Alumni Magazine for the University of Wisconsin Law School
Seep Paliwal ’15 Receives Outstanding Young Lawyer Award From Wisconsin State Bar The Young Lawyers Division of the Wisconsin State Bar honored Seep Paliwal with the outstanding young lawyer award for her commitment to serving the community. She recently launched two pro bono initiatives: the Municipal Defense Project for community members experiencing homelessness, and the …
US Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan doesn’t often get away from her work in the nation’s capital to visit university campuses, so her visit to University of Wisconsin Law School was special. In addition to speaking to students, faculty, alumni, and others at multiple events during her two-day visit in September, she strolled the farmer’s …
Whether in the courtroom or in her chocolate shop, Syovata Edari is finding success on her own terms. An accomplished trial lawyer, Syovata “Vata” Edari ’01 never expected to become a full-time professional chocolatier. When she first turned to chocolate making, it was as a creative outlet from her demanding legal practice. What started as …
Op-Ed by Professor Yaron Nili A year ago, State Street Advisors, one of the largest institutional investors in the country, commissioned the “Fearless Girl” statue as a symbol of increased attention by investors and the public to the lack of gender diversity in corporate boardrooms. In the year since “Fearless Girl” appeared on Wall Street, …
Wisconsin attorneys Peter Fox ’01 and Rebecca Salawdeh ’96 have spent their careers representing plaintiffs in workplace disputes. In a presentation to law students, they shared a few lessons on litigating sexual harassment cases. Harassment is hard to prove. Like most states, Wisconsin is an ‘at-will’ employment state. That gives workers the right to quit …
In the weeks following the Harvey Weinstein scandal, the hashtag #MeToo exploded on social media channels, as millions of women used it to share their stories of sexual harassment. Considered a watershed national reckoning, the movement exposed just how prevalent sexual harassment is in the workplace. Long before the #MeToo hashtag was trending, alumna Debra …
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 …