“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.”
The Last Word
The Last Word: The 150th Class
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.
The Last Word: The Honorable Samuel R. C. Crowfoot ’12
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 …
The Last Word: Carl Williams ’06
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 …
Last Word: John Hawley ’79
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. …
The Last Word: Marsha Mansfield ’84
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 …
The Last Word: Nicholas Zeppos ’79
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. …
The Last Word: Fran Ulmer ’72
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 …