IN RE: AMENDMENT OF SUPREME COURT RULE 21.06 AND RELATED RULES REGARDING the LAWYER REGULATION SYSTEM'S DISTRICT COMMITTEES (2025)

On December 23, 2024, the Office of Lawyer Regulation's Board of Administrative Oversight filed a rule petition asking the court to repeal Supreme Court Rule (SCR) 21.06 and two other Rules enabling District Committees (SCRs 21.01(1)(b) and 22.04), and amend 13 other Rules regarding the Lawyer Regulation System and its procedures relating to District Committees (SCRs 21.03(6)(k), 21.03(7), 21.11(2), 21.12, 21.13(3), 21.14(1)(c), 21.14(2), 21.19, 21.21, 22.001(6), 22.25, 22.40(1), 22.42(1)).

IT IS ORDERED that a public hearing on the petition shall be held in the Supreme Court Hearing Room in the State Capitol, Madison, Wisconsin, on Tuesday, October 14, 2025, at 9:30 a.m.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the court's open administrative conference for the matter shall be held the same day, following the public hearing.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that notice of the hearing be given by a publication of a copy of this order and of the petition in the official state newspaper once each week for three consecutive weeks, and in an official publication of the State Bar of Wisconsin not more than 60 days nor less than 30 days before the date of the hearing.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the full text of the proposed rules, including changes, if any, in existing rules, shall be placed on the Internet site maintained by the director of state courts for the supreme court. See www.wicourts.gov/scrules/pending.htm.

Dated at Madison, Wisconsin, this 19th day of August, 2025.