Alumni Magazine for the University of Wisconsin Law School
More than 100 Madison-area women graduates joined Dean Raymond and Law School faculty to celebrate extraordinary women — past, current, and future — of the UW Law School. The group gathered at Samba Grill in Madison for a wine tasting. Attending alumnae represented dozens of private firms and businesses, as well as government and public …
After the graduation ceremony, Dean Raymond hosted a special reception for our December 2012 graduates and their families. More than 30 students received J.D. degrees, and more than a dozen additional students received graduate law degrees. Students graduating with honors and students inducted into the Pro Bono Society were also recognized. Photos, from top to …
“I chose Wisconsin because of the strong sense of community among students, faculty and administration. Plus, this is America’s Dairyland! There are exciting legal issues to explore in the agriculture and food industries here.” —Kelliann Blazek “Before law school, I was a Teach for America corps member in Philadelphia, but I am originally from the …
Last fall, the Law School opened its doors to welcome back more than 300 alumni from the Classes of 1962, 1967, 1972, 1977, 1982, 1987, 1992, 1997, 2002 and 2007. Alumni joined Dean Raymond and the faculty for a weekend of socializing, networking, tailgating, and more. Friday featured building tours of the Law School, two …
Members of the Benchers’ Society were invited to join Dean Margaret Raymond for the first annual Dean’s Summit. More than 20 Benchers participated in summit activities, including a dinner at the dean’s home, a close-up view of Bencher gifts at work in the Law School, discussions with students and faculty and, of course, tailgating and …
Free legal assistance for Dane County veterans became available last November, when the University of Wisconsin Law School launched its new Veterans Law Center. The center provides veterans with basic legal information, as well as guidance for civil cases. Since opening, it has served approximately forty veterans. According to Ann Zimmerman, the Law School’s pro …
From Pop Rock to Trademark Law, Student Paul Borovay Describes His Law School Journey I was setting up for a rock show in Italy when Scramble, an Italian punk band approached me and asked if I planned on using my band name, Smile Radio, in Europe. I told them I did plan on using it, …
Monica Mark won the Greenhalgh Student Writing Competition, awarded by the American Bar Association’s Criminal Justice Section. Mark’s winning paper, “GPS Tracking, Smartphones and the Inadequacy of Jones and Katz,” suggests that Supreme Court jurisprudence has not kept up with GPS technology. “There’s obviously no physical trespass involved in planting a GPS unit in a …
New Collaboration between the Wisconsin Innocence Project and the State Public Defender On September 28, 2012, the 300th person was exonerated in the United States on the basis of new DNA testing. Damon Thibodeaux served 16 years on death row in Louisiana. In total, these 300 exonerees served approximately 4,013 years in prison—an average of …
“I wanted to have a stronger impact.” Ever since Rukmini Vasupuram chose women’s studies and history for her undergraduate majors, gender issues have guided her path. “Even though we live in a time when women are ostensibly equal to men,” she says, “women face ingrained beliefs and structures that reinforce unequal gender dynamics.” Vasupuram earned …