SCR 20 conference

Supreme Court Order 04-07, dated 8/7/06, announces the open administrative conference where the Court will discuss the final issues relating to the proposed draft to amend Supreme Court Rules Chapter 20, the Rules of Professional Conduct for Attorneys and will determine the appropriate effective date for amendments to be held on Oct 25, 2006 at 9:30 am.

(FYI "As this matter has already been the subject of a public hearing, general public testimony will not be entertained at the open conference.")

For the full-text of this order, see the court system website:
http://www.wicourts.gov/supreme/sc_hearing_rules.jsp

LegalTrac Users: Look for a New Interface

Users of the LegalTrac database will notice a new homepage and changes in how search results are displayed and organized. Watch for more info about these changes in an upcoming newsletter of the State Law Library.

Thanks to WSLL staff for pointing these changes out.

Changes coming to Statutes online!

Users searching the Wisconsin statutes using the FOLIO interface will notice that they are presented with a screen asking them to choose the old display using SiteDirector or a new display using the Nxt site. Both are current. The new display will go into full effect this fall. The challenge screen also goes into more detail about what's different in the new interface and where to go for help or linking.

2 New SC Orders

Order 06-02, dated 7-26-06, announces the public hearing and conference on the DWD's petition to amend Wis. Stat. s.(rule) 809-19(3) stating that a respondent who is not a party in interest to an appeal may file a statement that no brief will be filed.

Order 06-05, dated 8-1-06, announces the public hearing and conference on the petition for adoption of a procedure to suspend or deny the license to practice law of a person certified as delinquent in payment of Wisconsin state taxes.

For the full-text of these orders, see the court system website:
http://www.wicourts.gov/supreme/sc_hearing_rules.jsp

From Angela S. at the State Law Library.