Wisconsin Court Procedure – Admission to the State Bar of Wisconsin

The Supreme Court docket needs attorneys to be admitted to the Supreme Courtroom and sign up for the Condition Bar of Wisconsin as a situation of practicing regulation in the point out.

Candidates need to electronically file an application for admission using the on-line admissions web site (see url to admissions web-site beneath the filings guidance). You may perhaps wish to bookmark the internet site to far more effortlessly examine the status of your software when it has been submitted. (See the sample software for a preview of the info you will be requested to supply.) If you do not have an present eCourts account, you will need to produce a single in buy to file an on the web software. For deadline dates, costs, and comprehensive info about the software process, make sure you review the Details and Filing Recommendations prior to submitting an software for admission.

An software is thought of “filed” when all three of the subsequent items have been obtained by the Board of Bar Examiners:

• Application
• Authorization and Launch
• Submitting payment

There are three ways to utilize:

Diploma privilege

Less than diploma privilege, graduates of the University of Wisconsin Legislation School and Marquette College Regulation Faculty are admitted to the observe of regulation by complying with the phrases of SCR 40.03 —their university certifies their authorized competence and the Board of Bar Examiners certifies their character and fitness for the apply of law.

• Diploma Privilege Character and Fitness Certification – Info and Submitting Recommendations (BE-270):
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• On line admissions site
• Admission FAQs

The Wisconsin bar examination

Admission on evidence of observe

The applicant who applies for admission to the apply of law in Wisconsin will have to exhibit they have been substantially engaged in the follow of regulation in a state or territory, the federal government, or the District of Columbia for a few yrs in the past 5 yrs prior to submitting software for admission. A law firm could fulfill this requirement by proof of apply in much more than a single jurisdiction and beneath a lot more than 1 provision of SCR 40.05 .

Veterans: In 2013, the Wisconsin Supreme Court founded a fee waiver application for capable veterans with regard to Wisconsin bar admission and assessment service fees alongside with other experienced/occupational licensure costs. Eligibility for price waivers is decided by the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs. Visit https://dva.wi.gov/webpages/educationemployment/feewaiver.aspx (exterior connection) for more facts and to utilize for an eligibility code. You will have to upload a duplicate of the e-mail (.pdf format) made up of your eligibility code in the Document upload area of the on-line admissions application.

Board of Bar Examiners
110 East Most important Avenue, Suite 310
P.O. Box 2748
Madison, WI 53701-2748
Ph: (608) 266-9760