Committees

Scholarship Committee

The Washington State Bar Association Tax Section is pleased to announce its sixth annual Tax Scholarship. The scholarship will be awarded to a graduating student from a Washington law school who has been accepted by and plans to attend a tax LL.M. program at an accredited United States law school.

An eligible individual is any student currently attending a Washington law school with plans to attend an LL.M. tax program in 2007-2008. The scholarship will be awarded to an individual who can demonstrate that he/she has: (a) a strong academic record; (b) a financial need for the scholarship; and (c) the intent to become an active member of the WSBA Tax Section upon completion of his/her LL.M. tax education. Most prior recipients of the scholarship have graduated from LL.M. programs and have become practicing members of the WSBA. Scholarship information will be posted at all Washington law schools and on the WSBA Tax Section Web site. Applications must be received by April 15, 2008.

Scholarship Application

Applicants may apply for the scholarship filling out this Application (right-click save-as) and sending it to:

Cori Flanders
Chicoine-Hallett
1011 Western Ave, Suite 803
Seattle, Washington 98104
or email at: cflanders@chicoine-hallett.com

Finalists may be required to make themselves available for an in-person or telephone interview with the Tax Council. Persons related to members of the Tax Council are not eligible for the scholarship.

The application must be received by April 15, 2008.

Sponsoring Law Firms

The following forms have graciously donated towards the scholarship

Carney Badley Spellman, PS
Chicoine & Hallett P.S.
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Lane Powell, PC
LeSourd & Patten, P.S.
Miller Nash LLP
Merriam & Associates, P.C.
Preston Gates & Ellis LLP
Randall & Danskin, P.S.
Reese, Baffney, Schrag & Frol, P.S

Scholarship Committee Chairperson:

Cori Flanders-Palmer
Chicoine & Hallett
Waterfront Place One, Suite 803
1011 Western Ave
Seattle, WA 98104
Phone: 206.223.0800
Fax: 206.467.8170
cflanders@chicoine-hallett.com