University of Wisconsin Law School 1L students Brent Brunner and Wonkyo Jeong, coached by Jonathan Blanchard of Michael Best & Friedrich LLP, placed third nationally at the 2025 USPTO National Patent Application Drafting Competition . The ...
UW Law School NewsBrandon Pope The Wisconsin Journal of Law, Gender & Society has named Brandon Pope 2L as editor-in-chief for the 2025-26 academic year. Pope will succeed outgoing Editor-in-Chief Claire Carey. The 2025-26 Senior Editorial Board ...
UW Law School NewsAnastasia Bruss The Wisconsin International Law Journal has named Anastasia Bruss 2L as editor-in-chief for the 2025-26 academic year. Bruss will succeed outgoing Editor-in-Chief Kasim Rana. The 2025–26 Senior Ed ...
UW Law School NewsAnnika Hurd is the winner of the third annual Oral Argument Advocacy Challenge at University of Wisconsin Law School. Annika Hurd and Harrison McBride competed Feb. 20, 2025. Every spring semester, students in UW Law’s Legal Analy ...
Beeta Siwik The Wisconsin Law Review has named second-year law student Beeta Siwik as Editor-in-Chief for the 2025-26 academic year. Siwik will succeed outgoing Editor-in-Chief Juliet Jacques. The 2025–26 Senior Edito ...
UW Law School NewsTiffany Mitchell, a third-year student at University of Wisconsin Law School, won the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Armed Forces Law 2025 writing contest with her paper "Unaccountable: Command Responsibility and Army Officers&r ...
UW Law School NewsMinwewe 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 ...
UW Law NewsFor 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 - ...
UW Law NewsBrandon 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 ...
UW Law NewsThe 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 ...
Maxwell Schwartz, a rising 3L, has been named one of more than 150 John Paul Stevens Foundation fellows for 2024 . Maxwell Schwartz For more than a quarter of a century, the John Paul Stevens Foundation has been dedicated to ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...