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A new challenge, Brown joins OVB Law & Consulting
Attorney Allysa Brown joined OVB Law & Consulting this month following four years at the Milwaukee County District Attorney's office.
Read More »UW Law announces spring Best Brief semi-finalists
The University of Wisconsin Law School announced the spring 2022 Best Brief Competition semi-finalists Thursday.
Read More »Haanstad, Shah put forward as US attorneys for Wisconsin Eastern, Western districts
President Joe Biden has nominated Gregory J. Haanstad for U.S. Attorney of the Eastern District of Wisconsin and Sopen B. Shah as U.S. Attorney for the Western District.
Read More »Asked & Answered: Law student Jacob Gardner publishes debut novel
Second-year UW Law student Jacob Gardner recently published his debut novel North of Highway 8, a story rooted in Wisconsin experiences and values.
Read More »Atuahene joins UW Law as inaugural James E. Jones Chair
Bernadette Atuahene, property law scholar, has been named by the University of Wisconsin Law School as inaugural James E. Jones Chair.
Read More »UW Law School names Seifter, Wiercioch and Schnur as Teachers of the Year
The University of Wisconsin Law School honored three faculty members as Teachers of the Year.
Read More »UW Law professor among 2022 Distinguished Teaching Award recipients
Twelve University of Wisconsin faculty members will receive their Distinguished Teaching Award tonight at the Pyle Center. Among the recipients is Asifa Quraishi-Landes, a law professor who will receive the chancellor’s distinguished teaching award.
Read More »UW Law and Marquette fall in U.S. News law school rankings
In U.S. News' 2023 Law School Rankings, announced Monday evening, no Wisconsin school managed to crack the top 30.
Read More »UW Law School hires States as first associate dean of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Michael States will serve as the inaugural associate dean of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the University of Wisconsin Law School.
Read More »UW Law ranks 29, Marquette as 102 in 2022 Best Law Schools rankings
New nationwide law-school rankings list UW Law School as tied for the 29th best law school in the country, while Marquette University Law School remains at no. 102.
Read More »Committee to consider statue of Wisconsin’s first Black SOS
The board in charge of decorations at the state Capitol voted Monday to create a subcommittee to study the prospect of placing a statue of Wisconsin's first Black secretary of state on the building's grounds.
Read More »Deadline for women lawyers scholarship applications on Monday
The deadline for the annual Association for Women Lawyers Foundation scholarship applications is on Monday.
Read More »UW Law names Ohio State law professor as new dean
UW Law School has named Ohio State law professor Daniel Tokaji its new dean.
Read More »Search underway for new UW Law dean
UW Law School is looking for its next dean. The position opening was advertised on the university's website on Thursday.
Read More »By the numbers: JD enrollment at Marquette and UW Law
Recently released statistics from the American Bar Association show enrollment at UW Law School and Marquette University Law School in 2019.
Read More »It’s a record year for Wisconsin law schools
For the first time, women outnumber men among Marquette University Law School’s first-year students. Of the 190 1Ls that started this fall at Marquette, 52.1 percent are women and 47.9 are percent men.
Read More »Weigold passing on her legal knowledge to the next generation
Growing up, Ursula Weigold wanted to become a teacher because her own instructors had inspired her.
Read More »Former justice to speak at UW hooding ceremony
Former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Louis Butler will be the keynote speaker for the University of Wisconsin Law School’s hooding ceremony.
Read More »Gun scare at UW Law School (UPDATE)
Students, professors and staff at the University of Wisconsin Law School were told to leave the building Wednesday just before noon because of a possible gun threat. Police received a call at 11:26 a.m. that there was a man with a gun in the Law School Library, which is in the law school building, 975 Bascom Mall. Shortly after that, University ...
Read More »Leachman offers unique perspectives to law students, community
As a professor of law, Gwendolyn Leachman offers her students both an out-of-the-ordinary way of looking at legal topics as well as a singular dedication to inclusiveness.
Read More »Sperling draws line in sand for social injustice
At 9 years old, Carrie Sperling harked back to the words of U.S. Rep. Barbara Jordan during her address at the Democratic National Convention in 1976. Jordan’s speech inspired Sperling to set the wheels of her career in motion.
Read More »Brito uses law as weapon to fight poverty
While attending Harvard Law School, Tonya Brito worked at a legal aid office and, there, came to feel a real connection with her clients.
Read More »Macaulay puts law in its place
If you went to law school, chances are you’ve read Stewart Macaulay’s book — and not just because it was required reading.
Read More »Proposed rule change would reduce verdicts, settlements in personal-injury cases
In defending a client in a personal-injury lawsuit, Paul Curtis now finds himself contending with a not unusual but still seemingly contradictory set of facts: The plaintiff in the case has more than $60,000 in medical bills but, because of write-offs obtained by a medical insurer, no actual out-of-pocket expenses.
Read More »Tahk sows the seeds for next generation of attorneys
Although she went to Yale Law School, Susannah Camic Tahk knew she wanted to teach.
Read More »Weston teaches law, even while running tech company
Cheryl Weston wants to help her students to think as deeply about the law as she does. That means they should be able to recognize the intersection of substance and procedure, to understand rules and use them tactically. “If they learn the tools of being a good litigator, they always can pick up the substance of law,” she said. Weston, ...
Read More »Law degrees open multiple doors
Not every law degree leads to a legal practice.
Read More »Scheller builds a career on campus
After a year in private practice, Rebecca Scheller decided she belongs on campus rather than in the courtroom.
Read More »Assistant DA leaves capitol for the courtroom
From Chuck Stertz’s days working in former Sen. Russ Feingold’s Washington, D.C., office, where he served four years as legislative clerk and correspondent, to his current role as an assistant district attorney in Outagamie County, the 2009 University of Wisconsin Law School graduate said he likes “being able to get in there and help people.”
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