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Symposium “New Governance and the Transformation of Law ” is Nov. 20-21
The 2009 Wisconsin Law Review Symposium “Transatlantic Conference on New Governance and the Transformation of Law” will be held November 20-21, 2009, at the Pyle Center on the UW-Madison campus. The event is a by-invitation conference orga ...
Law School announces hire of Eric Salisbury as Director of Development
Eric Salisbury joined the staff of the University of Wisconsin Foundation on November 2, 2009, as the new Director of Development for the Law School. Salisbury brings more than a decade of experience in the field of fund-raising and develop ...
Professors Desai, Nourse among six finalists for federal judgeship
Professor Victoria Nourse and Associate Professor Anuj Desai of the University of Wisconsin Law School are two of the six finalists for a judgeship on the Seventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Desai and Nourse were selected from a field of 11 ...
Darin Achilles, Davin Widgerow win honors at Wechsler Moot Court
University of Wisconsin Law School students Darin Achilles and Davin Widgerow advanced to the Semi Final Round of the 16th Annual Burton D. Wechsler First Amendment Moot Court Competition in October 2009 at the American University Washington Col ...
Christians, Mansfield, Martin Named UW Law School Teachers of the Year
Three individuals have been honored by the Wisconsin Law Alumni Association (WLAA) with the 2009 “Teacher of the Year” awards in recognition of outstanding classroom instruction at the University of Wisconsin Law School. Allison Christians ...
Kastenmeier Lecture “Re-Imagining Criminal Justice” to be November 13
“Re-Imagining Criminal Justice: Implications for Practice, Research and Teaching” is the focus of the University of Wisconsin Law School’s 2009 Kastenmeier Lecture, to be presented Friday, November 13, 2009, at 4 p.m. in Room 2260 (Godfrey ...
Findley testifies before Senate Judiciary Committee on Justice for All Act
As president of the national Innocence Network, Keith Findley testifed in Washington, D.C., on November 10, 2009, before the Senate Judiciary Committee as it considered reauthorization of the Justice for All Act. Included in the Act are the ...
Judge Barbara Crabb ‘62 receives 2009 Distinguished Service Award
Chief Judge Barbara B. Crabb of the U. S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin received the Wisconsin Law Alumni Association’s Distinguished Service Award at the annual dinner of the Benchers Society on Friday, November 6, 200 ...
Megan Phillips 3L is recipient of 2009 Leonard Loeb Scholarship Award
Third-year University of Wisconsin Law School student Megan A. Phillips has been named the recipient of the 2009 Leonard Loeb Family Law Scholarship. The award recognizes a law student who has shown academic excellence and a strong commitment to ...
Celebration of Wisconsin Innocence Project’s “first ten years” brings joy, community
Approximately 200 people gathered at the UW Law School on Friday, October 23, 2009, for a celebration of the Wisconsin Innocence Project ’s first ten years. Guests of honor included several of the 12 innocent people who were exonerated through ...
Wisconsin Innocence Project to Celebrate Tenth Anniversary
The Wisconsin Innocence Project will celebrate its tenth anniversary with a program and reception at the UW Law School on Friday, October 23, 2009 at 4 p.m. in Godfrey and Kahn Hall (Room 2260). To date, the work of the students and supervisi ...
Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner ‘68 speaks on Patriot Act at Law School
U.S. Congressman F. James Sensenbrenner of the Fifth Congressional District of Wisconsin presented a lecture to a full audience of faculty, students, and legal professionals at the UW Law School on October 12, 2009. Sensen ...
Lori Leonovicz Weinstein ‘02 receives Attorney General’s Award for Distinguished Service
University of Wisconsin Law School alumna Lori A. (Leonovicz) Weinstein ‘02 has received the Attorney General’s Award for Distinguished Service from U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder’s office in recognition of her work as a Department of J ...
Race Judicata 2009 raises $3,500 to fund students in public interest law
The University of Wisconsin Law School’s Twentieth Annual Race Judicata on October 3, 2009, raised $3,500 to fund law students working in unpaid positions in public interest law. The annual event, sponsored by the Law School ...
Congressman Sensenbrenner ‘68 to speak at Law School October 12
U.S. Congressman F. James Sensenbrenner of the Fifth Congressional District of Wisconsin will present a lecture at the UW Law School on Monday, October 12, 2009, at 1 p.m. in Sheldon B. Lubar Faculty Commons. Sensenbrenner is a graduate of the ...
Justice-in-Residence Louis Butler ‘77 chosen as U.S. District Judge
Louis B. Butler, Jr. , the University of Wisconsin Law School’s Justice-in-Residence and an alumnus of the Class of 1977, has been nominated by President Barack Obama as U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Wisconsin. Butler, a f ...
Irene Katele ‘99 named to Underkofler Excellence in Teaching Award
Irene Katele, a graduate of the UW Law School Class of 1999 and Associate Director of the Legal Studies Program at UW-Madison, is one of four teaching faculty throughout the University of Wisconsin System to be selected for the Alliant Energy Un ...
UW Law School’s 20th annual 5K Race Judicata to be run October 3
The University of Wisconsin Law School’s 20th annual Race Judicata will take place Saturday, October 3, 2009, on Madison's Lake Shore Path, beginning at 11 a.m. The event will start at Parking Lot 60, off University Bay Drive, near UW Hospital ...
Wisconsin Innocence Project receives major NIJ grant for DNA testing
The Wisconsin Innocence Project (WIP) at the University of Wisconsin Law School, working with the Wisconsin Department of Justice, Office of Justice Assistance, Department of Corrections, and State Public Defender, has received a $647,000 grant ...
Fitzgerald Bramwell '05 is CLCCRUL Outstanding Young Lawyer of 2009
Fitzgerald T. (Jerry) Bramwell ‘05 has been selected as the Outstanding Young Lawyer of 2009 by the Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law (CLCCRUL) in recognition of his work representing victims of employment discriminat ...
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.” ...
for 2Ls Just because you are 2Ls now doesn’t mean the IIS has forgotten you! IWIS still is available to help you with your individual writing needs related to writing for work and writing papers for class. To reserve a session ...
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, 199 ...
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 in l ...
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