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Contact information for Tacomaprobono Community Lawyers:
Anthony E. Varona, Dean of Seattle U Law, conceived the Hybrid Hub concept after conducting a listening and learning tour with stakeholders throughout Washington and Alaska. Outside of Seattle and Spokane, both states have many “legal deserts” where there is no law school, great demand for legal education, and a shortage of lawyers to provide essential legal services. Varona envisioned the successful Flex JD program as an opportunity to build out a meaningful hybrid presence in regions like the South Sound to fill this void.
“We are excited to inaugurate this collaboration between Seattle University Law School and UW Tacoma. Our law school has deep roots in Tacoma and the South Puget Sound. This new initiative will provide an excellent opportunity to strengthen that relationship,” said Seattle University President Eduardo Peñalver, who is also a professor of law.
“Both UW Tacoma and Seattle University School of Law share a goal of bridging the equity divide and making law school
an attainable goal for first generation and underrepresented students,” said Dr. Sheila Edwards Lange, chancellor of UW Tacoma. “Seattle U Law is unique in the state for being able
to offer this hybrid model of legal education that serves place- bound students so well.”
PRO BONO PUP
We’ve made a lot of changes
in the process of expanding
our programs over the past
couple of years, which have
required some moves --
Rocky, a member of Housing
Justice Project Assistant
Managing Attorney Will
Beck’s family who has been
featured here in the past
because he does quite a bit of office work, has now officially moved to our 4th Floor administrative offices where he can enjoy some solitude and quite nice furniture when things are just too much. Welcome to the 4th Floor Rocky!
NEW ART
And some new art for our new 3rd floor offices, housing the piece of our Housing Justice Program which intervenes to help tenants with issues which could lead to eviction before they end up in court – more to come on this powerful program!
Laurie Davenport is the Director of Development & Outreach for Tacomaprobono.
IT’S TIME TO PUT PRO BONO NIGHT ON YOUR CALENDAR!
Wednesday, October 16, 2024 5:00 - 7:00 pm
Tacoma Art Museum!
Interested in becoming a sponsor? Contact: laurie@tacomaprobono.org for more information about this year’s sponsorship opportunities.
2024
Melisa Evangelos, Interim ED/CEO:
mevangelos@tacomaprobono.org
Laurie Davenport, Communications Director:
laurie@tacomaprobono.org
Melissa Wolkenhauer, Manager, Volunteer Legal Program: melissaw@tacomaprobono.org
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