In Matter of Bar Admission of Wescoe

Review of Board of Bar Examiners decision; decision reversed and remanded.

This is a review, pursuant to SCR 40.08(5), of the decision of the Board of Bar Examiners (Board) declining to certify the eligibility of David B. Wescoe for admission to the practice of law in Wisconsin based on his prior practice in other jurisdictions. Applying the durational practice bar admission rule of Minnesota, where Mr. Wescoe had practiced from June, 1985 to January, 1989, the Board determined that Mr. Wescoe's prior practice in that jurisdiction and in the District of Columbia was four months less than the…