Members of the Eastern District of Wisconsin Bar Association gather Wednesday at The Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee for its 13th annual meeting and awards presentation.

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The Rules of Professional Conduct don’t require pro bono service, but they strongly recommend it. Fifty hours per year, to be exact.

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Wisconsin Supreme Court justices expressed concern Friday that a rules petition pertaining to limited-scope representation would allow judges to keep attorneys on cases far longer than the attorney had agreed.

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Kimberly Walker, who was ousted as Milwaukee County corporation counsel in 2013, will serve as the new executive director of the Legal Aid Society of Milwaukee Inc.

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The state’s civil courts are the realm of the rich, those who can afford as many lawyers as they need.

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John Ebbott is stepping down from his role leading Legal Action of Wisconsin Inc., but his passion for equal representation remains strong.

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The longtime executive director of the Legal Aid Society of Milwaukee Inc. is retiring in September.

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A movement is underway to create a new class of nonlawyer legal practitioners, meant primarily to provide services to the poor.

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State Sen. Glenn Grothman leaves no room for interpretation when summarizing the state’s stance on handouts for civil legal service.

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Logic doesn’t often prevail in the politics versus social services debate.

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As cost concerns loom over a proposal to expand civil appointments in state, members of the judiciary this week also began to question how such appointments would be divvied up without a plan for how to assign cases.

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