Greetings: Item (1) below is for all third-years; items (2), (3)
and (4) are for December graduates.
(1) The WI Board of Bar Examiners (BBE) has asked
that all third-years be reminded that, re the Diploma Privilege
Information & Filing Instructions, at the top of page two
(under the heading "Filing of an Application") are some specific
guidelines. These must be read & complied with. The BBE
reports that students have been submitting applications without the
proper form of payment and/or without the Authorization and Release
Form. Note that the Filing Instructions must be exactly followed
for an application to be considered filed.
(2) Reminder: Deadline to file. Per my e-mail of
October 17th, the conferral date for December JD degrees will be
December 21, 2008; thus, the deadline for submitting an application
is at the close of business (4:30 p.m.) on Tuesday, January 20,
2009. Note that the BBE does not recognize postmarks.
(3) Federal Bar Admission (Western District of
WI). On Friday, a packet of information was placed in December
graduate hang-files; complete & return (following all
directions) by January 9th if you wish to be admitted in the
Western District. (Note that the large-group swearing-in date at
both the WI Supreme Court and the Western District of WI is
Thursday, January 22nd.)
(4) Curricular Concentration Certification. If
you believe you have fulfilled the requirements for a Curricular
Concentration and wish to have this fact documented by the Law
School (by issuance of a certificate), you need to do the following
by the end of the Final Exam Period (that is, by no later than
December 19th):
a. print out the appropriate Concentration web-page that lists the
pertinent requirements;
b. check off the courses that you have completed (or will have
completed);
c. submit the page to the Faculty Advisor along with
an unofficial transcript;
d. along with the above, provide a post-graduation mailing
address.
Also, if you have any questions re the particular Concentration
requirements, direct all such questions to the Faculty Advisor
concerned. The Faculty Advisor will then review the submitted
materials & verify whether you have completed the Concentration
requirements (to include whether you have done so with "Honors").
The Faculty Advisor will then submit student names (with addresses)
to the Dean's Office, which will prepare certificates and/or
letters for mailing out as soon as possible. As you probably know,
the five individual Curricular Concentration web-pages are linked
from this page: http://law.wisc.edu/academics/courses/ The
respective Faculty Advisors for the five Concentrations are as
follows:
Criminal Law (Professor Dickey);
Family Law (Professor Brito);
Labor & Employment Law (Professor Clauss);
International Law (Professor Klug);
Estate Planning (Professor Erlanger)
Thank you for your attention.
K. M. Kelly
Submitted by Kevin Kelly on December 10, 2008 9:14 am
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