Last fall, the Law School opened its doors to welcome back more than two hundred alumni from the classes of 1963, 1968, 1973, 1978, 1983, 1988, 1993, 1998, 2003, and 2008. Alumni joined Dean Raymond …
Volume 37.1
Second Annual Madison Women in Law Event
On October 9, more than 150 Madison-area women graduates joined Dean Raymond and Law School faculty to celebrate extraordinary women — past, current, and future — who are affiliated with UW Law School. The group …
Second Annual Dean’s Summit
Members of the Benchers’ Society and Legacy Society were invited to join Dean Margaret Raymond for the second annual Dean’s Summit in November. More than forty alumni participated in summit activities, including a dinner at …
Bridget Brennan ’83, NYC Special Narcotics Prosecutor, Shares Career Advice with UW Law Students
When Bridget Brennan ’83 began her academic journey at UW Law School, she had no intention of becoming a prosecutor. A journalist working in small television markets in Wisconsin, Brennan had a passion for telling …
Marygold Melli Honored with Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award, Workshop
Marygold Melli, Voss Bascom Professor of Law Emerita at the University of Wisconsin Law School, adds two recent honors to a trove of professional accolades: the American Bar Association has named Melli a recipient of its …
Local Justice for International Crime
Professor Alexandra Huneeus studies Latin American model When a Guatemalan court indicted Efrain Rios Montt for his role in the torture and deaths of at least 1,711 indigenous Mayan-Ixils, it marked the first time a …
In Brief
People Professor Cecelia Klingele has been elected to the American Law Institute (ALI), an independent U.S. organization that produces scholarly work to clarify, modernize, and otherwise improve the law. Made up of more than four …
Professor Tonya Brito Wins Grant to Study Legal Access for Poor
Does a parent who faces jail time for falling behind on child-support payments have the right to a court-appointed attorney? Not necessarily, according to the US Supreme Court. But the court ruled in the 2011 …
Heinz Klug: Reflections on Nelson Mandela’s legacy
A native of Durban, South Africa, Professor Heinz Klug participated in the anti-apartheid struggle, spent eleven years in exile, and returned to South Africa in 1990 as a member of the African National Congress Land …
In Focus: Scenes around the Law School
From top: Professors Michele LaVigne and Meg Gaines hug Professor Stewart Macaulay on his last day of teaching at the Law School. The Law School emerged victorious over the UW School of Medicine and …