Tag Law School

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 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

February 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

January 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

December 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

December 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

December 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

November 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.

HBO’s “The Wire” plays leading role in ILS course

November 10, 2011

Drug war series described as “Charles Dickens on the small screen” is the focus of Integrated Liberal Studies 275: Narratives of Justice and Equality in Multicultural America.

Historian’s work gives a glimpse of Nixon “unplugged”

November 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.