About Us
The Government Lawyers Bar Association (GLBA) embraces 10 objectives, namely:
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To provide a forum for the continuing exchange of ideas, concepts, techniques, and information of mutual interest between governmental lawyers, governmental officials, private practitioners, and the public;
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To encourage new ideas and reform in the laws and procedures of government and its agencies in furtherance of the public interest;
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To promote access to justice by the citizens of the state of Washington;
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To foster improvement in the representation of government and its agencies in judicial and administrative proceedings;
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To promote, protect, and further the interests and ethics of lawyers in governmental service;
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To promote better public understanding of the role of the government lawyer;
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To encourage and maintain a cooperative and friendly relationship between federal, state, county, and municipal lawyers in the state of Washington;
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To establish and maintain a cooperative relationship between this Association and the American and Washington State Bar Associations;
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To uphold and defend the Constitutions of the United States and the state of Washington; and
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To preserve and enhance the status of government lawyers.
