Lia Ocasio wins Student Pro Bono award from Dane County Bar Association
UW Law School student Lia Ocasio recently received the Student Pro Bono award from the Dane County Bar Association during a May reception. Each year, DCBA celebrates and honors attorneys, law students, law firms and organizations providing pro ...
Global Legal Studies Center wins Mellon Foundation grant for new human rights program
Heinz Klug The Global Legal Studies Center of the University of Wisconsin Law School received a $50,000 award from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to create a cross-campus human rights program. Professor Heinz Klug , GLS dire ...
Two UW law students awarded Peggy Browning Fellowship
Andrew Brooks and Patrick O’Connor, first-year students at the University of Wisconsin Law School, have been awarded a ten-week summer fellowship by the Peggy Browning Fund. Andrew Brooks Brooks and O’Connor competed with ...
Moot Court elects 2013-14 executive board
Travis Romero-Boeck The University of Wisconsin Law School’s Moot Court board has elected Travis Romero-Boeck president of its 2013-14 term. Romero-Boeck begins his third year at UW Law School this fall. Each year, the Moot Co ...
Montana joins states adopting legislation drafted by Professor Thomas Mitchell
Montana has become the third state to enact the Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act , signed into law April 22 by Governor Steve Bullock. Professor Thomas Mitchell of the University of Wisconsin Law School, working with the Unifo ...
Mock Trial program elects board members, honors award recipients
Travis Romero-Boeck The University of Wisconsin Law School’s Mock Trial program has announced its executive board for the 2013-2014 term. Travis Romero-Boeck, who enters his third year at UW Law School this fall, was elected presiden ...
Dean Margaret Raymond receives 2013 Women in the Law award from Wisconsin Law Journal
The Wisconsin Law Journal included Dean Margaret Raymond among the 27 outstanding female attorneys and judges named as 2013 Women in the Law. The award recognizes women who have made their mark on Wisconsin's legal community in a variet ...
Michael Keller hired as assistant dean of Career and Professional Development at Law School
Michael Keller recently joined Dean Margaret Raymond’s leadership team at the University of Wisconsin Law School as assistant dean of career and professional development. Keller comes to UW Law from Indiana’s Maurer School of Law, w ...
Kempinen, Kloppenburg and Schwartz named 2012 Teachers of the Year by Wisconsin Law Alumni Association
Three individuals have been honored by the Wisconsin Law Alumni Association in recognition of outstanding instruction at the University of Wisconsin Law School.Ben Kempinen has been named the Law School's 2012 Clinical Teacher of the Year ...
John Pray and Mary Prosser receive Academic Staff Excellence Awards
The 2013 Academic Staff Excellence Awards honor staff members representing a broad spectrum of fields and duties at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. John Pray and Mary Prosser , along with eight other individuals, have been selected ...
