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The Last Word: Abigail Churchill ’15

Posted on September 17, 2020

“It’s ironic. As a teen growing up in a family full of lawyers, I wanted to do something different. It wasn’t until later I realized I was thinking about law all wrong.”

Posted in The Last WordTagged Summer 2020, Volume 42.1

The Last Word: The 150th Class

Posted on August 22, 2019

150 years after its humble origins, the University of Wisconsin Law School boasts over 15,000 living graduates around the world. Here’s a look at the May 2019 celebration of our most recent graduating class.

Posted in 150th, The Last WordTagged Summer 2019, Volume 41.1

The Last Word: The Honorable Samuel R. C. Crowfoot ’12

Posted on August 10, 2018

Samuel Crowfoot, who grew up in the Siksika Blackfoot reservation in Alberta, Canada, knew from a young age that he wanted to be a lawyer and improve life for Native tribes. Just six years out …

Posted in The Last WordTagged Summer 2018, Volume 40.2

The Last Word: Carl Williams ’06

Posted on October 27, 2017

A champion for freedom and liberation, Carl Williams serves as a staff attorney for the ACLU in Boston where he made history for his successful efforts leading to the largest dismissal of criminal cases at …

Posted in The Last WordTagged Fall 2017, Volume 40.1

Last Word: John Hawley ’79

Posted on March 15, 2017

A Conversation with John Hawley ’79 Describe your current job. I work in a three-lawyer general practice firm with offices located in Random Lake and Sheboygan, Wisconsin. I enjoy the variety of a general practice. …

Posted in The Last WordTagged Spring 2017, Volume 39.2

The Last Word: Marsha Mansfield ’84

Posted on July 23, 2016

DIRECTOR OF THE ECONOMIC JUSTICE INSTITUTE, UW LAW SCHOOL Describe your current job. I am a clinical professor at UW Law School and the director of the Economic Justice Institute (EJI), home to the school’s …

Posted in The Last WordTagged Summer 2016, Volume 39.1

The Last Word: Nicholas Zeppos ’79

Posted on November 11, 2015

Chancellor,  Vanderbilt  University Describe your current job. I have often said the definition of a great chancellor is a dilettante masquerading as a polymath. Like most academic research universities, Vanderbilt is a multilayered, complex organization. …

Posted in The Last WordTagged Fall 2015, Volume 38.2

The Last Word: Fran Ulmer ’72

Posted on May 13, 2015

Interview compiled and edited by Karen Koethe Chair of the US Arctic Research Commission Describe your current job. In 2011, President Obama appointed me chair of the US Arctic Research Commission. The commission is an independent …

Posted in The Last WordTagged Spring 2015, Volume 38.1

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