Stories indexed under: Law

Total: 9

• Notable graduates: Bill Bettenberg — After four decades, a new career in law May 13, 2008 In August 2005 Bill Bettenberg retired from a 40-year career in the U.S. Department of the Interior and enrolled at the UW-Madison Law School with a clear vision of where he wanted his law degree to take him.
• WAGE awards three research collaborative grants related to globalization April 10, 2008 The University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE) announces the three winners of its research collaborative competition, each receiving $100,000 during a three-year period.
• Prosecutor addresses treatment of jurors in Fairchild Lecture April 3, 2008 Patrick J. Fitzgerald, whose work as special prosecutor probing the leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity drew national attention, will deliver the annual Thomas E. Fairchild Lecture at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School on Friday, April 18.
• UW-Madison graduate programs fare well in annual U.S. News rankings April 2, 2008 A number of graduate programs and specialties at UW-Madison scored high marks in the 2009 "Best Graduate Schools" edition of U.S. News and World Report.
• Five finalists named for director of Administrative Legal Services Dec. 20, 2007 Chancellor John D. Wiley announced today (Dec. 20, 2007) that five finalists have been selected for director of Administrative Legal Services (ALS) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
• Executive powers examined by Yale law dean, congressman in Kastenmeier Lecture Nov. 9, 2007 Legislative oversight of executive powers - especially during times of national emergency - will be examined by two noted experts in the 2007 Kastenmeier Lecture on Friday, Nov. 30, at the University of Wisconsin Law School.
• Researchers underscore limitations of genetic ancestry tests Oct. 19, 2007 Although many people rely on commercially available genetic tests for insights into their ancestry, consumers should be aware of significant limitations in such testing, according to a group of researchers commenting in today's issue of the journal Science.
• Scott Turow to give free lecture March 28, 2007 Lawyer and best-selling author Scott Turow will give a free lecture, "Reflections of a Man with Two Heads," at 5 p.m. Monday, April 9, in Room 1100 of the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Grainger Hall, 975 University Ave.
• Consumer law clinic offers help, hope to low-income clients March 15, 2007 The University of Wisconsin-Madison's Consumer Law Clinic provides legal help to low-income victims while serving as a classroom, teaching UW law students through firsthand experience.