Last fall, the Law School opened its doors to welcome back more than 300 alumni from the Classes of 1962, 1967, 1972, 1977, 1982, 1987, 1992, 1997, 2002 and 2007. Alumni joined Dean Raymond and …
Spring 2013
First Annual Dean’s Summit
Members of the Benchers’ Society were invited to join Dean Margaret Raymond for the first annual Dean’s Summit. More than 20 Benchers participated in summit activities, including a dinner at the dean’s home, a close-up …
UW Law School Launches Veterans Law Center
Free legal assistance for Dane County veterans became available last November, when the University of Wisconsin Law School launched its new Veterans Law Center. The center provides veterans with basic legal information, as well as …
Essay: Paul Borovay
From Pop Rock to Trademark Law, Student Paul Borovay Describes His Law School Journey I was setting up for a rock show in Italy when Scramble, an Italian punk band approached me and asked if …
3L Monica Mark Wins National Writing Competition
Monica Mark won the Greenhalgh Student Writing Competition, awarded by the American Bar Association’s Criminal Justice Section. Mark’s winning paper, “GPS Tracking, Smartphones and the Inadequacy of Jones and Katz,” suggests that Supreme Court jurisprudence …
Identifying Cases Where DNA Testing May Prove Innocence
New Collaboration between the Wisconsin Innocence Project and the State Public Defender On September 28, 2012, the 300th person was exonerated in the United States on the basis of new DNA testing. Damon Thibodeaux served …
Rukmini Vasupuram ’13
“I wanted to have a stronger impact.” Ever since Rukmini Vasupuram chose women’s studies and history for her undergraduate majors, gender issues have guided her path. “Even though we live in a time when women …
Law Students Launch First Immigration Clinic in Wisconsin
After working as a bilingual case manager for Spanish-speaking immigrants at the Milwaukee County Courthouse, Kathryn Finley decided to study law so she could advocate on behalf of Wisconsin’s immigrants. Now a third-year University of …