RULE 11.1
                                    PURPOSE


     It is of primary importance to the members of the Washington State Bar
Association (referred to in these rules as the Bar Association) and to the
public that lawyers continue their legal education throughout the period of
their active practice of law. These rules state the minimum requirements for
continuing legal education.


[Adopted effective January 1, 1977; amended effective May 2, 2000; January 1, 2009.]