Washington State Bar News

January 2002

Articles

• A Roadmap to the WSBA Legislative Process by Gail Stone
• Major Criminal Law Decisions of the United States Supreme Court 2000 Term (part 2 of 2) by Craig Hemmens

Columns

• President's Corner: On the BOG Plate: WSBA Policy Issues to Debate by  Dale L. Carlisle, WSBA President
• Executive's Report: Happy New Year! by Jan Michels, WSBA Executive Director
• Proud to Be a Lawyer: The Noble Profession by David A. Larson
  

Departments

• Letters
• Practice Tips: Keep the Claims Straight and the Parties Honest: Eliminating the Fraud or Misrepresentation Claim from a Breach-of-Contract Action
• Lawyer Services: The Lawyer-to-Lawyer Program: Helping to Bridge the Gap from Law School to "Lawyering" 
• Ethics & The Law: Lawyer Disciplinary Sanctions
• Disciplinary Notices
• Changing Venues - Who's Going Where
• The Board's Work - News from the Board of Governors
• Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection
• FYI: For Your Information
• Opportunities for Service
  • WSBA Presidential Search
  • 2002 Notice of Board of Governors Election
• Usury Rate: The average coupon equivalent yield from the first auction of 26-week treasury bills in December 2001 is 1.805 percent. The maximum allowable interest rate for January 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.