The Lubars’ $3 million gift will allow University of Wisconsin Law School to support top legal scholars in a new and creative way. Two ardent UW-Madison supporters, Milwaukee business executive Sheldon B. Lubar ‘53 and …
News & Notes
Overheard: UW Law in the news
On what’s missing from the national conversation on freezing eggs “Women are now using technology to try to make themselves seem as much like man as possible, so that they can have their children later after they have …
Overheard: UW Law in the news
On the use of experimental Ebola serum “No one can say that the optics here are not troubling. That is, you have a very small amount of a drug that might work, and the only …
UW Law welcomes new faculty
University of Wisconsin Law School welcomed three new faculty members in July: Gwendolyn Leachman, Miriam Seifter, and Robert Yablon. All three began their teaching duties this fall. Gwendolyn Leachman teaches labor and employment law. Her …
In Brief
University of Wisconsin Law School was named one of the nation’s best law schools for practical training, ranking third in a recent report by the National Jurist magazine. James Peterson ‘98 filled the long-vacant federal …
UW Law students score victories in criminal appeals courts
University of Wisconsin Law School students scored two wins for their clients in criminal appeals courts in July. Meredith Stier and Elizabeth Bradley, students in the Federal Appeals Project, took their client’s case to the …
Student spotlight: Five things we love about Aissa Olivarez
Our new series celebrates the dynamic individuals who make up our remarkable student body. This summer, we interviewed second-year student Aissa Olivarez, weeks before she and her husband welcomed their first child, a daughter. 1. …
2013 Class Reunions
Last fall, the Law School opened its doors to welcome back more than two hundred alumni from the classes of 1963, 1968, 1973, 1978, 1983, 1988, 1993, 1998, 2003, and 2008. Alumni joined Dean Raymond …
Second Annual Madison Women in Law Event
On October 9, more than 150 Madison-area women graduates joined Dean Raymond and Law School faculty to celebrate extraordinary women — past, current, and future — who are affiliated with UW Law School. The group …
Second Annual Dean’s Summit
Members of the Benchers’ Society and Legacy Society were invited to join Dean Margaret Raymond for the second annual Dean’s Summit in November. More than forty alumni participated in summit activities, including a dinner at …