SCR 40.15

The oath or affirmation to be taken to qualify for admission to

the practice of law shall be in substantially the following form:

I will support the constitution of the United States and the

constitution of the state of Wisconsin;

I will maintain the respect due to courts of justice and judicial

officers;

I will not counsel or maintain any suit or proceeding which shall

appear to me to be unjust, or any defense, except such as I believe to be

honestly debatable under the law of the land;

I will employ, for the purpose of maintaining the causes

confided to me, such means only as are consistent with truth and honor,

and will never seek to mislead the judge or jury by any artifice or false

statement of fact or law;

I will maintain the confidence and preserve inviolate the secrets

of my client and will accept no compensation in connection with my

client's business except from my client or with my client's knowledge

and approval;

I will abstain from all offensive personality and advance no fact

prejudicial to the honor or reputation of a party or witness, unless

required by the justice of the cause with which I am charged;

I will never reject, from any consideration personal to myself,

the cause of the defenseless or oppressed, or delay any person's cause

for lucre or malice. So help me God.