In 2024, a group of students at the University of Washington saw an opportunity to fill a need by creating a moot court program for undergraduate students. The Husky Moot Court (HMC) today has about a dozen members and two coaches from the UW School of Law. They are a member of the American Moot […]
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In 2024, the WSBA’s STAR Council introduced grants for law students interning in rural Washington to address attorney shortages. Interviewed recipients Olivia Perez and Shaw Lowry highlighted how their experiences in public defense offices shaped their commitment to rural legal practice while acknowledging the challenges, such as transportation issues and maintaining professional relationships.
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As you may remember, law school is time-consuming to say the least. When you’re juggling classes and tests and the myriad other responsibilities of life, admittedly the daily business of the Washington State Bar Association may not be your top priority. To help create new connections between law students and their likely future bar association, […]
Read More… Consider that a student who expects to graduate law school this year will have spent most of their education amid a global pandemic. Their legal academia would have taken place during historic global protests, a historic attack on the U.S. Capitol building, and the reversal of massively controversial legal precedent. In all, law students today are looking at a world full of inflation and, arguably, some of the greatest challenges for our legal system in modern history. Each year, the Washington State Bar Association partners with our state’s three law schools and selects a law student representative from each. These student representatives both serve as liaisons who communicate issues facing students to the WSBA, and who share WSBA resources with their fellow students.
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Unfortunately, you probably can’t get lawyers and law students the gift they really want: eliminating their student loans. However, there’s still time to find a gift that will delight the legal wonk in your life. We can’t endorse specific products, but the WSBA ranks are chockfull of lawyers full of ideas. Here are a few WSBA-approved gift ideas for the lawyer or law student in your life.
Read More… Each year, the WSBA partners with Washington’s three law schools and selects a law student representative from each. These student representatives both serve as liaisons who communicate issues facing students to the WSBA, and who share WSBA resources with their fellow students. Read on to meet the 2021-2022 law school representatives.
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Faced with a global pandemic, a massive civil rights movement, uncertain economic futures, and most recently a blanketing of smoke as much of the Western United States burns, it’s no small feat to manage three years of intensive legal study on top of that. Even so, this year, as in years past, student representatives from Washington’s three law schools have partnered with the WSBA to serve as a vital link between their classmates and (hopefully) future professional regulator. Read on to learn what’s on the minds of the 2020-2021 law school representatives.
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When the Washington Supreme Court modified the Admission to Practice Rules to grant admission under diploma privilege criteria, it spurred a great deal of discussion about the bar exam. Some of this discussion appears to assume the Supreme Court order is permanent. This does not appear to be the intent of the order. Many attorneys have complained about granting admission to practice law to individuals who have not taken the bar exam, essentially arguing the exam is a “rite of passage.” While I understand the sentiment, I reject its validity.
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Let me be abundantly clear: In my hiring decisions I will never ever care whether someone took the bar exam. The best data available, through comparative tests, malpractice suits, and ethics complaints, indicates that passing the bar exam has zero correlation with being a good lawyer. But that doesn’t mean I won’t ask if interviewees took the exam.
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For countless law students, the ongoing Coronavirus crisis has halted their young careers before they’ve even begun.
Read More… Each year WSBA partners with law student representatives from our state’s three law schools. They serve a unique and important function as liaisons who share with their classmates the programs and services the bar offers.
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Seattle University School of Law’s Gregory Silverman sheds light on the school’s plan to get on board with an emerging trend in admissions.
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University of Washington law students gain real-world experience while contributing their time and expertise to their community through pro bono work.
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Part of Gonzaga law’s mission is to educate students to serve the public good, which is one reason its future lawyers must complete at least 30 hours of public service. Here’s what they’re doing with that time.
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Service to others is at the heart of Seattle University School of Law’s mission. Find out how its students are answering that call.
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My decision to go into law began in the dark. That’s the first thing I remember: darkness. I was eight years old and about to see something no eight year old should. I remember realizing I wasn’t alone when I saw the circular glow of flashlights sliding across the walls of our two-bedroom apartment just […]
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