Washington State Bar News

March 2005

Articles

• The History of Women's Jury Service in Washington, by Aaron H. Caplan
• State of the Judiciary Address presented to the Joint Session of the Washington State Legislature January 18, 2005, by Chief Justice Gerry A. Alexander
• Judicial Independence as a Campaign Platform, by Shirley S. Abrahamson
  

Columns

• Editor's Page: On the snagging of appointments, by Lindsay Thompson

Departments

• Letters to the Editor
• Ethics and the Law: Supreme Court Publishes Proposed Amendments to Rules of Professional Conduct for Public Comment
• The Board's Work
• Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection
• FYI: For Your Information
• Opportunities for Service
• Disciplinary Notices
• Usury Rate: The average coupon equivalent yield from the first auction of 26-week treasury bills in February 2005 was 2.786 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 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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