Alumni Magazine for the University of Wisconsin Law School
University of Wisconsin Law School students scored two wins for their clients in criminal appeals courts in July. Meredith Stier and Elizabeth Bradley, students in the Federal Appeals Project, took their client’s case to the Seventh US Circuit Court of Appeals to seek a reduction in his 188-month prison sentence on a drug conviction. Working …
Our new series celebrates the dynamic individuals who make up our remarkable student body. This summer, we interviewed second-year student Aissa Olivarez, weeks before she and her husband welcomed their first child, a daughter. 1. Watching Law and Order inspired her to pursue Law in Action. “I’ve wanted to be a lawyer since third grade, …
Recently named a Woman of Distinction by the Midday Women’s Alliance, trailblazer Cody Splitt ’49 became interested in the law at an early age. “ During the Great Depression, there was never an extra dime for picture shows, so Cody’s mother sent her down to the courthouse in Wausau to watch the drama in the …
Geraldine Hines ’71 on being named the first African-American woman to serve on the Massachusetts Supreme Court, after growing up in the segregated South: “ I could never have imagined getting here from there, a place where the spirit-crushing regime of racial oppression claimed so many dreams, so many possibilities, and even lives.” — Boston Herald
Rick Raemisch ’88, Colorado prisons chief, on his voluntary stay in solitary confinement: “ I would spend a total of twenty hours in that cell. Which, compared with the typical stay, is practically a blink. On average, inmates who are sent to solitary in Colorado spend an average of twenty-three months there. Some spend twenty years. Eventually, I broke …
Novelist and 2004 UW Law alumna Susan Gloss, author of Vintage (HarperCollins, 2014), describes what a perfect day in Madison looks like to her. 8:45 a.m. Ground Zero Coffee One of my favorite ways to start the day is with coffee and my computer at Ground Zero on Williamson Street. Their pumpkin chocolate chip muffins and a cup …
— A reflection by Matt Jalandoni ’10, US Army judge advocate After graduating from UW Law School in 2010, I was commissioned into active duty in the US Army JAG Corps and was stationed at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Over the last four years, my duties have included providing legal-assistance services to soldiers and their families, running the base’s Tax Preparation Center, and …
Thirteen alumnae and Professor Alta Charo received the 2014 Women in the Law award, presented by the Wisconsin Law Journal. The distinction is given annually to women who have achieved excellence in their legal careers and who have influenced other women to pursue legal careers. Recipients are also honored for their commitment to advancing opportunities for women within a practice area or …
Mark Nordenberg ’73, on a successful nineteen-year run as University of Pittsburgh chancellor: “ I am proud of what we have accomplished together — taking our university through a period of truly remarkable progress in the face of numerous challenges. In describing our ambitions, I sometimes have said that our mission was to write a chapter that stood out in Pitt’s …
Making History and Transforming Lives This issue of the Gargoyle is devoted to the history of women at the University of Wisconsin Law School. As the lead article reflects, our female graduates and faculty have blazed trails, regardless of their era. Our new senator from the state of Wisconsin, Tammy Baldwin, will bring her UW …