurrent Workshops

Role of the Judiciary:
Judicial Independence/Separation of Powers Park Room
A philosophical discussion about the role of the judiciary in access to justice, focusing on judicial independence and separation of powers issues.

Justice Richard B. Sanders, Washington State Supreme Court Hon. Dennis J. Sweeney, Court of Appeals Division III
Hugh Spitzer, Foster Pepper & Shefelman
Rep. Marlin Appelwick, Minority Leader of the Democratic Caucus
Leonard Schroeter, Chair, ATJ Board Jurisprudence of Access to Justice Committee

Resource Development Workshop Stehekin A
A brief report of the ABA’s work to collect and disseminate information on significant fundraising activities for civil legal services on a national scale, followed by an overview (with in-depth information and great examples) of two of the most tried and true fundraising methods: grantwriting and individual solicitation.

Meredith McBurney, ABA Project to Expand Resources for Legal Services (PERLS)
Carol Pencke, Executive Director of A Territory Resource

Educating the Public:
Building a State Action Plan Stehekin B
The goal of this workshop is to develop a State Action Plan for increasing public education in the law in Washington state.

Rick Craig, Law Courts Education Society, B.C.
Mary Wechsler, Chair ATJ Board Education Committee Margaret Fisher, ATJ Board Education Committee
Hon. Craig J. Matheson, Benton/Franklin Superior Court Judith Billings, former Superintendent of Public Instruction Larry Strickland, Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction

10:00 Break

10:15- 11:30 a.m.
Conference Wrap-up/Evaluations Ballrooms
Facilitated by:
Barbara Clark, Executive Dir., Legal Foundation of Washington

*CLE Credits on several workshops are pending approval. Participants will be notified regarding accreditation after the conference.