Legal Foundation of WA – Virtual Town Hall

Please join the Campaign for Equal Justice and the Legal Foundation of Washington for a FREE CLE on Virtual Town Hall: The Impact of COVID-19 on Civil Legal Needs and Access to Justice. Please go to https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_A7YBgqXIQ4KevT5k4_Ar7g for more information and to register.

A 90 minute presentation moderated by Merf Ehman, the Executive Director of Columbia Legal Services. Legal leaders in our community will discuss the impact of COVID-19 on eviction, unemployment and immigration issues in addition to the challenges to accessing justice in today’s closed courts. You will also learn how you can get involved to meet the needs of our community. This webinar is hosted by the Legal Foundation of Washington, WSBA, JustLead Washington, and the Alliance for Equal Justice. 1 general credit, .5 ethics CLE credit pending.

Panelists include Jorge Barón (Northwest Immigrant Rights Project), Joanna Plichta Boisen (President of the Campaign for Equal Justice), Elizabeth Fitzgearld (Clark County VLP), Paige Hardy (WSBA), Justice Montoya-Lewis (WA State Supreme Court), Shannon Smith (WA Attorney General’s Office), and John Tirpak (Unemployment Law Project).

If you have any questions for our panelists related to the webinar topic, please fill them out under the ‘questions and comments’ section, or email your questions to jessican@legalfoundation.org. Recording available upon request.