June 3, 2026 – Some client questions arrive at especially difficult moments: a family needs help opening an estate, a parent wants to understand a child’s educational rights, or an employer asks whether a PTO policy creates legal risk.

Three CLE programs from State Bar of Wisconsin PINNACLE® help lawyers respond with practical guidance, clear analysis, and a stronger understanding of the rules that shape each situation.

Are these areas outside your practice? Here’s a link to help you see what else is going on this month.

Handling a Basic Probate 2026

6.0 CLE, via webcast on specific dates through Nov. 18, 2026.

Handling a Basic Probate gives you a practical framework for guiding clients through one of life’s most challenging times. You’ll see how early decisions affect everything that follows, from opening the estate to creditor issues, tax filings, final accounting, and distribution.

Learn how to:

• evaluate the estate at intake and gather facts and documents that determine next steps;

• decide whether summary, informal, or formal administration makes the most sense;

• open the estate, including petitions, required notices, budgeting, and inventory preparation;

• address creditor issues, contests, insolvent estates, and marital property concerns;

• handle estate tax return and income tax filing issues, including valuation, deductions, thresholds, and the decedent’s final return; and

• Complete final accounting, time distributions appropriately, and close the estate properly

Endorsed by the Young Lawyers Division of the State Bar of Wisconsin.

Special Education: A Legal Primer for the Non-Educator 2026

3.5 CLE; in person and via webcast 8:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. on Wednesday, June 24, 2026, and on specific dates through Sept. 5, 2026.

Special Education: A Legal Primer for the Non-Educator helps you do your homework on the state and federal laws applicable to special education and protections for students with disabilities.

Examine two of the main provisions regarding education for children with special needs – the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. You’ll review the eligibility requirements for each and assess how the two provisions diverge.

Learn how to:

• recognize when referrals for evaluation are mandatory versus discretionary;

• review the evaluation process, including who participates, what data must be reviewed, and when consent is required;

• identify the 12 eligibility categories used to determine whether a child qualifies for an Individualized Education Plan (IEP); and

• understand core IEP components, the Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) standard, and selected high-stakes issues such as shortened days, restraint, and seclusion.

Legal Administration of Wisconsin PTO Policies 2026

1.0 CLE via webcast seminar on select dates through Oct. 7, 2026.

Your client’s employee handbook has a Paid Time Off (PTO) policy that looks reasonable on its face. But that single policy triggers a web of overlapping obligations – Wisconsin wage-and-hour law, federal and state Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) rules, anti-discrimination statutes, and potential exposure to retaliation. Miss any one of them, and a routine time-off denial can become a costly legal dispute.

Legal Administration of Wisconsin PTO Policies cuts through the confusion. Whether you advise employers directly, handle employment litigation, or field occasional calls from a client’s human resources officer, you’ll develop a clearer sense of where PTO policies can break down and devise concrete strategies for helping clients fix them.

You’ll learn:

• how Wisconsin wage and hour law governs PTO accrual, forfeiture, and payout at separation (and where employers commonly miscalculate their obligations);

• the points of friction between employer PTO policies and protected leave under the FMLA and Wisconsin FMLA;

• discrimination and retaliation risks that can arise from how PTO requests are approved or denied, and what consistent enforcement looks like;

• the most common drafting and administration mistakes in PTO policies and how to address them before they become claims; and

• how to help clients build time-off policies that are consistent and compliant with Wisconsin law.