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On Friday, December 3, from 8 - 5:10 p.m., Seattle University School of Law will present an all day seminar entitled: CLE Round-Up: Eight Topics in Eight Hours. Included in the eight hours will be two hours of ethics, a Tax Law update from Professor Shelly Frankel, a Labor & Employment Law update from with Robert Perisho and a Personal Injury Law update from James Holman among other topics.
Law Review Authors' Series Part III: Part III will be on November 18, James A. Pautler, a research and technical editor, will present his article, “You Know More Than You Think: State v. Townsend, Imputed Knowledge, and Implied Consent Under the Washington Privacy Act.” James will debate the merits of his article with Ms. Susan Storey, a senior deputy prosecuting attorney with the Fraud Division of the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office. This event will take place at 6 p.m. in Room C6 in Sullivan Hall.
On Friday, November 12 and Saturday, November 13, the law school will host a program entitled: The “New” Family Law: A National Symposium on the Socio-Legal Implications of Same-Sex Marriage. The symposium will convene experienced practitioners and scholars from around the United States and Canada whose work has focused on cutting-edge family law issues for lesbian and gay persons.
On Friday, November 12 from 12 - 4:15 p.m., Seattle University School of Law will present The “New” Family Law: Legal Implications of Same-Sex Marriage. Our expert panel of local practitioners and professors will provide an overview of the current law as well as discuss various legal and social issues that will impact the way attorneys provide representation for and advise their clients. Family Law and Trusts & Estates practitioners should not miss this program.
From Sunday, October 31 - Friday, November 5, the Seattle University School of Law will team up with Se Habla… La Paz, a Spanish Language School in Guadalajara, Mexico to present: Legal Spanish and the Culture of Law in Mexico. This law-oriented Spanish language course is for those attorneys who are interested in improving their personal and professional Spanish proficiency while learning the realities and subtleties of the Mexican legal system from Mexican professors, lawyers, and judges.
On Friday, October 29 from 12 - 4:15 p.m., we continue our focus on assisting lawyers to become more technologically savvy by presenting PowerPointŪ for the Solo and Small Firm Practitioner: Improving Communication Through Visual Aids. This CLE will teach you how to prepare displays for the courtroom or arbitration, including opening and closing arguments, summarizing witness testimony, or helping to explain complex concepts. Special focus areas include: using PowerPoint for negotiations, presentations, client education, and to market your firm.
On Friday, October 22 from 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Seattle University School of Law will present Hope for the Profession and the Practitioner. This fall we continue to explore innovative methods to promote a legal system that is more responsive to client and lawyer needs. Topics include: therapeutic jurisprudence, collaborative and preventive law, and reflective practice.
On Friday, October 15 from 12 - 4:15 p.m., Professors Dave Boerner and John Strait will present Amanda Kumar’s Case: An Interactive Discussion of the Ethical Issues that Attorneys Face in Their Day-to-Day Practice. This program features a 40-minute videotape entitled "Amanda Kumar’s Case," a tape that explores a dispute between a consumer and a drug company, represented respectively by small and large law firms. We are bringing this program back by popular demand.
On Thursday, October 7, Seattle University will present The Second China Law and Business Seminar. As China continues its rapid pace toward modernization, the necessity to understand the legal and business ramifications of doing business with the PRC becomes increasingly important. This full-day CLE will focus on the following topics: PRC Government Affairs: Strategically Combining Process with Substance, Corporate Governance with PRC Characteristics, Delivering the Experience: Preserving Brand, Know How & Feel, Moving Products In & Out: Emerging Issues in PRC Customs Duties and Value Added Taxes, and China Venture Capital: What are the trends? What are the challenges?.
On Friday, September 24 from 12:00-4:30 p.m. the Access to Justice Institute will present Advocating for Immigrant Victims. This CLE is intended to prepare attorneys with little or no immigration experience to assist domestic violence victims going through removal proceedings or making affirmative applications under the provisions of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). The topics are centered on issues related to immigration and domestic violence.
On Friday, September 17 from 1:00-4:15 p.m., Seattle University School of Law will continue with our successful Constitutional Law Series with a discussion on the issues of the Separation of Church and State. Few issues have perplexed and divided Americans as often and sharply as the role that religion should play in the country's public life. This CLE will discuss the history of the First Amendment clauses and then utilize a point/counter point method to debate the issues.
On Friday, June 4 the Center on Corporations, Law & Society at Seattle University School of Law and the Seattle University Albers School of Business will present a program entitled: The Second Annual Directors Training Academy: Adding Value through Legal, Ethical, and Responsible Governance - A Case-Study Approach. This seminar will provide practical insights and the necessary tools to help make you a more effective board member or advisor. The training is designed for corporate directors, corporate counsel, senior executives and general counsel and will focus on providing an understanding of the oversight role and how board members can be more effective.
On Friday, April 23, from 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., the Seattle University School of Law will present a unique program entitled: Cybercrash: The Law and Policy of Network Failures. Panel discussions and keynotes from nationally prominent speakers will focus on the following topics: The Power Grid, The Communications Network, The Internet, and Risk Management and Liability.
On Friday, April 16 from 1:30 - 4:30 p.m., Professors John Strait and David Boerner will present a three ethics credits CLE entitled: Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility: Resolving the Ethical Dilemmas that Challenge Attorneys in Day-to-Day Practice. The CLE will discuss issues of professional conduct that attorneys confront from the moment they begin to practice law. Topics for the CLE will include the following: confidentiality, attorney/client conflicts, bias, competence, false evidence, negotiation, and zeal.
On Friday, April 2 – Saturday, April 3, the Seattle University Law Review and the Seattle Journal for Social Justice will present a symposium to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education. From Brown to Grutter: Racial Integration and the Law in the Northwest will discuss the legacy of the Brown decision, both legally and socially, here in the Northwest. The 10.5 credit CLE will address historical problems faced by minorities locally and discuss current issues of integration.
On Friday, March 26 from 12 - 4:30 p.m., the Seattle University School of Law will present a four credit CLE entitled: Washington’s Law of Meretricious Relationships: Avoiding Legal Loopholes When Couples Can’t or Don’t “Tie the Knot”. This program will address the history and present state of this doctrine in Washington, covering current cases engaging the doctrine with regard to both same and different sex couples, and suggesting both litigation and planning strategies for lawyers dealing with these issues in their practices.
On Wednesday, March 17 from 12 - 4:30 p.m., the Seattle University School of Law will present a four credit CLE entitled: Technology in the Courtroom: A Mock Trial Utilizing State of the Art Trial Technology. The program will feature a mock trial presided over by King County Superior Court Judge Mary Yu and decided by a jury of Seattle University Law School students. Two local practitioners skilled in the use of trial technology will make opening arguments, present evidence, conduct direct and cross-examination and present final summation, all using the latest technological innovations available for courtroom use.
On Friday, March 12 from 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. with a reception following the program, the Seattle University School of Law Intellectual Property Law Society will present a program entitled: Advertising Law 2004. This practical and dynamic seminar brings together some of the country's most informed authorities on Advertising Law. Expert summaries and open discussions among panel members who represent premier northwest companies will be addressing the most current issues facing attorneys and business executives in the area of Advertising Law.
On February 27 and 28, The Center on Corporations, Law & Society at Seattle University School of Law, the University of British Columbia Faculty of Law and The Pacific Northwest Center for Health, Law & Policy will present a program entitled: Corporate Ethics and Governance in the Health Care Marketplace: An Interdisciplinary Perspective. This nine CLE credit conference will directly address the nexus between the role of the corporation and the health care delivery system in the United States.
On Friday, February 27, from 12 - 4:30 p.m., the Seattle University School of Law Access to Justice Institute will present a program entitled: Advocating for Immigrant Victims. This CLE is intended to prepare attorneys with little or no immigration experience to assist domestic violence victims going through removal proceedings or making affirmative applications under the provisions of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA).
On Saturday, February 14 from 9 a.m. - 3:15 p.m., Seattle University School of Law’s National South Asian Law Student Association will present a unique program entitled: Breaking Barriers and Building Bridges: Human Rights and the Law. This 4.75 credit CLE will address a variety of unique topics including: The International Criminal Court, Immigration Policies and Changes in Culture, and the Situation of Mine and Quarries: Child Labor in Nepal.
On Friday, February 6 from 12:30 - 4:45 p.m., the Seattle University School of Law will present a program entitled: Unbundled Legal Services: A Program to Explain how Small Firms, Solo Practices, and Legal Services can Expand their Practices. This 3.75 credit CLE will provide practical information, such as marketing techniques and dealing with opposing counsel as well as provide model forms from attorneys who are successfully unbundling their practices.
On Friday, January 30 from 11:45 a.m. - 4 p.m., the Seattle University School of Law Access to Justice Institute will present a program entitled: Unemployment Benefits for Battered Women. This four credit CLE is intended to prepare attorneys to assist battered women who have been denied unemployment benefits.
On Friday, January 23 from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m., the Seattle University School of Law Access to Justice Institute will present a program entitled: Anti-Oppression Training. This six credit CLE will focus on clarifying the complexities of working across significant differences and on understanding the dynamics of oppression.