Wisconsin, Supreme Court, Bar Integration Cases, records, 1943-1958

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Briefs, correspondence, petitions, and other records relating to hearings on State Bar integration, that is, requiring membership in a quasi-public association as a condition to practice law in Wis...

Briefs, correspondence, petitions, and other records relating to hearings on State Bar integration, that is, requiring membership in a quasi-public association as a condition to practice law in Wisconsin. In 1934, the Wisconsin Bar Association began drafting legislation which would integrate the bar. The integrated bar would, in effect, combine the functions of the Board of Law Examiners and the private voluntary association, under the direction of the Supreme Court. In 1943, the Legislature passed such an act over the governor's veto. The Supreme Court upheld the act as constitutional, but chose not to put it into effect at that time. The issue was next raised in 1946 but not enacted until 1956. The bar was integrated January 1, 1957, when the State Bar of Wisconsin was organized. The Court reviewed this action in 1958. These records document many of these events.

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