# SCR 40.01: SCR 40.01. Definitions; list of law schools

> Wisconsin · Court rules · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_WI_SCR40_R40_01

## Section

- **Citation:** SCR 40.01
- **Heading:** SCR 40.01. Definitions; list of law schools
- **Jurisdiction:** Wisconsin
- **Kind:** Court rules
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Wisconsin Supreme Court Rules / SCR Chapter 40 - Admission to the Bar / SCR 40.01

## Text

Definitions; list of law schools.
(1) In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) "Board" means the board of bar examiners.

(b) "Clerk" means the clerk of the supreme court.

(c) "Electronic application system" means a web-based system
established by the board of bar examiners through which individuals
may electronically file an original or amended application under this
chapter.

(d) "Electronic signature" means an electronic sound, symbol, or
process attached to or logically associated with an electronically-filed
application that can be executed or adopted by the applicant with the
intent to sign the application under oath or affirmation.

(2) The board shall maintain a record of all law schools which
are approved by the American bar association, together with the date of
such approval, and those which are not so approved. The record shall
constitute an official record of the supreme court and proof of the fact
that the law schools therein stated as approved by the American bar
association were so approved at the times therein stated.

## Nearby sections

- [SCR 40.01 SCR 40.01. Definitions; list of law schools](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_WI_SCR40_R40_01.md)
- [SCR 40.02 SCR 40.02. Qualifications generally](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_WI_SCR40_R40_02.md)
- [SCR 40.03 SCR 40.03. Legal competence requirement: Diploma](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_WI_SCR40_R40_03.md)
- [SCR 40.05 SCR 40.05. Legal competence requirement: Proof of practice](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_WI_SCR40_R40_05.md)
- [SCR 40.06 SCR 40.06. Requirement as to character and fitness to](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_WI_SCR40_R40_06.md)
- [SCR 40.07 SCR 40.07. Proof of qualifications](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_WI_SCR40_R40_07.md)
- [SCR 40.08 SCR 40.08. Adverse determination](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_WI_SCR40_R40_08.md)
- [SCR 40.09 SCR 40.09. Deadline for admission](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_WI_SCR40_R40_09.md)
- [SCR 40.10 SCR 40.10. Waiver of requirements](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_WI_SCR40_R40_10.md)
- [SCR 40.11 SCR 40.11. Rulemaking authority](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_WI_SCR40_R40_11.md)
- [SCR 40.12 SCR 40.12. Confidentiality](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_WI_SCR40_R40_12.md)
- [SCR 40.13 SCR 40.13. Delegation](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_WI_SCR40_R40_13.md)
- [SCR 40.14 SCR 40.14. Application; fees](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_WI_SCR40_R40_14.md)
- [SCR 40.15 SCR 40.15. Attorney's oath](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_WI_SCR40_R40_15.md)

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