SCOW on appointed counsel compensation, open rules conferences

At its June 21 open rules conference the supreme court addressed pending Petition 17-06 regarding compensation for appointed attorneys. The state bar’s summary is here, while video of the conference is here, with the discussion beginning at about 15:20 into Part 1 of the session. You may want to enjoy this video while you can because it will be one of the last open rules conference you get to see: Later in the meeting the court, by a 5-to-2 vote, passed a motion offered by Gableman (evidently as a late addition to the agenda) to end the practice of holding rules conferences open to the public, starting next term. For video go here and click on Part 2 of the conference, accessible via the link available to the right of the main video for Part 1.