Last week, on May 1, we celebrated the 51st anniversary of Law Day. While this celebration didn’t result in a large party or a day off from work, it does provide a good opportunity to take stock of the current state of our legal system.
A recent publication entitled “Civil Justice in Wisconsin: A Fact Book,” authored by two members of the University of Wisconsin Law School, does an excellent job of looking at the civil justice system in Wisconsin. Most readers would be a bit surprised by what it finds.