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January 2009 - Proposed Rules Published for Comment

The following Proposed Rules Published for Comment in January 2009 have a comment period which expires on April 30, 2009.

Admission to Practice Rules(APR)

APR 28 - Limited Practice Rule for Legal Technicians (Adopted)
APR 28 Regulations - Non-Lawyer Practice Commission Regulations
APR 8 - Special Admissions (Amended)

Superior Court Civil Rules(CR)

CR 26 - General Provisions Regarding Discovery (Amended)
CR 45 - Subpoena (Amended)

Civil Rules for Courts of Limited Jurisdiction(CRLJ)

CRLJ 45 - Subpoena (Amended)

Superior Court Criminal Rules(CrR)

CrR 3.1 - Right to and Assignment of Lawyer (Deferred)
CrR 4.8 - Subpoenas (Amended)

Criminal Rules for Courts of Limited Jurisdiction(CrRLJ)

CrRLJ 3.1 - Right to and Assignment of Lawyer (Deferred)
CrRLJ 7.3 - Judgment

General Rules(GR)

GR 18 - Jury Source List (Amended)

Juvenile Court Rules(JuCR)

JuCR 9.2 - Additional Right to Representation by Lawyer (Deferred)

Superior Court Mandatory Arbitration Rules(MAR)

MAR 4.2 - Discovery (Amended)

Rules of Appellate Procedure(RAP)

RAP 13.4 - Discretionary Review of Decision Terminating Review (Amended)

Unless otherwise noted, all comments should be submitted to the Clerk of the Supreme Court by either U.S. mail or Internet e-mail. Comments may be sent to the following addresses: P.O. Box 40929, Olympia, WA 98504-0929, or denise.foster@courts.wa.gov. Comments submitted by e-mail may not exceed 1500 words.

Within the Proposed Rules published for comment, additions and deletions are indicated by underlining and lining out respectively, except where the entire rule is new.