Announcements

On Thursday, May 13, 2010, the UW Law School will host its annual Honors and Awards ceremony.  Although many of the awards go to graduating students, there are also many awards won by students in the first and second year classes. We ...

Posted Feb 8, 2010 by Ruth Robarts, Assistant Dean for Student & Academic Affairs, Assistant Dean for Students and Academic Affairs

          The Environment Law Section of the Wisconsin State Bar will award a prize of $1,000 for the best student essay on any topic in Environmental Law.  The competition is open to l ...

Posted Jan 26, 2010 by Ruth Robarts, Assistant Dean for Students and Academic Affairs

The State Bar of Wisconsin's Diversity Outreach Committee is sponsoring an interviewing skills workshop for all 1L students. Attorneys who have been on recruiting committees or involved in attorney recruiting will be here to share tips on ho ...

Posted Jan 26, 2010 by Nilesh Patel, Career Advisor

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Posted Jan 26, 2010 by Nilesh Patel, Career Advisor

 If you need to take the Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam (which is required for admission to the bar in every state except Wisconsin, Maryland and Washington), you may want to sit for the exam when it is offered here at the Law ...

Posted Jan 20, 2010 by Jane Heymann, Assistant Dean for Career Services

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Posted Jan 12, 2010 by Nilesh Patel, Career Advisor

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Posted Jan 12, 2010 by Nilesh Patel, Career Advisor

   You can reserve an individual session by going to room 2378 (in the library) and signing up for any available appointment.  You can reserve up to 30 minutes for a session, which is held in room 2378.  If it is difficult fo ...

Posted Sep 17, 2009 by roomreservations, roomreservations@law.wisc.edu

Every state except Wisconsin, Washington (the State of Washington, not D.C.), and Maryland requires that you pass the Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam in order to be admitted to practice law there. The MPRE is offered three times a ye ...

Posted Sep 10, 2009 by Jane Heymann, Assistant Dean for Career Services

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Posted Sep 2, 2009 by roomreservations, roomreservations@law.wisc.edu

    Greetings:  This message is for those of you who expect to be August 2009 graduates of the Law School: (1) Absolute Deadline : pursuant to Wisconsin Supreme Court Rules, August 2009 graduates must file a bar admi ...

Posted Aug 13, 2009 by Kevin Kelly, roomreservations@law.wisc.edu

  Community Supervision Legal Assistance Project (CSLAP) Open to Second and Third Year Students Five clinical credits (Course # 854/ Section 018)** Two credit seminar (Course #907) meets Wednesdays 9:55am – 1 ...

Posted May 4, 2009 by UW Law School Newsletter Admin, roomreservations@law.wisc.edu

  You may view the latest version of the "Where Students are Working -- Summer 2009" list on the Law School 's website at http://www.law.wisc.edu/career/job_search.htm — scroll down to the very bottom of the page.  ...

Posted Apr 30, 2009 by Kate McMahan

Application forms to use in order to apply for a stipend through the Law School 's 3L Volunteer Opportunity Program are now available to be picked up in the Career Services Office.  If you would prefer, you may contact any of the C ...

Posted Apr 30, 2009 by Kate McMahan

Community Supervision Legal Assistance Project (CSLAP) Open to Second and Third Year Students Five clinical credits (Course # 854/ Section 018)** Two credit seminar (Course #907) meets Wednesdays 9:55 ...

Posted Apr 30, 2009 by Kate McMahan

   ATTENTION ALL LAW STUDENTS: Locker Renewal Program It is time to renew your locker for the upcoming school year.  By renewing this spring you save $10 and guarantee that you will have a locker ne ...

Posted Apr 20, 2009 by UW Law School Newsletter Admin, roomreservations@law.wisc.edu

SBA CONGRATULATES: EXECUTIVE BOARD: PRESIDENT: Matthew Jalandoni VP ACADEMIC AFFAIRS: Gary Bennett VP PUBLIC SERVICE:   Purnita Howlader VP COMMUNITY SERVICE: Scott McGoohan TREASURER: Chase Horne SECRETAR ...

Posted Apr 9, 2009 by UW Law School Newsletter Admin, roomreservations@law.wisc.edu

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Posted Mar 31, 2009 by Judith Olingy

   Information Session for the Center for Patient Partnerships Clinical and Certificate opportunities W ...

Posted Mar 25, 2009 by Aphra Mednick

Enter our photo contest and win! We need your help to keep the Law School's website current by submitting high resolution digital photos. The best photo submitted by April 24th will win a $15 gift certificate to the Sidebar and UW Law ...

Posted Mar 25, 2009 by Web Committee

Announcing a Special Cross-Cultural Negotiations seminar Summer Session, May ­ June 2009 APPLICATION DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED & IS NOW MARCH 30, 2009 AT 2 P.M. *Law 940, sec. to be announced 2 credits; P/F option only Madison and Nag ...

Posted Mar 24, 2009 by Susan Katcher

   Dear Law School Student Community: We are pleased to announce the 40th Annual LEO Banquet . The banquet will be held on April 18, 2009, at the Concourse Hotel.  Cash Bar and Cocktails are from 5:30 - 7:00; Dinner ...

Posted Mar 24, 2009 by Kimberly Frank, Alumni & Student Services Coordinator

    Below is the list of current third year students who were nominated to speak at this year's graduation ceremony on May 15th. This list is posted outside the SBA office, and any student wishing to respectfully decline their ...

Posted Mar 23, 2009 by Vic Yanz, Student Bar Association President

On Wednesday, March 25, from 12:20 to 1:20 in Room 5223, members of the State Bar of Wisconsin will present another "Lunch with Lawyers" program on the topic of "Professionalism."   This is an excellent opportunity to learn about the n ...

Posted Mar 17, 2009 by Jane Heymann, Assistant Dean for Career Services

Madison/Milwaukee Day:   On Friday, March 27, a number of Madison and Milwaukee area law firms, most of which recruit here on campus every fall, will be in the Atrium from 1 to 4 p.m. for "Madison/Milwaukee Day."  The Career S ...

Posted Mar 17, 2009 by Jane Heymann, Assistant Dean for Career Services

"A Friend's Guide to Success in Private Practice:"  At noon on Friday, March 27, in Room 2260, Kristin Ackerman Sperling, a 1998 graduate of the Law School, will be making a presentation to all interested students called "A Friend's Guid ...

Posted Mar 17, 2009 by Jane Heymann, Assistant Dean for Career Services

On Friday, March 27, a number of Madison and Milwaukee area employers, most of whom recruit here on campus every fall, will be in the Atrium from 1 to 4 p.m. for "Madison/Milwaukee Day."  The Career Services Office organizes this ...

Posted Mar 12, 2009 by Jane Heymann, Assistant Dean for Career Services

    st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } Each year, the Wisconsin Association of African-American Lawyers ( WAAL , formerly known as the Wisconsin Association of Minority Attorneys “WAMA”) honors ...

Posted Mar 10, 2009 by Ruth Robarts, Assistant Dean for Student & Academic Affairs

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Posted Mar 10, 2009 by Ruth Robarts, Assistant Dean for Student & Academic Affairs

   Summer Session, May – June 2009 Law 940, sec. to be announced 2 credits; P/F option only Madison and Nagoya, Japan Lectures on principles of negotiation, negotiations across cultures, and cultural attitudes toward negotiat ...

Posted Mar 10, 2009 by Susan Katcher

   The Center for Patient Partnerships Interested in learning about insurance law? Interested in health care law and regulation? Interested in understanding how the state regulates and oversees ...

Posted Mar 6, 2009 by

You are cordially invited to attend the 21st Thomas E. Fairchild Lecture “Its Only Words:  Thoughts of a Lawyer & Novelist” by Scott Turow Friday, April 24, 2009 ...

Posted Mar 6, 2009 by Lynn Thompson

 The Law School has granted permission to a film crew from Wisconsin Public Television (WPT) to do "person-on-the-street" interviews of students in the atrium or Boerner Plaza on Thursday, March 12, beginning at 1:30 p.m. and going until ...

Posted Mar 5, 2009 by Ruth Robarts, Assistant Dean for Student & Academic Affairs

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Posted Mar 4, 2009 by Ruth Robarts, Assistant Dean for Student & Academic Affairs

Remington Center 's CRIMINAL APPEALS PROJECT is now taking applications for next year's class.  In this clinical project, students represent two actual clients on the appeal of their criminal convictions while takin ...

Posted Mar 3, 2009 by UW Law School Newsletter Admin, roomreservations@law.wisc.edu

To: All Current 1st and 2nd Year Students. From:  Prof. Dave Schultz Applications will soon be solicited for the Judicial Intern Program for the summer and the fall semester of 2009.  All law students who have completed their ...

Posted Mar 3, 2009 by UW Law School Newsletter Admin, roomreservations@law.wisc.edu

The Center for Patient Partnerships, an interdisciplinary health advocacy center of the schools of law, medicine & public health, nursing, and pharmacy, is accepting applications from law students for its 2009 summer and fall c ...

Posted Mar 3, 2009 by

If you plan to participate in the Law School's new summer program in Giessen, Germany, it is important that you apply for the program as soon as possible.  On March 15, we will determine whether or not there is sufficient student inte ...

Posted Mar 3, 2009 by UW Law School Newsletter Admin, roomreservations@law.wisc.edu

The Web Committee is pleased to announce the winning photo from the UW Law School Photo contest."3L Cane Toss for Homecoming 2008", submitted by Anastasia Vener, was selected as the winning photo by the Web Committee.The photo is featured on the ...

Posted Feb 25, 2009 by Karen Koethe

   Help local Madison students learn about the law and art of Oral Arguments   Needed : Law students willing to co-coach teams of four middle school students for the annual mock trial competition taking place on Saturday ...

Posted Feb 9, 2009 by UW Law School Newsletter Admin

If you submitted your financial aid paperwork for a Summer Public Service Fellowship (SPSF) on or before Friday, March 6, please remember that the deadline for submission of the SPSF application itself is Friday, March 27, at 4 p.m.  W ...

Posted Feb 9, 2009 by Jane Heymann, Assistant Dean for Career Services

The Law School is pleased to announce that it will offer its first annual Summer Session in International and Comparative Law this summer in Giessen, Germany. The program, which is a partnership with Marquette University Law School and the Univ ...

Posted Feb 9, 2009 by UW Law School Newsletter Admin

Throughout your years here at the Law School, you've probably walked by the Graduate Photo Gallery on the 2nd floor of the Law Library a thousand times.  It's time to have your photo taken for the Alumni Photo Gallery! This yea ...

Posted Feb 3, 2009 by UW Law School Newsletter Admin

February 4, 2009 : Follow up Information Session on Study Abroad explaining the application and selection process conducted by study abroad program directors - Professors Heinz Klug, Steve Barkan and Nina Camic, Noon - 1:00pm, Lubar Co ...

Posted Feb 3, 2009 by Sumudu Atapattu

Enter our photo contest and win! We need your help to keep the Law School's website current by submitting high resolution digital photos. The best photo submitted by February 20th will win a $15 gift certificate to the Sidebar.  S ...

Posted Jan 21, 2009 by Karen Koethe

Students who want to sit for the Multistate Professional Responsibilities Exam when it is offered here at the Law School on Saturday morning, March 7, should register as soon as possible.  The "regular" registration deadline is January 27, ...

Posted Jan 20, 2009 by Jane Heymann, Assistant Dean for Career Services

Bidding is now open for the annual Wisconsin Public Interest Job Fair, which will be held on two consecutive Saturdays in February. On Saturday, February 21, Madison area employers will interview at UW Law School, and on Saturday, February 28, M ...

Posted Jan 20, 2009 by Jane Heymann, Assistant Dean for Career Services

This is a reminder, to any 1Ls who plan to apply to the State Bar of Wisconsin's Diversity Clerkship Program, that applications must be submitted to the Career Services Office NO LATER THAN 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 21.  The applica ...

Posted Jan 13, 2009 by Jane Heymann, Assistant Dean for Career Services

We are having a problem with someone smoking in the Law School Building on the 2nd floor in the bathrooms (one of which is used as a baby-changing area).  I am sorry to have to remind everyone of the UW Madison Smoke Free Policy. B ...

Posted Jan 7, 2009 by UW Law School Newsletter Admin

Greetings: To help you prepare for the upcoming term, the Law School Bookmart has distributed to all hang-files its booklist of required and recommended books for Spring 2009 courses. The booklist contains all available information as of 2 ...

Posted Jan 6, 2009 by Kevin Kelly