Supreme Court of Wisconsin

No. 08-08

In the matter of creation of Supreme Court Rule SCR 40.056 Authorizing Registered Legal Consultants

FILED OCT 31, 2008 David R. Schanker Clerk of Supreme Court Madison, WI

On April 1, 2008, the Board of Bar Examiners, by its director, John E. Kosobucki, filed a petition requesting this court create a supreme court rule to create a category of practitioners known as legal consultants, comprising of lawyers licensed and in good standing in other nations and authorized to serve clients in Wisconsin in the areas of international law and the law of nations, other than the United States.

IT IS ORDERED that a public hearing on the petition shall be held in the Supreme Court Room in the State Capitol, Madison, Wisconsin, on Monday, February 9, 2009, at 9:45 a.m.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the court's conference in the matter shall be held promptly following the public hearing.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that notice of the hearing be given by a single publication of a copy of this order and of the petition in the official state newspaper and in an official publication of the State Bar of Wisconsin not more than 60 days nor less than 30 days before the date of the hearing.

Dated at Madison, Wisconsin, this 31st day of October, 2008.

BY THE COURT:

David R. Schanker

Clerk of Supreme Court