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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

Maxwell Schwartz Named 2024 John Paul Stevens Foundation Fellow

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 ...

Posted Jul 24, 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

Rising 2L Justice Moore in State Bar's Rural Clerkship Program: "Everyone Deserves a Lawyer"
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Posted Jun 7, 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

Student Shruti Pandey Named an Outstanding Public Interest Law Student
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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

Amber Renee Quinlan Wins 2023 Best Brief Competition

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 ...

Posted Apr 12, 2024 by Law School News

Bonnie Shucha, Michael Williams 3L on Increasing Tribal Judicial Transparency
Native American Calling

Posted Feb 26, 2024 by Law School News

Emma Hawley Among UW's Notable December Graduates
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Posted Dec 14, 2023 by Law School News

Tiffany Mitchell 2L on wanting to ‘change the system for the better’

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.& ...

Posted Nov 30, 2023 by Law School News

David Westrate ’23 on Real Estate, Law and Love of Country

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 ...

Posted Nov 20, 2023 by Law School News

Finalists Named for Best Brief Competition

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 ...

Posted Sep 13, 2023 by Law School News

Semi-Finalists in the Spring 2023 Best Brief Competition Are Announced

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 ...

Posted Aug 2, 2023 by Law School News

Tristin Ott Awarded Peggy Browning Fellowship

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 ...

Posted Jun 26, 2023 by Law School News

Brian Tuczynski Among UW's Spring Notable Graduates
UW-Madison News

Posted May 11, 2023 by Law School News

UW Law Hooding Ceremony Faculty and Student Speakers Announced

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 ...

Posted Apr 25, 2023 by Law School News

Wisconsin Law Review Names T.J. Clark Editor-in-Chief for 2023-24

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 ...

Posted Mar 10, 2023 by Law School News

Nicholas Surprise Wins 2022 Best Brief Competition

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 ...

Posted Feb 1, 2023 by Law School News

August Rice 1L Receives Stearns-Shaw Scholarship

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 ...

Posted Dec 15, 2022 by Law School News

Morgan Spohn 3L: Motivated to Make a Difference

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 ...

Posted Nov 30, 2022 by Law School News

From Navy Musician to Law Student

Brian Tuczynski Brian Tuczynski knows good music. He also knows the value of duty and honor–and the significance of serving his community, whether it be through military service or practicing law. Tuczynski, a third-year law student ...

Posted Nov 22, 2022 by Law School News


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