9:00 – 9:15 am
Welcome- Judge Lum
Opening Remarks- Chief Justice Stephens (confirmed)
9:15 – 10:45 am
Courts under Pressure: Judicial & Lawyer speech (1.5 hours)
Michael King (moderator),
10:45 – 11:00
Break
1511:00 am – 12:15 pm
Partisanship in Washington judicial elections and selections-a short history (1.25 hours)
Professor Hugh Spitzer, University of Washington School of Law
12:15 – 1:15 pm
Lunch break (box lunches ordered at registration)
1:15 – 2:45 pm
System under Pressure: Partisanship & elections (1.5 hours)
Hon. Dean S. Lum (ret.)(moderator), John McKay (former US Attorney for the Western District of Washington: David Burman (Asher Perkins Coie)
2:45 – 3:00 pm
Break
3:00 – 4:00 pm
AI & History panel session (1 hour)
Stephan Yhann, De Novo Law (moderator)