Each year the CLE Committee strives to provide seminars of the highest quality, utilizing local talent while keeping registration costs at a minimum. Jim McPheeis Chair of the 2009-2010 CLE Committee and Mark Wardrop is the Spokane County Bar Association contact for all Continuing Legal Education related issues.  

We are always searching for CLE topics that interest our members and quality speakers who are willing to volunteer their time to share their expertise with colleagues. If you have a CLE topic to suggest or wish to volunteer your services to the CLE Committee, feel free to contact Jim or Mark.

Once we have enough information to warrant registration, the titles below will have links to registration paperwork.

UPCOMING CLE SEMINARS

Inaugural Indian Law: Multi-Jurisdictional Issues - Thursday, March 18, 2010

Gonzaga University School of Law
721 N. Cincinnati St., Barbieri Courtroom
Spokane, Washington

This seminar is the inaugural CLE organized by the new Indian Law Section of the Spokane County Bar Association and sponsored by the Spokane County Bar Association, SCBA Indian Law Section and Gonzaga University School of Law.

Topics & Faculty: Tribal Court Practice; Inter-Jurisdictional Issues Arising in Tribal Courts (Tribal Court practice overview; abstention, exhaustion, removal; inter-jurisdictional issues) - Juliana Repp, Attorney at Law; Trudy Flamand, Chief Judge, Colville Tribal Court; and more. The Indian Child Welfare Act – Tribal and State Perspectives (Identifying an Indian Child; Tribal staffing of ICW cases; domicile; utilizing Indian Child Welfare experts; status of WA State ICWA) - Lorraine Parlange, Kalispel Tribal Attorney; Ricki Peone Haugen, M.S.W., Indian Child Welfare Expert; Buffy Nicholson, Social Worker III, CFS, Colville Tribes; Brandelle Whitworth, General Counsel, Shoshone-Bannock Tribes; and Jodi Felice, Assistant Attorney General for State of Washington, CFS. Labor and Employment Law Issues for Tribes (FMLA; ADA; Pension Protection Act; and Tribal Considerations in drafting Employee Policies and Procedures) - Greg Guedel, Foster Pepper, PLLC; Julie Kebler, Foster Pepper, PLLC; and Scott Wheat, Crowell Law Offices. The Spokane River – Keeping it Clean: Issues Regarding Multi-Jurisdictional Regulatory Oversight - Michael Chappell, Director of the Environmental Law Clinic, Gonzaga University School of Law; Rick Eichstaedt, Spokane Riverkeeper, Center for Justicel; Brian Crossley, Water and Fish Program Manager, Spokane Tribe of Indians. Ethical Issues Arising in Tribal and State Multi-Jurisdictional Practice of Law - Brian McClatchey, In-house Counsel, Coeur d’ Alene Tribal Casino.

Cost to attend is only $135 for SCBA, $150 for non-SCBA members, $95 for Tribal/City/State/Federal Government Attorneys/Executive Officials/Management/Judges; Non-profit Attorneys/Executive Officials/Management; and SCBA YLD Attorneys; $15 for students & staff. REGISTER HERE.

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