Washington State Bar News

June 2006

Articles

• E-Discovery and the Proposed Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: A Primer
  by Robert A. Medved 
• Bringing Civics Back to the Classroom: You Can Help
  by Hon. Marlin Appelwick and Judith Billings
• A New Tool for Safety: Introducing Washington's Sexual Assault Protection Order
  by Kelly O'Connell
• Your Role in Providing for High-Quality Appellate Judges
  by Anthony R. Miles and John J. Tollefsen
• The WSBF Loan Repayment Assistance Program Selects Its First Five Recipients
  by Paula Littlewood

Columns

• President's Corner: South Dakota Heads for "J.A.I.L."
  by S. Brooke Taylor
• Executive's Report: Attending the Western States Bar Conference — Innovators Sharing Ideas 
  by M. Janice Michels

Departments

• Letters to the Editor
• Ethics and the Law
• Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection  
• In Memoriam
• FYI
• Disciplinary Notices
• Usury Rate:
  The average coupon equivalent yield from the first auction of 26-week treasury bills in May 2006 was 4.966 percent. Therefore, the maximum allowable interest rate for May is 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 to 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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