EDITORIAL: Show them the money
The State Bar of Wisconsin taxes its members and then refuses to completely reveal how that money is spent.
View ArticleState’s high court suspends attorneys’ licenses
The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Thursday issued two disciplinary orders.
View ArticleState Bar explores dues increase (UPDATE)
After enjoying seven years of stagnant dues, Wisconsin attorneys may be on the brink of an increase in their annual membership fee with the State Bar.
View ArticleState Bar considers draining reserves with dues increase on horizon
State Bar of Wisconsin leaders are considering approval of a budget that drains reserve money, contingent on a future dues increase, to financially sustain the organization going forward.
View ArticleState Supreme Court approves BBE, OLR budgets
State Bar dues may spike more than 15 percent next year, but assessments imposed by the Wisconsin Supreme Court will drop, albeit slightly.
View ArticleEditorial: Dues debate drowns in silence
Lawyers are impassioned debaters, but not, apparently, when it comes to their wallets.
View ArticleJudge rules union members can decide on dues
A federal judge has ruled that Wisconsin public union members must proactively tell the state to subtract dues from their paychecks.
View ArticleDues debate raises cost concerns
An attempt to restructure yearly dues for older and younger attorneys drew criticism Tuesday for the fiscal effect it would have on the State Bar and the Office of Lawyer Regulation.
View ArticleState Bar passes $30 dues increase (UPDATE)
Wisconsin attorneys will pay $30 more in yearly dues starting July 1.
View ArticleUS high court decision upholds Keller dues ruling
In a few paragraphs in a Monday decision about certain public unions, the U.S. Supreme Court essentially left a precedent untouched that spells out a mandatory bar association’s ability to collect and...
View ArticleArbitrator sides with State Bar in dues dispute (UPDATE)
The arbitrator in a dispute over Wisconsin State Bar dues has sided with the bar.
View ArticleState Bar considers draining reserves with dues increase on horizon
State Bar of Wisconsin leaders are considering approval of a budget that drains reserve money, contingent on a future dues increase, to financially sustain the organization going forward.
View ArticleState Supreme Court approves BBE, OLR budgets
State Bar dues may spike more than 15 percent next year, but assessments imposed by the Wisconsin Supreme Court will drop, albeit slightly.
View ArticleEditorial: Dues debate drowns in silence
Lawyers are impassioned debaters, but not, apparently, when it comes to their wallets.
View ArticleJudge rules union members can decide on dues
A federal judge has ruled that Wisconsin public union members must proactively tell the state to subtract dues from their paychecks.
View ArticleDues debate raises cost concerns
An attempt to restructure yearly dues for older and younger attorneys drew criticism Tuesday for the fiscal effect it would have on the State Bar and the Office of Lawyer Regulation.
View ArticleState Bar passes $30 dues increase (UPDATE)
Wisconsin attorneys will pay $30 more in yearly dues starting July 1.
View ArticleUS high court decision upholds Keller dues ruling
In a few paragraphs in a Monday decision about certain public unions, the U.S. Supreme Court essentially left a precedent untouched that spells out a mandatory bar association’s ability to collect and...
View ArticleArbitrator sides with State Bar in dues dispute (UPDATE)
The arbitrator in a dispute over Wisconsin State Bar dues has sided with the bar.
View ArticleHigh court to hold public hearing on bar-dues proposal
A proposal going before the Wisconsin Supreme Court later this month would put tougher restrictions on how the Wisconsin State Bar spends lawyers’ mandatory dues.
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