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  1. NALSA Salmon Bingo Dinner & Fundraiser
    When: Friday, May 3, 2024, 5am – 8pm PDT
    Where: Center for Urban Horticulture
    3501 NE 41st St
    Seattle, WA 98105
    Drum Circle:  5:00 pm 
    Doors open:  5:30 pm 
    Program:  6 pm 

    The Native American Law Students Association (NALSA) mission is to celebrate the practices of Indigenous cultures; advocate for recognition and representation of Indigenous history and tribal sovereignty; and provide support and resources for educational and professional development opportunities.

    NALSA will host its annual Salmon Bingo Dinner & Fundraiser on May 3, 2024, at the Center for Urban Horticulture, a botanical garden event space on the University of Washington campus. Salmon Bingo is a community-building event with University of Washington School of Law (UW Law) students, faculty and staff, Indian law practitioners, and other community members, where attendees enjoy a dinner of Indigenously prepared foods and play bingo. Bingo players have a chance to win prizes with a focus on Native-created items from community members or Native-owned businesses such as Off the Rez, Eighth Generation, and Urban Native Era.

    All proceeds from Salmon Bingo go towards NALSA scholarships or programming that directly support students.

    Register to attend via the link below. 
    More info: cvent.me…
  2. Constitutional Law and the Politics of Ethnic Accommodation: Institutional Design in Afghanistan
    When: Monday, May 6, 2024, 12:30 – 2pm PDT
    Where: Thomson Hall (THO)
    Institutional Design in Afghanistan_Alumni Book Talk 2

    Registration is encouraged. 
  3. UW Law Firm Visit: DWT
    When: Thursday, May 9, 2024, 5:30 – 7:30pm PDT
    Where: Davis Wright Tremaine
    John Davis Conference Center
    920 5th Avenue, Suite 3300
    Seattle, WA 98104-1610
    UW Law will be visiting DWT and we invite our Seattle alumni to join us. The event will feature presentations from Dean Lawson and UW Law faculty followed by conversation and connection. All law alumni are welcome.

    Drinks and light snacks will be available. 
  4. GWSS Insights from Women in Law: Panel Featuring WA Legal Professionals
    When: Wednesday, May 15, 2024, 2:30 – 4:20pm PDT
    Where: Electrical and Computer Engineering Building (ECE)
    Join us for this Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies panel that brings together Washington state legal professionals to discuss the variety of ways in which they work in and with the law. Representing a range of demographic backgrounds and lived experiences, they will talk about the paths that brought them to career in the law, as well as how they view their work in the current legal, social, and political moment.

    The panel is organized and will be moderated by Colleen Melody, spring quarter instructor of GWSS 310: Women and the Law and Chief of the Civil Rights Division in the Washington State Attorney General’s Office. A reception sponsored by the UW Alumni Association will follow the panel, allowing attendees and participants to mingle.

    Confirmed panelists include:
    • Emily Alvarado, Washington State Representative, 34th Legislative District (Burien, Georgetown, Pioneer Square, SODO, South Park, West Seattle, White Center, Vashon Island)
    • Sahar Fathi, Policy Director, Washington State Attorney General's Office
    • Rebecca Glasgow, Chief Judge, Washington State Court of Appeals Division II
    • Angelina Snodgrass Godoy, UW Professor in Law, Societies and Justice and the Jackson School of International Studies; Director of the UW Center for Human Rights
    • Vanessa Torres Hernandez, Integrated Advocacy Director, ACLU of Washington
    • Alexandra Lard, former Domestic Violence Victim/Witness Advocate and current Litigation & Administrative Manager, Civil Rights Division, Washington State Attorney General's Office
    More info: gwss.washington.edu…
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