For those who puzzle, however fleetingly, over such things, one of Life s Imponderables is how the Washington State Bar Association gets its presidents. I m not only going to tell you in the paragraphs to follow, I m going to invite you to apply for the job. Every October a new president shows up on the cover of Bar News , and in a year he I say that because, with only two exceptions in the last 15 years, it is always he is gone. The president writes 12 columns in the Bar News , and for most Bar members that s as much presidential contact as we get. Which is not necessarily a bad thing.
People are busy.
They have law practices, civic commitments and families, and crave time off. I suspect most are quite content to let the Bar be run by people who feel a calling for that sort of thing. If you go to local Bar Association meetings, or are involved in minority and specialty bars, committees or sections of the Association, you may have other WSBA presidential sightings to your credit. You can catch them in newspaper interviews and the occasional television or radio appearance. Watching state Bar presidents has been one of the eccentric hobbies of my misspent youth and early middle age.