On June 11, 131 U.W. Law School graduates were admitted to practice. The new lawyers were welcomed to the profession by the Wisconsin Supreme Court justices, U.W. Law School Dean Kenneth B. Davis, State Bar President Tom Basting, and Wisconsin Board of Bar Examiners Director John E. Kosobucki.
Wisconsin
Lawyer
Vol. 81, No. 7, July
2008
State Bar welcomes 131 new members, U.W. Law School
class sworn in at Capitol
On June 11, 131 U.W. Law School graduates were admitted to practice.
The new lawyers
were welcomed to the profession by the Wisconsin Supreme Court justices,
U.W. Law School
Dean Kenneth B. Davis, State Bar President Tom Basting, and Wisconsin
Board of Bar
Examiners Director John E. Kosobucki.
Chief Justice Shirley S. Abrahamson presided over the four
ceremonies.
Following each swearing-in ceremony, Justice Louis B. Butler Jr. spoke
to the new lawyers. "All
who place their trust and their cause in your hands have a right to
expect the best from
you. You must guide your clients with practical advice as well as legal
theory to a
reasonable resolution of the conflicts that they bring. You will be
asked to serve in many
capacities outside of the practice of law, and I encourage you to be of
such service to
your community."
This brings State Bar membership to 22,967.
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