State Bar of Wisconsin

Section Leaders Council resources

1. State Bar

1. How do the Sections relate to the Board of Governors?
   View the governance structure of the State Bar of Wisconsin
    
2. What is the Section Leaders Council (SLC)?  The SLC bylaws should answer your questions. If not, please contact Salud Garcia.

2. Resources available

1. Contact information for each section’s board roster can be found on their Web page.
    
2. Listserves
   Every section has the option of having one or more listservs for their members.  If you are having trouble with your section’s listserv, please contact Jim Behan.
    
3. Section websites.  The current offerings on your section’s webpage aren’t set in stone.  If you have a great idea you’d like to implement please contact Christina Legris.
    
4. Newsletters  State Bar staff produce the section newsletters, both hard copy or electronic format.  If you’ve got questions or concerns about your section’s newsletter, please contact Deb Heneghan or Jean Anderson who coordinates the production of section newsletters.
    
5. Economy of a section
1. Who can explain the fee statement?  Where do the fees come from and where do they go?  Please contact Salud Garcia who will send you the most current fees report and answer your questions.
    
2. Need some pointers on understanding the monthly financial reports you’ve been receiving?  Please contact Salud Garcia.
    
6. Strategic planning - What is it? Click here to see the State Bar of Wisconsin’s State Bar Strategic Plan.  If you’d like to schedule strategic planning for your board, please contact Salud Garcia.
    
7. Section bylaws and elections
   Contact Salud Garcia, who coordinates the section elections and keeps current copies of each section’s bylaws.
    
8. CLE Seminars
   Section boards who would like to organize a seminar have the choice of working with the CLE Seminars staff or coordinate the seminar on their own. Contact Lynne Kroll in the CLE Department if you want to work with that department or contact Salud Garcia if you'd like to do it yourself.
    

3. Lobbying sections

1. Unique considerations/issues – If you’ve got a public policy issue that you aren’t sure is traditional lobbying, please contact your section’s lobbyist or Lisa Roys, Director of Government Relations Department.
    
2. Who is your section lobbyist? What is he/she supposed to do for you?
   Contact Lisa Roys, Director of Government Relations Department who will tell you who your lobbyist is and answer any questions you may have.
    

4. Profile of your section

1. Statistical information – Wondering how many members you have in your section versus number of practitioners in your particular practice area? Salud Garcia will be happy to look up those and other statistics for you.
    
2. Archived newsletters, minutes, etc. can be found on your section's Web page.
    

Section Leaders Council