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Supreme Court of Wisconsin |
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Notice This order is subject to further editing and modification. The final version will appear in the bound volume of the official reports. |
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In the matter of the Amendment of Supreme Court Rule 32.09 regarding continuing education for Wisconsin Judiciary |
FILED NOV 1, 2007 David R. Schanker Clerk of Supreme Court Madison, WI |
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On April 17, 2007, A. John Voelker, Director of State Courts, filed a petition asking this court to amend Supreme Court Rule 32.09 regarding continuing education for the Wisconsin Judiciary. A public hearing was conducted on October 5, 2007. Mr. Voelker presented the petition and offered testimony in support of the petition.
At the ensuing open administrative conference, the court voted unanimously to adopt the petition, with modifications. Accordingly, effective January 1, 2008, SCR 32.09 is amended as follows:
SCR 32.09 Noncompliance.
(1) If a judge
fails to meet the requirements of SCR 32.04 or 32.05, comply with the
provisions of this chapter, the director of judicial education shall send
the judge a notice of noncompliance by registered or certified mail. The nature
of noncompliance shall be specified in the notice. Copies of the notice shall
be sent to the director of state courts and to the chief judge of the court of
appeals or administrative district. The notice shall inform the judge that an
extension is being granted for compliance. The director of judicial education
shall have the authority to set the period of extension up to six months, which
will be of such duration to reasonably allow compliance. For good cause, the
judicial education committee may extend the period for compliance.
(2) After the
period of the extension has passed and the judge has not complied with this orderchapter,
the director of judicial education shall refer the violation to the judicial
education committee for a hearing and send the judge a notice of the hearing by
registered or certified mail.
(3) If the
judicial education committee finds the judge has not complied with SCR 32.04
or 32.05 this chapter, it shall refer the matter to the supreme
court for such action as it deems appropriate. Notice of such referral shall be
sent to the director of state courts and the chief judge of the court of
appeals or appropriate administrative district.
IT IS ORDERED that notice of this amendment of SCR 32.09 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 1st day of November, 2007.
BY THE COURT:
David R. Schanker
Clerk of Supreme Court