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State Supreme Court disciplines two attorneys
The Wisconsin Supreme Court revoked one lawyer’s license this month and publicly reprimanded another following discipline for both in other states.
Who’s Doing What: Honors at Godfrey & Kahn and DeWitt Ross & Stevens
The law firm of DeWitt Ross & Stevens SC, Madison, announced that the Wisconsin Law Foundation honored its partner, Donald Leo Bach, with the Charles L. Goldberg Distinguished Service Award at the Fellows of the Wisconsin Law Foundation dinner Sept. 27 in Madison.
Innocence Project gets $1 million in 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.
Federal judge to deliver UW Law School lecture
MADISON, Wis. (AP) – A federal judge who studied in Madison and was appointed by President Jimmy Carter is scheduled to speak at her alma mater this week. U.S. District Court Judge Barbara Crabb will speak Friday at the University of Wisconsin Law School in Madison. She’ll discuss her views on how to bridge the […]
U.S. Attorney’s Office seeks applications for unpaid special assistant spot (UPDATE)
Wanted: an experienced Wisconsin lawyer to assist in prosecution of civil cases in the Western District court … and work for free.
Former justice to join Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan
The Milwaukee-based law firm of Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan LLP confirmed Tuesday that former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Louis Butler Jr. will be joining the firm, starting Thursday. Butler, a University of Wisconsin Law School grad, served as an assistant state public defender from 1972 to 1992, when he joined the Milwaukee Municipal Court. He […]
Madison lawyer runs into bar exam roadblock
Madison attorney Steve Levine wants to know what those who sat for the most recent Wisconsin bar exam thought about the experience.
ABA adopts new employment, placement recommendations (UPDATE)
By Jack Zemlicka Law schools will soon be asked to submit more information on the employment status and placement of recent graduates. On Wednesday, the American Bar Association’s section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar adopted recommendations of its Questionnaire Committee that law schools provide information on whether graduates’ employment is long- or […]
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.
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 […]
Nichol withdraws from UW Law School dean search
By David Ziemer and Caley Clinton Wisconsin Law Journal As the search for the next dean of the University of Wisconsin Law School draws to a close, one of the three finalists has withdrawn from consideration. Gene Nichol, professor and director of the Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity at the University of North Carolina […]
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