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Preserving Tribal Culture and Dignity for Future GenerationsMinwewe 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 ...
Amber Renee Quinlan 2L was the winner of the 2023 Best Brief Competition. Her brief was selected as the best appellate brief written for the Spring 2023 Legal Research and Writing course. In addition to Quinlan, the finalists included Mary ...
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 ...
The finalists in this year's Best Brief Competition are Mary Berg, Christopher Hovel, Amber Renee Quinlan, Benjamin Sevart and Frederick Yates. The Best Brief Competition is an annual event that recognizes outstanding legal writing by first-ye ...
The semi-finalists in the Spring 2023 Best Brief Competition are: Mary Berg, Anna Colvin, Noah Dregne, Madeline Ehlinger, Ryan Gooding, Christopher Hovel, Evan W. Lane, Erin M. McBride, Sumner Pitt, Amber Renee Quinlan, Nicole G. Reed, Augie Ric ...
Tristin Ott, rising 2L at UW Law School, has earned a prestigiuous Peggy Browning Fellowship for Summer 2023. Ott is working in his 10-week fellowship at the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) in Washington, D.C. Tristin Ott ...
Professor Erin McBride, J.D. candidates Trager Metge and Damon Terrell, and LL.M.-L.I. candidate Harriet Maona have been named speakers for University of Wisconsin Law School’s 2023 Hooding Ceremony . They will join keynote spe ...
The Wisconsin Law Review has named second-year law student T. J. Clark as editor-in-chief for the 2023–24 academic year. Clark will replace outgoing Editor-in-Chief Kimberly Gutierrez. T.J. Clark Senior Editorial Board me ...
Nicholas Surprise, a second-year University of Wisconsin Law School student, is the winner of the 2022 Best Brief Competition . His brief was selected as the best appellate brief written for the Spring 2022 Legal Research and Writing course. I ...
University of Wisconsin Law School first-year student August Rice has been named the newest Stearns-Shaw Scholar. Rice is a graduate of Bowdoin College in Maine, where he majored in government and religion; he was involved with the Que ...
Morgan Spohn has spent his life defying expectations. Once, the 3L student was thought to be deaf because he didn't speak much as a child in class. Then he was considered to have Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder before finally being di ...
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