Mary Triggiano, chief judge for the Milwaukee County Circuit Court, has been named director of Marquette University Law School’s Andrew Center for Restorative Justice, Marquette President Michael Lovell announced on Wednesday.
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Stop bashing the judiciary for doing its job
Judges have always faced threats because their decisions can send people to prison, overturn laws and settle enormous financial disputes.
Read More »Judicial panel chooses members of new redistricting commission
A panel of three retired judges have chosen the members of a group charged with drawing nonpartisan maps of Wisconsin's congressional districts.
Read More »Wisconsin judges call for more diversity in legal profession
More than two dozen Wisconsin appellate court judges, including two sitting justices on the state Supreme Court, called Friday for combating racism and increasing diversity in the legal profession.
Read More »Law school hosting restorative justice conference
Marquette University Law School will be the host of the 2018 Restorative Justice Initiative Conference.
Read More »BENCH BLOG: Client behavior: Enough to draw a tier
The Wisconsin Supreme Court recently reaffirmed its two-tiered framework for loss of the Sixth Amendment right to counsel. It overruled another case requiring a finding of intentionality and once again declined to mandate warnings to a defendant before forfeiture.
Read More »View from around the state: Judge recusal proposal makes sense
More than 50 retired jurists are making a reasonable request of the state Supreme Court: Set a "bright line" for judges to step down from cases that involve a party who has made a campaign contribution to that judge.
Read More »For Prosser, long career remembered for one heated moment
David Prosser filled a lot of roles: prosecutor, legislator, state Supreme Court justice. But he's likely to be best remembered for getting into a physical altercation with another justice that brought national ridicule to Wisconsin's highest court.
Read More »Federal bar to recognize practitioners
The Eastern District of Wisconsin Bar Association will recognize three members of the legal profession for their contributions to the law.
Read More »State Supreme Court race could be referendum on Walker
The death of Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Patrick Crooks with 10 months left on his term could set up a spring election that's as much a referendum on Gov. Scott Walker as it is on who should serve on the state's highest court.
Read More »Justices honor Crooks, no word on replacement
Justices on the Wisconsin Supreme Court held a moment of silence Tuesday to honor their colleague Patrick Crooks a day after his sudden death, while Gov. Scott Walker remained silent on whether he would appoint a replacement ahead of next spring's judicial elections.
Read More »Judge says keeping Slender Man case in adult court will prevent repeat of crime
A Waukesha County judge has ruled that the case of two girls accused of stabbing a classmate in order please a fictional character will continue to be tried in adult court.
Read More »Justice wants to reconsider ex-Walker aide case (UPDATE)
In an unusual move, a Wisconsin Supreme Court justice has asked his colleagues to reconsider their decision not to hear an appeal of a felony conviction from a former aide to Gov. Scott Walker when he was Milwaukee County executive.
Read More »Drawing the line on gifts
The Wisconsin Supreme Court sets the rules governing when and how judges can accept gifts.
Read More »State’s Supreme Court chief justice selection change near (UPDATE)
Shirley Abrahamson, just as she has every day since Aug. 1, 1996, walked into the Wisconsin Supreme Court chamber on Tuesday and took her position in the center as chief justice.
Read More »State Supreme Court likely to see new chief justice (UPDATE)
Members of the Wisconsin Supreme Court will meet "quite soon" to decide who should serve as chief justice now that voters have given them the power to do that, Justice Pat Roggensack said Wednesday.
Read More »Attorney: Girl accused in stabbing belongs in juvenile court (UPDATE)
One of two Wisconsin girls accused of stabbing a classmate to please the horror character Slender Man should face a lesser charge in juvenile court because she thought she had to kill her friend to protect herself and her family from the creature, her attorney argued Monday.
Read More »State’s top court upholds voter ID law (UPDATE)
The Wisconsin Supreme Court shot down challenges Thursday to a voter identification law passed by the Republican-controlled Legislature, though it may have opened the door for more litigation in the near future.
Read More »Who’s Doing What: DeClercq wins pro bono award; new hires
Andrew DeClercq of Boardman & Clark LLP received the Individual Attorney Pro Bono Award at the Dane County Bar Association’s annual Pro Bono Breakfast on May 1.
Read More »Deal reached to kill campaign funding limits
The state of Wisconsin agreed Thursday to stop enforcing a cap on how much people can donate in total to candidates running for office, ending a federal lawsuit and bringing state law in line with a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling.
Read More »You are what you wear
In the eyes of judges and juries, clothing and appearance can convey strong messages.
Read More »Hurdles ahead for term-limit proposal
Many agree that the State Bar’s support of a term-limit proposal for Wisconsin justices is important if the measure is going to gain traction.
Read More »State Bar considers push to limit justices to single, 16-year term (UPDATE)
In an attempt to make the Wisconsin Supreme Court more nonpartisan, the Wisconsin State Bar is in the early stages of a potential push to limit state justices to single, 16-year terms.
Read More »GOP bill would nullify judges’ injunctions (UPDATE)
Attorneys would be able to nullify court rulings blocking state laws by filing a quick appeal under a bill Republican legislators are circulating.
Read More »Editorial: Attorneys deserve objective rulings
The ghost of U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Potter Stewart is whispering in the rooms where Wisconsin’s suspended attorneys go to learn their fates.
Attorneys seek tangible targets for reinstatement
Walking into her reinstatement hearing May 23, 2011, attorney Jane Edgar felt fairly confident.
Former justice to mediate war memorial, museum talks
Former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Janine Geske will mediate the dispute between the Milwaukee County War Memorial Center and Milwaukee Art Museum over who will control their shared building.
Read More »MBA holds memorial service for legal members who died in last year
The Milwaukee Bar Association on Friday held a memorial service at the Milwaukee County Courthouse to remember the more than 50 members of the local legal community who died during the last year.
Read More »BLAWG LOG: Boyden on employers’ requests for Facebook logins
I see that noted cybercrime expert Orin Kerr, a law professor at George Washington University, was on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal this morning, and his comments in the first few minutes of this recording basically sum up what I had to say on potential employers requesting social networking login information in job interviews: it’s unclear, but such activity may be prohibited by federal law.
Read More »29 judges sign Walker recall petition
More than two dozen Wisconsin judges from 16 counties were among the tens of thousands of people who signed petitions to recall Gov. Scott Walker, according to a newspaper analysis.
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