The Wisconsin Diploma Privilege: Try It, You'll Like It

Authors

Beverly I. Moran

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Wisconsin Law Review

Publication Date

2000

Page Number

645

Keywords

bar examinations, diploma privilege

Disciplines

Law | Legal Education

Abstract

The big question that the Wisconsin diploma privilege raises is whether waivers into practice upon graduation can work outside the Dairy State. Is Wisconsin simply so unique that its successful experience cannot be replicated elsewhere? My conclusion is that there are certain characteristics that make Wisconsin a good site for the diploma privilege but that those characteristics are shared by several other states. These characteristics include (1) a small state with a relatively small practicing bar; (2) a close relationship between the bar, the judiciary, the legislature, and the law schools within the state; and (3) great regard between the public and the bar for the state's law schools.

Recommended Citation

Beverly I. Moran, The Wisconsin Diploma Privilege: Try It, You'll Like It, 2000 Wisconsin Law Review. 645 (2000)
Available at: https://scholarship.law.vanderbilt.edu/faculty-publications/722