When Bridget Brennan ’83 began her academic journey at UW Law School, she had no intention of becoming a prosecutor. A journalist working in small television markets in Wisconsin, Brennan had a passion for telling …
News & Notes
Marygold Melli Honored with Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award, Workshop
Marygold Melli, Voss Bascom Professor of Law Emerita at the University of Wisconsin Law School, adds two recent honors to a trove of professional accolades: the American Bar Association has named Melli a recipient of its …
Local Justice for International Crime
Professor Alexandra Huneeus studies Latin American model When a Guatemalan court indicted Efrain Rios Montt for his role in the torture and deaths of at least 1,711 indigenous Mayan-Ixils, it marked the first time a …
In Brief
People Professor Cecelia Klingele has been elected to the American Law Institute (ALI), an independent U.S. organization that produces scholarly work to clarify, modernize, and otherwise improve the law. Made up of more than four …
Professor Tonya Brito Wins Grant to Study Legal Access for Poor
Does a parent who faces jail time for falling behind on child-support payments have the right to a court-appointed attorney? Not necessarily, according to the US Supreme Court. But the court ruled in the 2011 …
Heinz Klug: Reflections on Nelson Mandela’s legacy
A native of Durban, South Africa, Professor Heinz Klug participated in the anti-apartheid struggle, spent eleven years in exile, and returned to South Africa in 1990 as a member of the African National Congress Land …
Former Nixon Counselor John Dean Shares Ethics Lessons at Annual Kastenmeier Lecture
John Dean has been thinking, writing and speaking about Watergate for more than forty years — not only to document a critical moment in United States political history, but lately, to examine the role he …
Overheard: UW Law in the Media
On separating church and state “Sing ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ or do something else to make it a grand occasion. Don’t appropriate religion for that purpose. Keep religion separate and special, and have the sphere of …
Considering Law and Ethics in the Shadow of Auschwitz
Eileen Dorfman recently completed a Fellowship at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics. The curriculum, designed by Yale Law School, combined walking tours of Nazi death camps, Berlin, and Nuremberg, with workshops using the …
Badgers Give Back
Law School orientation emphasizes service The first few days of law school set the tone for what’s to come. That’s why the programming for UW Law orientation includes giving back to the community through service. …