SUPREME COURT OF WISCONSIN
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In the Matter of
Amendment of Supreme
Court Rules: SCR 40.02 (4) -- Qualifications ORDER
for Bar Admission No. 95-15
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The court, on its own motion, has
considered the desirability of amending SCR 40.02 (4), which requires an
applicant for bar admission in Wisconsin to take the oath or affirmation
prescribed in SCR 40.15 in open court before the supreme court or a justice
thereof or before a member of the highest court of another jurisdiction, to
authorize an applicant to take the oath or affirmation also before a judge of
the U.S. District Court or Court of Appeals, a justice of the U.S. Supreme
Court or a person authorized by another jurisdiction to administer the
attorney's oath for bar admission in that jurisdiction. The court determines that this amendment to
the rule is appropriate and that a public hearing on the matter is
unnecessary.
IT IS ORDERED that, effective the date of
this order, Supreme Court Rule 40.02 (4) is amended to read:
(4)
Takes the oath or affirmation prescribed in SCR 40.15 in open court
before the supreme court or a justice thereof or before a member of the highest
court of another jurisdiction or a person authorized by that jurisdiction to
administer the attorney's oath for bar admission there or before a judge of the
U.S. District Court or Court of Appeals or a justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that notice of this
amendment of the Supreme Court Rules shall be given by a single publication of
a copy of this order in the official state newspaper and in an official
publication of the State Bar of Wisconsin.
Dated at Madison, Wisconsin, this 3rd day
of November, 1995. BY
THE COURT:
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Marilyn L. Graves, Clerk