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New trial granted for Wisconsin Innocence Project client

Lia Ocasio wins Student Pro Bono award from Dane County Bar Association

Global Legal Studies Center wins Mellon Foundation grant for new human rights program

Two UW law students awarded Peggy Browning Fellowship

In the Media | More In The Media

New DNA test leads to overturned conviction for Wisconsin Innocence Project client
Wisconsin State Journal

Meg Gaines: Legislature moving too fast on proposed change regarding medical decisions
Public News Service

Nina Emerson provides global perspective on blood-alcohol limits for drivers
The Capital Times

Fourth Amendment expert Wayne LaFave (LL.B. '59, S.J.D. '65) weighs in on federal trial over police stop-and-frisk tactics
The New York Times

Faculty Activities and Scholarship | Read More

Keith Findley presented "Winning Strategies for Machner Hearings," a lecture on effective techniques for litigating claims of ineffective assistance of counsel, at the Wisconsin State Public Defender's Appellate Skills Academy in May.

Lisa Alexander presented an early version of her paper “Law, Culture and Social Movements 2.0” at the Association for Law, Property and Society’s 4th Annual Meeting, held at the University of Minnesota Law School in April.

Ken Streit co-authored the article (with John Chisholm, Milwaukee County District Attorney) "As I See It: Expand Sentencing Options for Young Adults," which appeared in the May issue of Wisconsin Lawyer.

R. Alta Charo was appointed to serve on the Independent Review and Assessment of the Activities of the NIH Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee for the National Academies' Institute of Medicine. The committee will determine if gene transfer research raises issues of concern that warrant extra oversight by the Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee of individual clinical trial protocols involving gene transfer technique and will describe the criteria used in making this determination.