The Wisconsin Ethics 2000 Committee was created by the Wisconsin Supreme Court in March 2003 to consider revisions to Chapter 20 of the Wisconsin Supreme Court Rules. The committee submitted its recommendations to the court in summer 2004 and a public hearing was held in February 2005. In view of the responses to the committee's recommendations, the court plans several open conferences on specific proposals - to be held from November 2005 to January 2006 - to further consider the proposals and commentary received. Supreme court order 04-07 setting the first conference for Nov. 30 appears elsewhere in this issue.
Wisconsin Lawyer
Vol. 78, No. 10, October
2005
Court to Deliberate Ethics Proposals, Administrative
Hearings Planned
The Wisconsin Ethics 2000 Committee was created by the Wisconsin
Supreme Court in March 2003 to consider revisions to Chapter 20 of the
Wisconsin Supreme Court Rules. The committee submitted its
recommendations to the court in summer 2004 and a public hearing was
held in February 2005. In view of the responses to the committee's
recommendations, the court plans several open conferences on specific
proposals - to be held from November 2005 to January 2006 - to further
consider the proposals and commentary received. Supreme court order
04-07 setting the first conference for Nov. 30 appears elsewhere in this
issue.
The additional court conferences will not be public hearings per se;
rather the court will invite written submissions and may invite
testimony or commentary from interested persons. As of late September,
more detailed information about the dates, particular proposals to be
considered at each conference, location, and structure of the court
conferences was not available. For scheduling information, contact the
Clerk of Supreme Court at (608) 266-1880 or visit the court's Web site
at www.wicourts.gov.
The proposals submitted to the court by the Wisconsin Ethics 2000
Committee can be seen in their entirety on the State Bar's Web site
at www.wisbar.org/Ethics2000.
The accompanying article discusses several Wisconsin Ethics 2000
Committee proposals on dealing fairly with unrepresented people that are
pending before the court; however, the opinions expressed here are those
of the author and not of the committee.
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