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Ten candidates apply for open Branch 17 seat
The names of six of 10 candidates – four requested confidentiality – seeking an open seat on the Milwaukee County Circuit Court bench were released Friday morning by Gov. Scott Walker’s office.
Mosley grants rival fans their day in court
Municipal judges always are busy, but there are times when the traffic in Milwaukee County Judge Derek Mosley’s court especially is heavy.
New graduate will work … for now
When Beth Odian takes her oath as an attorney today, she does so knowing she has a job. The new Marquette Law School graduate wasn’t alone in her job security, but neither was it guaranteed, considering that about half of her 173 classmates sworn in at the state Capitol started their legal careers unemployed. But […]
Family lawyer finds her place in the courtroom
The path of aspiring ballerina to litigator is not a well-traveled one.
But Milwaukee family lawyer Catherine La Fleur successfully navigated her way from the stage to the courtroom.
Lawyers reticent to share opinions, advice on Facebook
Litigator Jacob Curtis stopped short of the ethical line during a Facebook conversation with a friend who wanted legal advice. The friend said she was entitled to unpaid wages from her employer, and gave a detailed account of her situation, said Curtis, with Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren SC in Milwaukee. His friend, he said, wanted […]
Bar passage on the rise
Attorneys don't pretend that passing the bar exam is easy.
But those who have taken it in Wisconsin, especially during the last four years, make it seem that way. Since February 2007, passage rates in Wisconsin haven't dipped below 85 percent for either the winter or summer exams, including a 10-year high of 92 percent for the July 2010 version.
Just a bit of direction
Did you know that both the University of Wisconsin’s law library and Marquette’s law library offer great legal research guides? While they are obviously written with their students in mind, these guides can be of great assistance when starting research in a new or unfamiliar area of law. Both websites offer tips and resources for […]
Court denies diploma privilege petition
The Wisconsin Supreme Court began a busy Monday by formally denying a petition to extend the diploma privilege beyond the state's two law schools.
Law schools say negative letters happen
When it comes to letters of recommendation for law school, applicants shouldn't always expect a glowing review from an employer or professor.
MU opens new law school
Wisconsin Law Journal reporter Jack Zemlicka and photographer Corey Hengen accompanied Marquette Law School Dean Joseph D. Kearney and University Architect Tom Ganey on a tour of the new 200,000 square-foot law school, Ray and Kay Eckstein Hall.
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