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 …
Summer 2018
#MeToo Advocate Debra Katz ’84: Empowering Stories, Changing Lives
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 …
In Focus: What’s the scoop?
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 …
Alexandra Huneeus to serve as foreign expert jurist on Colombia’s Special Jurisdiction for Peace
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 …
Tonya Brito named Visiting Scholar at Russell Sage Foundation
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 …
Mitra Sharafi wins four awards to write history of Indian law and forensics
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 …
Remembering Civil Rights Icon Vel Phillips ’51
The University of Wisconsin–Madison community is mourning the loss of UW Law alumna and civil-rights leader Vel Phillips. She passed away in April at the age of 94. “Throughout her life Vel Phillips provided a …
Constitutional law scholar David Schwartz selected for UW research chair
The debate over US federalism—how the national and state governments share power—is as old as the Constitution. These days, it’s a debate mired in redstate and blue-state politics, says constitutional law scholar David Schwartz, with …
Herman Goldstein wins international Stockholm Prize in Criminology
Herman Goldstein, professor emeritus at University of Wisconsin Law School, received the 2018 Stockholm Prize in Criminology for his decades of scholarship on policing, Stockholm University announced. The international prize recognizes excellence in criminology research …
Law & Entrepreneurship Clinic director selected for new business law fellowship
Anne Smith, director of the University of Wisconsin Law School’s Law & Entrepreneurship Clinic, has been chosen as the inaugural recipient of the Kinnie Smith Rowe Faculty Fellowship in Business Law. (Anne Smith is no …