WisBar News
October 04, 2005
Supreme court schedules Ethics 2000 open administrative conferences
The supreme court has scheduled five administrative conferences to further discuss various aspects of the Wisconsin Ethics 2000 Committee’s petition to amend the Supreme Court Rules, Chapter 20 Rules of Professional Conduct for Attorneys.
Supreme court schedules Ethics 2000 open administrative
conferences
October 4, 2005
The supreme court has scheduled five administrative conferences to
further discuss various aspects of the Wisconsin Ethics 2000 Committee's
petition to amend the Supreme Court Rules, Chapter 20 Rules of
Professional Conduct for Attorneys.
| Conference
Date |
Deadline for Written
Comments |
Proposed
Topics |
| Nov. 30, 2005 |
Nov. 19, 2005 |
(proposed) Preamble to SCR Ch. 20, (proposed) Terminology, and
(proposed) SCR 20:3.8 entitled Special Responsibilities of a
Prosecutor
|
| Dec. 15, 2005 |
Dec. 1, 2005 |
(Proposed) SCR 20:1.6 (Confidentiality); 20:1.7 (Conflicts); 20:1.8
(Conflicts); 20:1.9 (Duties to Former Clients); (Proposed) SCR 20:1.11
(Special conflicts of interest for former and current government
officers and employees); 20:1.18 (Duties to Prospective Clients); 20:3.3
(Candor toward the tribunal); (Proposed) 20:5.4 (Professional
independence of a lawyer), (Proposed) 20:7.2 (Advertising); 20:7.3
(Direct contact with Prospective Clients); (Proposed) 20:8.3 (Reporting
professional misconduct); and (Proposed) 20:8.4 (Misconduct)
|
| Jan. 19, 2006 |
Jan. 5, 2006 |
(Proposed) SCR 20:3.10 (Threatening criminal prosecution);
(Proposed) 20:4.1 (Truthfulness in statements to others); (Proposed)
20:4.2 (Communications with person represented by counsel); (Proposed)
20:4.3 (Dealing with unrepresented person); and (Proposed) SCR 20:7.1
(Communications concerning a lawyer's services)
|
| Jan. 25, 2006 |
Jan. 11, 2006 |
(Proposed) SCR 20:4.5 (Guardian ad Litem); (Proposed) SCR 6.1 (Pro
bono); and (Proposed) SCR 6.5 (Non-profit) |
|
Feb. 28, 2006
|
Feb. 14, 2006
|
(Proposed) SCR 20:1.5 (Fees)
|
The Wisconsin Supreme Court
created the Ethics 2000 Committee to study the ABA's proposed
changes to the model rules. The committee's report and petition, filed
on July 29, 2004, is the most comprehensive proposal for changes to SCR
Chapter 20 since the mid-1980s and is the basis for the court's
consideration.
In response to the court
committee's report and petition, the State Bar solicited member
feedback on the proposed changes, which the Board of Governors
considered before voting on how to respond to the petition. The Bar
presented its recommendations to the court at a public hearing on Feb.
17, 2005.
All hearings will be held at
9:30 a.m. in the Supreme Court Room. As this matter has already been the
subject of a public hearing, general public testimony will not be
entertained at the open conference. The court may direct questions to
individuals present at the conference to aid the court's
consideration of these matters.
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