Cecelia Klingele, on judges using software that measures criminal defendants’ risk of reoffending in their sentencing decisions: “We know that on average, these algorithmic tools tend to make better risk predictions than people do. People …
News & Notes
Spring break at the border: UW Law students provide pro bono services to families seeking asylum
Six UW Law students spent spring break providing pro bono legal services for immigrants apprehended at the US–Mexico border. The immigrants are women and children who came to the United States seeking protection from violence …
The 75th anniversary of John Steuart Curry’s “The Freeing of the Slaves” mural
John Steuart Curry’s iconic mural, “The Freeing of the Slaves,” has provided quiet inspiration to generations of University of Wisconsin law students. The mural, which dominates the Law Library’s Quarles & Brady Reading Room, turns …
Supreme Court takes on partisan gerrymandering in Professor Bill Whitford’s landmark case
In a democracy, citizens are supposed to choose their legislators. In Wisconsin, legislators have chosen their voters.” The Supreme Court will decide whether Wisconsin’s Republican-controlled legislature violated the Constitution by redrawing voter district maps that …
In Brief
Professor Keith Findley and Wisconsin Innocence Project exoneree Jarrett Adams were featured on NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt for their work to free the wrongfully convicted. To watch the segment, visit NBC’s website. …
Geraldine Hines: A Timeline of Events
See also “Mississippi Learning: The Education of Geraldine Hines ’71” 1947 Born in the Mississippi Delta on October 29, 1947, Geraldine Hines knew early on she’d make a career of social justice lawyering. “Seeing what …
Faculty in the Media
ON THE REASONS WHY PEOPLE FALSELY CONFESS “The most prominent is simply that people are subjected to psychologically coercive, very intensive interrogation tactics. To make it stop or secure the best outcome that they possibly …
Neighborhood Law Clinic recognized for excellence
The Neighborhood Law Clinic (NLC) received honorable mention from the Clinical Legal Education Association, a national group of clinical law teachers, for excellence in delivering public interest legal services. Marsha Mansfield, who directs the Law …
New digital archive at UW Law Library: “Bhopal: Law, Accidents and Disasters in India”
A digital archive launched this fall at UW Law Library sheds light on the legal aspects of the world’s worst industrial disaster. According to Marc Galanter, UW professor emeritus of law and South Asian studies, …
Veterans Law Center expands free services
Nearly 300 veterans have been offered free legal assistance since UW Law School started its Veterans Law Center (VLC) in November 2012. Volunteer attorneys, along with paralegals and law students, provide brief legal advice, information, …