Washington State Bar News

March 2001

Articles

• IOLTA: Is It a Taking? Is That Really the Issue? by Lucy Isaki
• Takuji Yamashita by Steven Goldsmith
• Psychology, Expert Testimony and the Law by Dr. Gordon Cochrane

Columns

• President's Corner: School Days, School Days: Public Education, the Teaching Lawyer and Law Week by Jan Eric Peterson, WSBA President
• Executive's Report: WSBA Presidency by Jan Michels, WSBA Executive Director
• Editor's Page: Two Cents' Worth by Mark A. Panitch (featuring Middle-Aged Lawyer Goes Through Change of Life by George Critchlow)
  

Departments

• Letters
• Proud to Be a Lawyer by Randy I. Gordon
• Lawyer Services: Third-Party Intervention: What, When, How by Rebecca Nerison
• Access to Justice: WSBA Emeritus Training Programs in La Conner and Vancouver
• Ethics & The Law: Ethics and the Real Estate Lawyer by Barrie Althoff 
• Disciplinary Notices
• Changing Venues - Who's Going Where
• The Board's Work - News from the Board of Governors
• FYI
  • Opportunity for Service
    • WSBA Presidential Search
    • 2001 Notice of Board of Governors Election
    • Applications for Appointment to the Legislative Committee
    • Positions Available on ABA House of Delegates
    • Washington Defender Association Board of Directors
  • 2001 WSBA Awards Nominations Sought
  • ABA Seeks Nominations for Harrison Tweed Award
  • ABA Seeks Nominations for Jefferson Fordham Awards
  • Discipline 2000 Task Force to Meet
  • WestCoast Hotels Contribute to LAW Fund
  • Women of Color Invited to Reception
  • King County Superior Court Adopts New Fees
  • Free Trust Account Information
  • WSTLA Law Day Dinner
  • Conference on Resources Law: 21st Century Challenges to Access of Public Lands and Resources Section of Environment, Energy and Resources
  •  Law Week
  • Resources on Sale for Half Price
  • Upcoming BOG Meetings
  • Proud to Be a Lawyer
  • Department of Licensing Addresses
  • Lawyers Create Appellate Association
  • Law School for Legislators

  • ABA to Host Alternative Dispute Resolution Conference

  • Usury Rate: The average coupon equivalent yield from the first auction of 26-week treasury bills in February 2001 is 4.94 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 appears at

    www.wsba.org/media/publications/barnews/usury.htm