As the State Bar of Wisconsin defends its diversity clerkship program in court, it has amended the program’s definition of diversity to remove mention of race.
A portion of the original lawsuit the bar is facing has been dropped due to the language changes, the Bar announced Thursday.
Wisconsin attorney Daniel Suhr, represented by the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL), alleges the bar’s program is unconstitutional in a December 2023 lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Eastern Wisconsin. Suhr argues his First Amendment rights are being violated because his mandatory dues to be a practicing attorney are ...