Diversity: Stories Affecting Our Lives (2025)
Total Credits: 1.0 Ethics
- Average Rating:
- 4
- Categories:
- Ethics
- Faculty:
- Dana Fabe | Pamela Washington | Nicole Borromeo | Eva Gardner | Andrea Canfield
- Duration:
- 1 Hour 13 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- License:
- Never Expires.
Description
Diversity: Stories Affecting Our Lives
Sponsored by: Outlook Law, LLC
In cooperation with: Anchorage Association of Women Lawyers and Alaska Supreme Court’s Fairness, Diversity & Equality Committee
1.0 Ethics CLE Credits
VOD_2025030
Price: $0.00
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Moderated by: Alaska Supreme Court Senior Chief Justice Dana Fabe
Panelist:
- Honorable Pamela Washington, Senior Judge, President of the National Association of Women Judges
- Nicole Borromeo, President, ANCSA Regional Association
- Eva Gardner, Municipal Attorney, Municipality of Anchorage
- Andrea Canfield, Corporate M&A Partner, Stoel Rives LLP
Faculty
Dana Fabe Related Seminars and Products
Senior Justice Dana Fabe served on the bench in Alaska for nearly 28 years, and she continues to serve the court in a pro-tem capacity, as well as conducting a private mediation practice. She was appointed to the Alaska Supreme Court in 1996 and was the first woman to serve on the court and as Chief Justice. She served three terms as Chief Justice and is only the second justice in the court’s history to serve three terms in that role. She clerked for Justice Edmond W. Burke of the Alaska Supreme Court in 1976-77; served as a staff attorney for the Alaska Public Defender Agency from 1977-81; and served as Chief Public Defender for Alaska from 1981-88 by appointment of the Governor. In 1988, she was appointed to the superior court bench in Anchorage where she served as deputy presiding judge and training judge. She co-chaired the Alaska Fairness and Access Commission and currently co-chairs the Statewide Evaluation Panel for Alaska’s Magistrate Judges. She has also served as co-chair of the Advisory Committee of the Center for Judicial Ethics at the National Center formState Courts. She is a past President of the National Association of Women Judges (NAWJ) and founded two of its signature programs: Success Inside and Out, an NAWJ reentry program for women prisoners and Mentor Jet, an NAWJ mentoring program for students on careers in law. Her national awards include the 2017 Sandra Day O’Connor Civic Education Award, presented by the National Center for State Courts; the 2012 Distinguished Service Award, presented by the National Center for State Courts; and the 2012 Justice Vaino Spencer Leadership Award, presented by the National Association of Women Judges. She is also one of the initial 2009 inductees of the Alaska Women’s Hall of Fame and was named a YWCA Woman of Achievement in 2002. She is a Life Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and an elected member of the American Law Institute. She received her B.A. from Cornell University and her J.D. from Northeastern University School of Law.
Pamela Washington Related Seminars and Products
Pamela Scott Washington was appointed to the Anchorage District Court by Governor Sean Parnell on August 9, 2010. Judge Washington is co-chair of the Alaska Supreme Court’s Fairness, Diversity & Equality Commission and serves on the Cultural Competency Committee. She chairs the Court’s Color of Justice program which encourages diverse young people to consider careers in law and the judiciary. Judge Washington presides over the Coordinated Resource Project (Mental Health Court) in Anchorage and the Sand Point Criminal and Civil calendar. Judge Washington is a member of the National Association of Women Judges where she serves as Vice President of Districts. She is a member of the US Chapter of Pan American Commission of Judges on Social Justice and the National Center for State Court Blueprint for Racial Justice and Systemic Change Work Group.
Eva Gardner Related Seminars and Products
Eva Gardner practices at Ashburn & Mason, P.C., where she focuses on civil litigation and appeals and regularly engages in lively ethics discussions with her colleagues. Before joining Ashburn & Mason, she clerked for Judge Gleason in the U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska and Alaska Superior Court.In her non-billable time, Eva volunteers with ALSC, ANDVSA, and Anchorage Youth Court.She also serves on the board of the Anchorage Association of Women Lawyers, as a Trustee of the Bar Foundation, as a co-chair of the Bar’s Intellectual Property, Arts, and Entertainment Law Section, and as a member of the Arctic Entries Storyboard. She holds graduate and undergraduate degrees from Columbia University and received her law degree from NYU.