Washington State Bar News

November 2003

Articles

• The Courts of the Washington Territory: 1853-1889 by Chief Justice Gerry L. Alexander
• The Parenting Act and Mediation, Fifteen Years On by Porter Kelley
• Early Mediation—A Better Mousetrap? by John E. Dunne, M.D.

Features

• The WSBA Honors Its 2003 50-Year Members

Columns

• President's Corner: Listening to Our Membership: Challenges and Opportunities by David Savage, WSBA President
• Executive's Report: The Special Committee for the Evaluation of the Rules of Professional Conduct ("Ethics 2003 Committee") by J. Scott Miller
• Editor's Page: Act Two by Lindsay Thompson 

Departments

• Letter to the Editor
• Access to Justice: Meeting RPC 6.1's New Goals for Providing Pro Bono Services to Law-Income Persons by Andrew A. Guy
• Around the State
• Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection: Recent Committee Actions and 2003 Annual Report by Robert Welden
• Opportunities for Service
• FYI: For Your Information
• Usury Rate: The average coupon equivalent yield from the first auction of 26-week treasury bills in October 2003 is 1.017 percent. The maximum allowable interest rate for November 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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