Law School funding of student events or travel is centralized in the JD Grants Committee, which was created by the Dean in 2014 to ensure a fair, consistent, and transparent process for distributing law school funds. Students and student organizations must direct their funding requests to the committee, not to individual administrators or deans.

Please review the instructions, forms, and deadlines on this webpage before applying for funding.

Planning for 2021-2022

Updated 11/4/21

2021-2022 University Policies for student organizations

The first link provides information for planning local events. The second provides travel information. As of Nov. 8, 2021, the university is no longer restricting all international travel.

• Policy for In-Person Events & Meetings Sponsored by Registered Student Organizations

• Policy for University-Sponsored Travel for Employees, Students, & Registered Student Organizations

Note that both of these policies include links to many other policies and documents.  Please be sure to read any applicable linked information.  We recommend that you create a checklist specific to your event from the information provided in the various policies and documents.  You must comply with all requirements for your event.

Planning for spring 2022 

Revised funding request forms for 2021-2022 were posted on the JD Grants webpage on June 30, 2021.  Virtual events will continue to be an option.  The forms for requesting funding for virtual events will remain on the webpage.

These are the next two deadlines for 2021-2022. (See the Deadlines page for the deadlines for the entire year.) These deadlines apply to funding requests for co-curricular activities, student organizations, and individual students. 

• December 1, 2021:  Funding requests are due for all events that will be held on or after January 15, 2022. This deadline covers events scheduled anytime during Spring 2022 semester, but it is the only remaining deadline for events scheduled before spring break.
• February 1, 2022:  Funding requests are due for all events that will be held on or after March 15, 2022. This deadline covers events scheduled during or after spring break.

Questions?

• If you have questions about committee plans, please contact Mary Ann Polewski, Chair of the 2021-2022 JD Grants Committee, at maryann.polewski@wisc.edu. 
• If you have questions that can best be answered by the Law School Business Office, please contact Myra Sun at myra.sun@wisc.edu.