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July 1999FYISurvey of Physical Accessibility in Court Facilities WSBA's Court Improvement Committee and the Access to Justice Board's Status Impediments Committee are conducting a survey of physical accessibility in court facilities. Please visit WSBA's website (www.wsba.org) to complete the survey or call Gail Stone (206-733-5925) for a copy. WSBA Wins ABA Award The WSBA will receive the American Bar Association's Harrison Tweed Award for achievement in preserving and increasing access to legal services for the poor. The award will be presented at the ABA Annual Convention on Friday, August 6 in Atlanta. The WSBA shares the award with the Saginaw County (Michigan) Bar Association. The Harrison Tweed Awards were created in 1956 to recognize the extraordinary achievements of state and local bar associations that develop or significantly expand projects or programs to increase access to civil legal services for poor persons or criminal defense services for indigents. Usury Rate The average coupon equivalent yield from the first auction of 26-week treasury bills in June 1999 is 4.958 percent. The maximum allowable interest rate for July 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 – June 1999 appear on page 53 of the June 1999 Bar News. Information from January 1987 to date is available online. Scholarship Dinner Aids Law Students On May 28, the Loren Miller Bar Association (LMBA) held the 1999 Philip L. Burton Scholarship Dinner. The Philip L. Burton Memorial Foundation is the arm of the LMBA that administers scholarships to financially disadvantaged ethnic-minority third-year law students at University of Washington, Seattle University and Gonzaga University who are studying for the Washington State Bar Exam. Students are selected based on their academic achievements and commitment to community service. The foundation awarded $1,000 scholarships to Juan Gabriel Ibarra, Stephanie Kiger, Lorraine Wade and Jeffrey Younger of the University of Washington, and to Antoinette Davis of Seattle University. The guest speaker at the dinner, introduced by the Honorable Jack E. Tanner, was Johnnie Cochran. Armando Martinez, Hadassah Gill, Rachel Valentine, Jordan Knox and Mutanda Kwesele, five Seattle public-school students, gave a tribute to the late John Stanford, former Superintendent of Seattle Public Schools. Patricia Stanford accepted the LMBA's Civil Service Award on behalf of her husband. Millicent D. Newhouse, former Washington Women Lawyers President, received the LMBA's 1999 Outstanding Young Lawyer Award. Over 400 people from the legal profession attended the dinner, including members from nearly all levels of judicial service. LMBA is grateful for those who attended and to those who contributed to the event's success.
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