Former Washington state bar leader remembered as a champion for legal innovation
Paula Littlewood.
Paula Littlewood, a champion for legal industry innovation who led the Washington State Bar Association for more than a decade, died of cancer Monday.
The 55-year-old mother of two was also closely involved with the ABA, having served on the ABA’s Commission on the Future of Legal Services from 2014 to 2016 and the ABA’s Task Force on the Future of Legal Education that issued a final report in 2014.
Littlewood became the Washington State Bar’s executive director in 2007 and was best known for her work in implementing the Limited License Legal Technicians initiative, approved by the state supreme court in 2012. The nonlawyer limited licensees, known as LLLTs, were permitted to handle some legal tasks within family law.
Texas judicial conduct system and Washington bar association grapple with cyberattacks
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Cyberattacks affected the work of the Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct and a website of the the Washington State Bar Association, according to two recent news stories.
The Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct had limited ability to access information and fully investigate complaints as a result of a ransomware attack, according to the commission’s annual report. The problems occurred for “a significant, extended time period,” according to the report.
The commission resolved about 27% fewer cases in fiscal 2020 than in the previous year, the report said.