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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

Ben Levey Studied in Germany, Poland, with The Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics
The WI Jewish Chronicle

Posted Sep 15, 2022 by Law School News

Studying Professional Ethics at Auschwitz

How can the conduct of lawyers and judges in Nazi-occupied Europe inform professional ethics today? Ben Levey, a rising second-year law student at the University of Wisconsin Law School, spent his summer reflecting on that and much more. Levey ...

Posted Jul 15, 2022 by Law School News

Semi-Finalists in the Spring 2022 Best Brief Competition Are Announced

The semi-finalists in the Spring 2022 Best Brief Competition are: Jessica Biggott, Morgan Bloch, Lily Broyles, Claudia Drace, Stephen Goettsche, Catherine Harding, Taylor Hatridge, Jodi Klagos, Madeline Koengeter, Tracy Lu, Carter Mickelson ...

Posted Jun 16, 2022 by Law School News

Law Student Jacob Gardner Publishes Debut Novel

For lifelong Wisconsinite and second-year law student Jacob Gardner, formative childhood experiences in Northern Wisconsin as a self-described ‘poor rural kid’ served as inspiration for his debut novel, North of Highway 8 . The nov ...

Posted May 26, 2022 by Law School News

Jamey Anderson 3L Named Student Winner of 2022 Richard D. Cudahy Writing Competition
American Constitution Society News

Posted May 20, 2022 by Law School News

Meet Von Dickens Abero Ulsa, a notable graduate of Spring 2022
UW-Madison News

Posted May 11, 2022 by Law School News

Student and faculty speakers named for UW Law School Hooding Ceremony

Professor Heinz Klug and students Elise Alexandria Ashley, Etiosa Emmanuel Ojomo, and Von Dickens Abero Ulsa have been named speakers for the University of Wisconsin Law School's annual Hooding Ceremony . They will join keynote speaker Justice R ...

Posted May 6, 2022 by Law School News

Dylan Burdelik: Finding the joy in law

About Dylan Hometown Park Ridge, Illinois Year Class of 2023 Career Interests Litigation (patents or torts) General counsel Consultant Judge Fun Fact I've played piano for about 18 years. Favorite Movie ...

Posted May 2, 2022 by Law School News

UW mock trial team wins first bid to nationals in 14 years
The Badger Herald

Posted Apr 12, 2022 by Law School News

Wisconsin Law Review names Kimberly Gutierrez editor-in-chief for 2022–23

The Wisconsin Law Review has named University of Wisconsin Law School student Kimberly Gutierrez as editor-in-chief for 2022–23. She replaces outgoing Editor-in-Chief Kyle Clark. Senior Editorial Board members for 2022–23 include: ...

Posted Mar 31, 2022 by Law School News

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson inspires Iman Davenport 2L
Spectrum News 1

Posted Mar 28, 2022 by Law School News

Animal Legal Defense Fund chapter wins 2021 Student Chapter of the Year Award
Animal Legal Defense Fund

Posted Mar 8, 2022 by Law School News

Mike Holland: Forging a more inclusive legal profession

About Mike Hometown Austin, Texas Year Class of 2022 Career Interests Civil litigation Commercial litigation Complex litigation Extracurricular Involvement Student Bar Association (SBA) QLaw Wiscons ...

Posted Feb 9, 2022 by Law School News

Kelly Gorman '23 discusses retaining women in law firm positions
State Bar of Wisconsin

Posted Feb 3, 2022 by Law School News

UW Law student Marin Smith receives Stearns-Shaw Scholarship

Marin Smith is the latest University of Wisconsin Law School student to be named a Stearns-Shaw Scholar. Smith earned their bachelor’s degree in Community and Nonprofit Leadership as well as Spanish from the University of Wisconsin-Madis ...

Posted Feb 3, 2022 by Law School News

UW Law student Renee Pasciak: LGBTQ youth need you to educate courts on their unique issues
State Bar of Wisconsin

Posted Jan 31, 2022 by Law School News

UW Law graduates receive Order of the Coif honors

Twenty-seven recent UW Law School graduates have been elected to the Order of the Coif for 2021. Induction into the Order of the Coif, a national honor society, is considered one of the highest academic distinctions a law school graduate can r ...

Posted Jan 18, 2022 by Law School News

Makaila "Iman" Davenport: Inspired to make an impact

About Iman Hometown Chesapeake, VA Year Class of 2023 Career Interests White collar crime Extracurricular Involvement Wisconsin International Law Journal Black Law Students Association (BLSA) Wisconsin ...

Posted Jan 6, 2022 by Law School News

Law School congratulates Best Brief Competition nominees and finalists

The Best Brief Competition is an annual event that recognizes outstanding legal writing by first-year students. The competition, which is in its nineteenth year, was created to encourage the best writers to reach for their highest potential.&nbs ...

Posted Sep 30, 2021 by Law School News

Walker Kahn 3L receives NSF Law and Science Dissertation Grant

Third year student Walker Kahn received a National Science Foundation (NSF) Law and Science Dissertation Grant for his work on mortgage foreclosures which identifies mortgage foreclosure litigation as a nexus connecting the growing pow ...

Posted Sep 29, 2021 by Law School News


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