Law Day 2008 celebrates "The Rule of Law"
 April 30, 2008 - A message from Shirley S. Abrahamson, Chief Justice, Wisconsin Supreme Court:
We join the American Bar Association and the State Bar of Wisconsin in celebrating the 50th anniversary of Law Day on May 1.
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Supreme Court accepts four new cases
 April 18, 2008 - The Wisconsin Supreme Court has voted to accept four new cases. The Court also acted to deny review in a number of cases. The case numbers, issues, and counties of origin are listed below. Court of Appeals opinions/certification memos available online for the newly accepted cases are hyperlinked.
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Court interpreter training planned for Milwaukee
April 17, 2008 - The Director of State Courts Office is accepting applications for interpreter training to be held in Milwaukee on May 17-18 at UW-Milwaukee. While Spanish is the primary language requested by the courts, increased efforts are being made to recruit qualified interpreters for many other languages, in particular Hmong, American Sign Language, Arabic, Somali, Bantu, Vietnamese and Mandarin.
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Supreme Court selects chief judges
 April 8, 2008 - The Wisconsin Supreme Court has selected Deputy Chief Judge Mary K. Wagner, Kenosha County Circuit Court, to serve as the new chief judge of the Second Judicial Administrative District. The Second District encompasses Kenosha, Racine and Walworth counties in southeastern Wisconsin. Wagner will take over chief judge duties from Chief Judge Gerald P. Ptacek, Racine County, who will have served the maximum of three two-year terms as chief judge.
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