This Is Your Litigation Section – Thoughts from the Chair

In the last issue of the Litigation Section newsletter I explored the concept of becoming better. Better lawyer, better practice, better person. This year as I take over as Chair of the Litigation Section, my goal is to achieve betterment. I envision making this Section rise to a level of becoming something better and more valuable to you, its members. It is hard to measure improvement if you do not know from where you have started. Each year when you get your Bar license fee notice, there is a box for you to choose those WSBA sections of which you would like to be a member. Each of you receiving this newsletter checked the box marked “Litigation Section.” Rather than wondering what it is that the Litigation Section does, I welcome you to a tour of the Litigation Section – YOUR SECTION – of the Washington State Bar Association. The Litigation Section Bylaws highlight the function and activities of this Section. The purpose or foundation of this Section is to benefit interested members of the Bar, their clients and the general public. The Bylaws further outline the ways in which the Section seeks to serve a beneficial purpose and that is: a. By providing the opportunity and forum for the interchange of ideas in the areas of trial advocacy, practice and procedure; b. By initiating and implementing common projects within said areas; c. By review of pending legislation and development of proposed statutory enactments to improve and facilitate the administration of justice; d. By assisting the courts in establishing rules and methods for the more certain and expeditious administration of justice; and e. By undertaking such other services as may be of benefit to the members, the legal profession and the public.