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Letter to the editor: Bar proposal makes sense
I am writing in response to the Wisconsin Law Journal’s Feb. 3, 2014, editorial “Fight for your rights.”
LEGAL CENTS: A niche practice with heart
If you’re looking for a niche practice, my sincere hope is you’ll consider the one taken on by Minneapolis attorney Emily Cooper.
A ‘wildcat pouncing on a porcupine’
It seems like the State Bar may be a little hurt over questions the Supreme Court asked them during a hearing Jan. 21 about a petition that seeks the ability to boot a member of the Board of Governors.
BENCH BLOG: The case for more treatment courts
Wisconsin has become a hotbed for treatment courts.
EDITORIAL: Fight for your rights
Only two of 40 State Bar governors in June voted against a bylaw that tramples members’ First Amendment rights.
SOLO CONTENDERE: A lesson in that new car smell
Two weeks ago my car died. It was a 2002 Impala and I loved that car. I have spent countless hours under the hood before, during, and since law school trying to keep it running.
BEV BUTULA: ECOLEX puts environmental law front and center
ECOLEX is a free online database specializing in environmental law. The coverage is global in nature, and is operated jointly by the Food and Agriculture Organization, International Union for Conservation of Nature, and United Nations Environment Programme.
FAMILY LAW: Divorce ‘documentary’ shows little to no reality
Now that we’re in the thick of winter and as Oscar season approaches, thoughts turn to spending some time at the warm local cinema for diversion.
LAWBIZ COACHES CORNER: Creating a law firm alliance
The need to deal with increasing complexities in the law and in client needs, and the drive to achieve cost efficiencies from economies of scale, are paramount and seemingly contradictory concerns for most firms.
LEGAL CENTS: Employee handbooks: What to know
No Crocs at work. That’s what I recall from skimming the lengthy employee manual recently on my first day at a new job.
8 legal writing resolutions to try for 2014
Much is made about the importance of writing skills for lawyers, but an often overlooked part of strong writing is proper editing.
COURT GESTURES BLOG: Throw out the rules of conduct at rules conference
The open rules conferences that the Wisconsin Supreme Court holds are continually proving to be a time where the power struggle between two factions that divide the court get to air their grievances in public.
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- Wisconsin Supreme Court tacks on addition months to already suspended lawyer
- Supreme Court: Abortion protester’s First Amendment rights violated
- These doctors were censured. Wisconsin’s prisons hired them anyway
- Ruling reinstates lawsuit over ‘Black Lives Matter’ school posters
- Wisconsin Supreme Court to consider whether 175-year-old law bans abortion
- Wisconsin man facing bestiality and felony bail jumping charges
- Waukesha County woman indicted in National Health Care Fraud Law Enforcement Action
- Man sentenced to 15 months for fraud involving luxury vehicles
- Wisconsin Department of Justice Fire Marshal investigating fire that killed six
- Ozaukee County first responders save family of three, father and son on Milwaukee River
- Supreme Court sends Trump immunity case back to lower court, dimming chance of trial before election
- Brewers have American Family Field escalators inspected after malfunction results in 11 injuries
Case Digests
- Termination of Parental Rights
- First Amendment Rights
- Termination of Parental Rights
- Late Filing
- Real Estate-Attorney Fees
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
- Variance-Interpretation of Zoning Ordinances
- Sentencing
- Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause-Jury Instructions
- Unlawful Collection Practices-Evidence
- Sentencing-Vindictiveness
- Prisoner Grievances-Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies
