Past: Seattle

The theme for the night will be JUSTICE FOR ALL … Healing and Restoring Our Community. The program will feature a fireside chat among special guests who will be honored for Making the World a More Just Place.

You won’t want to miss our 60th anniversary celebration in Seattle on July 20th. It’s the third of six such gatherings taking place from coast to coast in 2023.

Restorative Justice Perspectives CLE (Free) 4 – 5:30 p.m.
Panel Discussion, Awards & Cocktail Reception ($60) 6 – 9 p.m.

Guest speakers and honorees will include:

• Hon. Bobbe Bridge (Ret.) – former justice of the Washington State Supreme Court
• Chief Justice Steven C. González – Washington State Supreme Court
• Judge Lauren King– United States District Court for the Western District of Washington
• Judge M. Margaret McKeown – U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit
• William H. Neukom – former principal legal counsel for Microsoft, chair of Preston Gates & Ellis, LLP and co-founder and CEO of the World Justice Project
• Judge Trina L. Thompson – United States District Court, Northern District of California

The celebration will include a discussion with these and other legal luminaries, and a panel offering perspectives of restorative justice practice. Both programs are expected to qualify for CLE/CJE.

Restorative Justice Perspectives CLE (Free) 4 – 5:30 p.m.

Please join us in dialogue with members of our community who can speak to the promise and challenges of finding and restoring justice. Panelists include Professor Thalia González, Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Center for Racial & Economic Justice, who has written extensively about restorative justice; Jimmy Hung, the King County Juvenile Division Chief Deputy Prosecutor, who has worked directly with restorative justice practices in the criminal legal system; Saroeum Phoung, a skilled peacemaking circle keeper, teacher, and spirit leader; and Washington State Representative and founding Director of Civil Survival Tarra Simmons, who has lived experience as a formerly-incarcerated individual who later earned her juris doctor and now works to help individuals reentering the community from incarceration navigate their civil legal needs.

Faculty –

• Lael Echo-Hawk – Tribal Advocate and Principal, MThirtySix, PLLC
• Thalia González – Professor of Law, Co-Director of the Center for Racial & Economic Justice
• Jimmy Hung – King County Juvenile Division, Chief Deputy Prosecutor
• Saroeum Phoung – Peacemaking circle keeper, teacher, spirit leader
• Tarra Simmons – Washington State Representative and Founding Director, Civil Survival
• Judge David Keenan (Moderator) – King County Superior Court, Seattle, Washington