UW Law School ranks 38th in 2021 rankings
Senator Tammy Baldwin '89 welcomes law students to QLaw Gayla
Senator Tammy Baldwin ’89 opened the 2020 QLaw Gayla with a pre-recorded welcome, commending guests for their courage and activism on behalf of the University of Wisconsin Law School’s LGBTQ community. The event took place at Madison ...
Everett Mitchell '10: It's up to us to support the 'diamonds in the rough'
UW Law student Brian Cawley wins Burton Award for writing
Brian Cawley, a third-year UW Law School student, has received the 2020 Burton Award for law school writing. He is one of ten law students nationally to receive the award. Brian Cawley Cawley’s winning entry, “Damning the M ...
'Often our communities feel invisible': Q&A with leaders of UW's Indigenous Law Students Association
UW Law takes first place in LawMeets competition
A team of law students from the University of Wisconsin Law School took first place at LawMeets, a transactional moot court competition hosted by Duke University School of Law in February. UW Law School's LawMeets team First-place fini ...
Law & Entrepreneurship Clinic wins WEDC award to support rural entrepreneurs
The Law & Entrepreneurship Clinic at University of Wisconsin Law School has been awarded $50,000 from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) to support entrepreneurship in rural Wisconsin. At the L&E Clinic, new busines ...
Meet Forward Under 40 award recipient Scott Colom '09
Alumni input requested in UW Law dean search
The search and screen committee for the next dean of the University of Wisconsin Law School seeks alumni input. Graduates of the Law School can join a conference call, scheduled for Thursday, February 13, at 5:30 p.m. (CST) , to share thoughts a ...
UW Law student Alex Knorr receives Stearns-Shaw Scholarship
Chicagoan Alex Knorr is the latest University of Wisconsin Law School student to be named a Stearns-Shaw Scholar. Knorr, who earned a bachelor’s degree in economics at American University in Washington, D.C., received the award for her c ...
Leyla Ateş (LL.M. '10) named law dean at Turkey's Altinbas University
Leyla Ateş Leyla Ateş has been appointed dean of the Altinbas University Faculty of Law in Istanbul, Turkey, where she has served on the law faculty since 2014. Ateş earned her Master of Laws degree (LL.M.) at UW Law School in 2010. ...
Search begins for UW Law dean
UW's notable and quotable list for 2019: Jonathan Scharrer discusses restorative justice on 60 Minutes
Mitch discusses UW South Madison Partnership's expansion
Now in second year, UW Law's Restraining Order Clinic serves legal needs of domestic violence survivors
One year after opening its doors to clients, the UW Law School’s VOCA Restraining Order Clinic has helped 62 survivors navigate legal issues in four Wisconsin counties. Under director Ryan Poe-Gavlinski ’s supervision, law students ...
New faculty focus: Nina Varsava
David Schwartz's book looks at 200-year history of McCulloch v. Maryland
In a new book, David Schwartz chronicles 200 years in the life of McCulloch v. Maryland, a case widely regarded as one of the most important in U.S. Supreme Court history. Schwartz’s “The Spirit of the Constitution: John Marshall ...
UW Law graduates, faculty receive Order of the Coif honors
Sixteen recent UW Law School graduates, along with three faculty members, have been elected to the Order of the Coif for 2019. Induction into the Order of the Coif, a national honor society, is considered one of the highest academic distinctio ...
Olivia Schwartz wins 2019 Best Brief Competition
Prof. Andrew Turner & Dean Raymond present the awardto Olivia Schwartz (center). Olivia Schwartz, a second-year student at UW Law School, was named the winner of the 2019 Best Brief Competition. Finalists were Michael Doering, Cam ...
UW Law School mourns the loss of Jane Ford Bennett
UW Law student Olivia Radics receives top writing honors
Olivia Radics Olivia Radics, a third year UW Law student, won two recent honors for her article, “Renting out Sovereignty: The Use of Sovereign Immunity as a Sword and Shield in Patent Infringement Suits after St. Regis Mohawk Trib ...
Jennifer Binkley is UW Law's new Family Court Clinic director
The University of Wisconsin Law School welcomed Jennifer Binkley to its faculty this fall. Binkley is the new director of the Law School’s Family Court Clinic , which offers basic legal services in divorce, paternity, child placement an ...
Richard Monette and Menominee Nation win $1 million award to reclaim tribally driven food system
UW Law speaker series to feature Erin Barbato, Scott Colom and former Gov. Tommy Thompson
The University of Wisconsin Law School will host its 2019 UWLAWTalks series , three short, inspiring presentations by thought leaders from the Law School community. The event, scheduled for Friday, Oct. 11, is part of the Law School’s All- ...
Law School Dean Raymond to step down in July
Fox, Stites join UW Law's Legal Research and Writing faculty
The University of Wisconsin Law School welcomed Ashby Fox and Alison Stites to its Legal Research & Writing faculty last month. Both began their teaching duties this fall. Ashby Fox Prior to joining UW Law, Ashby Fox was a comm ...
Law in Action: Faculty discuss UW Law's foundation and its future
Distinguished Lecturerer attracts 1,000 to speech on Ho-Chunk Nation's heritage; student Lorenzo Gudino comments
Renagh O'Leary named to 'Up and Coming Lawyers' list
Renagh O'Leary Renagh O’Leary has been named to Wisconsin Law Journal's Up and Coming Lawyers list for 2019. O’Leary is a clinical assistant professor in UW Law School’s Legal Assistance to Institutionalized Persons ...
Law student Nina Neff named a 2019 Ms. JD Fellow
Neff posed in the ABA's "tiny courtroom" this summer,during the association's annual meeting. Nina Neff, a third-year University of Wisconsin Law student, was named a Ms. JD Fellow for 2019. She is one of ten law students nationally ...
Asifa Quraishi-Landes opens Constitutional Law class to public as part of UW Law's Constitution Day events
Neighborhood Law Clinic to participate in 2nd annual UW Madison South Partnership celebration
Professor Nina Varsava joins UW Law School faculty
University of Wisconsin Law School welcomed Nina Varsava to its faculty in August. She will be teaching courses on professional responsibility and civil procedure, among other subjects. Professor Nina Varsava Professor Varsava’s ...
Jim Martin '77 made his mark in sports and law as player, coach, judge
Alexandra Huneeus wins writing prize for human rights scholarship
Professor Alexandra Huneeus won “Best Paper 2019 ” honors for her article, "Between universalism and regional law and politics: A comparative history of the American, European, and African human rights systems,” co-authored wi ...
Justice Shirley Abrahamson (S.J.D. '62) honored at state capitol event
Justice Shirley Abrahamson (S.J.D. '62), the longest serving state Supreme Court justice in the country, was honored at the Wisconsin State Capitol Tuesday at a ceremony that included tributes from Gov. Tony Evers, former Gov. Jim Doyle, and for ...
John Ohnesorge partners with Nanjing University faculty to bring IP workshop to China
Building on two decades of collaboration, teams from the law schools at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Nanjing University held a joint workshop on intellectual property May 23 in Nanjing, the capital of China’s Jiangsu Province. ...
Everett Mitchell '10 to keynote at UW Law School's 2019 hooding ceremony
Judge Mitchell speaking at UW Law in 2018 The University of Wisconsin Law School’s graduating class has selected the Honorable Everett Mitchell to present the keynote address at its 2019 Hooding Ceremony. Mitchell serves as a circuit c ...
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