As one looks more carefully at the WSBA Washington Lawyer Discipline System and how the Bar Association sees itself it seems to make good sense to separate the discipline function from the Bar. This would make the system more fair, make it appear more fair, and generate greated respect and understanding for the process, a necessary process to be sure.
Discipline divestiture would also enhance the Bar Association in that it would concentrate and be known for concentrating on the needs of its members. The Bar Association would take on a new and more positive image.
One model for a divested system of discipline is the California Bar Association and California Supreme Court model. State Bar Court of California.
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