The University of Wisconsin Law School welcomed 241 new students this fall, who are among the best and brightest in the nation, says Rebecca Scheller , UW Law’s associate dean of admissions and financial aid. “The Class of 2023 is ...
Abby Chase The Wisconsin Law Review will mark 100 years of legal scholarship with a special online symposium, “Wisconsin's Intellectual History and Traditions ,” on Oct. 22 and 23. Abby Chase, co-editor of the symposium wit ...
The University of Wisconsin Law School has strengthened its constitutional law faculty with three new hires, who join in a long tradition of excellence in research and teaching. In addition to incoming scholars Joshua Braver and Franciska Colema ...
John Gross has been named director of the Public Defender Project , an experiential learning program based at the University of Wisconsin Law School. John Gross UW Law students enrolled in the Public Defender Project earn academic cred ...
Howard Erlanger Professor Howard Erlanger has won Wisconsin Law Journal’s 2020 Leaders in the Law award. The award honors top judges, attorneys and legal professionals who have made a difference in Wisconsin’s legal communi ...
Emma Babler Emma Babler has been named to Wisconsin Law Journal's Up and Coming Lawyers list for 2020. Babler, who received her J.D. at the University of Wisconsin Law School in 2015, is the reference & technology librarian at the U ...
The shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin on Sunday is beyond saddening. It is shocking, and it is painful to watch. Our hearts go out to Mr. Blake, his loved ones, and his community. The circumstances surrounding this shooting deserve ...
Daniel P. Tokaji has been named dean of the University of Wisconsin Law School. He has been a professor at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law since 2003, serving as Associate Dean for Faculty since 2018. A graduate of Harvard C ...
Two University of Wisconsin Law professors have received faculty fellowships from the UW-Madison. They were among 32 faculty spanning the four campus divisions— arts and humanities, physical sciences, social sciences and biological scienc ...
Each spring, UW Law School celebrates excellence in teaching through its Teacher of the Year awards. The honorees for outstanding classroom, clinical and adjunct instruction in 2019 include: Howard Erlanger, Classroom Teacher of the Year. H ...
The Honorable James D. Peterson will deliver a video-recorded keynote address for the University of Wisconsin Law School’s Class of 2020 virtual commencement ceremony . Chief Judge James Peterson UW Law School joined UW-Madison i ...
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 ...
Brian Cawley 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. Cawley’s winning entry, “Damning the M ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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