Alumni Magazine for the University of Wisconsin Law School
Compiled and edited by Karen Koethe The University of Wisconsin Law School community mourns the loss of Professor Emeritus James E. Jones Jr., who passed away on November 21, 2014, following a lengthy illness. To say that Professor Jones left an indelible mark on UW Law School and the greater legal community is to greatly …
By Tammy Kempfert You can’t throw Marti Wronski any curveballs. The Neenah, Wisconsin, native has been hitting career home runs ever since graduating from UW Law School with high honors in 1997. She spent nearly six years as an associate with Milwaukee’s Foley & Lardner and had taken a faculty spot at Marquette Law School …
“Never in a thousand years would I have ever dreamed I’d be watching my mailbox for the next letter from Ryan Beckler.” — Noreen Deiss To understand why Noreen Deiss would say this, one need only look back to the evening of December 4, 1994. That was when a sixteen-year-old Beckler, his fifteen-year-old girlfriend, and …
by Denise Thompson and Illustrations by Katie Borud Current food law is a bewildering mix of disconnected and outdated regulations. Three UW Law School professors are proposing new policies and frameworks to ensure food safety, safeguard the environment, and protect farmers and other food workers. Their goal is to prepare and serve a safe and …
Making History and Transforming Lives This issue of the Gargoyle is devoted to the history of women at the University of Wisconsin Law School. As the lead article reflects, our female graduates and faculty have blazed trails, regardless of their era. Our new senator from the state of Wisconsin, Tammy Baldwin, will bring her UW …
Silicon Valley. New York City. Madison? Okay, so while Madison (and Wisconsin in general), may not be the first locale that comes to mind among the big startup scene players, support for a vibrant startup community in Wisconsin is steadily gaining momentum. And UW Law alumni and the UW Law and Entrepreneurship Clinic are playing …
By Sumudu Atapattu Have you ever wondered what you would do if the country you were living in disappeared completely? Probably not. To most of us, it sounds like something from a science-fiction movie. Unfortunately, for those who are living on small island nations, this is far from science-fiction material— it is the future they …
Making a difference for teen girls in Milwaukee Danae Davis ’80 CEO Pearls for Teen Girls, Inc. Milwaukee After consciously deciding to go the nontraditional career path while a second-year law student, my career path has included various awesome experiences in the public sector, as well as corporate and now nonprofit leadership. My UW Law …
“I Owe It To My Family To Prove That I Can Succeed” By Joe Forward, Legal Writer, State Bar of Wisconsin Three years ago, Jimmy Anderson went golfing with his best friend on a summer day in California. In the evening, he hopped in the car with his parents and his little brother, his only …
Immigrant Justice Clinic Students Examine How Words — such as Illegals or Aliens — Affect Our Perceptions of People and Issues By Stacy Taeuber, Clinical Assistant Professor and Director of the Immigrant Justice Clinic This past summer, a small group of dedicated and tenacious members of the Latino Law Student Association won a grant from …