Cover: Law School Adopts New Grade Reporting System
Beginning in January 2005, when first year UW Law Students apply for summer positions, employers will notice significant change in how the Law School reports grade point averages The Law School is revisiting the way grades are calculated...Read Full Article
Also on this page: Help Extended To Law Students After Hurricane
One of the priorities of my deanship and of the Law School's Strategic Plan has been to increase the Law School's connection with the practicing bar and with alumni As a result we are learning a lot about ourselves...Read Full Article
Dickey is New Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Professor Walter J. Dickey has been named the University of Wisconsin Law School's associated dean for academic affairs, succeeding Professor John Kidwell. In his new position, Dickey will have responsibility for academic...Read Full Article
Also on this page: Charo Named 2005 Wisconsin Academy Fellow
Schacter Voted Teacher of the Year by Recent Grads
Professor Jane Schacter has been voted the 2005 Teacher of the Year by recent graduates. the Wisconsin (WLAA) award recognizes and encourages excellence in the classroom This is not the first time Schachter has been honored...Read Full Article
Also on this page: Rosen Weston receives the Sopler Award
Allison Christians Joins Faculty to teach Tax Law
Allison Christians, a former New York tax lawyer, is the newest member of the University of Wisconsin law School faculty. She joins a growing group of business...Read Full Article
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Community Service Day Emphasises a Core Value
The first week of law school for beginning UW students has much in common with the first week at most law schools around the country - an orientation to the school and to the legal...Read Full Article
Mock Trial Program Trains Future Trial Lawyers
the Law Schools' Mock Trial Program is rapidly evolving into a vital part of trial advocacy curriculum. The program is the trial level equivalent of the Moot Court Program...Read Full Article
Also on this page: Velanquez-Aguilu Wins 2005 AWL Scholarship
Court TV, A&E, Discovery Channel Focus Attention on Innocence Project
The Wisconsin Innocence Project, based at the UW law School, continues to receive national attention for its outstanding work investigating and overturning wrongful convictions. The Innocence Project has been the subject of news articles throughout the country and has been featured...Read Full Article
Innocence Project Seeks Alumni Volunteers throughout U.S.
The Wisconsin Innocence Project at the UW-Law School is recruiting alumni volunteers throughout the country to interview witnesses in cases in which innocent people have been convicted and are serving long prison terms. The Innocence Project's plan is to compile a list of alumni willing...Read Full Article
How Faculty Grants Keep the Law School Strong
Keeping professors on campus in the face of lucrative offers from other institutions is an issue of critical importance. One way the UW Law School is actively working to retain...Read Full Article
Also on this page: Reading the Walls
Daniel W. Hildebrand '64, a partner in the Madison office of DeWitt Ross & Stevens and a memebr of the ABA Board of Governors, has been appointed...Read Full Article