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Public Interest Law

Public Interest Coursework and Faculty

One of the greatest things about studying law at the University of Wisconsin is the number of professors committed to equal justice and public service.  Whether you are in a Contracts class or a Poverty Law class, professors teach with a holistic approach that combines law, public policy, and society.  This means that students are challenged to consider not only traditional approaches to legal topics, but also alternative view points and the future impact of the legal choices that we make today.  Below is a small sampling of the public interest courses offered at the University of Wisconsin Law School as well as a selection of professors with a public interest focus.

Public Interest Courses

  • Lawyering in the Public Interest
  • Consumer Law
  • Law and Education
  • Poverty Law
  • Gender and Crime
  • Sexual Orientation and the Law
  • Race-conscious Remedies
  • Disability Law
  • Statutory Interpretation and the Democratic Ideal
  • Immigration Law
  • Unfair Trade Practices
  • Children, Family, and the State
  • Equal Employment Law
  • Federal Indian Law and Tribes
  • International Human Rights
  • Bioethics and the Law
  • Law and the Elderly
  • Problems in Public Education and Poverty
  • Legal Rights of the Poor
  • Health Law and Administration

Other Recommended Courses

  • Administrative Law
  • Legislation
  • Family Law
  • Tax Law
  • Business Organizations 

Public Interest Professors