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Jeremy Marshall named one of Native American 40 Under 40
Jeremy Marshall, a second-year law student at the University of Wisconsin Law School, has been named one of the Native American 40 Under 40 honorees for 2009 in connection with the 40th anniversary of the National Center for American Indian Ente ...
Jeremy Adelson ‘09 wins First Prize in Nathan Burkan Memorial Competition
Jeremy Adelson, who graduated summa cum laude from the University of Wisconsin Law School in May 2009, has been awarded First Prize in the Nathan Burkan Memorial Competition at the Law School for his paper “Rewriting the Story of Fair Use.” ...
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Law School welcomes 14 classes for Reunion Weekend on September 4-5
The UW Law School is welcoming 14 classes of alumni back to the school for their reunions on the weekend of September 4 and 5, 2009.The returning classes are those of 1958, 1959, 1963, 1964, 1969, 1974, 1979, 1984, 1989, 1993, 1994, 1998, 1999, ...
Gov. Doyle cites Schwartz memo in support of constitutionality of Wisconsin’s domestic partnership law
A memo by University of Wisconsin Law Professor David Schwartz on the constitutionality of Wisconsin's domestic partnership registry law was cited by Gov. Jim Doyle in support of his contention that the new law is constitutional. Enacted ...
Wisconsin Law Review announces new members for 2009-10
New members of the Wisconsin Law Review have been chosen and announced for the 2009-10 academic year. They are:Vanessa WishartCaroline PoduchErin KeeseckerTimothy SmithLawrence FogelChase HorneTrevor LeversonElisabeth LexMichael BrandtRichelle ...
Margaret Maffai ‘09 represents Wisconsin at UN Working Group on mercenaries
Alumna Margaret Maffai ‘09, who served as Research Project Coordinator for the Wisconsin International Law Society draft of a model law that was presented to the United Nations Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of violating hu ...
Donald (Del) Laverdure ‘99 named Deputy Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs
University of Wisconsin Law School alumnus Donald (Del) Laverdure of the Class of 1999 has been named Deputy Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs in the Obama Administration. Prior to his appointment, Laverdure served as chief legal counsel for ...
Fitzgerald, McGann win Association of Women Lawyers scholarships
University of Wisconsin Law School students Erin Page Fitzgerald and Amy McGann have been named winners of the Association of Women Lawyers (AWL) scholarships for 2009, in recognition of outstanding academic achievement and significant contribut ...
Remington Center receives Eisenberg Award for impact on justice system
The UW Law School’s Frank J. Remington Center has been named a recipient of the 2009 Eisenberg Award. This award, presented annually by the Wisconsin State Public Defender Board, recognizes individuals or organizations that make a positi ...
Consumer Law Litigation Clinic announces settlement with Internet payday lender
A settlement providing for a $180,000 cash payment by Internet payday lender Arrowhead Investments, Inc., for restitution to consumers, forfeitures, attorneys fees and costs, was approved preliminarily in Dane County Circuit Court on July 29, 20 ...
Professor Charo to be Senior Adviser in Office of Commissioner at FDA
University of Wisconsin Law School Professor R. Alta Charo, a nationally prominent bioethicist, has accepted a position as a Senior Adviser in the Office of the Commissioner at the Food and Drug Administration, effective Aug. 30. &nb ...
Charges dropped against Wisconsin Innocence Project client wrongfully incarcerated for 23 years
More than 23 years after his 1985 homicide conviction, a Milwaukee man, Robert Lee Stinson, appeared in a Milwaukee courtroom on July 27 at a hearing in which prosecutors dropped all charges against him.Stinson was released from prison in Januar ...
Santos is 2009 recipient of Podgorecki Prize for socio-legal research
Boaventura de Sousa Santos, a Distinguished Scholar of the Institute for Legal Studies at the University of Wisconsin Law School, has been awarded the 2009 Adam Podgórecki Prize for outstanding achievements in socio-legal research by the Intern ...
Eight UW Law School graduates honored by Wisconsin Law Journal
Eight recent graduates of the University of Wisconsin Law School were recognized by the Wisconsin Law Journal on July 30 in its 2009 salute to “Up and Coming Lawyers.” The journal is honoring 20 attorneys who are “on the fast track to mak ...
Kempinen assists with petition leading to Supreme Court ethics rule revision
Clinical Professor Ben Kempinen, director of the Prosecution Project at the University of Wisconsin Law School, gave technical assistance to the Wisconsin District Attorneys Association in a successful petition to the Supreme Court of Wisconsin ...
J. Willard Hurst Collection announced by UW Law Library
A newly created collection of the materials of J. Willard Hurst, the University of Wisconsin Law School professor who has been called the “father of modern American legal history,” has been digitized and made available by the UW Law Library ...
DNA evidence exonerates Wisconsin Innocence Project client Chaunte Ott
Murder charges have been dismissed against Wisconsin Innocence Project client Chaunte Ott, who was convicted in 1995 in Milwaukee of first degree homicide and sentenced to life in prison. In January 2009, after more than 13 years of incarc ...
Wisconsin International Law Society’s model law published in Russian journal
A model law on the regulation of private military and security companies operating internationally, which was worked out by UW Law School students in the Wisconsin International Law Society (WILS), is the subject of an article published in the R ...
Adjunct Stephen Hurley, seven UW Law alumni named 2009 Leaders in Law
University of Wisconsin Law School Adjunct Professor Stephen P. Hurley and seven of the Law School’s alumni were named 2009 “Leaders in the Law” by the Wisconsin Law Journal in the journal’s annual tribute to outstanding Wisconsin attor ...
UW Law student achievements recognized at 2009 Awards Ceremony
The University of Wisconsin Law School's Honors and Awards Ceremony on May 14, 2009 at Memorial Union Theater was the scene for recognition of law students who have excelled and contributed in various ways during their law school careers.The fol ...
Sarah Williams 2L Wins Environmental Law Essay Award from State Bar
University of Wisconsin Law School student Sarah C. Williams 2L has been named the winner of the 2009 Environmental Law Essay Competition sponsored by the State Bar of Wisconsin’s Environmental Law Section (ELS). ...
Nathan Otis is named winner of Gordon Baldwin Scholarship for 2009
Second-year law student Nathan T. Otis has been awarded the University of Wisconsin Law School’s 2009 Gordon Baldwin Scholarship for Excellence in Criminal Law.The award, named for the Law School’s prominent and beloved late professor Baldwi ...
UW Law teams win honors at Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration competition in Hong Kong, Vienna
The University of Wisconsin International Commercial Arbitration Vis Moot team placed with distinction in the 2009 Willem C. Vis Moot Competitions held in Hong Kong and Vienna in spring 2009 Members of the Hong Kong team were Charlotte Ber ...
Twelve 2009 Fellows named to fifth Hurst Summer Institute in Legal History
Twelve outstanding early-career scholars have been selected to participate in the 2009 Hurst Summer Institute in Legal History, June 14-26, 2009, at the University of Wisconsin, organized by the Law School’s Institute for Legal Studies in conj ...
UW Law Moot Court teams celebrate numerous successes of 2008-09
After University of Wisconsin Law School teams participated in numerous competitions throughout the country during the 2008-2009 academic year, the Moot Court Board is celebrating the teams' many successes. Of 19 teams that represented the Law S ...
Creativity, Law and Entrepreneurship workshop debuts on April 24
The faculty workshop “Creativity, Law and Entrepreneurship,” the first in a projected annual series, will be a day-long event on April 24, 2009, in the Law School’s Lubar Commons (Room 7200). The workshop, under the leadership of faculty h ...
Peter Weil ‘74 honored by WAA with Distinguished Alumni Award
Peter Weil '74 has been named one of five recipients of the 2009 Distinguished Alumni Award, the highest honor bestowed by the Wisconsin Alumni Association. Weil and his co-recipients were honored at the 73rd Annual Distinguished Alumni Awards P ...
UW Law Professor Asifa Quraishi named a 2009 Carnegie Scholar
University of Wisconsin Law School Assistant Professor Asifa Quraishi has been named a 2009 Carnegie Scholar by the Carnegie Corporation of New York . Quraishi was selected for her compelling ideas and commitment to ...
Wisconsin International Law Journal Elects Board; Kyra Olds Will Be Editor
The Wisconsin International Law Journal has elected its Executive Board for 2009-10. Leading the journal as Editor-in-Chief will be Kyra Olds.Editors working with Olds will be:Senior Note and Comment Editor: Jennifer FalligantSenior Articles Ed ...
Milwaukee area alumni to join UW Law faculty at reception April 30
The UW Law School will host its Milwaukee area alumni and friends at an Alumni, Faculty, and Friends Reception on Thursday, April 30, 2009 at Pier Wisconsin at Discovery World, 500 N. Harbor Drive in Milwaukee.UW law faculty and alumni will have ...
Wisconsin Law Review Elects Senior Board; Dalsen to Be Editor-in-Chief
The Wisconsin Law Review chose its 2009-10 Senior Editorial Board on April 5, 2009, in an election that lasted eleven hours. The protracted deliberations were a result of a highly qualified candidate pool interested in the twelve available posi ...
Law School Co-Sponsors “America’s Agenda” Summit Meeting with Former Governor Thompson
“America's Agenda: Health Care for All,” a roundtable discussion bringing together a group of U.S. leaders in business, labor, government and the health care sector who share an interest in solving America’s health care crisis, was present ...
Institute for Legal Studies to Welcome Law and Society Fellow Kelly Kennington
History scholar Kelly Kennington has been selected to be the Law and Society Post-Doctoral Fellow for 2009-10 at the University of Wisconsin Law School’s Institute for Legal Studies.Kennington, who will complete her Ph.D. in history at Duke Un ...
Former Governor Tommy Thompson ‘66 to Be Interviewed on “Wisconsin Reflections”
Former Wisconsin governor and secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Tommy G. Thompson, a member of the UW Law School Class of 1966, will be the special guest at the taping of "Wisconsin Reflections" at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, ...
Professor Anuj Desai’s Research Wins U.S. Postal Service Award
University of Wisconsin Law School Professor Anuj Desai has been awarded the third annual Rita Lloyd Moroney Award from the U.S. Postal Service for two articles involving postal history.This year the two national Moroney prizes both went to indi ...
Brendan Matthews 3L Receives Distinguished Service Award for Rescuing Child in Lake Michigan
University of Wisconsin Law School student Brendan P. Matthews has been presented with the Citizen’s Distinguished Service Award from the Sheboygan Police Department for saving the life of a child in Lake Michigan in August 2008.Matthews was a ...
Judge Glenn Yamahiro ‘91 to Give Keynote Speech at LEO Banquet
The Honorable Glenn H. Yamahiro, the first Asian-American judge in Wisconsin history and a UW Law School alum, will be the keynote speaker at the Law School’s 40th annual LEO Banquet, to be held April 18, 2009, at the Concourse Hotel in Madiso ...
Timely Topics in Indian Law to Highlight 'Coming Together of Peoples' Conference
The 23rd Annual Coming Together of Peoples Conference, organized by the University of Wisconsin Law School’s Indigenous Law Students Association (ILSA), will take place March 26-28, 2009, on the UW-Madison campus, featuring a day and a half of ...
UW Law Professor Keith Findley Elected President of Innocence Network
University of Wisconsin Law School Clinical Professor Keith Findley was elected President of the Innocence Network at the network’s annual conference in Houston in March 2009.The Innocence Network is an international affiliation of 52 innocenc ...
Professor Marsha Mansfield Receives Marygold Melli Achievement Award
University of Wisconsin Law School Clinical Associate Professor Marsha Mansfield has been named the recipient of the 2009 Marygold Melli Achievement Award conferred by the Legal Association for Women (LAW) to recognize significant contributions ...
Wisconsin Law Review Announces 2009 Symposium on New Governance
The Wisconsin Law Review has announced the selection of its Symposium for 2009-2010: "New Governance and the Transformation of Law: Promoting Innovation and Accountability in Reform," an international conference hosted by Professors Lisa Alexan ...
Author Scott Turow to Deliver 2009 Fairchild Lecture in April
Lawyer and award-winning author Scott Turow will deliver the University of Wisconsin Law School’s Twenty-First Thomas E. Fairchild Lecture on Friday, April 24, 2009 at 4 p.m. in Godfrey & Kahn Hall (Room 2260).Turow’s topic is “It’s ...
International Collaboration Grants to UW Law Professors Ghosh, Christians, Irish
Professors at the UW Law School have received two of ten International Collaboration Grants awarded by the Worldwide Universities Network to scholars at UW-Madison. The awards are designed as a seed fund for international partnerships with colle ...
Judge Amanda Rockman ‘05 to Speak March 12 in Distinguished Alumni Series
Amanda Rockman, a graduate of the University of Wisconsin Law School Class of 2005 and a judge and leader of the Ho-Chunk Nation, is one of five prominent UW-Madison graduates being welcomed back to campus during the 2008-09 academic year as par ...
Leading Social Science and Law Journal Moves to Wisconsin; Mertz to Be Editor
The premier U.S. journal in the field of legal and political anthropology has moved to the University of Wisconsin from Cornell University . PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review is now housed at the UW Law School ...
International Law Journal Symposium to Focus on Global Climate Change
“Global Climate Change and Sustainable Development: Challenges and Opportunities for International Law” will be the topic of the 27th Annual Symposium of the Wisconsin International Law Journal, to be held March 6, 2009, in Room 2260 of the ...
UW Team Wins Honor at National Native American Law Students Moot Court
The University of Wisconsin Law School team of Dan Lewerenz and James Schlender, Jr. won the award for Second Place – Best Brief at the National Native American Law Students Association Moot Court Competition on February 27 and 28, 2009.The na ...
UW Mock Trial Team Wins National Trial Competition Regional Tournament
The University of Wisconsin Law School Mock Trial Team tied for First Place in the Region 9 Tournament of the National Trial Competition in February 2009. The UW team will advance to compete against the winners of 13 other regions from acr ...
UW Law Team in National Tax Moot Court Competition Quarter-Finals
The University of Wisconsin Law School team of Rachel Peterson and Mike Yellin placed into the quarter-finals of the National Tax Moot Court Competition in St. Petersburg, Florida, on February 5-7, 2009. Both Peterson and Yellin are second-y ...
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