Judicial Council Index
The Judicial Council Collection is a source of legislative history of court-related statutes and rules.The collection contains over 6,400 items and includes:
- Council minutes from 1951-2007. Current minutes are available on the Judicial Council's website
- Committee records, proceedings, and subject materials from 1970-1995
- Correspondence from 1962-1995
- Judicial Council biennial reports from 1953-1969
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- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Appellate Procedures Committee
- Appellate Rules: 1999 Rules of Appellate Procedure Petition
- Appellate Rules: 809.107 Revisions
- Appellate Rules: Amendments to Ch. 809 and § 71.04 (pet 02-01)
- Appellate Rules: Committee Meetings
- Appellate Rules: Petition 00-02
- Appellate Rules: Petition 02-01
- Appellate Rules: Petition 02-01 #53
- Appellate Rules: Proposed Changes
- Appellate Rules: Sanctions
- Appellate Rules: Trailer Petition to Petition 00-02
- Appellate Rules: Vacatur
- Awards of Appreciation
- Citation System, Proposed
- Civil Procedure Committee, Rules of
- Contempt and Extraordinary Remedies Committee
- Correspondence (PDF)
- Court Administration Committee
- Court Commissioners Committee
- Court Reorganization
- Court Rules
- Criminal Procedure Committee
- Evidence
- Evidence and Civil Procedure Committee
- Evidence and Procedure Committee
- Evidence: Health Care Provider Records
- Evidence: Rape Shield
- Evidence, Rules of
- Extraordinary Remedies Committee
- Garnishment
- General Projects Child/Witnesses Study
- General Projects Committee
- General Projects Committee, Criminal Appeals
- Guardian Ad Litem Committee
- Homicide
- Homicide and Lesser Included Offenses
- Homicide Committee, State Bar
- Homicide S.B. 279 & S.B. 191
- Judge Substitution
- Judicial Council, General
- Judicial Rotation Committee
- Judicial Rotation Questionnaire
- Jury Communications
- Jury Communications. Guilty Plea Subcommittee
- Jury Standards Committee
- Juvenile Recoupment
- Partial Publication
- Petitions
- Petitions, Regarding
- Publication of Decisions Committee
- Publication of Supreme Court Rules Committee
- Preliminary Examinations Committee
- Probate Committee
- Provisional Remedies Committee
- Records and Forms
- Records Disposal
- Restitution
- Restitution A.B. 190
- Rules of Wisconsin Videotape Procedure
- Small Claims Committee
- Small Claims Committee A.B. 309
- Standards of Criminal Justice Committee
- State Property Insurance
- Statute of Limitations
Other Sources of Judicial Council Materials
Wisconsin Historical Society
The Wisconsin Historical Society has several sources of Judicial Council archival material. Contact the Wisconsin Historical Society for more information.
- Correspondence: 1952-1967
- Court reorganization files: 1911-1977
Includes records of the Wisconsin Bar Association's Committee on Uniformity of Courts, 1942-1951 - Administrative Subject Files, 1955-1974 (State Series 1949) and Correspondence, 1962-1974 (State Series 1948) of E. Harold Hallows Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice from 1958-1974
- Holdings related to the Legislative Council's Special Committee on Court Reorganization, an effort in the 1970s to develop an appeals court system
- Assorted court-administration-related files from the 1950s-1970s across several state and manuscript collections
Judicial Council Website
Current agendas and other reports available on the Judicial Council website.
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