March 4, 2026 – Next month, two candidates from Milwaukee ​will square off for the post of State Bar of Wisconsin president-elect. In this Q&A, Lisa Lawless and Anna Muñoz discuss their ideas for meeting the challenges facing the State Bar, if elected.

March 3, 2026 – A 6-1 Wisconsin Supreme Court majority recently set standards of review for the four Sell factors that evaluate the constitutionality of involuntary medication orders to ensure competency to stand trial, affirming the circuit court’s order.

March 2, 2026 – Possession of some types of incriminating evidence poses challenges not only for defendants but also for their lawyers. Child pornography is a prominent example. There are differing views as to how lawyers should deal with such evidence.

Feb. 27, 2026 – The author discusses the importance of the rules of evidence, and to a certain extent the rules of civil procedure, in family court trials. This issue deserves special attention by judges and lawyers in the family law context because family law litigants are in as much need of "truth-finding" as litigants in any other area of practice.