The WSPA 2010 Fall CLE program will be held on Friday, October 1st, at the Washington State Trade and Convention Center.   We are still looking for a few top quality speakers for this year's program!  We will be featuring two concurrently running tracks: Litigation, and also a combined Intellectual Propery/General Practice track.  If you are interested in being a speaker, please send a description of your proposed topic and a short bio to our Fall CLE Coordinator and VP of Professional Development, Donna Ziegler, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . 

The time alloted for each session is 90 minutes, of which 70-80 minutes should be a formal presentation, plus time for Q&A.  Attorney/Paralegal presenter teams are desired, with an emphasis on the Paralegal's Role in such teams.  Deadline for submissions is Friday, August 20th.

Our Seattle Chapter is in need of a new Chapter Director!  After completing her two year term of office, Jeanenne Rutherford chose not to run for re-election as Chapter Director but rather continue to serve WSPA as both our Military Paralegal Outreach Coordinator and as our NFPA Secondary Representative.  This means that our Seattle Chapter is now in need of a new leader or co-leaders!

Special offer for new members!

Interested in joining WSPA Mid-year? New members may join now at 50% off our regular rates for a membership that runs through December.  Register Online here and then click here to take advantage of our special discounted membership rates to pay securely online via our Acteva event registration service.

Sue Beichley reads award nomination of Anna Webb, WSPA's 2010 Paralegal of the Year

Anna Webb, a Family Law paralegal from Bellingham, Washington, was recently named 2010 Paralegal of the Year at the WSPA Members Meeting and Annual Paralegal Award Luncheon held May 7, 2010 in Seattle.  She was presented with her award by Sue Beichley, WSPA Vice President of Membership.

Anna is a graduate of the Skagit Valley College paralegal program and began her paralegal career working for the Abelite Law Offices in Arlington, WA.  She later worked for the firm of Powers and Costeck in Mount Vernon, and presently is employed with the firm of Tario & Associates, P.S. in Bellingham, supporting attorney Christina King.

Darlene Klister, RP^®, was presented with the WSPA Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2010 Members Meeting and Annual Paralegal Awards program held May 7th in Seattle, Washington. Ms. Klister received the award from the Washington State Paralegal Association in recognition for her many contributions to both the association and the profession.

Over 55 enthusiastic paralegals and paralegal students attended the 2010 Spring CLE Program at the Red Lion Hotel In Seattle on Friday, May 7th.  This year's conference marks the 35th Anniversary of WSPA!

This year's Spring conference consisted of four, 90-minute long Continuing Legal Education sessions, an awards luncheon, and an ample exhibitor area with 8 exhibitors.

Many thanks to our CLE session speakers,  Amy Lechner, Mimi Samuel, Clark Silliman and Bob Myers, and to our visiting Luncheon Keynote Speaker, Theresa Prater, RP, NFPA Director and VP Profession Development.

Special thanks go to Donna Ziegler, our Spring CLE Chair; to Sue Beichley, VP of Membership who presented the WSPA member Longevity and Annual Paralegal Awards, and to volunteers Kimiko Kasazaki, Sarah Eisenhauer, and Josh Normand who handled the registration and check-in table and many other details.