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Membership Benefits

Membership Information

About WDAThe Washington Defender Association provides the following services for its members: 

  • Training:  CLE programs with no tuition charge.  These include live in-person programs and webinars.  A/V productions of many of our past programs are also available on this site for viewing.
  • Publications: WDA publishes a weekly WDA E-Update, a monthly DefenseNet Newsletter, and co-publishes (with WACDL) a quarterly magazine, Criminal Defense.
  • Members Only Section:  This includes an expert bank, a brief bank, many of our published resources, and access to over 100 hours of streaming video CLEs that can be watched on your computer for A/V credit.
  • Resource Assistance: WDA has attorneys available for case assistance and an immigration specialist to assist in issues relating to representation of non-citizen clients.  
  • Legislative Advocacy: WDA maintains a presence in Olympia to encourage the passage of legislation that will support its members and their clients.
  • Join Us
    • Anyone interested in the practice of public defense in Washington state is welcome to join WDA.  (Note: Individuals currently performing prosecutorial or judicial work are not able to join WDA.)
    • Annual membership is only $150 for an individual per calendar year and entitles you to receive all the services listed above.  If you join after July 1, you have the option of paying $225 for the remainder of the calendar year and the entirety of the next year. There are also discounts for offices of five or more to join as a whole.  Please contact our office at (206) 623-4321 if you wish to join as an office.  To fill out a form to join now, follow this link to the Membership Form.
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