JUDICIAL BRANCH


Telephones: General Information: (608) 266-1600; Circulation: (608) 266-1600;
Reference As-
  sistance: (608) 267-9696; Toll-free: (800) 322-9755.
Fax: (608) 267-2319.
Computer Bulletin Board: Wisconsin State Online Law Library, 267-2055.
Publications: A User's Guide to the Wisconsin State Law Library; WSLL Newsletter;
miscella-
  neous bibliographies of titles.
Number of Employes: 10.50.
Total Budget 1995-96: $983,200.
Total Budget 1996-97: $983,200.
References: Wisconsin Statutes, Section 758.01; Supreme Court Rule 82.01.
  Responsibility: The State Law Library is a public library open to all citizens
of Wisconsin.
It serves as the primary legal resource center for the Wisconsin Supreme
Court and Court of Ap-
peals, the Department of Justice, the Wisconsin Legislature, the Office of
the Governor, execu-
tive agencies and members of the State Bar of Wisconsin. The library is administered
by the su-
preme court, which appoints the library staff and determines the rules governing
library use.
Since 1996, Milwaukee County has contracted with the library to administer
the Milwaukee Le-
gal Resource Center, an automated law library with electronic access to the
State Law Library.
  The collection features the session laws, statutory codes, court reports,
administrative rules,
legal indexes, and case law digests of the U.S. government, all 50 states
and U.S. territories. Gen-
eral reference materials include selected documents of the federal government,
legal and bar pe-
riodicals, legal treatises and legal encyclopedias. The library also provides
reference and basic
legal research services. Through a circulation policy instituted in 1976,
much of the collection
is now available on short-term loan to judges, attorneys, legislators and
state agency personnel.


           BOARD OF ATTORNEYS PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY

Board ofAttorneys Professional Responsibility: ADRIAN SCHOONE (State Bar
member), chairper-
  son; SHARREN ROSE (State Bar member), vice chairperson; JON P. AXELROD,
WILLIAM FALE,
  WILLIAM KOSLOJAMES MARTIN, GERALD O'BRIEN,TRINETTEPITTS (State Bar members);
LAURA
  DEGOLIER, ARTHUR EGBERT, BONNIE SCHWID, WALTER L. WASHBURN (nonlawyers).
(All mem-
  bers are appointed by supreme court.)
Administrator: GERALD C. STERNBERG.
Deputy Administrator: ELSA P. GREENE.
Deputy Administrator, Milwaukee Office: JEANANNE L. DANNER.
Mailing Addresses: Room 410, 110 East Main Street, Madison 53703; Room 102,
611 North
  Broadway, Milwaukee 53202.
Telephones: Madison: (608) 267-7274; Milwaukee: (414) 227-4623.
Fax: Madison: (608) 267-1959; Milwaukee: (414) 227-4414.
Number of Employes: 18.00. '
Total Budget 1995-96: $1,252,900.
Total Budget 1996-97: $1,252,900.
References: Supreme Court Rules, Chapters 21 and 22.
  Responsibility: The Board of Attorneys Professional Responsibility is the
agency of the su-
preme court that assists the court in fulfilling its constitutional responsibility
to supervise the
practice of law and protect the public from professional misconduct by members
of the State Bar.
It investigates complaints of attorney misconduct and takes disciplinary
action ranging from pri-
vate reprimand to the filing of a formal complaint with the supreme court
asking public repri-
mand, license suspension or revocation, monetary payment or conditions on
the continued prac-
tice of law. Upon request of the supreme court or the Board of Bar Examiners,
the board
investigates the moral character of persons seeking admission to the State
Bar. It also reports
its findings and recommendations to the supreme court when an attorney petitions
for reinstate-


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