Washington State Bar News

August 2003

Articles

• Overcoming Obstacles - and Involvement in the Community: The Story of Latino Lawyers in Washington State by Maria Chavez, Ph.D.
• It Can't Happen Here? A Look Back at a Sad Chapter in the Law by David F. Shayne
• Some Do's and Don'ts of Mediation Advocacy by Mori Irvine

Columns

• Editor's Page: They Did What? by Lindsay T. Thompson
• Executive's Report: Summer Daze by Jan Michels, WSBA Executive Director
• President's Corner: Time to Go Public? (Should We Invite Nonlawyers to Sit on the Board of Governors?) by Dick Manning, WSBA President

Departments

• Letters to the Editor
• The Board's Work by Lindsay Thompson
• Around the State
• Lawyer Services: The New Washington Legal Ethics Deskbook by Christopher Sutton
• Reading Around: News of Interest to Members
• The Practice of Law Board by Robert D. Welden
• Disciplinary Notices
• Opportunities for Service
• FYI: For Your Information
• Usury Rate: The average coupon equivalent yield from the first auction of 26-week treasury bills in July 2003 is .96 percent. The maximum allowable interest rate for August is therefore 12 percent. Compilations of the average coupon equivalent yields from past auctions of 26-week treasury bills and past maximum interest rates for June 1988-June 1999 appear on page 53 of the June 1999 Bar News. Information from January 1987 to date is available online.  

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