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. ...
David Schultz receives the 2019 Gordon Sinykin Award for Excellence
Professor David Schultz The Wisconsin Bar Foundation has named David Schultz the recipient of the 2019 Gordon Sinykin Award of Excellence. The Sinykin Award honors lawyers or law firms for work on an individual law-related educat ...
UW Law professors honored at annual Law and Society meeting
Three emeritus professors from University of Wisconsin Law School were honored for lifetime achievement at the Law and Society Association’s annual meeting, held in Washington, D.C. May 30 through June 2. Professors Galanter, Maca ...
Margaret Raymond pays tribute to Vel Phillips '51 and others in 'UW Women at 150'
Conference honoring Heinz Klug's scholarship held June 4
Heinz Klug Faculty at New York Law School organized and hosted “The Conference to Honor South African Legal Scholar Heinz Klug ” to highlight Klug’s important research contributions in comparative, constitutional and human ...
UW Law School's Restorative Justice Project featured on '60 Minutes' and CNN's 'The Redemption Project with Van Jones'
Jonathan Scharrer , director of the Restorative Justice Project (RJP) at the University of Wisconsin Law School's Frank J. Remington Center, appeared on “60 Minutes ” May 12 as part of a story about restorative justice. "We're loo ...
Miriam Seifter and Robert Yablon honored with Vilas professorships and awards
Kathryn Hendley and Tonya Brito receive faculty fellowships for 2019-20
UW Law School to launch UW-Madison's first fully funded chair honoring an African American professor
The University of Wisconsin Law School has announced the creation of an endowed faculty chair in honor of the late Professor James E. Jones Jr . This is UW-Madison’s first fully funded chair named for an African American faculty member. ...
Miriam Seifter appointed to governor's Judicial Selection Advisory Committee
Miriam Seifter , a University of Wisconsin Law School professor, has been appointed to a statewide Judicial Selection Advisory Committee by Gov. Tony Evers. The committee is responsible for interviewing and recommending candidates for considerat ...
Law School volunteers receive award for innovative Partners in Giving campaign
Turner, Mitch and Edwards named UW Law School Teachers of the Year
Each spring, University of Wisconsin Law School celebrates excellence in teaching through its Teacher of the Year awards. The honorees for outstanding classroom, clinical and adjunct instruction in 2018 were recognized at the Law School's Boar ...
Distinguished Teaching Award winner Rob Yablon sets law students up for success
There’s a running joke among first-year law students in Rob Yablon ’s classroom: ask him a question, they say, and odds are he’ll respond, “It depends.” But Yablon, who recently won teaching honors at UW-Madison, ...
Heinz Klug wins Lubar research chair to study constitution-making in post-colonial Africa
Constitutional law is more than just an academic topic for Evjue-Bascom Professor of Law Heinz Klug . Growing up in South Africa, he fought against apartheid, escaped an assassination attempt and lived in exile for 11 years before returning home ...
Heinz Klug to present on the human right to health on Feb. 26
Law School team advances in multi-state competition aimed at boosting middle class
Three members of the UW Law School faculty advanced to the finals in the Alliance for the American Dream competition for their proposal to help eliminate legal barriers to employment. Professors Sarah Davis , Marsha Mansfield and Mitch teame ...
Michele LaVigne receives 'Leaders in the Law' award
Michele LaVigne, a University of Wisconsin Law School professor, has won Wisconsin Law Journal’s 2019 Leaders in the Law award. The award honors top judges, attorneys and legal professionals who have made a difference in Wisconsin’ ...
Robert Yablon wins UW-Madison's Distinguished Teaching Award
Tonya Brito elected to American Law Institute
Tonya Brito Tonya Brito has been elected a member of the American Law Institute . ALI is the leading independent organization in the United States that produces scholarly work to clarify, modernize and improve th ...
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