Presented this summer by MOHAI Mandela: The Official Exhibition by Leonard Garfield, Executive Director, Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI) In December 1999, Nelson Mandela visited Seattle just days after the tumultuous World Trade Organization protests. In contrast to the…
Yakima County Courthouse The 1883 Yakima County Courthouse, which burned down in 1905. (Photo courtesy of Yakima Valley Museum) by David Peterson and Celeste Stokes, WCHS Board Members The present Yakima County Courthouse complex at the corner of North Second…
Book Review: Arthur S. Beardsley, The Bench and Bar of Washington: The First Fifty Years (1849-1900) (Available at: ) By Hugh Spitzer One of the most amazing and lively sources of information about early Washington judges and lawyers is Dr.…
A Tribute to Ralph Munro, a friend of WCHS. Photo courtesy of Washington State Archives by Al RalstonJuly, 2025 Recently, my friend and former Washington Secretary of State Ralph Munro passed away at 81 years of age. He was a…
The Containment: Detroit, the Supreme Court, and the Battle for Racial Justice in the North by Michelle AdamsFarrar, Straus & Giroux, New York: 2025 Reviewed by Michael KingJuly, 2025 So I am standing at a table of “new books” in…
Minimum Wage for One, Minimum Wage for All By: Sara Fradi, 2L at the Seattle University School of Law, Law Clerk at HWS Law Group In light of the monograph being moved to the Chelan County Courthouse where the West…
Chelan County Courthouse – Wenatchee, Washington By David Peterson & Celeste Stokes Chelan County Courthouse – Wenatchee, Washington Chelan County’s multi-building courthouse complex is located just west of the Wenatchee’s commercial core, at Orondo Avenue and Washington Street. Although the…
Donated Library of Charles Raymond Lewis and Judge A.W. Frater Rob Mead, JD, MLS, State Law Librarian One of the sorrows of our digital age is the gradually waning importance of printed books in the life of lawyers. Until recently,…
Where are the Temple of Justice Monographs Now? When the Temple of Justice was originally envisioned by the architects in the 1920’s, they imagined large murals behind the bench. But unfortunately the project ran out of money when the Temple…
Celeste Stokes awarded 2023 WDTL Community Leadership Award Celeste Stokes is the recipient of this year’s Community Leadership Award. My name is Gauri Locker, and I’m the WDTL Community Service Committee Chair. Celeste is my friend, mentor, and coworker, and…