State Bar of Wisconsin

The State Bar of Wisconsin's mission is to improve the administration of justice and the delivery of legal services and to promote the professional interests of Wisconsin lawyers. The purposes of the association are to aid the courts in carrying on and improving the administration of justice; to foster and maintain on the part of those engaged in the practice of law high ideals of integrity, learning, competence and public service and high standards of conduct; to safeguard the proper professional interests of the members of the bar; to encourage the formation and activities of local bar associations; to conduct a program of continuing legal education; to assist or support legal education programs at the preadmission level; to provide a forum for the discussion of subjects pertaining to the practice of law, the science of jurisprudence and law reform and the relations of the bar to the public and to publish information relating thereto; to carry on a continuing program of legal research in the technical fields of substantive law, practice and procedure and make reports and recommendations thereon within legally permissible limits; to promote the innovation, development and improvement of means to deliver legal services to the people of Wisconsin; to the end that the public responsibility of the legal profession may be more effectively discharged.

The mission of the State Bar of Wisconsin is defined in SCR 10.02 (2). http://www.wicourts.gov/sc/rules/chap10.pdf

Specialties

Career, Continuing Education, Lawyer Assistance, Legal Research Services, Government Relations, Networking, News, Practice Resources, Public Outreach