Washington State Bar News

June 2001

Articles

• Navigating Washington's Rules of Appellate Procedure: Eight Hidden Dangers and Costly Mistakes by David B. Koch
• The Story Behind the Unique Look of Japanese Agreements by David Monroe

Columns

• President's Corner: The Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing But the Truth by Jan Eric Peterson, WSBA President
• Executive's Report: The Judicial Recommendation Committee Process by Fred Meyers and Everett Billingslea
• Proud to Be a Lawyer: The Rule of Law and the Magnificence of the Human Spirit by Justice Robert F. Utter
  

Departments

• Letters
• Access to Justice: A Call to Arms: The Videophone Client Counseling Project by Andrew A. Guy
• Lawyer Services: Recharging Your Professional and Personal Life by Meade Brown, Jr.
• Ethics & The Law: Communicating with a Represented Governmental Client
• Disciplinary Notices
• Changing Venues—Who's Going Where
• The Board's Work—News from the Board of Governors
• FYI: For Your Information
• Opportunities for Service
  • Letters of Application Invited for the New WSBA Board of Governors At-Large Positions
  • Board of Governors Elections
  • WYLD Trustee Elections
  • WYLD President-elect Nominations
• Usury Rate: The average coupon equivalent yield from the first auction of 26-week treasury bills in May 2001 is 3.738 percent. The maximum allowable interest rate for June 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.