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Summer 2018

Two employment attorneys discuss workplace discrimination lawyering

Posted on August 9, 2018

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 …

Posted in FeaturesTagged Summer 2018, Volume 40.2

#MeToo Advocate Debra Katz ’84: Empowering Stories, Changing Lives

Posted on August 9, 2018

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 …

Posted in FeaturesTagged Summer 2018, Volume 40.2

In Focus: What’s the scoop?

Posted on August 9, 2018

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 …

Posted in News & NotesTagged Summer 2018, Volume 40.2

Alexandra Huneeus to serve as foreign expert jurist on Colombia’s Special Jurisdiction for Peace

Posted on August 9, 2018

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 …

Posted in News & NotesTagged Summer 2018, Volume 40.2

Tonya Brito named Visiting Scholar at Russell Sage Foundation

Posted on August 9, 2018

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 …

Posted in News & NotesTagged Summer 2018, Volume 40.2

Mitra Sharafi wins four awards to write history of Indian law and forensics

Posted on August 9, 2018

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 …

Posted in News & NotesTagged Summer 2018, Volume 40.2

Remembering Civil Rights Icon Vel Phillips ’51

Posted on August 9, 2018

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 …

Posted in News & NotesTagged Summer 2018, Volume 40.2

Constitutional law scholar David Schwartz selected for UW research chair

Posted on August 9, 2018

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 …

Posted in News & NotesTagged Summer 2018, Volume 40.2

Herman Goldstein wins international Stockholm Prize in Criminology

Posted on August 9, 2018

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 …

Posted in News & NotesTagged Summer 2018, Volume 40.2

Law & Entrepreneurship Clinic director selected for new business law fellowship

Posted on August 9, 2018

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 …

Posted in News & NotesTagged Summer 2018, Volume 40.2
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