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    Wisconsin Lawyer
    August 01, 2000

    Wisconsin Lawyer August 2000

    Vol. 73, No. 8, August 2000

     

    How Well Are Wisconsin Lawyers
    Adopting Technology?

    Scalesby Dianne Molvig

    Nearly half the respondents to the State Bar?s fourth annual technology survey are very comfortable using computers and are interested in staying current with new technology. The other half are not. Where do you fit in the spectrum, and are your skills good enough to remain competitive in today?s legal marketplace?

    *Full Story

    Another Look at Dram Shop Liability

    Drinkby Nina J. Emerson & Sarah B. Stroebel

    Under the current approach to dram shop liability, a substantial portion of the drinking driver crash-related costs fall upon innocent victims. Here?s how Wisconsin compares to other states and what legislators can do to more fairly distribute these costs.

    *Full Story

    Wisconsin's New Lawyer Regulation System

    Capitolby James L. Martin

    The new system of lawyer regulation clarifies the duties and responsibilities of the system components and provides new checks and balances to increase the accountability of the decision making in order to protect the public and the legal profession. September 2000 is the expected effective date.

    *Full Story

    Determining Current and Former Clients

    Figurinesby Dean R. Dietrich

    Determining whether an individual is a law firm?s current or former client - for purposes of bringing suit against the individual - depends upon a factual analysis and whether the person reasonably expects that the firm is still his or her attorney.

    *Full Story

    Columns

    *President's Message
    *Status quo is not
    *an option; lawyers
    *must work together
    *to change our reality

    *Inside the Bar
    *More members are
    *using new Bar Center

    *Ethics
    *Determining current,
    *former clients

    *Practice Tips
    *July 1, 2000: Standard
    *court forms in civil,
    *family, probate cases
    *now mandatory

    *Legislative Watch
    *EdVest College Savings
    *Program;
    *Recently passed legislation

    Departments


    *Letters

    *Legal News & Trends
    *ABA rejects economic
    *partnerships between
    *lawyers, nonlawyers
    *State Bar's consumer Web site,
    *LegalExplorer, is
    *up and running
    *Cyber searches are fast,
    *economical

    *Supreme Court Digest

    *Court of Appeals Digest

    *Lawyer Discipline

    *Supreme Court Orders
    *Order 00-02:
    *Appellate Procedure,
    *Proposed Changes
    *Order 00-05:
    *Procedure to Suspend
    *Law License for Noncompliance
    *of Child and Family
    *Support Orders,
    *Subpoenas, Warrants

    *In the News

    *Marketplace

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