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The Northwest Legal Training Professionals is a group of legal trainers in the Pacific Northwest region who meet on a bi-montly basis to further the education, training, training techniques, knowledge and professional development of legal trainers. Our focus is legal trainers, and our goal is to provide an environment in which concepts and ideas can be shared to promote the professional development of legal training.

 

 

Who Are We? 
(information for this article provided by Andrea Ballard, Alice Truan & Marcia Allen)

The Northwest Legal Training Professionals (formerly known as the Seattle Legal Trainers) was co-founded in 2000 by then legal trainers Marcia Allen, Alice Truan, Alice Meleney and Andrea Ballard.
 
The Vision
 
The vision for the group was to provide a platform for legal computer trainers, help desk and computer support professionals in Seattle.
 
Humble Beginnings
 
It started around 1999-2000 with a series of emails between Marcia Allen, Alice Truan, Alice Meleney and Andrea Ballard. Finally, the group put together their first informal meeting on July 25, 2000 at Garvey, Shubert & Barer. The email was from Alice Meleney and was sent to Esther Sugai, Cheri Galvin and Marcia Allen. By October, Andrea Ballard was included in the group and they organized the first official meeting of the Seattle Legal Trainers to take place. Specifics of that official meeting are below:
 
Official Meeting Date: Nov. 21, 2000
Meeting Location: Foster Pepper & Shefelman
Attendees at FIRST meeting*:
 
Andrea Ballard - Foster Pepper & Shefelman PLLC
Alice Meleney - Garvey, Schubert & Barer
Esther Sugai - Garvey, Schubert & Barer
Lorrie Benson – Graham & Dunn
Kathy Lamb – Jameson Babbit
Carmelita Scott – Karr Tuttle Campbell
Cindy Bako – Lane Powell
Judy Momany – Lane Powell
Keith Harrington – Preston Gates
Cheryl Ream – Riddell Williams
Marcia Allen - Short, Cressman & Burgess PLLC
Dave Morgan - Short, Cressman & Burgess PLLC
MaryEllen Skelton – Stoel Rives
Alice Truan – Williams Kastner & Gibbs

 
 
 
*This information was furnished from email correspondence between Alice Truan, Andrea Ballard and Marcia Allen. Copies of the emails are available for review. 
 
 
 
 
Perkins Coie hosted the January 11, 2001 meeting and Honora Wade was the presenter.  The topic was "New developments in training: e-learning, web-based training, corporate universities, portals.etc".  Preston Gates hosted the February 8, 2001 meeting and Keith Harrington was the presenter.  The topic was: "New hire training: The amount of time which is devoted to the training of a new employee, how it is structured, what sort of follow up exists".
 
From there, a group of dedicated individuals from various law firms in Seattle continued to meet and assisted the core group with the further develop-ment and growth of the Seattle Legal Trainers group.

Currently, the NWLTP's membership is around 60 members, many of whom attend on a regular basis. The group meets to network and share all types of information, discuss training and technology as it pertains to the group members, and review training techniques and technology products and services.
 
Most recently, a group of co-chairs from the past three years met to discuss restructuring the group. The first order of business - changing the name from Seattle Legal Trainers to Northwest Legal Training Professionals.

The Focus 
 
NWLTP is focused specifically on the professional needs of legal computer trainers; however, other information systems, computer support professionals and vendors who support law firms are welcomed to join or attend the general bi-monthly meetings.

Meeting Dates & Times
 
The group meets the second Thursday of every odd month.  Additionally, in December we will host a group holiday party.  See the Calendar of Events page for specific meeting times and dates.