Maintaining your law license
To maintain a law license in Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Supreme Court
imposes certain requirements, as outlined in the Supreme
Court Rules. Those requirements include maintaining membership in
the State Bar of Wisconsin and complying with the conditions of such
membership, fulfilling continuing legal education requirements, and
adhering to its Rules of Professional Conduct.
Wisconsin's mandatory continuing legal education
requirements
The Board
of Bar Examiners, an agency of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, monitors
lawyer compliance with SCR
Chapter 31, the rules outlining the continuing legal education
attendance and reporting requirements for Wisconsin-licensed
lawyers.
The following answers some of the most frequently asked
questions related to compliance to these rules; however, this
information is no substitute for reading the rules. Address questions
about the rules directly to the Board
of Bar Examiners, 110 E. Main St., Ste. 715, Madison, WI 53703-3328,
(608) 266-9760, fax: (608) 266-1196. The BBE maintains a searchable
database of approved CLE courses for reference.
FAQs about Wisconsin's mandatory CLE
requirements:
Track your CLE attendance through My CLE
Tracker
WisBar offers a convenient way to track your CLE seminar attendance
in one place. Go to My
State Bar to access My CLE Tracker. My CLE Tracker allows you to
view your history of CLE credits attended through the State Bar and edit
your history to add seminars attended through other providers.
To access your CLE history, log in, if you have not already done so.
(You will find Log In on top, right-hand side of WisBar.) Once you've
logged in, go to myStateBar (also on the upper right corner of
WisBar), and locate My CLE Tracker. To view your CLE seminar and credit
detail, choose a reporting period or date range under View/Edit My CLE
History, then Submit. Here, you can edit the CLE hours you've attended
through State Bar CLE Seminars, if different from the full program
credit hours noted, and add seminars you've attended through other
providers.
Using this tool to track your CLE seminars may help expedite
completing CLE Form 1, the form you must file biennially with the Board
of Bar Examiners to report your CLE compliance.
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