UW Law students and alumni help children succeed and stay in school UW Law School students and graduates are known for their strongly held commitment to community service. Starting during the first week of law …
Connecting with Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor
BY NICOLE ETTER Filled with excitement and nervous energy, third-year law student Sofia Ascorbe waited for one of the biggest moments of her life: a personal meeting with US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. “Meeting …
Mississippi Learning: The Education of Geraldine Hines ’71
BY TAMMY KEMPFERT The day her family’s refrigerator got repossessed is the day Geraldine Hines realized her life’s calling. Hines recalls thinking, “This isn’t fair.” She was around 12 at the time, the oldest of …
Legal Practice: Pre-law Scholars Program Highlights Law In Action
In 1971, Geraldine Hines was one of four black students entering the Wisconsin Law School. She’s now a justice on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court — the first African American woman to serve there — …
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, …
UW Law School family law expert selected for research chair
UW Law School family law expert selected for research chair A University of Wisconsin Law School professor will use an innovative research chair to complete a project that examines the civil justice experiences of unrepresented …
In Brief
The work I’m doing affects so many people. That’s something I never forget. Someone wins … and someone loses. That burden feels very heavy to me.” Justice Sonia Sotomayor at the 2016 Kastenmeier Lecture Center …