SUPREME COURT OF WISCONSIN
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In the Matter of the
Amendment of
Supreme Court
Rules: SCR 10.04 and ORDER
.05 -- Officers and
Board of Governors No. 96-06
of State Bar
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On March 22, 1996, the Board of Governors
of the State Bar of Wisconsin filed a petition for the amendment of the Supreme
Court Rules, SCR 10.04 and .05, to include the immediate past-president of the
State Bar as an officer and as a member of the Board of Governors of the State
Bar. Because newly-elected officers of
the State Bar will commence their terms on July 1, 1996, and time does not
permit the holding of a public hearing on the petition prior to that date, the
court has determined it appropriate to adopt the proposed rule amendments to
become effective on that date and permit objections to rule adoption to be
filed with the clerk of the court within 30 days of publication of notice of
the adoption in the Wisconsin Lawyer.
The court will consider any objections filed in that time and will take
further action as may be appropriate.
IT IS ORDERED that, effective July 1, 1996,
the Supreme Court Rules are amended as follows:
1.
SCR 10.04 (1) and (2) (b) are amended to read:
(1)
Titles; Nominations and Elections.
The officers of the state bar include a president, a president-elect, an
immediate past-president, a chairperson of the board of governors, a
secretary and a treasurer, who shall be nominated and elected in the manner
provided by the bylaws. Only active
members of the state bar residing and practicing law in Wisconsin are eligible
to serve as officers of the association.
The term of office of the president, president-elect, immediate
past-president and chairperson of the board of governors is one year. The term of the secretary and the treasurer
is 2 years, with the secretary elected in even-numbered years and the treasurer
elected in odd-numbered years. The term
of each officer runs until the qualification of a successor.
(2) (b)
President-elect and past-president. The
president-elect and immediate past-president shall each be a
member-at-large of the board of governors and the executive committee and shall
perform all other duties assigned to him or her them by the
president or board of governors or under these rules or the bylaws. At the expiration of the one-year term of
office of the president, the president-elect shall succeed to the office of
president and the president shall succeed to the office of immediate
past-president. 2. SCR
10.05 (1) is amended to read:
(1)
Composition of board. The
affairs of the association shall be managed and directed by a board of
governors consisting of the 5 6 officers of the association and
the immediate past president of the association, all of whom shall be ex
officio members-at-large of the board, not fewer than 34 members elected from
the state bar districts established under sub. (2), one member selected by the
young lawyers division pursuant to its bylaws, one member selected by the
government lawyers division pursuant to its bylaws, three governors selected by
the nonresident lawyers division pursuant to its bylaws, and three nonlawyers
appointed by the supreme court for staggered two-year terms. No person appointed by the supreme court
shall serve more than two consecutive full terms. The rights and powers of the ex officio members of the board are
the same as those of elected members.
All past-presidents of the Wisconsin bar association or of the state bar
of Wisconsin, the Wisconsin state delegate to the American Bar Association
house of delegates and the deans of the Marquette university and university of
Wisconsin law schools are entitled to floor privileges, but without voting
privileges.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that notice of these
amendments of the Supreme Court Rules shall be given by a single publication of
a copy of this order in the official state newspaper and in an official
publication of the State Bar of Wisconsin.
Dated at Madison, Wisconsin, this 12th day
of April, 1996.
BY THE COURT:
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Marilyn L. Graves, Clerk