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THE LEGAL BRIEF
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(Continued from page 1) President ’ s Message by Michael Young
fellow members of the TCBA for help. Whether it ’ s for a referral, for a sample brief or lease, or to talk through case strategy, TCBA members are a resource for one another. You never know: the colleague you meet at a TCBA social event today might be a crucial resource on a case tomorrow.
• We associate to learn together. Through TCBA ’ s excellent, and low - cost CLE program, members can come together to learn, and, of course earn CLE credits. TCBA ’ s half - day CLEs are a great way to dive deep into a particular topic. And TCBA ’ s lunch - time CLEs provide a short education program with a chance to socialize with colleagues over lunch. • We associate to do good in the community together. TCBA is one of the organizations that came together to form Thurston County Volunteer Legal Services, and the TCBA and TCBA members support TCVLS, both through financial contributions and volunteering on the TCVLS Board and providing pro bono legal services. Thanks to TCBA members Joe Scuderi and Robbi Kessler for representing TCBA on the TCVLS Board of Directors (Joe is also a TCBA Board member). TCBA also serves the community in lots of other ways, such as participating in the Salvation Army adopt - a family program around the holidays and the United Way Day of Caring. • We associate to promote the legal system and the rule of law in the community. TCBA annually sponsors the Law Day speech contest for high school students, laying the seeds of future legal professionalism with students in the community (thanks, Patrick O ’ Connor, for facilitating the Law Day speech contest for many years!). TCBA provides valuable information to the community about members of the judiciary and judicial candidates through candidate forums and the judicial bar poll. Going forward, I ’ m hopeful that TCBA can play a role in advocating for more resources for the Thurston County courts, especially before the Thurston County Commission, as they make critical budget decisions that have a big impact on the operation of the courts. • We associate to celebrate one another. The TCBA annually awards the Daniel Bigelow Award to an exemplary member of the Association, one who has “ performed outstanding professional and community service during the course of his/her career as a lawyer. ” This year ’ s Daniel Bigelow Award winner, Terry Church, certainly fits that call.
Associated together, we do so much. And we can do more. So let ’ s associate! If you ’ re a TCBA member, be sure to renew your membership. If you ’ re not a member, please join. If you know lawyers in the community who aren ’ t members, encourage them to join. And come to events. Volunteer. Pick up the phone when a colleague calls. Associate!
The Thurston County Bar Association presents the September Member Luncheon & CLE...
"Six Decades At The Bar and Bench"
presented by The Honorable Justice Gerry Alexander
September 23, 2022, at 12:00 p.m. at Tugboat Annie's or Zoom
The Honorable Justice Alexander will reminisce about his six decades as an attorney and a Judge. How much things have changed, what has stayed the same and where he sees the law headed in the future.
1 CLE credit is pending approval by the WSBA.
The price is $30 for members and $35 for non - TCBA members. An option to attend the CLE via Zoom is available for $30 for TCBA member and $35 for non - TCBA members. The Zoom link will be emailed to you two days before the CLE. If you plan to come in - person, please come by 11:30 a.m. so you can order your food and socialize with other TCBA members before the CLE starts at noon. Register and pay online here: https://thurstoncountybar.com/event/tcba - september - member - luncheon - cle - on - september - 23 - at - 1200pm - at - tugboat - annies/ or mail a check with your name, WSBA #, and email address to TCBA, PO Box 1653, Olympia, WA 98507
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