For Immediate Release
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Supreme Court appoints interim members to Board of Bar
Examiners
Feb. 14, 2000 - The Wisconsin Supreme Court has
appointed former members of the Board of Bar Examiners (BBE) to fill
vacancies on the board on an interim basis until the Court adopts and
implements a process for screening and appointing people to various
boards, commissions and other bodies.
The interim appointees are as follows:
Attorney Kathryn R. Anderson, Madison
Attorney Ruth S. Downs, Madison
Attorney Robert B.L. Murphy, Madison
In addition, the Court re-appointed Attorney Mary L. Staudenmaier,
Marinette, to a second three-year term on the BBE. Staudenmaier's term
expires Dec. 31, 2002.
The BBE is an agency of the Court that is responsible for managing
admission to the practice of law in the state, monitoring
Wisconsin-licensed attorneys' compliance with continuing legal education
requirements, and approving credit for continuing legal education
courses.
A major part of the BBE's work is conducting character and fitness
investigations for all candidates for bar admission by diploma
privilege. Diploma privilege means that graduates of Wisconsin law
schools do not have to take the bar exam to be admitted to practice in
Wisconsin as long as their law school certifies their legal competence
and the BBE certifies their character and fitness for the practice of
law. The Board creates, administers and grades the Wisconsin bar
examination and evaluates the experience and competence of experienced
lawyers. It conducts character and fitness investigations of applicants
in these two categories as well.
The BBE is comprised of nine members. In accordance with Supreme
Court Rule 30.01, five slots are filled by lawyers, and the other four
slots are filled by judges, law school faculty and members of the
public.
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