Alumni Magazine for the University of Wisconsin Law School
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 gathered at Restaurant Muramoto in Madison to enjoy appetizers and a wine tasting. Attending alumnae represented dozens of private firms …
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 the dean’s home, a close-up view of gifts at work in the Law School, discussions with students and faculty, and, …
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 stories. She came to law school to deepen her understanding of the American legal system, to become a better, more …
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 annual Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award, and the Law School organized a workshop held last April to celebrate …
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 former head of state would go to trial for genocide in his home country. According to Professor Alexandra Huneeus, Rios …
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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 case Turner v. Rogers that, short of providing full legal representation, states must implement “adequate procedural safe-guards” to ensure that …
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 Commission. He reflects on the legacy of former South African President Nelson Mandela, who passed away in December. As an …
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 and other lawyers played in the Nixon White House scandal. “Something like twenty-one lawyers got on the wrong side of …
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 government be religion free so that everyone feels equally included. I think that is the American tradition.” –Ann Althouse, Wisconsin …