Washington State Bar News

March 2003

Articles

• Top 10 Writing Errors for Law Students (and Lawyers) to Improve Upon in 2003 by Robert C. Cumbow
• The Unintentional Franchise by Howard R. Morrill
• Varieties of Thought Disorder in the Criminal Context by Delton W. Young, Ph.D

Columns

• Editor's Page: Gertrude, Mr. Stevens and I Plan Some Picaresque Adventures by Lindsay T. Thompson
• President's Corner: The Crisis of Tort Reform - Let's Blame the Lawyers by  Dick Manning, WSBA President
• Executive's Report: "#%!?* Technology" by Jan Michels, WSBA Executive Director
  

Departments

• Letters
• WSBA Financial Report: Highlights for Fiscal Year 2002
• Disciplinary Notices
• Around the State - Benton-Franklin Report by Stephen T. Osborne and Whatcom County Report by Mick Moynihan
• The Board's Work - News from the Board of Governors
• FYI: For Your Information
• Opportunities for Service
  • WSBA Presidential Search
  • WYLD President-Elect Elections
  • WYLD Trustee Elections
  • Commission on Judicial Conduct
  • ABA House of Delegates
  • ABA Accepting Award Nominations
  • 2003 WSBA Award Nominations Sought
  • 2003-2004 WSBA Application for Committee, Board and Panel Appointments
• Usury Rate: The average coupon equivalent yield from the first auction of 26-week treasury bills in February 2003 is 1.209 percent. The maximum allowable interest rate for March 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.