https://www.wisbar.org/Pages/RSS.aspx60https://www.wisbar.org/NewsPublications/Pages/General-Article.aspx?ArticleID=31474https://www.wisbar.org/NewsPublications/Pages/General-Article.aspx?ArticleID=31474Jay D. JerdeThe proposed fiscal year 2027 budget was the main focus of discussion at the State Bar Board of Governors meeting last week. 2026-03-03 00:00:00https://www.wisbar.org/NewsPublications/PublishingImages/Article%20Images/Wayne-Sam-at-Dec-2024-BOG-1200x630.jpghttps://www.wisbar.org/NewsPublications/Pages/General-Article.aspx?ArticleID=31474https://www.wisbar.org/NewsPublications/Pages/General-Article.aspx?ArticleID=31439https://www.wisbar.org/NewsPublications/Pages/General-Article.aspx?ArticleID=31439Jay D. JerdeWaupun native Chadwick M. Elgersma received appointment as U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, serving as chief federal enforcer for Wisconsin’s 44 western counties.2026-02-04 00:00:00https://www.wisbar.org/NewsPublications/PublishingImages/Article%20Images/Elgersma-Chadwick-1200x630.jpghttps://www.wisbar.org/NewsPublications/Pages/General-Article.aspx?ArticleID=31439https://www.wisbar.org/NewsPublications/Pages/General-Article.aspx?ArticleID=31357https://www.wisbar.org/NewsPublications/Pages/General-Article.aspx?ArticleID=31357Meet the 2026 State Bar of Wisconsin officer candidates, including Milwaukee lawyers who are nominees for State Bar president-elect. The candidates represent a wide variety of backgrounds – get to know them before the election in April.2025-12-05 00:00:00https://www.wisbar.org/NewsPublications/PublishingImages/Article%20Images/2026-elections-president-elect-candidates-munoz-lawless-1200x630.jpghttps://www.wisbar.org/NewsPublications/Pages/General-Article.aspx?ArticleID=31357https://www.wisbar.org/NewsPublications/Pages/General-Article.aspx?ArticleID=31339https://www.wisbar.org/NewsPublications/Pages/General-Article.aspx?ArticleID=31339How you can protect your personal information and help prevent further exposure. 2025-12-02 00:00:00https://www.wisbar.org/NewsPublications/PublishingImages/Article%20Images/scam-alert-red-background-1200x630.jpghttps://www.wisbar.org/NewsPublications/Pages/General-Article.aspx?ArticleID=31339https://www.wisbar.org/NewsPublications/Pages/General-Article.aspx?ArticleID=31318https://www.wisbar.org/NewsPublications/Pages/General-Article.aspx?ArticleID=31318Jay D. JerdeNew Chief Justice Jill J. Karofsky highlighted challenges of secure courtrooms and the rule of law, among other concerns, in her first State of the Judiciary Address.2025-11-13 00:00:00https://www.wisbar.org/NewsPublications/PublishingImages/Article%20Images/Justice%20Karofsky-1200x630.jpghttps://www.wisbar.org/NewsPublications/Pages/General-Article.aspx?ArticleID=31318https://www.wisbar.org/NewsPublications/Pages/General-Article.aspx?ArticleID=31279https://www.wisbar.org/NewsPublications/Pages/General-Article.aspx?ArticleID=31279Jay D. JerdeThe Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin and former law clerk to then-Judge Brett Kavanaugh and the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia received U.S. Senate approval Monday for the opening on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.2025-10-28 00:00:00https://www.wisbar.org/NewsPublications/PublishingImages/Article%20Images/gavel-american-flag-court-federal-usa-1200x630.jpghttps://www.wisbar.org/NewsPublications/Pages/General-Article.aspx?ArticleID=31279https://www.wisbar.org/NewsPublications/Pages/General-Article.aspx?ArticleID=31237https://www.wisbar.org/NewsPublications/Pages/General-Article.aspx?ArticleID=31237Jay D. JerdeWith 11 new governors, the 53-member State Bar of Wisconsin Board of Governors (Board) approved a Nominating Committee for the spring election as well as voting to fill two vacancies on the Board that developed last summer. 2025-09-24 00:00:00https://www.wisbar.org/NewsPublications/InsideTrack/PublishingImages/Article%20Images/BOGSept25-0232-1200x630.jpghttps://www.wisbar.org/NewsPublications/Pages/General-Article.aspx?ArticleID=31237https://www.wisbar.org/NewsPublications/Pages/General-Article.aspx?ArticleID=31180https://www.wisbar.org/NewsPublications/Pages/General-Article.aspx?ArticleID=31180Michelle Behnke, former president of the State Bar of Wisconsin (2004-05), was officially sworn in Aug. 11, 2025, as president of the American Bar Association (ABA) today at the ABA’s Annual Meeting in Toronto.2025-08-11 00:00:00https://www.wisbar.org/NewsPublications/PublishingImages/Article%20Images/Behnke-Michelle-1200x630.jpghttps://www.wisbar.org/NewsPublications/Pages/General-Article.aspx?ArticleID=31180https://www.wisbar.org/NewsPublications/Pages/General-Article.aspx?ArticleID=31173https://www.wisbar.org/NewsPublications/Pages/General-Article.aspx?ArticleID=31173Shannon GreenThe State Bar's Diversity Clerkship Program offers law students the opportunity to experience what it is like to work as an attorney in the summer after their 1L year – and to expand their legal skills. Join us in congratulating the legal employers and the clerks who participated in this year's program.2025-08-04 00:00:00https://www.wisbar.org/NewsPublications/InsideTrack/PublishingImages/Article%20Images/DCP25-Clerks-1200x630.jpghttps://www.wisbar.org/NewsPublications/Pages/General-Article.aspx?ArticleID=31173https://www.wisbar.org/NewsPublications/Pages/General-Article.aspx?ArticleID=31128https://www.wisbar.org/NewsPublications/Pages/General-Article.aspx?ArticleID=31128​The State Bar of Wisconsin has successfully resolved a federal lawsuit challenging its Leadership Academy and Leadership Summit programs, which were the target of a legal challenge that alleged the programs used race and ethnicity to select participants.2025-07-16 00:00:00https://www.wisbar.org/NewsPublications/PublishingImages/Article%20Images/IMG_3134-1200x630.JPGhttps://www.wisbar.org/NewsPublications/Pages/General-Article.aspx?ArticleID=31128