Thanks to Wisconsin’s diploma privilege, Nick Zales didn’t have to take a bar exam to practice in state.

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An influx of money from pro hac vice fees will allow Wisconsin’s Access to Justice Commission Inc. to continue its work, but questions remain about its future viability.

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I’m going to pass on the State Bar of Wisconsin’s “Ultimate Pass” for continuing legal education.

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

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The State Bar’s Board of Governors is scheduled to hold a discussion in closed session concerning the bar’s decision to hire an attorney to represent the organization in front of the state Supreme Court.

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A State Bar Board of Governors discussion about imposing a $30 dues increase starting in July ended with no action Friday, putting the measure on track for a vote in April.

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A looming Board of Governors' debate over whether Wisconsin attorneys should pay $30 more a year in State Bar dues is shaping up to be hotly contested.

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It took a decade for the country’s first access to justice commission to figure out what problems it wanted to solve.

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For the third time in the last four years, the State Bar of Wisconsin elected another president-elect who supports a voluntary bar. Phillips attorney Kevin Klein won the election for president-elect, defeating Janesville lawyer Jim Carney, a mandatory bar supporter, ...

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