The proposal for the portfolio evaluation, now under consideration by the Washington Supreme Court, is outlined in this article.
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Category: Cover Story
Managing Client Trust Accounts: Preventing the Most Common Compliance Failures
For many Washington lawyers, managing a client trust account (IOLTA) is one of the most anxiety-producing aspects of practice.
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Let’s Get Technical: An Interview with Justice Colleen Melody
From the time since it was created in 2015 and up until her appointment to the court, Melody led the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) Wing Luke Civil Rights Division.
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When Comfort Enters the Courtroom
How Washington pioneered the use of courthouse facility dogs to help victims, witnesses, and vulnerable people throughout the justice process.
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#LawTok U: How TikTok is Revolutionizing the Pathway to Practice
Rather than learning about constitutional modalities through the traditional channels of law school, many law students are instead acclimating to the legal profession through video-based digital media platforms.
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Apprenticeship, Not Academia
The traditional path to becoming a lawyer in Washington state can be daunting. That’s how Nettie Dionne of Zillah, a town of about 3,200 people outside Yakima, felt. But now the former social worker and member of the Yakama Nation is studying for the bar exam.
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