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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