Cover: Faculty Scholarship Named Among the Most Influential

Law review articles written by UW Law Professors Stewart Macaulay and Marc Galanter were selected as two of the 20 most important works of American legal thought since 1890 in a recently published book by two Harvard law professors, David Kennedy and William W. Fisher III...Read Full Article

Also on this page: Law School's Global Legal Studies Center Approved

Dean's Message

As another academic year comes to a close, I have the enjoyable task of taking stock and reviewing the successes of 2006-07. Most of the Law Schools' public successes have been shared in out publication and on our Web site...Read Full Article

Consumer Clinic Wins New Victory

This January the UW School's Consumer Law Litigation Clinic won an important victory, overturning a mandatory arbitration clause in a consumer contract...Read Full Article

Also on this page: East Asian Legal Studies Center Recieves Major Grant

Recent Controversy Provides Impetus for Teaching Forum

University of Wisconsin Law School students and faculty members participated in a forum on the evening of March 20, 2007, to address the topic of "Shared Rights and Responsibilities in an Academic Community: Talking to Each Other About Controversial or Sensitive Material in the Classroom."...Read Full Article

Witford Honored at LEO Banquet

the 38th annual banquet of the UW Law School's Legal Education Opportunities program on April 14, 2007, included a surprise award to Emeritus Professor Bill Whitford, recognizing his years of service and dedication to the Law School's nationally recognized program for recruiting and supporting people of color...Read Full Article

Also on this page: Carnegie Report Draws on Mertz Study

Mansfiel Appointed Economic Justice Institute Director

UW Law School Clinical Assistant Professor Marsha Mansfield has been named the Director of the Economic Justice Institute(EJI), the "civil wing" of the Law School's Frank J. Remington Center....Read Full Article

Also on this page: Cliff Thompson Serves As Acting Dean at MSU

Symposium Features Experts on Islamic Finance Law>

The Wisconsin International Law journal (WILJ), one of the Law School's student-run journals, hosted its annual Symposium on Friday, March 2, 2007, at the Law School. This year's topic was "Islamic Law in a Globalized World: Implications for Contemporary Finance Law"...Read Full Article

Also on this page: Student to Clerk on High Court of India

UW Students Win Honors in moot Court Competitions

In tournaments around the nation and around the world, UW law students have brought recognition to the law School in moot court competitions, capturing honors for their skills in oral advocacy and brief writing...Read Full Article

Also on this page: LLSA to Host 2007 National Conference

Exemplary Careers of Fairchild and Heffernan Recalled

The UW Law School community was saddened by the recent deaths of two of its most prominent alumni jurists, judge Thomas E. Fairchild and justice nathan S. Hefferan...Read Full Article

Also on this page: Alumni Event Draws Crowd in D.C.

Class Notes

Rodney O. Kittelsen '41 celebrated his 90th birthday on March 11 with an open house in Monroe Wisconsin...Read Full Article