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McDermott, Burg, Koss Named 2023 Teachers of the Year

(Pictured, from left) Rachel Burg, Megan McDermott and Judge Phillip Koss were named 2023 Teachers of the Year. Each spring, University of Wisconsin Law School celebrates excellence in teaching through its Teacher of the Year awards . ...

Posted Mar 26, 2024 by Law School News

Wisconsin Law Review Names Juliet Jacques Editor-in-Chief for 2024-25

The Wisconsin Law Review has named second-year law student Juliet Jacques as Editor-in-Chief for the 2024–25 academic year. Jacques will succeed outgoing Editor-in-Chief T. J. Clark. Juliet Jacques The 2024–25 Senior Edito ...

Posted Feb 27, 2024 by Law School News

UW–Madison To Cover Tuition For J.D. Students From Wisconsin Indian Tribes

Wisconsin residents who are enrolled members of federally recognized Wisconsin Indian tribes may have their University of Wisconsin Law School in-state tuition and fees covered as part of a new five-year pilot program. This is just one elem ...

Posted Dec 18, 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

Taylor, Hoff Named To 2023 AALS Pro Bono Honor Roll

Eric Taylor University of Wisconsin Law School staff member Eric Taylor and law student Julia Hoff were named to the 2023 Association of American Law Schools'  Pro Bono Honor Roll .  Taylor, evening reference librarian a ...

Posted Oct 27, 2023 by Law School News

Ryan Poe-Gavlinski Named Inaugural Deputy Director of EJI

Ryan Poe-Gavlinski has been named the inaugural deputy director of University of Wisconsin Law School’s Economic Justice Institute (EJI). “Being named deputy director of EJI means a lot to me as it shows that our administration a ...

Posted Sep 21, 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

UW Law’s BJ Ard Helps Lead National Science Foundation Project To Safeguard U.S. Laws Against Cyberattacks

University of Wisconsin Law School is helping lead the way to develop new technologies that secure the “digital legal supply chain” — the processes by which laws and legal information are recorded, stored, updated and distribut ...

Posted Aug 10, 2023 by Law School News

Study Finds Civil Legal Aid Delivers 8.4x Economic Return to Wisconsin

New research shows more than an 8:1 return on investment for civil legal aid in Wisconsin, reflecting the impact of work done at University of Wisconsin Law School. A study commissioned by the Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation Inc. (WisTAF) a ...

Posted Aug 8, 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

2 UW Law Projects Awarded Research Forward Grants

Two University of Wisconsin Law School efforts have won University of Wisconsin–Madison Research Forward awards that support groundbreaking research. The initiative is supported by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) and wi ...

Posted Jul 18, 2023 by Law School News

Steph Tai on the Sackett v. EPA Decision: What the Justices Said and What this Means for Water
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Posted Jun 30, 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

Big Ten Law Schools Affirm Their Commitment to Diversity

Deans' Statement We are deans of Big Ten law schools, joining together to affirm our commitment to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion through legally permissible means, regardless of the outcome of the cases pending before the U.S. S ...

Posted Jun 21, 2023 by Law School News

Eric Taylor Receives 2023 University Staff Recognition Award

Eric Taylor , evening reference librarian and acquisitions assistant in the UW Law Library , has been honored with a 2023 University Staff Recognition Award .The awards are presented annually to employees for their outstanding achievements. Area ...

Posted Jun 19, 2023 by Law School News

Torey Dolan Chosen As 2023 Hastie Fellow

Torey Dolan , an enrolled member of the Choctaw Nation whose research focuses on political equality for Native American people, has been selected as the 2023 William H. Hastie Fellow. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Hastie Fellowsh ...

Posted Jun 14, 2023 by Law School News

Kenechukwu Okocha '07 Nominated To Serve as Judge for D.C. Superior Court

Kenechukwu Onyemaechi Okocha '07 has been nominated by President Joe Biden to serve as judge for the District of Columbia Superior Court. Kenechukwu Onyemaechi Okocha Okocha has served as an assistant U.S. attorney in the U.S. Attorne ...

Posted Jun 7, 2023 by Law School News

UW Law Library Wins 2023 AALL Award For Work On Tribal Law Pilot Project 

The University of Wisconsin Law Library has won the American Association of Law Libraries  (AALL) 2023 Public Access to Government Information Award  for the "Digital Publication of Tribal Laws Pilot Project ," in ...

Posted Jun 1, 2023 by Law School News

Yaron Nili Co-Author of Two Top 10 Corporate and Securities Articles of 2022

Professor Yaron Nili  has co-authored two articles selected as the Top 10 Corporate and Securities Articles of 2022. "The Corporate Governance Gap,"  co-authored with Kobi Kastiel of Tel Aviv University­ ...

Posted Jun 1, 2023 by Law School News

Brian Tuczynski Among UW's Spring Notable Graduates
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Posted May 11, 2023 by Law School News

Justice Louis B. Butler Jr. '77 to Deliver Keynote Address at 2023 Hooding Ceremony

Justice Louis B. Butler Jr.  '77 will be the keynote speaker at the 2023 University of Wisconsin Law School Hooding Ceremony . The ceremony, open to UW Law School students and their family and friends, will take place at 1 p.m. Friday, May ...

Posted Apr 12, 2023 by Law School News

Yablon, McBride, Kasieta Named 2022 UW Law Teachers of the Year

Each spring, University of Wisconsin Law School celebrates excellence in teaching through its Teacher of the Year awards . UW Law School's annual teaching awards demonstrate the value placed on excellent teaching. Our faculty engage and inspire ...

Posted Apr 10, 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

Seeger Matching Challenge Reaps $1 Million for Faculty Fund

University of Wisconsin Law School has raised $1 million for the Faculty Recruitment and Retention Fund, thanks to a generous matching gift from Laureen Seeger ’86. Seeger, chief legal officer for American Express and a member of the Wisco ...

Posted Mar 9, 2023 by Law School News

Nina Varsava Awarded AALS Jurisprudence Future Promise Award

Nina Varsava Nina Varsava , assistant professor of law at University of Wisconsin Law School, was awarded the Association of American Law Schools' (AALS) Jurisprudence Future Promise Award at the AALS Annual Meeting last month. The award ...

Posted Feb 17, 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

Media Coverage of UW Law's Decision to Withdraw From U.S. News Rankings

University of Wisconsin Law School has a long tradition of making a world-class legal education accessible and affordable to everyone. The values underlying the U.S News & World Report law school ranking do not align with our mission an ...

Posted Jan 31, 2023 by Law School News

University of Wisconsin Law School Will Not Participate in U.S. News Survey

Statement of Dean Dan Tokaji University of Wisconsin Law School has a long tradition of making a world-class legal education accessible and affordable to everyone. The values underlying the U.S News & World Report law school ranking do no ...

Posted Jan 26, 2023 by Law School News

UW Law Graduates Receive Order of the Coif Honors

Twenty-two recent University of Wisconsin Law School graduates have been elected to the Order of the Coif for 2022. Induction into the Order of the Coif, a national honor society, is considered one of the highest academic distinctions a law sc ...

Posted Jan 9, 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

Op-Ed: Ending Standardized Law School Tests Could Diminish Diversity

University of Wisconsin Law School, in line with dozens of other accredited institutions, opposes this month’s move toward eliminating entrance exams like the Law School Admissions Test (LSAT) starting in the fall of 2025. On Friday, the ...

Posted Nov 22, 2022 by Law School News

Lawrence-Wehrle Wins 2022 Unsung Hero Award from Wisconsin Law Journal

In recognition of his outstanding support of University of Wisconsin Law School students, faculty and staff, Peter Lawrence-Wehrle has received a Wisconsin Law Journal All-Star Award  in the category of Unsung Hero. The award wil ...

Posted Nov 7, 2022 by Law School News

Ambassador Tom Barrett ’80 to Discuss 'From Wisconsin to Luxembourg' for International Education Week

Tom Barrett '80 will discuss his journey from University of Wisconsin–Madison to the world stage and his career in public service as the keynote speaker for International Education Week (IEW) Nov. 14-18, 2022. Barrett, the U.S. Ambas ...

Posted Nov 3, 2022 by Law School News

Updated: Greg Wiercioch Continues Along ‘Unprecedented’ Path in Texas Death Penalty Case

Update, Sept. 27, 2023: U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman ruled that Scott Panetti’s well-documented mental illness and disorganized thought prevent him from understanding the reason for his execution, effectively meaning he is not compete ...

Posted Nov 2, 2022 by Law School News

Stearns: ‘Visibility is Everything’

In honor of LGBTQ+ History Month, we reached out to Denis Stearns '92, who endowed the Stearns-Shaw Scholarship at University of Wisconsin Law School along with his husband, Thomas Shaw. They endowed two additional student awards, one of wh ...

Posted Oct 27, 2022 by Law School News

Gulbrandsen Remembered for Impact of Law & Entrepreneurship Clinic, WARF

Carl Gulbrandsen '81, a longtime University of Wisconsin–Madison leader who was instrumental in creating UW Law School's Law & Entrepreneurship Clinic , passed away Monday, Oct. 17. Gulbrandsen, 75, worked for two decades for the ...

Posted Oct 20, 2022 by Law School News

Scott Colom '09 Nominated to Serve as Judge for U.S. District Court

Scott Colom '09 has been nominated by President Joe Biden to serve as judge for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi. Colom, the first Black district attorney for the 16th Judicial District of Mississippi , was ...

Posted Oct 19, 2022 by Law School News

Law Library Exhibit Features Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson

The traveling exhibit “Justice for All: The Legacy of Chief Justice Shirley S. Abrahamson” is on display through Thursday, Dec. 15, at the University of Wisconsin Law School Law Library. Abrahamson ’62 is famous for many fir ...

Posted Oct 13, 2022 by Law School News

Catarina Colón '19, Extending the Pipeline

'My hope is that these law students can see themselves in me and know that they can be successful' For Catarina Colón, heritage means everything. "My Latine heritage and my upbringing have impacted every aspect of my life, including ...

Posted Oct 12, 2022 by Law School News

Laura Schumacher '88 Honored by ABA With 2022 Margaret Brent Award

Laura Schumacher '88, vice chairman, external affairs and chief legal officer at AbbVie , has been selected by the American Bar Association (ABA) Commission on Women in the Profession as a winner of the 2022 Margaret Brent Award . Schumacher was ...

Posted Aug 23, 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

Rachel Burg Joins the Wisconsin Innocence Project

Rachel Burg has joined the University of Wisconsin Law School as a clinical assistant professor in the Wisconsin Innocence Project (WIP). WIP seeks to exonerate the innocent and to train the next generation of legal leaders. Since WIP's foundi ...

Posted Jul 15, 2022 by Law School News

Emily Buchholz Joins UW Law As Director of L&E Clinic

Emily Buchholz has joined the University of Wisconsin Law School as director of the Law and Entrepreneurship Clinic (L&E Clinic). The Clinic provides free legal services to emerging entrepreneurs and early-stage companies through the w ...

Posted Jul 7, 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

UW Law Announces Bernadette Atuahene as Inaugural James E. Jones Chair

The University of Wisconsin Law School has named Bernadette Atuahene as the inaugural James E. Jones Chair . The endowed faculty chair honors the late Professor James E. Jones Jr.  '56, who was a trailblazing labor lawyer, civil right ...

Posted May 24, 2022 by Law School News

Hooding Ceremony Available on Livestream

Posted May 13, 2022 by Law School News


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