The Civility Center for Law is committed to developing innovative CLE/CJE seminars, as well as custom presentations and other programs, to integrate civility more fully into the legal profession. In addition to our other distinguished staff and consultants, presenters at our seminars have included Washington Supreme Court Chief Justice Mary Fairhurst and Justices Steven González and Mary Yu, as well as internationally renowned negotiation and mediation expert Professor Guiseppe de Palo.
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Intensive CLE/CJE seminars created for legal professionals offered in the United States and Italy.
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Custom presentations and strategies designed to increase civility in law firms and other organizations of legal professionals.
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July 11, 2017
Seattle, WA and via webcast
Tim Jaasko-Fisher, Senior Director of Curriculum and Program Development for Robert’s Fund gave a 1-hour presentation for the King County Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division to approximately 20 members of the Young Lawyers Division.
I thought both the speaker and this CLE were highly informative, relevant, interesting, and engaging. I hope to see more CLE’s on this topic in the future. Thank you!
June 4, 2017
Spokane, WA
Tim Jaasko-Fisher, Senior Director of Curriculum and Program Development for Robert’s Fund gave a 1.5-hour presentation for the WA District and Magistrate Judges Conference to approximately 200 District and Municipal Court Judges.
April 21, 2017
Anchorage, AK
Tim Jaasko-Fisher, Senior Director of Curriculum and Program Development for Robert’s Fund gave a 3-hour presentation for the Alaska Magistrates Conference to approximately 45 Magistrate Judges.
Genuine, sincere presentation. Excellent.
Best ethics CLE of all time.
We need more of this – important concepts.
April 2017
Robert’s Fund would like to thank all who came to historic and beautiful Sovana for this 8-day seminar on civility in the legal profession.
The seminar included lectures, discussions, and interactive exercises designed to foster civility, complemented by guided excursions through the nearby villages and beautiful countryside.
Robert’s Fund offers these intensive seminars in Italy every spring and fall. Learn more about upcoming seminars in Italy
March 28, 2017
Wilminton, DE
Tim Jaasko-Fisher, Senior Director of Curriculum and Program Development for Robert’s Fund briefly presented information and then moderated two panels of judicial officers for approximately 250 Delaware Inns of Court Members. In addition he was the keynote speaker for the Joint Inns Dinner.
March 27, 2017
Princeton, NJ
Tim Jaasko-Fisher, Senior Director of Curriculum and Program Development for Robert’s Fund gave two 1.25-hour presentations to approximately 100 judicial officers, lawyers, social workers, and other professionals at the New Jersey Children in Court Conference.
March 21, 2017
Leavenworth, WA
Tim Jaasko-Fisher, Senior Director of Curriculum and Program Development for Robert’s Fund led a 3.25-hour seminar for the WA County Clerk's Conference for approximately 30 elected county clerks and deputy clerks.
March 10, 2017
Everett, WA
Tim Jaasko-Fisher, Senior Director of Curriculum and Program Development for Robert’s Fund facilitated a 6.25-hour workshop for approximately 50 members of the Snohomish County Juvenile Court including judges, attorneys, social workers, and court appointed special advocates.
Thank you Tim for doing a fabulous job facilitating today! I just wanted to share that my social workers came back letting everyone know how great this meeting was (and rarely do SW’s ever come back from all day meetings energized!)… The social workers came back with a better understanding and appreciation of the different roles and what they can do to make a difference. And they felt validated and appreciated!
March 2, 2017
Olympia, WA
Tim Jaasko-Fisher, Senior Director of Curriculum and Program Development for Robert’s Fund gave a 4.5-hour wrokshop for executive level leadership at the WA State Department of Social and Health Services.
January 31, 2017
Tim Jaasko-Fisher, Senior Director of Curriculum and Program Development for Robert’s Fund and Ida Abbott co-presented a 1.5-hour webinar for the Washington State Bar Association’s Legal Lunchbox Series.
January 2017
Barcelona, Spain
Paula Lustbader, Professor Emerita of Law, Seattle University School of Law; President of Robert's Fund, gave a 90-minute presentation titled, Cultivating a Campus Culture of Civility for the WACRA Annual Creative Teaching Conference.
January 12, 2017
Albuquerque, NM
Tim Jaasko-Fisher, Senior Director of Curriculum and Program Development for Robert’s Fund gave a 1.5-hour presentation for the Children's Law Institute to approximately 100 people.
This was a phenomenal presentation on an extremely important topic. Please bring the presenter back next year!
December 2016
The WSBA Civility Survey: Promoting the Civil practice of Law, co-authored by Lisa Brodoff and Tim Jaasko-Fisher was published in the Dec. / Jan. edition of NW Lawyer Magazine. The article may be viewed here: http://nwlawyer.wsba.org/nwlawyer/dec_2016_jan_2017?pg=22#pg22
December 21, 2016
Pierce County Family Law Bar
Tacoma, WA
Presenter: Tim Jaasko-Fisher, Robert’s Fund Senior Director of Curriculum and Program Development
This presentation was given over the lunch hour to approximately 50 family law lawyers in Pierce County, WA.
November 2016
Seattle, WA
Paula Lustbader, Professor Emerita of Law, Seattle University School of Law; President of Robert's Fund, gave a 90-minute presentation titled, The Ethics of Civility in the Legal Profession for a Professional Responsibility Class at Seattle University School of Law.
November 10, 2016
Wenatchee, WA
Tim Jaasko-Fisher, Senior Director of Curriculum and Program Development for Robert’s Fund gave a 1.5-hour presentation for Volunteer Attorney Services to approximately 30 people.
The session was part of a larger program offered to attorneys who provide volunteer legal services across Washington State with an emphasis on those serving Eastern Washington. Washington State Superior Court Commissioner Bart Vandergrift served as a special guest following the program and was interviewed about how the concepts presented played out in the local courts.
October 17, 2016
Airway Heights, WA
Tim Jaasko-Fisher, Senior Director of Curriculum and Program Development for Robert’s Fund gave a 1.5-hour presentation for the WA Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) Conference to approximately 30 attorneys and volunteer Court Appointed Special Advocates for children in abuse and neglect cases.
October 17, 2016
Centralia, WA
Tim Jaasko-Fisher, Senior Director of Curriculum and Program Development for Robert’s Fund gave a 1.5-hour presentation for the WA Administrative Office of the Courts to approximately 75 line staff that serve as court clerks and administrators across Washington state.
October 13, 2016
Washington State Department of Licensing
Tacoma, WA
Presenter: Tim Jaasko-Fisher, Robert’s Fund Senior Director of Curriculum and Program Development
A 1.5-hour presentation was given to approximately 40 Hearings Officers from across Washington State. They preside over administrative hearings related to professional licenses, driver’s licenses, and other administrative matters.
October 7, 2016
Alaska State Bar Association
Anchorage, AK
Presenter: Tim Jaasko-Fisher, Robert’s Fund Senior Director of Curriculum and Program Development
This presentation to the Alaska Bar Association was given to approximately 50 attorneys.
Comments from participants included:
“This was a CLE with serious content. I would attend more if they were this educational.”
“Great presentation – very thought provoking. We need this at the bar convention.”
“Very relevant, timely, and fascinating!”
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