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Student Bar Association sponsors voter registration drive Jan. 26
As the state readies for another election season, the Law School’s Student Bar Association will hold a non-partisan voter registration drive on Thursday, Jan. 26. The drive will be held from 9 a.m ...
University of Wisconsin Law School Mourns the Loss of Professor Jane Larson
Jane Larson 1958-2011 The University of Wisconsin Law School is deeply saddened by the loss of Professor Jane Larson, Voss-Bascom Professor of Law, who passed away unexpectedly from natural causes at her home in Madison last w ...
Midwest Clinical Law Conference Examines "True Grit" of Clinical Legal Education
The 2011 Midwest Clinical Law Conference recently took place in Madison. Themed "True Grit: The Grit of What We Do," the conference aimed to improve clinical legal education through examining its foundations. Over 120 clinicians represe ...
Mary Barnard Ray Receives AALS Section Award
Mary Barnard Ray, who recently retired as legal writing specialist at UW Law School, has received an AALS section award for "significant lifetime contribution to the field of legal writing, reasoning and research." In announcing the award, AALS ...
WI Law Review Symposium Addresses Evolution of In-house and General Counsel, Launches New Business Law Initiative
The practice of law has changed radically in the last twenty years, including changes within the legal departments of businesses and the offices of in-house and general counsel. The 2011 Wisconsin Law Review Symposium recently brought ...
Conference Revisits the Contracts Scholarship of Stewart Macaulay
Stewart Macaulay 's first contracts article appeared fifty years ago. Several others followed in short order, creating a body of work that has since proved to be very influential. Today, Macaulay stands as one of two key fo ...
Civil Rights Pioneer Vel Phillips '51 Honored as Trailblazer at LEO Fall Reception
Vel Phillips, civil rights pioneer and community activist, was honored October 26 at the Fall LEO Reception as the first inductee into the UW Law School Trailblazer Walkway. The walkway recognizes those who have made signifi ...
UW Law School Launches Wisconsin Business Law Initiative
by Greg Bump , University Communications The University of Wisconsin Law School is launching the Wisconsin Business Law Initiative to better connect faculty and students with business law ...
New Mediation Clinic Provides Vital Service to Students, Community
The Economic Justice Institute of the UW Law School's Remington Center recently added a new program to its ranks. The Mediation Clinic 's goal is to train law students to provide a vital service to the community: helping members resolve pressin ...
Hands-on Summer Work Helps Set UW Law Students Apart
From clerkships to clinical assistantships to working as summer associates at firms, summer legal work can help students gain practical skills and experience that benefit them during law school and beyond. It can also help set students apart whe ...
Erlanger, Shear Named UW Law School Teachers of the Year
Two individuals have been honored by the Wisconsin Law Alumni Association (WLAA) with the 2011 "Teacher of the Year" awards in recognition of outstanding classroom instruction at the University of Wisconsin Law School. Howard Erlanger was chose ...
2011 Wisconsin Law Review Symposium to Address Evolution of In-house and General Counsel
The practice of law has changed radically in the last twenty years, with the transformation of many mega firms, the rise of "virtual" firms, and the outsourcing of legal services to legal "temps" domestically and to inexpensive service providers ...
Civil Rights Pioneer Vel Phillips '51 Honored as Trailblazer at LEO Fall Reception
Vel Phillips, civil rights pioneer and community activist, will be the honored guest at the October 26 Fall LEO Reception as the first inductee into the UW Law School Trailblazer Walkway. The purpose of the walkway is to honor those w ...
Ken Streit Contributes to Grant Tapping Milwaukee County for Criminal Justice System Project
Milwaukee County has been selected as one of three national sites to participate in Phase III of an Evidence-Based Decision Making in Local Criminal Justice Systems (EBDM) grant sponsored by the U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of ...
UW Law School Expands Pro Bono Opportunities for Students
On September 15, the UW Law School's Pro Bono Program held its annual reception, featuring state Supreme Court Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson and UW Law School Dean Margaret Raymond. This year in particular, the program had m ...
Top Names in Labor and Employment Law Gather for UW Law School Conference
On October 28 and 29, the UW Law School will host "The Constitutionalization of Labor and Employment Law? " an innovative and timely conference at the intersection of labor and employment law and constitutional law. It is the first law ...
Jamie Yoon 3L Awarded Mettner Foundation Scholarship
First Joseph P. Mettner Foundation Scholarship Awarded The Joseph P. Mettner Foundation awarded their first scholarship to University of Wisconsin Law School student Jamie Yoon. The foundation was established last year to ...
UW Law School Students Start Off First Year with Community Service
On August 31, the UW Law School class of 2014 put aside their textbooks for a day of community service. More than 200 students partnered with Project Linus , a nonprofit organization dedicated to "providing security through blankets ...
Wisconsin Innocence Project Receives $1 million in Federal Grants
For the second time in three weeks, the U.S. Department of Justice has awarded a grant to the Wisconsin Innocence Project at the University of Wisconsin Law School's Frank J. Remington Center . Together, the two grants total more than $1 milli ...
Dean Raymond Responds to Center for Equal Opportunity Announcement
On Tuesday, Sept. 13, the Center for Equal Opportunity attacked the University of Wisconsin-Madison for its diversity efforts. In response, Dean Raymond shared the following message with the law school community on Tuesday: Dear members of ...
UW Law School Expands Pro Bono Opportunities for Students
Pro bono work performed by attorneys as a service for the public good has a long tradition in American law. The University of Wisconsin Law School is working to instill this sense of civic responsibility in its students through its Pro Bono Prog ...
Lynde B. Uihlein Gift Supports UW Law School, UW-Milwaukee Joint Water Initiative
A gift from Milwaukee philanthropist Lynde B. Uihlein will launch a two-year pilot program that will bring the expertise of the University of Wisconsin Law School to the new Center for Water Policy at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. House ...
UW Law School Ranks #5 in National Jurist List of Top Law Schools for Clinical Opportunities
The National Jurist has ranked UW Law School #5 in the nation in its article on the top law schools for clinical opportunities.With the realities of a tough job market and law firms interested in new associates who can hit the ground running, ...
UW Law School Students Start Off First Year with Community Service
This week, the class of 2014 at the University of Wisconsin Law School will put aside their textbooks for a day of community service. On Wednesday, Aug. 31, more than 200 students will partner with Project Linus , a nonprofit organ ...
UW Law Alumni Magazine 'Gargoyle' Now Available
The UW Law School is pleased to announce the publication of its fall 2011 alumni magazine, Gargoyle . The fall issue profiles new additions to the faculty and academic departments and reports on alumni accomplishments. It also introdu ...
Ryan Owens '01 Wins Best Paper Award at Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting
Ryan Owens , an affiliate faculty member and 2001 graduate of UW Law School, won the Pi Sigma Alpha Award for the best paper presented at the 2011 Southern Political Science Association annual meeting. Owens' paper is titled "Picking an Unsettle ...
Wisconsin Innocence Project Receives Department of Justice Grant
The U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance has awarded $249,901 to the University of Wisconsin for the Wrongful Conviction Review Program conducted by the Wisconsin Innocence Project under the direction of Professor Keith Findl ...
UW Law School Introduces 3 Faculty Members
The University of Wisconsin Law School is proud to announce the addition of three new faculty members. Cecelia Klingele and Mark Sidel join the UW Law School faculty beginning in the Fall of 2011. Paul Secunda will join the Law School for the su ...
Asifa Quraishi Is Panelist for Presentation on "What Sharia Is--and Isn't"
Asifa Quraishi was a featured panelist at a recent presentation, "What Sharia Is--and Isn't: Examining the Anti-Sharia Movement in America."Hosted by the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding and the Center for American Progress, the di ...
Linda Greene Keynotes at Civil Rights Teachers Institute
Linda Greene was the keynote speaker at the 2011 Summer Teacher Institute , a national workshop for teachers held at Little Rock's Central High School, a National Historic Site, where Governor Eisenhower sent in the 101st Airborne to integrate ...
Prosecutors, police, defense attorneys join Wisconsin Innocence Project's new advisory board
The Wisconsin Innocence Project , a legal education and advocacy project at the University of Wisconsin Law School's Frank J. Remington Center , today announced the formation of a new advisory board. The board will advise the Wisconsin Innoce ...
Peter Maris 3L Participates in National Mock Trial Competition
Peter Maris 3L recently competed at Baylor Law School's National Top Gun Mock Trial Competition, held in Waco, Texas. Maris was coached by Attorney Rhonda Lanford, a shareholder at Habush Habush & Rottier's Madison office and ad ...
Boaventura de Sousa Santos Receives Kalven Prize
Professor Boaventura de Sousa Santos , a Distinguished Scholar of the Institute for Legal Studies at UW Law School, has received the Law and Society Association Harry J. Kalven, Jr. prize, recognizing a career of outstanding contributions to the ...
Richard Monette Provides Testimony on The Indian Reorganization Act - 75 Years Later
On June 23, Professor Richard Monette provided testimony before the senate committee on Indian Affairs on "The Indian Reorganization Act - 75 Years Later: Renewing our Commitment to Restore Tribal Homelands and Promote Self-Determination."To vi ...
UW-Madison Starts New Dual-Degree Program In Neuroscience and Law
The University of Wisconsin-Madison has established an integrated dual-degree program in neuroscience and law that offers students the opportunity to earn a Ph.D. in neuroscience and a J.D. in law.Despite the national and international interest ...
Professor Margaret Raymond Joins UW Law School as Dean July 1, 2011
Professor Margaret Raymond The University of Wisconsin Law School is extremely pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Margaret Raymond as the law school’s new dean, effective July 1st, 2011. Raymond ...
Hastie Alum Stacy Leeds Named Dean of University of Arkansas School of Law
Stacy Leeds, a graduate of the William H. Hastie Fellowship program, was named dean of the University of Arkansas School of Law. Leeds, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, becomes the first American Indian woman to serve as a dean of ...
UW Law School dean named
Margaret Raymond has been named dean of the University of Wisconsin Law School. Raymond is William G. Hammond Professor of Law at the University of Iowa College of Law. She has been a professor at the University of Iowa since 1995, servi ...
Robert W. Kastenmeier '52 to Receive Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree
Robert W. Kastenmeier '52 has been selected to receive an honorary doctor of laws degree at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's May 13 spring commencement ceremony. Kastenmeier served with great distinction in the United States Congr ...
UW-Madison Narrows Search for Law School Dean
The University of Wisconsin Law School has narrowed its search for dean, naming three finalists for the position. Faculty, academic staff, students and members of the Wisconsin legal community comprised a 16-member search-and-screen committee ...
Samuel Kohn 1L Receives 2011 Diversity Scholarship
Foley & Lardner LLP has announced Samuel Kohn 1L as a recipient of a 2011 Diversity Scholarship Program award. The program, now in its twelfth year, is designed to support greater diversity and raise awareness of diversity-related issu ...
Kate Frigo 3L Recognized by State Bar for Public Interest Service
The State Bar of Wisconsin will recognize Kate Frigo 3L as one of two law school students who have made exceptional contributions to serving the legal needs of the state's immigrant communities. Frigo will receive a 2011 Outstanding Publi ...
Reunion Renews Commitment to William H. Hastie Fellowship Legacy
Established in 1973, the William H. Hastie Fellowship Program provides an opportunity for nontraditional lawyers to prepare for a career in law teaching. On April 15-16, past and present Hastie Fellows gathered at UW Law School for a ...
New Program Designed For Student Tenants Bridges University and Community
A new collaborative program designed for student tenants is an example of the kinds of hands-on legal learning that UW Law provides.For college students, housing is just one priority among many, which makes it easy to take the first apartment ...
UW Law School Hosts Delegation of Judges from Sri Lanka
From April 18-21, the Global Legal Studies Center (GLS) will host a delegation of Supreme Court and Court of Appeal judges from Sri Lanka, including Chief Justice Asoka de Silva.The program centers on "Enhancing Access to Justice and Strengthen ...
Gregory Ainsley 2L Awarded Peggy Browning Fellowship
The Peggy Browning Fund has selected Gregory Ainsley 2L as a 2011 recipient of the Peggy Browning Fellowship.Ainsley, a second-year student at the UW Law School, will spend 10 weeks this summer working at the law firm Levy Ratner, P.C. in New Yo ...
Contracts Casebook Now in its 3rd Edition Brings Law in Action to the Classroom
Contracts: Law in Action is a contracts casebook that originated at Wisconsin Law School. The third edition was just published. The casebook is used in over 10 law schools, and is used by all Wisconsin law students in their introductory Contr ...
William H. Hastie Fellowship Reunion April 15
The Hastie Committee and the University of Wisconsin Law School are sponsoring a reunion of William H. Hastie Fellows currently in various professional legal positions across the country. All former and current Hastie Fellows are invited to part ...
Anuj Desai Nominated to Key Administration Post
President Obama has announced his intent to nominate UW Associate Professor of Law Anuj Chang Desai to be a member of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission.Professor Desai, who teaches in both the UW law school and the School of Library and ...
Events Bring Criminal Justice Experts to UW Law School
UW Law School will host two events in April on criminal justice policy. All interested students and faculty are invited to attend. Wednesday, April 13, 9-10 a.m.UW Law, Lubar Commons The Law School will host a continental breakfast with Marc Mau ...
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