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Wisconsin Innocence Project Client Manuel Cucuta Released After 27 Years in Prison

Wisconsin Innocence Project Co-Director Christopher Lau (left) and Manuel Cucuta on Nov. 26, 2024, upon Cucuta's release from prison. Photo by Alyssa Lentz. MILWAUKEE, Nov. 26, 2024 – The Wisconsin Innocence Project (WIP) is proud ...

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Posted Nov 26, 2024 by Law School News

Emeritus Professor Larry Church '63 Dies

William Lawrence "Larry" Church '63 , who was widely acknowledged as a highly effective and original teacher focused on developing his students’ capacity for analysis and logical thought, passed away Nov. 24; he was 86. Church was the ...

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Posted Nov 26, 2024 by Law School News

Preserving Tribal Culture and Dignity for Future Generations 

Minwewe Valliere, 3L Minwewe Valliere 3L wants to do everything she can to help preserve Native traditional knowledge. Valliere, co-president of University of Wisconsin Law School’s Indigenous Law Students Association , is a membe ...

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Posted Nov 21, 2024 by Law School News

Reed, Spiegl Win 2024 Best Brief Competition

For the first time in the Best Brief Competition’s 22-year history, two pieces tied for first place. The winners for 2024 are Andrew Reed and Kaitlyn Spiegl. The other finalists -- Allyson Berri, Emma Dzwierzynski and Lindsey Govan - ...

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Posted Nov 21, 2024 by Law School News

Brandon Loredo 2L on Living His Dream of Service to Others

Brandon Loredo, 2L Brandon Loredo 2L comes from a long line of family who have served in the military. “I always had it in my mind that I would like to be a Soldier,” said the San Antonio, Texas, native. “But I wanted ...

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Posted Nov 8, 2024 by UW Law School Newsletter Admin

Lisa Washington Receives 2024 Dukeminier Award

Lisa Washington is the recipient of a 2024 Dukeminier Award for her essay “Weaponizing Fear,” published in The Yale Law Journal Forum . The Williams Institute’s Dukeminier Awards acknowledge the best law review articles conce ...

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Posted Nov 6, 2024 by Law School News

Legal Analysis, Advocacy, and Writing: New Name for Legal Research and Writing

Kim Peterson As of the 2024-25 academic year, UW Law’s Legal Research and Writing Program is now known as the Legal Analysis, Advocacy, and Writing Program . This new name more accurately reflects the content of both first-year an ...

Posted Oct 4, 2024 by Law School News

Andrew Turner '08 Named Assistant Dean for Academic Enhancement Program

Andrew Turner  '08, co-director of Legal Analysis, Advocacy, and Writing, has been named assistant dean for the Academic Enhancement Program (AEP). Andrew Turner Turner started Aug. 26, succeeding Assistant Dean Moji Olaniyan; she ...

Posted Oct 4, 2024 by Law School News

Wisconsin Innocence Project Client David Bintz Exonerated After 25 Years in Prison

The Wisconsin Innocence Project (WIP)  is proud to announce that their client, David Bintz, and his brother, Robert Bintz, represented by the Great North Innocence Project , have been released from prison after 25 years of wrongful incarcer ...

Posted Sep 26, 2024 by Law School News

Emeritus Professor June Miller Weisberger Blanchard, 93, Dies

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 ...

Posted Aug 19, 2024 by Law School News

Best Brief Competition Finalists Announced

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 ...

Posted Aug 19, 2024 by Law School News

Arti Walker-Peddakotla Chosen As 2024 Hastie Fellow

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 ...

Posted Aug 9, 2024 by Law School News

Gunvalson, Rumler and Watkins Serve as 2024 Rural Summer Legal Corps Fellows

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 ...

Posted Jul 18, 2024 by Law School News

Rebecca Scheller ’07 Named Chief Administrative Officer at UW Law

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 . ...

Posted Jul 9, 2024 by Law School News

2024 UW Law Graduates Connolly, Lillegard-Bouton, Martinez and Villalovas Named Immigrant Justice Corps Fellows

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 ...

Posted Jun 20, 2024 by Law School News

Renagh O'Leary's Scholarship Honored A Second Time by the Association of American Law Schools

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 ...

Posted Jun 6, 2024 by Law School News

Avendano Martinez, Gibson, McCain, Ott, Petrova and Vasek Awarded Peggy Browning Fund Fellowships for 2024

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 ...

Posted May 28, 2024 by Law School News

Hirami '24 and Dal Nogare '24 Named to National Fellowships

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 ...

Posted May 24, 2024 by Law School News

Mock Trial Teams Perform Competitively in Spring 2024 Matchups

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 ...

Posted May 9, 2024 by Law School News

Parker Fiedrich Wins Legal Analysis, Advocacy and Writing's 2024 Oral Argument Competition

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 ...

Posted May 3, 2024 by Law School News

Carstensen Earns AAI's 2024 Alfred E. Kahn Award for Antitrust Achievement

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. ...

Posted Apr 30, 2024 by Law School News

Faculty and Student Speakers Announced for 2024 UW Law Hooding Ceremony

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 ...

Posted Apr 23, 2024 by Law School News

U.S. District Court Chief Judge Pamela Pepper to Deliver Keynote Address at 2024 Hooding Ceremony

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 ...

Posted Apr 22, 2024 by Law School News

McDermott, Burg, Koss Named 2023 Teachers of the Year

(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 . ...

Posted Mar 26, 2024 by Law School News

Wisconsin Law Review Names Juliet Jacques Editor-in-Chief for 2024-25

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 ...

Posted Feb 27, 2024 by Law School News

Groovy! Mary Hoynacki '14 Writes a Children's Book

You could say Mary Hoynacki '14 is feeling pretty jazzed about her latest accomplishment – fulfilling her goal of writing a children's book. "The Groovy Blube" is about Gerry, a blueberry saxophonist who sets out to play sweet, smoo ...

Posted Jan 16, 2024 by Law School News

UW–Madison To Cover Tuition For J.D. Students From Wisconsin Indian Tribes

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 ...

Posted Dec 18, 2023 by Law School News


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