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