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Why Did You Choose UW Law School?
“I chose Wisconsin because of the strong sense of community among students, faculty and administration. Plus, this is America’s Dairyland! There are exciting legal issues to explore in the agriculture and food industries here.” —Kelliann …
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 …