State Bar of Wisconsin resources
- About the Law Office Management Assistance Program: The State Bar of Wisconsin's Law Office Management Assistance Program (LOMAP) assists lawyers in improving their efficiency in the delivery of legal services and in implementing systems and controls to reduce risk and improve client relations.
- Ethics advice: As a State Bar member, you have access to informal guidance and help in resolving questions regarding Wisconsin's Rules of Professional Conduct for Attorneys. There are a number of ways in which you can receive ethics guidance.
- Lawyer-to-Lawyer Directory: This directory lists 700 lawyers who have agreed to share their knowledge of particular areas of the law with other lawyers through brief, 10-minute telephone consultations — free of charge.
- Wisconsin Lawyers Assistance Program (WisLAP): The Wisconsin Lawyers Assistance Program (WisLAP) provides confidential, meaningful assistance to lawyers, judges, law students and their families in coping with alcoholism and other addictions, depression, acute and chronic anxiety and other problems related to the stress of practicing law.
State bar association practice management programs
Lawyer networking
- Lawyer-to-Lawyer Directory: This directory lists 700 lawyers who have agreed to share their knowledge of particular areas of the law with other lawyers through brief, 10-minute telephone consultations — free of charge.
- Solo Small Firm & General Practice Section: This Section's central purpose is to enhance the quality of practice for the solo and small firm lawyer as well as the lawyer who has interests beyond the bounds of a single professional practice area.
- State Bar Institutes and Conferences: Held throughout the year, Institutes and Conferences offer practice area-specific CLE sessions, along with opportunities to network with other lawyers and judges.
- Wisconsin Solo & Small Firm Conference: This conference, held each October, is jammed with sessions to help you achieve a balance between your professional success and your personal sanity, along with multiple opportunities to network with your peers.
- State Bar Sections: The State Bar offers its members the opportunity to network with other lawyers who share a common interest through its 26 sections. Section membership includes access to newsletters, email lists to facilitate information sharing, and other resources.
- State Bar Divisions: The State Bar offers its members the opportunity to network with other attorneys who share important characteristics through participation in the Bar's four divisions - government, nonresident, senior, and young lawyers.
- State Bar Committees: Network with your colleagues and shape your profession's future by serving on one of the State Bar's standing and special committees.
- Law-related organizations: Directory of Wisconsin local and specialty bar associations and other legal associations and organizations, legal services agencies and law schools, and national bars and organizations, and more.
Law office systems
Risk management
File maintenance
Personnel
Materials and links on these pages are intended to provide only guidance and are not legal authority. Some information is from jurisdictions other than Wisconsin and references the law of other jurisdictions. Lawyers using these materials must conform their practices to the law of the appropriate jurisdiction.
