Monday, January 19, 2009

Admission eased for out-of-state attorneys

David Ziemer reports in Wisconsin Law Journal, January 16, 2009
Under amendments to SCR 40.05, effective Jan. 1, the Board of Bar Examiners (BBE) no longer varies the requirements for admission based on what rules the applicant’s native state imposes on Wisconsin attorneys.

(See Order permitting admission without reciprocity, 2009 WI 3)

In the matter of amendment to Supreme Court Rule (SCR) 40.05 relating to admitting lawyers upon proof of practice elsewhere (08-07)