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DIPLOMA PRIVILEGE IN WISCONSIN Wisconsin's diploma privilege goes back to 1870, when it was passed as part of the same legislation that established the University Of Wisconsin Law School . The upshot of the privilege is that, in Wisconsin, graduates of ABA-accredited law schools in the state—the Marquette University Law School and the University Of Wisconsin Law School —may seek admission to the state bar of Wisconsin without having to sit for a bar examination. To qualify for the diploma privilege, graduates must meet certain criteria with regard to the courses they have taken in Law School and their academic performance in those courses. Law graduates seeking the diploma privilege must still meet the state's character and fitness requirements. Graduates of out-of-state law schools, even if they are Wisconsin residents, must still take the Wisconsin bar exam to be admitted in Wisconsin. Likewise, graduates of Wisconsin law schools must take the bar exam for other states in which they are going to practice. A number of U.S. states do not grant reciprocal admission for attorneys who obtained their bar admission through the diploma privilege, requiring those attorneys to take that state's bar exam, regardless of the length of that attorney's practice. NEW HAMPSHIRE: THE DANIEL WEBSTER SCHOLAR HONORS PROGRAM In 2005 , the New Hampshire Supreme Court launched an alternative bar licensing process at the state's only law school, Franklin Pierce Law Center . The Daniel Webster Scholar Honors Program, a collaboration of the Court, Pierce Law, the New Hampshire Board of Bar Examiners, and the New Hampshire Bar Association, is an intensive practice-based honors program that encompasses the last two years of law school. Students apply to the program during the spring of their 1L (first) year. Enrollment in the program is limited to 25 students. Once accepted to the program, students will go through a rigorous program of clinical experiences under the supervision of judges, lawyers, and bar examiners, and will compile a portfolio of work. Graduates of the program must pass the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination and meet character and fitness requirements to be admitted to the New Hampshire bar, but are exempt from taking the state's bar examination. Webster Scholar graduates may still qualify to sit for the bar examination in any other U.S. jurisdiction. The first class of Webster Scholars will graduate in 2008. SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS
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