WELA’s Annual CLE 2026
Be the Helpers: Tools and Perspectives to Expand Your Advocacy
Registration for the Annual WELA CLE remains available! We hope you’ve been saving the date: October 9, 2026, at the Edgewater Hotel. Registration includes breakfast, lunch, and a happy hour to follow.
The theme this year is “Be the Helpers: Tools and Perspectives to Expand Your Advocacy.” Our speakers will discuss their experiences, tips, and tricks on how to be better advocactes.
A registration link may be found here: https://welacle.org.
After you have registered, you will receive a password for the event website. Breakfast, lunch, happy hour refreshments, and CLE credit are included in the price of admission. We look forward to seeing you there!
6 CLE Credits, pending WSBA Approval!
CLE Schedule8:30 – 9:00: Breakfast 9:00 – 9:05: Opening Remarks 9:05 – 10:05: Their Shields, Our Swords: Weaponizing Defendats’ Tactics in Tamayo Hernandez v. J.A. Carrillo Consturction LLC, et al.
Ellicott Dandy (Frank Freed Subit & Thomas) 10:10 – 11:10: Unemployment Insurance in the Context of an Employment Law Case
Rory O’Sullivan (Washington Employment Benefits Advocates PLLC) 11:20 – 12:20: Increasing Equity in WELA and Your Practice: Tools for Equitable Strategic Planning and a Roadmap for Serving Low-Income Immigrant Workers
Alyson Dimmitt Gnam (Washington State Attorney General’s Office)
Andrea Schmitt (Columbia Legal Services) 12:30 – 1:30: Lunch Break 1:30 – 2:30: Meeting This Moment: LGBTQ+ Advocacy in a Changing Landscape
Collins Saint (Cedar Law LLP)
2:35 – 3:35: When Odessa Brown Stood Up Again: A Reckoning
Becky Roe (Schroeter Goldmark & Bender)
Andy Boes (Schroeter Goldmark & Bender)
Jeff Robinson (Schroeter Goldmark & Bender/ The Who We Are Project) 3:45 – 4:45: 2026 Employment Law Updates
Munia Jabbar (Jabbar Law PLLC)
Blythe Chandler (Terrell Marshall Law Group PLLC) 4:50 – 4:55: Closing remarks/announcements 5:00 – 6:00: Happy Hour! | REGISTRATION |
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