CONTACT: Teresa Weidemann-Smith
State Bar of Wisconsin
(800) 444-9404, ext. 6025
twsmith@wisbar.org
Local Law Day Events Celebrate "Separate Branches, Balanced
Powers"
MADISON, April 21, 2006 – Local Bar
Associations across Wisconsin will host events to celebrate Law Day, May
1. Law Day underscores how law and the legal process
have contributed to the freedoms that all Americans share and celebrates
the connection between lawyers and their communities. The media
is invited to attend.
Some events scheduled include:
Madison Area, Monday, May 1st
- The annual Dane County Bar Association Pro Bono
Breakfast will be held at Grace Episcopal Lutheran Church in Madison at
8 a.m. to honor attorneys who have devoted significant time, resources,
and energy to providing legal representation to members of their
community free of charge.
- There are several Dane County Courthouse events taking place
throughout the day, including a mock trial and other programs for Huegel
Elementary School and Toki Middle School students as well as tours of
the new courthouse led by area attorneys. Local attorneys will also be
staffing a free legal assistance information booth where the public can
get basic legal questions answered. The booth will be located in the
Dane County Resource Center of the new courthouse.
La Crosse Area, Monday, May 1st
- Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson and
Justice Ann Walsh Bradley will tour the City of La Crosse's educational
institutions and give a presentation before the local bar members and
judges at a noon luncheon in the Wisconsin room of the Radisson Hotel.
Presentations will also be made by a member of the Historical Society
and a member of the city's Sesquicentennial Committee.
Milwaukee Area, April 28th- May 1st
- The Milwaukee Bar Association will host several
Law Day events for the public, including various 30 minute presentations
on important areas of the law such as family, criminal, employment and
landlord/tenant. Attorneys that practice in these areas will also be
available to answer individual questions. These presentations will take
place on Saturday, April 29th from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Latino
Community Center and the Milwaukee Public Market.
- Law Day will also be celebrated at two area schools, Willow Glen
School on Friday, April 28th and MacDowell School on Monday, May 1st,
both at 1:00 p.m. The students will participate in an art contest, where
the winner will receive a book relating to the legal system for use in
their school library. These schools will also participate in a mock
trial event along with the State Public Defender's Office.
Statewide, All Year Long
- The State Bar of Wisconsin's Lawyer Referral and Information
Service (LRIS) is available from 8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. at
(800) 362-9082 toll free or (608)
257-4666 in Dane County. Members of the public are encouraged
to call and arrange to talk to a lawyer to receive basic legal
advice.
- Law-related information and resources are also available at the
State Bar of Wisconsin's public website at www.legalexplorer.com.
For more information about these events please contact Teresa Weidemann-Smith at (800) 444-9404, ext. 6025.
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