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State Bar explores dues increase (UPDATE)
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.
State’s high court suspends attorneys’ licenses
The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Thursday issued two disciplinary orders.
EDITORIAL: Show them the money
The State Bar of Wisconsin taxes its members and then refuses to completely reveal how that money is spent.
State Bar’s limits on financial transparency create budgetary blind spots
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.
Dues boost would hit emeritus lawyers
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.
State Bar listening sessions prompt prediction of dues increase
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.
State Bar dues increase debated
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.
Supreme Court considers State Bar spending at rule hearing (UPDATE)
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.
Dues diligence
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.
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