Access to Justice
Offering financial incentives among possible strategies to attract lawyers to this state
Financially incentivizing more attorneys to practice in “high-need areas” in Wisconsin is chief among proposals from a Wisconsin Supreme Court committee tasked with addressing ongoing attorney shortages in the state. (Image from Shutterstock)
Financially incentivizing more attorneys to practice in “high-need areas” in Wisconsin is chief among proposals from a Wisconsin Supreme Court committee tasked with addressing ongoing attorney shortages in the state.
Other recommendations include increasing the hourly rate for private attorneys who take on state public defender cases and exploring a limited license practitioner program to provide legal services in specific practice areas, according to a recent report from the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s Attorney Recruitment and Retention Committee.
By increasing the supply of lawyers, the Wisconsin Supreme Court aims to ensure that parties in civil cases and criminal defendants have access to justice, the State Bar of Wisconsin’s InsideTrack Weekly says in its coverage of the report.
Several statistics demonstrate the attorney shortage in Wisconsin, including that the number of attorneys working on circuit court cases declined by about 10% over the past eight years, the report says.
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