A Lawyer or Judge in Every School: Law Week 2004 Set for April 26-30

Seattle Washington, April 14, 2004 — Educators, students, lawyers, and judges are looking forward to Law Week 2004. Last spring, nearly 6,000 Washington students benefited from Law Week, as lawyers and judges in 31 Washington counties met with students to discuss current legal issues and specific areas of the law. Some presentations also included mock trials in which students played all the courtroom roles.

Law Week is one of the many Washington State Bar Association programs designed to increase citizen understanding of the important role that the law plays in their lives. Washington’s Law Week coincides with the American Bar Association’s Law Day, celebrated on May 1 across the country. Law Day was established in 1958 by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to strengthen the United States’ heritage of liberty, justice, and equality under the law.

Anyone interested in participating in Law Week 2004 should contact WSBA Law Week Coordinator Lysander Johnson at 206-239-2117 or lawweek@wsba.org.

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 28,200 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, 23 sections, and a Young Lawyers Division.

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