Graduate Programs Seminar
You are required to attend the Graduate Program Seminars
that are held bi-weekly. A schedule will be emailed at the beginning of each
semester. If you are interested in presenting, please contact Ashley.Spink@wisc.edu.
Graduate
Program Seminar Instructions and Guidelines
Important Date/Deadline Information Regarding LLM thesis or SJD
dissertation submission
The deadlines to remember and
honor is the one for the written evaluation from your advisor, second, and
third reader. The deadlines for when these two evaluations must be received by
the Graduate Programs office.
·
The deadline is April 15th for a May degree.
Plan to finish your draft in early March.
·
The deadline is July 15th for an August degree.
Plan to finish your draft in early June.
·
The deadline is November 15th for a December
degree. Plan to finish your draft in early October.
If the 15th falls
on a Saturday or Sunday, the deadline is the Monday after the 15th.
Inform both your advisor,
second, and third reader about the deadline. Often advisors do not know the
precise procedural steps or deadlines involved. It is not their responsibility
to know about these deadlines; it is yours.
Given these deadlines, “work
backwards” and allow your advisor, second, and third reader sufficient time for
their reviews. Reading and commenting on a thesis takes time.
Try to give the finish draft of your thesis to your
advisor at least eight weeks before the evaluation deadline stated above. During any semester, advisors may be absent
because of vacation, conferences, or other activity. The student will contact
the advisor in advance by email or in person and decide on a “timetable” so
that the advisor has time to make comments and suggestions for revisions, as
well as time for the second and third reader to review – all well before the
evaluation deadline.
Guidelines
to Formatting the LLM Thesis or SJD Dissertation
Procedures
for Completing your LLM or SJD Degree
LLM/SJD Student Grant Funding
The Graduate Programs Committee oversees a limited amount of
discretionary funds for small individual grants to our graduate students. These
funds are meant to support extraordinary research opportunities and activities
that are not already available to you within the Law School, such as presenting
a paper at a conference or undertaking research that cannot be done in Madison.
The purpose for which funds are requested must be directly relevant to your
research and supported by your advisor. Awards will be granted on a
case-by-case basis, at the discretion of the Committee and its Chair.
When granted funding, refer to the UW - Madison travel
policies to ensure that your trip plans adhere to all state and
university requirements. This site will assist you in planning your
business-related trips and provide you with up-to-date information on travel
contracts, booking methods and recommended best practices.
