Stories indexed under: Law School

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• 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.
• Law professor Jane Larson dies Dec. 28, 2011 The University of Wisconsin Law School is deeply saddened by the loss of Professor Jane Larson, Voss-Bascom Professor of Law, who passed away unexpectedly from natural causes at her home in Madison last week.
• Wisconsin Innocence Project screens cases with an open mind Dec. 13, 2011 The first innocence case Tricia Bushnell, a staff attorney for the Wisconsin Innocence Project, ever worked on involved an inmate who had been convicted of murder after being found driving the victim’s car with her blood on his socks.
• Book examines implications of newborn screening Dec. 1, 2011 A new book from Rachel Grob, a visiting professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School, is the first to explore the sociological implications of a program that tests newborns for genetic diseases.
• Law School launches Wisconsin Business Law Initiative Nov. 15, 2011 The University of Wisconsin Law School is launching the Wisconsin Business Law Initiative to better connect faculty and students with business lawyers in Wisconsin and beyond.
• Historian’s work gives a glimpse of Nixon “unplugged” Nov. 8, 2011 The National Archives and the Richard Nixon Presidential Library will release new recordings and documents, including a transcript of Nixon’s grand jury testimony related to the Watergate investigation, thanks to a UW-Madison professor emeritus who has fought for years to get the secret records of the former president made public.
• Core competency: Law student leads apple business while finishing degree Nov. 3, 2011 Andy Ferguson is not your common student. Ferguson, a third-year student in the University of Wisconsin Law School, works full-time with his family business in addition to completing his law degree.
• UW–Madison law student helps resident escape fire Nov. 2, 2011 A University of Wisconsin–Madison student came to the aid of a stranger Sunday night when a stove fire broke out in an apartment complex.
• Conference discusses constitutional law, labor and employment law Oct. 14, 2011 The intersection of constitutional law and labor and employment law will be examined in a conference at the University of Wisconsin Law School on Oct. 28-29.
• Nobel Prize winner to speak at UW–Madison Sept. 29, 2011 Nobel Prize winner Elinor Ostrom will visit the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus to deliver a Hilldale Lecture on ecological and social diversity.
• Wisconsin Innocence Project receives $1 million in federal grants Sept. 19, 2011 For the second time in three weeks, the U.S. Department of Justice has awarded a grant to the Wisconsin Innocence Project at the University of Wisconsin Law School’s Frank J. Remington Center.
• UW Law School expands pro bono opportunities for students Sept. 14, 2011 Pro bono work performed by attorneys as a service for the public good has a long tradition in American law.
• Affirmative action debate moved to Union South to accommodate interest Sept. 13, 2011 The location of a debate scheduled for tonight (Tuesday, Sept. 13) focusing on affirmative action and higher education has been moved due to anticipated heavy interest in the topic.
• Lynde B. Uihlein gift supports UW Law School, UW–Milwaukee joint water initiative Sept. 7, 2011 A gift from Milwaukee philanthropist Lynde B. Uihlein will launch a two-year pilot program that will bring the expertise of the University of Wisconsin Law School to the new Center for Water Policy at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
• Federal judge to deliver UW Law School’s Kastenmeier Lecture Sept. 2, 2011 U.S. District Court Judge Barbara Crabb will deliver the University of Wisconsin Law School's annual Robert W. Kastenmeier Lecture on Friday, Sept. 16.
• UW Law School to host lecture on Gulf of Mexico oil spill Sept. 1, 2011 A University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate will return to campus to talk about her work investigating last year's oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
• UW Law School students start off first year with community service Aug. 30, 2011 This week, the class of 2014 at the University of Wisconsin Law School will put aside their textbooks for a day of community service.
• Wisconsin Innocence Project wins federal grant Aug. 24, 2011
• Prosecutors, police, defense attorneys join Wisconsin Innocence Project’s new advisory board July 13, 2011 The Wisconsin Innocence Project, a legal education and advocacy project at the University of Wisconsin Law School's Frank J. Remington Center, today announced the formation of a new advisory board.
• UW Law School dean named May 20, 2011 Margaret Raymond has been named dean of the University of Wisconsin Law School.