Commencement: A Virtual Celebration for the Class of 2020
Although physically apart, the UW Law School community came together in Badger spirit to celebrate the Class of 2020 on May 15.
Alumni Magazine for the University of Wisconsin Law School
Although physically apart, the UW Law School community came together in Badger spirit to celebrate the Class of 2020 on May 15.
As the world grapples with the pandemic, a wide range of legal issues have been brought to the forefront. The expertise of UW Law faculty has been in demand as these complex issues develop. Bioethics From the allocation of ventilators to untested clinical trials, the pandemic has no shortage of ethical quandaries. Two UW Law …
A lookback on the 150th year at UW Law School as well as a brief overview of the contents in the Gargoyle's 150th Anniversary Issue.
Cristina Bordé was named one of 2018’s “Women to Watch” by Brava magazine. Bordé was recognized for launching the Wisconsin Latino Exoneration Program. Housed within the Wisconsin Innocence Project, the program provides...
In honor of our 150th anniversary, UW Law School will introduce its very own ice cream flavor in 2018. We asked members of our Law School family to propose the flavors, the mix-ins, and even the name. While we can’t reveal the winner just yet, these sweet ideas were too good to keep to ourselves. …
Professor Alexandra Huneeus, a leading authority on human rights law in Latin America, will soon put her expertise into action through a peace court in Colombia. Huneeus was one of ten foreign expert jurists recently selected to serve on Colombia’s Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP). The new tribunal will review war-related crimes in the wake …
UW Law School Professor Tonya Brito is one of fifteen researchers appointed to the Russell Sage Foundation’s Visiting Scholars program for the 2018–19 academic year. Working from the foundation headquarters in New York City, Brito will use the opportunity to continue her pioneering study of low-income litigants in child support cases. The study focuses on …
UW Law School Professor Mitra Sharafi has won four separate awards to pursue her research on the legal history of South Asia. Sharafi will use the opportunities to work on her latest book project, “Fear of the False: Forensic Science in Colonial India,” a cross-disciplinary examination of Indian law and forensics under British rule. “I’m …
The University of Wisconsin–Madison community is mourning the loss of UW Law alumna and civil-rights leader Vel Phillips. She passed away in April at the age of 94. “Throughout her life Vel Phillips provided a remarkable, courageous, and inspiring example of leadership in virtually every community she touched, including our own campus community,” Chancellor Rebecca …
The debate over US federalism—how the national and state governments share power—is as old as the Constitution. These days, it’s a debate mired in redstate and blue-state politics, says constitutional law scholar David Schwartz, with red-state Republicans arguing for small government, lower taxes, and privatization of public goods, while blue-state Democrats look to a centralized …