1999

ATJ Board adopts Performance Standards establishing benchmarks for quality legal services delivery.

1999

ATJ Board adopts Revised State Plan, which recognized lack of infrastructure.

1998

Effort to cut LSC funds by 50 percent is defeated; key votes from bipartisan base from WA delegation.

1998

Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission starts legal services program.

1998

WSBA Board reviews Pro Bono and Legal Aid Committee’s study and declares civil equal justice funding crisis and supports state funding.