State Bar of Wisconsin

Vol. 76, No. 7, July 2003

• 106th woman admitted to Wisconsin Bar made her mark; book and video available on first 150 women admitted to Wisconsin Bar
• Equal Justice Fund seeks nominations for Eisenberg Award
• Celebrate Wisconsin's history at www.wisbar
• Records Management introduces and revises criminal, juvenile, and civil court forms

106th woman admitted to Wisconsin Bar made her mark; book and video available on first 150 women admitted to Wisconsin Bar

Verne-Marie Freeman Slade, the 106th woman admitted to the State Bar of Wisconsin, recently passed away at her home in Placerville, Calif. She was 92. After graduating from U.W. Law School in 1935 at the age of 25, she practiced for more than 56 years providing estate, financial planning, and taxation services.

Admitted to the Massachusetts Bar in 1940 and the California Bar in 1942, Slade applied for a position in a prestigious San Francisco firm and was met with a "firm policy" on not hiring women. Undeterred, she joined theSan Francisco firm of Rogers and Clark, where she remained for eight years before venturing out to form her own solo practice in both California and Connecticut.

Slade's transition into the practice of law in Connecticut did not come easily. She applied for admission to the Connecticut Bar without taking an examination on the basis that she had been a practicing attorney in other states. This request ignited a fire that smoldered for 19 months. It burned all the way from the Middlesex County Superior Court to the Connecticut Supreme Court. In the end, Slade was the victor and was granted admission to the Connecticut Bar in 1975.

In 1998 the State Bar published a book and a 23-minute video, Pioneers in the Law: The First 150 Women, to honor the first 150 women admitted to practice in Wisconsin. "The stories of these women are great history lessons for us all and help us understand the development of Wisconsin's justice system," says Past President Pat Ballman. "Their stories are moving and exhilarating, and some, like Verne Freeman Slade's, are stories of personal triumph."

The book and video present biographies and celebrate the achievement of the women who paved the path for today's women lawyers.

To download the book visit www.wisbar.org/bar/pioneers. The print version is $5 and the video is $7, plus tax, shipping, and handling. To order contact the State Bar at (800) 728-7788.

Celebrate Wisconsin's history at www.wisbar

For more information on Wisconsin's legal history, visit www.wisbar.org. A new feature on WisBar, Celebrating Wisconsin's Rich Legal History, is a permanent archive of important events and biographies in Wisconsin's legal history. It describes events and activities commemorating the important role the legal profession, the organized Bar, and Wisconsin courts have played in the state's development over the past 150 years. Peruse a collection of legal history-related materials written over time, plus new materials prepared in celebration of the State Bar's 125th and the Wisconsin Supreme Court's 150th anniversaries in 2003.

Records Management introduces and revises criminal, juvenile, and civil court forms

The Wisconsin Records Management Committee, an advisory committee to the Director of State Courts Office, which develops and distributes mandated court forms, updated and introduced the following forms. Key: New (N)/Revised (R)

Criminal Forms - release date April 28
CR-245 (N) Request and Order to Correct Clerical Error in Judgment of Conviction
CR-253 (N) Order for Reconfinement after Revocation of Extended Supervision
CR-261 (R) Verification of Time Served, § 973.195

Juvenile Forms - release date June 3
JC-1611 (R) Dispositional Order - Protection or Services (chapter 48)
JC-1691 (R) Notice of Hearing - Temporary Restraining Order (child abuse)
JC-1692 (R) Injunction (child abuse)
JD-1712 (R) Waiver of Participation in Nonsecure Physical Custody Hearing
JD-1718 (R) Statement of Income, Assets, Debts, and Living Expenses
JD-1722 (R) Petition for Waiver of Jurisdiction
JD-1745 (R) Dispositional Order - Delinquent
JD-1746 (R) Dispositional Order - Protection or Services (chapter 938)
JD-1766 (R) Request to Change Placement, Revise/Extend Dispositional Order
JD-1784 (R) Consent Decree (in-home Placement only)
JD-1785 (R) Consent Decree (out-of-home placement only)
JD-1788 (R) Order for Extension of Dispositional Order (out-of-home placement only)
JD-1789 (R) Order for Change of Placement (in-home to out-of-home placement only)

Civil Forms - release date June 2
CV-404 (R) Injunction (domestic abuse)
CV-407 (R) Injunction (harassment)
CV-413 (R) Notice of Hearing - Temporary Restraining Order (child abuse)
CV-414 (R) Injunction (child abuse)
CV-427 (R) Poverty Guidelines for Earnings
CV-429 (R) Notice of Hearing - Temporary Restraining Order (vulnerable adult)
CV-431 (R) Order Extending Injunction - Domestic Abuse/Child Abuse
CV-432 (R) Notice of Firearms Possession Penalties
CV-433 (R) Petition to Return Firearm(s)
CV-438 (R) Prisoner's Petition for Waiver of Prepayment of Fees/Costs - Affidavit of Indigency

Forms and form summaries are available online in PDF or MS Word format at www.wicourts.gov/circuit/search_forms.html. For more information, contact Judy Mahlkuch at judy.mahlkuch@courts.state.wi.us or call (608) 266-7143.

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