Stories indexed under: Law School

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• Federal Appeals Project offers law students hands-on experience March 20, 2013 Beginning next fall, a new clinical offering at the University of Wisconsin Law School will provide six law students with in-depth experience in appellate advocacy.
• Law professor works to improve access to legal representation Feb. 27, 2013 The number of Wisconsin households facing legal troubles without representation continues to grow in a weakened economy. That, combined with cuts in government services, has left thousands of low-income Wisconsin households without legal services, says Professor Marsha Mansfield of the University of Wisconsin Law School.
• UW Law School launches Veterans Law Center Nov. 2, 2012 Legal assistance for Dane County veterans will be available starting Thursday, Nov. 8 when the University of Wisconsin Law School launches the new Veterans Law Center.
• UW Law School celebrates alumnus William Shernoff Sept. 18, 2012 The University of Wisconsin Law School will recognize the achievements of William Shernoff this September as he's presented the Wisconsin Alumni Association's 2012 Distinguished Alumni Award.
• Greene named to UC San Diego diversity post Sept. 18, 2012 Linda S. Greene, Evjue Bascom Professor of Law at University of Wisconsin-Madison, will become the University of California at San Diego’s first vice chancellor for equity, diversity and inclusion (VC-EDI), a position created by the University of California Board of Regents and filled after a nationwide search.
• R. Alta Charo appointed to NIH advisory positions Sept. 7, 2012 Health & Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has appointed R. Alta Charo to the Advisory Council for the new National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) at the National Institutes of Health.
• Gaines and Zarov appointed associate deans at Law School Sept. 6, 2012 Meg Gaines, clinical professor of law and director of the Center for Patient Partnerships (CPP), was recently appointed associate dean for academic affairs and experiential learning at the UW Law School. Jonathan Zarov has been hired as associate dean for external affairs.
• Science and law connect in campus collaboration July 25, 2012 Have you ever wondered how scientists decide which problems to work on or what inventions to develop?
• Summer in prison: Students get real world experience with Family Law Project July 9, 2012 For many students, summers are spent traveling and taking a break from school, but not for six University of Wisconsin Law School students participating in the Family Law Project.
• UW-Madison to offer dual law and public health degree April 26, 2012 The University of Wisconsin-Madison will offer a dual degree, a combined juris doctor and master of public health, starting this fall.
• Veteran’s Legal Clinic and Pro Bono Society receive grants April 24, 2012 Two new grants will help University of Wisconsin law students gain valuable experience while helping veterans who need legal assistance.
• Guggenheim Foundation names two UW-Madison faculty as fellows April 17, 2012 A mathematician and a legal scholar at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have received 2012 Guggenheim Fellowship Awards, recognizing artists, scholars and scientists based on distinguished past achievement and exceptional future promise.
• Association hosts 26th annual Coming Together of the Peoples Conference March 16, 2012 The Indigenous Law Students Association (ILSA) will host its 26th annual Coming Together of the Peoples Conference March 23-24 in Union South at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
• International Law Symposium to examine renewable energies March 15, 2012 The opportunities and challenges encountered in the development of renewable energies will be discussed at the Wisconsin International Law Journal 2012 Symposium from 8:30 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. Friday, March 23, at the University of Wisconsin Law School.
• UW-Madison graduate programs ranked among best by U.S. News and World Report March 13, 2012 Several University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate programs are ranked among the nation's best in the 2013 edition of U.S. News and World Report's "Best Graduate Schools."
• UW-Madison graduate programs ranked among best by U.S. News and World Report March 12, 2012 Several UW-Madison graduate programs are ranked among the nation’s best in the 2013 edition of U.S. News and World Report’s “Best Graduate Schools.”
• UW law professor offers look at FDA from the inside out March 8, 2012 UW Law Professor R. Alta Charo was senior policy adviser to the commissioner at the Food and Drug Administration from August 2009 until June 2011. Now back on campus, Charo spoke reflects on her time with the FDA.
• Law School establishes $2.5 million fund in honor of alumnus March 1, 2012 Exelon’s gifts will be used to establish up to four new faculty fellowship funds, which will support retaining mid-level faculty members.
• Law students find inspiration in the Big Easy Feb. 1, 2012 Students from the UW Law School headed to New Orleans during winter break to help provide legal assistance to victims of hurricanes. Here are some of their stories, told by student volunteers.
• Student Bar Association sponsors voter registration drive Jan. 26 Jan. 19, 2012 As the state readies for another election season, the Law School’s Student Bar Association will hold a non-partisan voter registration drive on Thursday, Jan. 26.