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How Well Are Wisconsin
Lawyers
Adopting Technology?
 by Dianne
Molvig
Nearly half the respondents to the State Bar?s fourth annual technology survey are very comfortable using computers and are interested in staying current with new technology. The other half are not. Where do you fit in the spectrum, and are your skills good enough to remain competitive in today?s
legal marketplace?
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Story
Another Look at
Dram Shop Liability
 by
Nina J. Emerson & Sarah B. Stroebel
Under the current approach to dram shop liability, a
substantial portion of the drinking driver crash-related costs fall upon innocent victims. Here?s how Wisconsin compares to other states and what legislators can do to more fairly distribute these costs.
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Wisconsin's New
Lawyer Regulation System
 by James L. Martin
The new system of lawyer regulation clarifies the duties and responsibilities of the system components and provides new checks and balances to increase the accountability of the decision making in order to protect the public and the legal profession. September 2000 is the expected effective date.
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Determining Current
and Former Clients
 by Dean R. Dietrich
Determining whether an individual is a law firm?s current or former client - for purposes of bringing suit against the individual - depends upon a factual analysis and whether the person reasonably expects that the firm is still his or her attorney.
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President's
Message
Status quo is not
an option; lawyers
must work together
to change our reality
Inside the Bar
More members are
using new Bar Center
Ethics
Determining current,
former clients
Practice Tips
July 1, 2000: Standard
court forms in civil,
family, probate cases
now mandatory
Legislative Watch
EdVest College Savings
Program;
Recently passed legislation
Letters
Legal News & Trends
ABA rejects economic
partnerships between
lawyers, nonlawyers
State Bar's consumer Web site,
LegalExplorer, is
up and running
Cyber searches are fast,
economical
Supreme Court Digest
Court of Appeals
Digest
Lawyer Discipline
Supreme Court Orders
Order 00-02:
Appellate Procedure,
Proposed Changes
Order 00-05:
Procedure to Suspend
Law License for Noncompliance
of Child and Family
Support Orders,
Subpoenas, Warrants
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