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Frank Tuerkheimer

UW Law School alumni are invited to attend a special four-part course on the death penalty, presented in conjunction with the 2014 Kastenmeier Lecture. Emeritus Professor Frank Tuerkheimer will teach the course, which begins October 9 at the Law School.

This year’s Kastenmeier Lecture, features widely acclaimed human rights lawyer Bryan Stevenson. For nearly 30 years, Stevenson has represented capital defendants and death row prisoners. The recipient of numerous awards, including the MacArthur Foundation “Genius” Grant, Stevenson has spent his career challenging bias against minorities in the criminal justice system.


Bryan Stevenson

Since 1997, Tuerkheimer has represented a defendant on Alabama’s death row with the help of UW Law students, who received clinical credit for their work on the case. Tuerkheimer was introduced to the case through Stevenson’s Alabama-based Equal Justice Initiative.

Current UW Law students who have enrolled in the course will receive one credit. UW Law School alumni may attend all or part of the series free of charge. Classes meet in Room 3250 on four consecutive Thursdays, October 9 – 30 from 3:30-5:30 p.m. No RSVP is required.

The Kastenmeier Lecture, a 22-year Law School tradition, is named for former Wisconsin congressman and UW Law alumnus Robert Kastenmeier.

Submitted by Law School News on September 30, 2014

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