2012 Update: New Board of Directors

Happy New Year and welcome back to SALRA!

After our election on January 10, 2012, we are pleased to introduce the 2012 Board of Directors:

 
Connie McEachern, 2012 President
Dorsey & Whitney LLP
mceachern.connie@dorsey.com

Marian DiPerna, 2012 Vice President
Cairncross & Hempleman LLP
mdiperna@cairncross.com
 
Nick Grant, 2012 Treasurer
Perkins Coie LLP 

ngrant@perkinscoie.com
 
Deverie Robinson, 2012 Secretary
K&L Gates LLP
deverie.robinson@klgates.com

Mary Lou Torpey, Immediate Past President
Fenwick & West LLP
mltorpey@fenwick.com

SALRA meetings will be held monthly through August 2012. Meeting locations will be updated on the SALRA Calendar (found on the left-hand column), and meeting topics will be updated closer to the meeting date. To RSVP for these meetings, please subscribe to our SALRA emails by becoming a member. Additional meeting details will be sent a week prior to our scheduled meetings. We hope that you will join us!

A reminder for existing members: If you haven't already submitted your 2012 Membership Dues, please do so as soon as possible. Additional information can be found on the left-hand column under "Apply for Membership". We also welcome new members year-round.

If you have any questions regarding SALRA, please do not hesitate to contact any one of our Board members.

The 25th Annual Northwest Minority Job Fair

Lane Powell PC is pleased to invite our local Seattle area law firms to participate in the 25th Annual Northwest Minority Job Fair!

The Job Fair will be held on Saturday, August 27th from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm, in the Seattle offices of Lane Powell PC. The day will be comprised of employer interviews with applicants and a luncheon, featuring a local guest speaker.

Employers have the following options at the Job Fair:
• A full-day of interviews (8:00 am - 4:30 pm, with a 1 hour break for lunch)
• A half-day of interviews (8:00 am - 11:30 am)
• Informational interviews

To register, please complete the employer registration form on the NWMJF website at: http://www.nwmjf.org/. The registration deadline for employers is April 29, 2011. All participating organizations, with the exception of non-profit public interest organizations, are required to submit a non-refundable $250 registration fee. Checks should be made payable to the Northwest Minority Job Fair. In addition to defraying job fair expenses, proceeds fund four $500 scholarships, awarded by the local minority bar organizations.

For more information, please visit the official Job Fair website, http://www.nwmjf.org/, or contact Len Roden, Manager of Attorney Recruiting, at rodenl@lanepowell.com.

2011 Update

Welcome back to SALRA!

We are pleased to introduce the 2011 Board of Directors:

Mary Lou Torpey, 2011 President
Fenwick & West LLP
mltorpey@fenwick.com

Connie McEachern, 2011 Vice President
Dorsey & Whitney LLP
mceachern.connie@dorsey.com

Len Roden, 2011 Treasurer
Lane Powell PC
rodenl@lanepowell.com

Carina Li, 2011 Secretary
Stoel Rives LLP
cyli@stoel.com

Marilyn Richter, Immediate Past President
Karr Tuttle Campbell

mrichter@karrtuttle.com

SALRA meetings will be held monthly through August 2011. Meeting locations have been updated on the SALRA Calendar (found on the left-hand column), and meeting topics will be updated closer to the meeting date. To RSVP for these meetings, please subscribe to our SALRA emails by becoming a member. Additional meeting details will be sent a week prior to our scheduled meetings. We hope that you will join us!

A reminder for existing members: If you haven't already submitted your 2011 Membership Dues, please do so as soon as possible. Additional information can be found on the left-hand column under "Apply for Membership". We also welcome new members year-round.

If you have any questions regarding SALRA, please do not hesitate to contact any one of our Board members.

Annual SALRA Diversity Celebration, Wednesday July 21st

Please join SALRA members, local summer associates from SALRA member firms, and members of minority and diverse bar associations for our annual diversity celebration on Wednesday, July 21 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Perkins Coie, 1201 3rd Ave, Suite 4800.

Please RSVP by Monday, July 12 by clicking here.
Note, each person attending should complete the RSVP form.
If you have RSVP'd and need to change your response, please email Chresta Larson.

Salvador Mungia, Partner, Gordon, Thomas, Honeywell, Malanca, Peterson & Daheim, and current WSBA Board of Governors President is our keynote speaker. Salvador's other community activities include serving as a director of the R. Merle Palmer Minority Scholarship Foundation, a director for the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law, director and president of Directors for the Legal Aid for Washington (LAW Fund), leadership positions with the ACLU, and past commissioner of the Tacoma Human Rights Commission.

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