June Miller Weisberger Blanchard , a prominent family and labor law scholar who taught at University Law School from 1974 to 1994, died Aug. 3, 2024, at her home in Skokie, Illinois; she was 93. June Miller Weisberger Blanch ...
The Best Brief Competition is an annual event that recognizes outstanding legal writing by first-year students. The faculty teaching the Legal Research and Writing II course selected the best trial briefs written by their spring semester student ...
Arti Walker-Peddakotla, a 2022 Soros Justice Fellow, former elected local official and U.S. Army veteran, has been selected as the 2024 William H. Hastie Fellow. The University of Wisconsin Law School ’s Hastie Fellowship has prov ...
Kelsey Gunvalson Three University of Wisconsin Law School students are among 50 chosen to work in the 2024 Rural Summer Legal Corps (RSLC) , a program that addresses the pressing legal issues facing rural communities. Each ...
Rebecca Scheller Rebecca Scheller ’07, Associate Dean for Admissions & Financial Aid for the past 16 years, has taken on the additional responsibility of Chief Administrative Officer at University of Wisconsin Law School . ...
Four 2024 University of Wisconsin Law School graduates are among over 130 Immigrant Justice Corps (IJC) Fellows joining the fight for immigrant justice in more than 30 states. Fellows serve for two years as staff attorneys at immigrant legal ...
UW Law Assistant Professor Renagh O'Leary 's scholarship on community supervision's sentencing role in state courts was recently honored by the Association of American Law Schools' Criminal Justice Section. O'Leary received an honorab ...
Six University of Wisconsin Law School students have been awarded 2024 Peggy Browning Fund fellowships in workplace justice advocacy. Securing a national Peggy Browning Fellowship is a challenging process, with over 3,950 applications and ...
Two recent University of Wisconsin Law School graduates have been named to national fellowships. Rita Hirami '24 is one of this year's 84 fellows at Equal Justice Works , the nation’s largest facilitator of opportunities in publ ...
University of Wisconsin Law School's mock trial program has finished another successful Spring competition season. UW Law sent two teams to the annual TYLA regional competition Feb. 15-18, 2024, in Minnesota. The regional hosts 20 teams ...
Parker Fiedrich presents his oral argument Feb. 22, 2024. Parker Fiedrich is the winner of the Second Annual Oral Argument Competition at University of Wisconsin Law School. Parker Fiedrich In the spring semester of each ye ...
University of Wisconsin Law School Emeritus Professor Peter Carstensen has earned the 2024 Alfred E. Kahn Award for Antitrust Achievement from American Antitrust Institute for his significant contributions to antitrust enforcement. ...
Professor Miriam Seifter , J.D. candidates Alex Kaplan and Karen Pérez-Wilson, and LL.M. candidate Tanvi Kanitkar have been named speakers for University of Wisconsin Law School’s 2024 Hooding Ceremony . From left: Professo ...
U.S. District Court Chief Judge Pamela Pepper will be the keynote speaker at the 2024 University of Wisconsin Law School Hooding Ceremony . The ceremony, open to UW Law School students and their family and friends, will take place at 1 p.m. Frid ...
(Pictured, from left) Rachel Burg, Megan McDermott and Judge Phillip Koss were named 2023 Teachers of the Year. Each spring, University of Wisconsin Law School celebrates excellence in teaching through its Teacher of the Year awards . ...
The Wisconsin Law Review has named second-year law student Juliet Jacques as Editor-in-Chief for the 2024–25 academic year. Jacques will succeed outgoing Editor-in-Chief T. J. Clark. Juliet Jacques The 2024–25 Senior Edito ...
Wisconsin residents who are enrolled members of federally recognized Wisconsin Indian tribes may have their University of Wisconsin Law School in-state tuition and fees covered as part of a new five-year pilot program. This is just one elem ...
Tiffany Mitchell comes from a long line of veterans. “My dad, uncle and grandfather all served,” said the Milwaukee native. “And in 2003, I enlisted in the Army. At about the same time, my sister also joined the Marines.& ...
David Westrate ‘23 always wanted to make a career out of real estate development and transactions. “From the time I was a kid, I loved going to big cities and looking at the huge buildings, marveling over how people could const ...
Eric Taylor University of Wisconsin Law School staff member Eric Taylor and law student Julia Hoff were named to the 2023 Association of American Law Schools' Pro Bono Honor Roll . Taylor, evening reference librarian a ...
Ryan Poe-Gavlinski has been named the inaugural deputy director of University of Wisconsin Law School’s Economic Justice Institute (EJI). “Being named deputy director of EJI means a lot to me as it shows that our administration a ...
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