Paving the Way for Peace: Civility in the Legal System

Today I emcee'd the webinar “Paving the Way for Peace: Civility in the Legal System”, hosted by the World Peace Through Law Section of the Washington State Bar Association and featuring Tim Jaasko-Fisher of TJF Consulting. An “On Demand” version of the webcast will be available in approximately 1 day. Our speaker, Tim Jaasko-Fisher, served as Assistant Attorney General for 11 years, litigating at all levels of the justice system in Washington State, from administrative tribunals to the Supreme Court. For 8 years he was the founding director of the Court Improvement Training Academy at the University of Washington School of Law, and then for four years he was a Senior Director at the Civility Center for the Law, a private, non-profit dedicated to promoting civility in the legal system and based at Seattle University School of Law. He continues to facilitate, present, and consult internationally on leadership, civility, and engaging groups in complex problem-solving. The World Peace Through Law Section, on whose executive board I have served for several years, studies peace and law and how one promotes the other. This is a useful and satisfying thing to do, but I want to do it better! In emceeing this program, I drew upon practices developed through Toastmasters (Chapter 832 West Seattle). It's nice to see I am getting better at this!