Volunteer Toolbox

Volunteer Toolbox

This volunteer toolbox includes information useful for WSBA committee, board, and section leaders. You will find resources and best practices for communicating with members, offering opinions and recommendations on relevant state legislation, promoting diversity and inclusion, planning your budget, and running effective meetings, events, and CLEs.

WSBA 101

Essentials

• WSBA Mission Statement, Guiding Principles, & Strategic Goals (July 2016)
• WSBA Values (January 2016)
• General Rule 12
  • GR 12.1 Regulatory Objectives
  • GR 12.2 Purposes, Authorized Activities, Prohibited Activities
  • GR 12.3 Administration of Supreme Court-Appointed Boards and Committees
• WSBA Bylaws

Resources

• WSBA Functional Organizational Chart (September 2017)
• WSBA Entities Chart 
• General Rule 12 Analytical Statement
• WSBA Bylaws Workgroup (concluded September 2016)
• WSBA Expense Report Form (2018)
• List of Committee Chairs and Liaisons
• WSBA Board of Governors Meeting Schedule & Deadlines
• WSBA Professionalism Annual Report 2018

Communication Culture

• Guiding Communication Principles (January 2016)
• Conflict Resolution Practices and Policy (January 2016)
• WSBA Best Practices for Meeting Facilitation (2011)
• WSBA Broadcast Email and Privacy Policy
• WSBA Social Media Guidelines (2009)
• Write an Article for NWLawyer or Write a Blog Post for NWSidebar

Legislative Process

• Legislation and Court Rule Comment Policy (November 2015)
• Legislative Activity & Bills Referred to WSBA Sections
• Other Legislative Rules and Policies

Committees and Boards

• WSBA Committees and Boards Policy (September 2015) and Excerpts from the WSBA Bylaws (September 2017)
• WSBA Committee and Board Annual Reports 2018 (FY 2018)
• Bar Records for Committees and Boards
  
• Open Meetings Overview for Committees and Boards

Meeting Facilitation and Event Planning

• Meeting Checklist

Diversity and Inclusion

• WSBA Culture of Inclusion Philosophy
• WSBA Diversity & Inclusion Plan
• Guidance for Nominating Teams
• WSBA Accessibility Toolkit
• Diversity and Inclusion Overview
• WSBA Diversity and Inclusion
• Diversity Dictionary
• Achieving Inclusion and Equity Guide (new!)
• WSBA Section Diversity Demographics 2017-2018
• Harvard Implicit Bias Test (external)

Sections

• WSBA Bylaws – Key References to Sections - coming soon!
• 2018 Annual Report Template
• 2017 Report on Section Activities
• Bar Records Overview for Sections Leaders
• Executive Committee Roles and Responsibilities
• How to Use Membership Data
• 2018 Annual Spring Section Leaders Meeting Materials & Video Recording (April 30, 2018) New!
• Fall Section Leaders Meeting - Materials (Oct. 26, 2017)
• WBSA-CLE Models & Sections Round Table Discussions - Meeting Materials (Jan. 26, 2018)
• WSBA Sections Policy Workgroup (concluded September 2016)
• Sections Info Sheets FY 2017

Section Communications

• Communications Timelines
• List Serve Guidelines
• Produce a Section Newsletter
• Top-12 Common Edits to Section Newsletters
• Request Changes to Your Web Page
• Request a Membership Roster

Section Budgeting

• Section Fiscal Policies (October 2016)
• How WSBA Supports the Sections 
• How Per-Member Charge is Calculated (FY 2017)

Section Meeting Facilitation and Event Planning

• Open Meetings Overview for Sections
• Meeting Agenda Template
• Meeting Minutes Template
• Webinar Tool Guidelines - coming soon
• Request a Conference Room
• Using the WSBA Sections Conference Call Tool

Section CLEs

• Section-Sponsored CLE Planning
• Section Mini-CLE Programming
• Marketing Package (Midyears & Conferences) - coming soon
• WSBA Sponsorship Policy 2010
  
• WSBA Seminar Administrative Fee Explanation
• WSBA Section Brown Bag Guidelines (non-CLE educational opportunities)