The court tentatively adopted a number of amendments to SCR 20:5.5, (Petition 06-06), pertaining to the occasional practice of law in Wisconsin by lawyers who are not licensed to practice here but are licensed in another state. ...
The court unanimously supported a State Bar request to grant the bar more time to analyze two proposals currently before the court that resulted from a March 14 administrative conference on State Bar Petition 07-09. ...
The court unanimously denied State Bar Petition 04-03 to establish a system for licensure and regulation of paralegals in Wisconsin. ...
The court adopted in principle a statute governing the use of videoconferencing in the courts, as requested in Petition 07-12. ...
The court continued its discussion of Rules Petition 08-01: In the matter of the Amendment of Rules of Pleading, Practice and Procedure: Wis. Stat. ch. 756, Juries. ...
Update:
Justices adopt multijurisdiction petition, by Jack Zemlicka, Wisconsin Law Journal, May 1, 2008
Supreme Court will wait before considering UPL exemptions, by Jack Zemlicka, Wisconsin Law Journal, May 1, 2008