Washington State Bar News

January 2003

Articles

• The U.S. Supreme Court and Criminal Law: 2001 Term (Part I) by Craig Hemmens
• Enforcing Consumers' and Employees' Legal Rights: 12 Myths about Arbitration by Keith Maurer

Columns

• Editor's Page: Two Cents' Worth by Mark A. Panitch
• President's Corner: Unfaltering Resolve by  Dick Manning, WSBA President
• Executive's Report: "Two Things..." by Jan Michels, WSBA Executive Director
  

Departments

• Letters
• Access to Justice: WSBA Emeritus Status: A Win-Win for WSBA Members and Law-Income Clients by Sharlene Steele
• Book Review: The Future of Ideas: The Fate of the commons in a Connected World by Robert C. Cumbow
• Ethics & The Law: Lawyers and the Art of Motorcycle Riding (Part Two) by Barrie Althoff
• Disciplinary Notices
• Changing Venues - Who's Going Where
• The Board's Work - News from the Board of Governors
• FYI: For Your Information
• Opportunities for Service
  • WSBA Presidential Search
  • 2003 Notice of Board of Governors Election 
  • Statute Law Committee
• Usury Rate: The average coupon equivalent yield from the first auction of 26-week treasury bills in December 2002 is 1.316 percent. The maximum allowable interest rate for January 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 January 1989 – present appear in the current issue of  the Bar News. Information from January 1987 to date is available online.