The Lubars’ $3 million gift will allow University of Wisconsin Law School to support top legal scholars in a new and creative way. Two ardent UW-Madison supporters, Milwaukee business executive Sheldon B. Lubar ‘53 and …
Overheard: UW Law in the news
On what’s missing from the national conversation on freezing eggs “Women are now using technology to try to make themselves seem as much like man as possible, so that they can have their children later after they have …
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 …
Dean’s View
This issue is about legacies My desktop dictionary, Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary, defines legacy as “something received from an ancestor or predecessor or from the past,” or as “a gift by will especially of money or other …
Cody Splitt: In her Own Words
Interview compiled and edited by Tammy Kempfert Having a conversation with Cody Splitt, a 1949 UW Law School graduate, is the next best thing to scoring a front-row seat to some of 20th-century America’s most …
The Art of Bouncing Back
By Nicole Sweeney Etter For years, statistics have painted a bleak picture of the fallout of lawyer burnout. And with that burnout, research shows that attorneys have alarmingly high rates of alcoholism, substance abuse, depression, …
Honoring the Inimitable Professor Jones
Compiled and edited by Karen Koethe The University of Wisconsin Law School community mourns the loss of Professor Emeritus James E. Jones Jr., who passed away on November 21, 2014, following a lengthy illness. To …
A League of Her Own
By Tammy Kempfert You can’t throw Marti Wronski any curveballs. The Neenah, Wisconsin, native has been hitting career home runs ever since graduating from UW Law School with high honors in 1997. She spent nearly …
Restoring Justice
“Never in a thousand years would I have ever dreamed I’d be watching my mailbox for the next letter from Ryan Beckler.” — Noreen Deiss To understand why Noreen Deiss would say this, one need …
Food, Glorious Food: Shaping the Food Law of the Future
by Denise Thompson Illustrations by Katie Borud Current food law is a bewildering mix of disconnected and outdated regulations. Three UW Law School professors are proposing new policies and frameworks to ensure food safety, safeguard …