About The Commission In 1987 the Washington State Legislature
mandated the Office of the Administrator for the Courts initiate
measures to prevent gender and minority bias in the state court
system. The Washington State Supreme Court established two task
forces to conduct this work: the Gender and Justice Task Force
and the Minority and Justice Task Force. After two years of
research, public hearing and surveys, the Gender and Justice
Task Force concluded gender bias does exist in the Washington
State court system and described the extent of that bias in its
final report Gender and Justice in the Courts, Washington State,
1989. The Supreme Court appointed the Gender and Justice
Implementation Committee to monitor the 75 Task Force report
recommendations In 1994, the Supreme Court established the
Gender and Justice Commission. Since then, the Court has renewed
the Commission every five years with the latest order being
signed March 15, 2010 (Order No. 25700-B-505).