Diversity Stakeholders Gathering

The WSBA has extended invitations to the leaders of the MBAs, including MELAW, to participate in a gathering to discuss the structure of the bar with respect to diversity.  By way of background, the WSBA Board of Governor’s Diversity Committee hosted a gathering on July 17, 2009, to discuss how diversity should be structured within the bar and how to communicate, cooperate and coordinate the diversity efforts of the committees within the WSBA. Representatives from the BOG’s Diversity Committee, WSBA’s Committee for Diversity, the Young Lawyer’s Diversity Committee, the Washington Leadership Institute, the Board of Governors and WSBA’s President-Elect Sal Mungia and President-Elect-Elect Steve Toole were at the gathering.  Attendees felt that the MBAs would contribute in a meaningful way to the ongoing discussion, which led to the decision to hold a second gathering. That second gathering will be on September 18, 2009, from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. at Summit Law Group.  MELAW board members will attend and participate.  For more information, please contact Aneelah.