State Bar of Wisconsin officials are defending a petition that seeks to modify the bar membership status of older members, a proposal opposed by the Wisconsin Board of Bar Examiners.

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to take up a lawsuit over the State Bar of Wisconsin's mandatory bar dues.

Despite reports of her absence from oral argument last week because of illness, Justice Shirley Abrahamson appeared to be on the mend on Monday, interrupting her colleagues on the court and drilling attorneys on their positions.

A proposal going before the Wisconsin Supreme Court later this month would put tougher restrictions on how the Wisconsin State Bar spends lawyers’ mandatory dues.

The arbitrator in a dispute over Wisconsin State Bar dues has sided with the bar.

In a few paragraphs in a Monday decision about certain public unions, the U.S. Supreme Court essentially left a precedent untouched that spells out a mandatory bar association’s ability to collect and use dues, experts say.

Wisconsin attorneys will pay $30 more in yearly dues starting July 1.

An attempt to restructure yearly dues for older and younger attorneys drew criticism Tuesday for the fiscal effect it would have on the State Bar and the Office of Lawyer Regulation.

A federal judge has ruled that Wisconsin public union members must proactively tell the state to subtract dues from their paychecks.

Lawyers are impassioned debaters, but not, apparently, when it comes to their wallets.

State Bar dues may spike more than 15 percent next year, but assessments imposed by the Wisconsin Supreme Court will drop, albeit slightly.

State Bar of Wisconsin leaders are considering approval of a budget that drains reserve money, contingent on a future dues increase, to financially sustain the organization going forward.

After enjoying seven years of stagnant dues, Wisconsin attorneys may be on the brink of an increase in their annual membership fee with the State Bar.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Thursday issued two disciplinary orders.

The State Bar of Wisconsin taxes its members and then refuses to completely reveal how that money is spent.

To practice in Wisconsin, lawyers are required to pay $224 a year in State Bar dues, but that doesn’t buy them a meaningful look into how bar leaders spend the money.

Lawyers who want to practice past the age of 70 would have to pay to do so under a proposed change to the State Bar of Wisconsin’s dues structure.

A member of the State Bar of Wisconsin’s Board of Governors is arguing a series of statewide listening sessions is really just a prelude to a dues increase.

The State Bar of Wisconsin is facing a six-figure deficit for its 2012 budget, but leaders are hesitant to increase dues as a means of offsetting the gap.

Attorneys argue the State Bar of Wisconsin should have proof, rather than theory, when spending mandatory dues on activities that either regulate the legal profession or improve the quality of legal services.

If Wisconsin attorneys fail to pay their bar dues by the Oct. 31 final deadline, the state bar website will show them as suspended - even if the bar hasn't formally suspended them.