Supreme Court Orders
Forms in the Circuit Courts
In the Matter of the Amendment of the Rules of Civil and Criminal
Procedure: Wis. Stat. §§ 801.02(8), 971.025(1), (2), (3) and
(4) - Relating to the Creation and Use of Forms in the Circuit
Courts
Order 98-01
At the court's public conference on Sept. 17, 1998, held following
the public hearing on the rule petition of the Wisconsin Records
Management Committee, the court determined to withhold action on the
rule proposal to permit the State Bar of Wisconsin to review current
forms that have been prepared by the Forms Subcommittee of the Records
Management Committee and notify the court of any objection it might have
in respect to particular forms. The court stated at that conference that
after it received the response from the State Bar, it would hold another
public conference in the matter.
IT IS ORDERED that a public conference on the rule proposal and
materials filed with the court in connection with this matter shall be
held in the Supreme Court Room in the State Capitol, Madison, Wis., on
May 24, 1999, at 1:30 p.m.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that notice of the public conference be given
by a single publication of a copy of this order in the official state
newspaper and in an official publication of the State Bar of Wisconsin
not more than 60 days nor less than 30 days before the date of the
hearing.
Dated at Madison, Wis., this 2nd day of Feb., 1999.
By the court:
Cornelia G. Clark, Chief Deputy Clerk
Transfer of Multistate Bar Examination Scores
In the Matter of the Amendment of Supreme Court Rules: Board of Bar
Examiners Records, Transfer of Multistate Bar Examination Scores
SCR 40.12, (Proposed) SCR 30.03,
(Proposed) SCR 40.04(2)(b)
Order 98-09
On Nov. 2, 1998, Steven Levine filed a petition seeking the amendment
of the Supreme Court Rules to make all records of the Board of Bar
Examiners subject to the Wisconsin public records law and to permit an
applicant for admission on bar examination to use the score obtained on
a multistate bar examination previously taken in another jurisdiction
within five years of the application in place of repeating the
multistate portion of the Wisconsin bar examination, provided the score
on the previously taken examination was equal to or better than the
minimum passing score in Wisconsin for the same year in which that
examination was taken.
IT IS ORDERED that a public hearing on the petition shall be held in
the Supreme Court Room in the State Capitol, Madison, Wis., on May 24,
1999, at 1:30 p.m.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the court's conference in the matter shall
be held promptly following the public hearing.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that notice of the hearing be given by a single
publication of a copy of this order and of the petition in the official
state newspaper and in an official publication of the State Bar of
Wisconsin not more than 60 days nor less than 30 days before the date of
the hearing.
Dated at Madison, Wis., this 2nd day of Feb., 1999.
By the court:
Cornelia G. Clark, Chief Deputy Clerk
Petition to Amend Supreme Court Rules
Petitioner Steven Levine an attorney licensed to practice law
in this state hereby petitions the Supreme Court (after hearing)
to (1) repeal SCR 40.12 and create SCR 30.03 to read:
SCR 30.03 Records. All records of the board are
subject to the Wisconsin open records law, ss. 19.31 through 19.39,
Stats., as it may be amended from time to time. Refusal of the board to
provide a requested record may be reviewed in the appropriate circuit
court under the provisions of s. 19.37.
And to (2) create SCR 40.04 (2) (b) to read:
SCR 40.04 (2) (b) An applicant for bar admission by
examination may use his or her score on a multistate bar examination
previously taken in another jurisdiction in lieu of repeating the
examination if: (1) the examination was taken within 5 years of the
applicant's application to take the Wisconsin bar examination; and (2)
the applicant's score on that previous multistate bar examination was
equal to or better than the minimum passing score in Wisconsin for the
same year in which the examination was taken in the other
jurisdiction.
A memorandum in support of the petition is attached.
Respectfully submitted,
Steven Levine, Middleton, Wis.
Wisconsin Lawyer