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Rebecca Wagner Oettinger, a second-year student at the University of Wisconsin Law School, has been named the recipient of the 2005 Leonard Loeb Scholarship.

The Loeb Scholarship was created by the family of the late Leonard Loeb, a 1952 graduate of the UW Law School, who was former President of the State Bar of Wisconsin and a recognized leader in family law.

The Loeb Award recognizes a student who exhibits academic excellence and demonstrates a strong interest in practicing family law. Oettinger is co-president of the Law School Family Association and a participant in the Family Law Project of the Frank J. Remington Center at the Law School.

Oettinger holds a Ph.D. in musicology from the University of Wisconsin and was an assistant professor of music history at the University of South Carolina before starting law school. She moved back to Madison with her family and began volunteering at Safe Harbor of Dane County, an organization dedicated to improving services to children who are alleged victims of child abuse and neglect as their cases proceed through the legal system. Her experiences with the organization inspired Oettinger to apply to law school to become a family law attorney and guardian ad litem.

Oettinger will receive the $5,000 award at a Law School awards reception in spring 2006. 

This is the third year the Leonard Loeb Family Law Scholarship Committee of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and Fellows has presented the award.

Submitted by on November 8, 2005

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