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American Bar Association to review and evaluate BAPR
Madison, June 8, 1999 - The Wisconsin Supreme Court
today unanimously voted to accept an offer by the American Bar Association (ABA) to
conduct a review and evaluation of the Board of Attorneys Professional
Responsibility (BAPR). BAPR is an agency of the Supreme Court that is
responsible for investigating grievances involving possible attorney
misconduct or medical incapacity.
A five- or six-person team consisting of experts from the ABA and an
experienced disciplinary counsel from another jurisdiction will visit
Wisconsin by mid-July 1999 to interview BAPR staff, board members,
judges, bar officials, people who have been on both sides of grievances
against attorneys, and others. A draft report is scheduled to be
submitted to the Supreme Court on September 7, 1999, in advance of the
Court's September 14, 1999, public hearing on the structure of
Wisconsin's lawyer discipline system.
The ABA Center for Professional Responsibility will conduct the
evaluation at no cost to the Wisconsin court system. The Center assists
judges and lawyers around the nation in developing, coordinating and
strengthening discipline enforcement. In existence since 1980, the
evaluation program has been used in more than 37 states - including
Wisconsin in 1986. The Center provided the 1986 consultation to the
Wisconsin Supreme Court under then-Chief Justice Nathan S.
Heffernan.
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