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  • Press Release
    May 17, 2001

    News Release May 2001: Racine County Bar Association Recognized for Public Service

    For Immediate Release
      CONTACT: Christi Powers
    State Bar of Wisconsin
    (608) 250-6025
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    Racine County Bar Association Recognized for Public Service

    MADISON, May 17, 2001 - The Racine County Bar Association was recognized by the State Bar of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Law Foundation with two awards for their handbook, Making Schools Work for All Children: A Parent's Toolbox of Rights and Strategies. The handbook, developed in conjunction with Legal Action of Wisconsin, Inc., was honored with an Award of Exceptional Achievement and the Gordon Sinykin Award for outstanding public service. The handbook, created by local attorneys and distributed within the Racine community, received funding from the State Bar's Local Bar Grant Competition. The grant competition awards funding to local bar associations that develop and implement public service projects that may be replicated by other bar associations statewide.

    Racine's handbook assists parents in making positive changes to their children's schools, and building on the school's strengths. The handbook covers topics ranging from enrollment and curriculum to a parent's right to be involved in school policy matters, privacy matters involving school records, and other student rights, including free speech and searches.

    The State Bar of Wisconsin is the mandatory professional association, created by the Wisconsin Supreme Court, for attorneys who hold a law license in Wisconsin. With more than 20,000 members, the State Bar aids the courts in improving the administration of justice, provides continuing legal education for its members, and carries out initiatives to educate the public about the legal system. The Racine County Bar is made up of more than 200 attorneys and judges, many of whom are active in local public education activities.

    For more information on the handbook, contact Racine County Bar President John Becker at 633-7530. For more information on the State Bar of Wisconsin, see www.wisbar.org or www.legalexplorer.com.



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