State Bar, organizations urge support of Legal Services Corp.
The Wisconsin State Bar has joined dozens of state organizations urging lawmakers to oppose President Donald Trump’s proposal to eliminate an independent agency that pays for civil legal aid in Wisconsin and the rest of the nation.
New ethics rules attempt to keep pace with how lawyers conduct business
The New Year has brought a new turn for the state's ethics rules for the use of technology.
Who’s Doing What: MBA honors Michael Best & Friedrich; lawyers on the rise
Molly Berkery has joined the Law Firm of Conway, Olejniczak & Jerry SC.
Raymond leads by example
Not long after graduating law school, Margaret Raymond was in court defending a man facing prison time, when she had an epiphany.
Celebrating Law Day (PHOTO SLIDESHOW)
The Dane County Bar Association hosted its annual Law Day Pro Bono Breakfast on Tuesday at United Methodist Church in Madison.
Judges’ Night honors scholarship winners (PHOTO SLIDESHOW)
The Association for Women Lawyers hosted its 32nd annual Women Judges’ Night on Tuesday at the Italian Conference Center in Milwaukee.
More than just a face in the crowd
It was hard enough to carve out elbowroom, much less a comfort zone with the University of Wisconsin-Madison professors. There were close to 100 students in six of her nine classes.
New UW Law dean faces challenges of economics, autonomy
An accounting background might come in handy for the recently-named next dean of the University of Wisconsin Law School.
UW Law names Raymond new dean (UPDATE)
Meet Margaret Raymond Current Position: William G. Hammond professor of Law at the University of Iowa College of Law (she joined the faculty in 1995) Education: Columbia University School of Law, J.D., 1985; Carleton College, B.A., 1980 Previous Positions: Clerk to the late Justice Thurgood Marshall of the U.S. Supreme Court and Judge James Oaks […]
UW Law School narrows dean search to 3 candidates
The University of Wisconsin Law School is down to three candidates to succeed Dean Ken Davis this fall. The finalists, announced Tuesday by the university, are: Nicholas Allard, partner at Washington D.C.-based law firm Patton Boggs LLP; Gene Nichol, professor and director of the Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity at the University of North […]
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- Former Wisconsin Democratic Rep. Peter Barca announces new bid for Congress
- Republicans file lawsuit challenging Evers’s partial vetoes to literacy bill
- More human remains believed those of missing woman wash up on Milwaukee Co. beach
- Vice President Harris returning to Wisconsin for third visit this year
- Wisconsin joins Feds, dozens of states to hold airlines accountable for bad behavior
- Trump ahead of Biden in new Marquette poll
- Bankruptcy court approves Milwaukee Marriott Downtown ‘business as usual’ motion
- New Crime Gun Intelligence Center to launch in Chicago
- Arrest warrant proposed for Minocqua Brewing owner who filed Lawsuit against Town of Minocqua
- Wisconsin Supreme Court justices question how much power Legislature should have
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