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A privilege earned

Wisconsin’s law school graduates can practice here without taking a bar exam. Graduates of an out-of-state law school contend this discriminates against them, an argument that will get further hearing because of a 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals decision recently on their class-action lawsuit.

But as a matter of progressive public policy, the courts should uphold Wisconsin’s one-of-a-kind diploma privilege.