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    April 01, 1999

    Wisconsin Lawyer April 1999: Supreme Court Orders

    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.



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