Free Community Legal Clinic to Be Presented November 15 in Winthrop by the Washington State Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division

Seattle Washington, November 13, 2003—The Washington Young Lawyers Division (WYLD) of the Washington State Bar Association (WSBA) is sponsoring a free community legal clinic Saturday, November 15, 2003, in Winthrop, where members of the community can speak with a lawyer for 10 to 15 minutes at no charge. The clinic is open to all members of the community and will be held at the Winthrop Public Library, 509 Highway 20.

“Volunteer attorneys will be available to listen to your story and hear your reasons why you believe you need an attorney,” said clinic organizer John Brangwin, a Wenatchee attorney and member of the Board of Trustees of WYLD, “and all discussions will be confidential.” He added, “Please note that these volunteers will not be acting as your attorney, but will hear your situation and use their resources to refer you to a local attorney if they believe it’s appropriate.”

For more information about the clinic, please contact Mr. Brangwin at 509-663-3915 or john@wblawfirm.com.

About the Washington Young Lawyers Division
The WYLD provides programs and services of special interest to young lawyers, to the public, and to those denied access to the justice system. In particular, the WYLD sponsors Continuing Legal Education seminars of interest to young lawyers; publishes De Novo, a quarterly publication serving young lawyers; sponsors programs that benefit high school students, including the YMCA Mock Trial Competition; and sponsors seminars addressing questions facing young lawyers as they balance professional and personal lives. Any active member of the WSBA is a member of the WYLD until December 31 of the year in which the member attains the age of 36 or until the December 31 of the fifth year in which the member has been admitted to practice in any state, whichever is later. For more information about WYLD, visit www.wsba.org/lawyers/groups/wyld.

About the Washington State Bar Association
The Washington State Bar Association is a private, nonprofit organization authorized by the Washington Supreme Court to license the state’s 27,600 lawyers. The WSBA both regulates lawyers under the authority of the Court and serves its members as a professional association—all without public funding. As a regulatory agency, it administers the bar exam, provides record-keeping and licensing functions, and administers the lawyer discipline program. As a professional association, the WSBA provides continuing legal education for attorneys, in addition to numerous other educational and member-service activities.

The governance of the WSBA is vested in its 14-person Board of Governors. There are three governors from the seventh congressional district; one from each of the other eight districts; and three at-large members, one of whom represents the Young Lawyers Division. The president is David W. Savage of Pullman. The board meets every six weeks at various locations around the state, and its meetings are open to the public. Much of the work of the WSBA is carried out through its 23 standing committees, 24 sections, and a Young Lawyers Division.

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