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After Supreme Court clerkship, Klingele back teaching at UW Law School
One of the most memorable moments of Cecelia Klingele's yearlong U.S. Supreme Court clerkship wasn't crafting an opinion on a particular case or listening to an oral argument.
Wisconsin Innocence Project marks 10th anniversary
When Keith Findley and John Pray founded the Wisconsin Innocence Project, they weren't sure it would even go anywhere.
UW-Madison medical ethicist heading to FDA
University of Wisconsin–Madison professor of law R. Alta Charo has accepted a position as senior adviser in the Office of the Commissioner at the Food and Drug Administration, effective Aug. 30.
Wisconsin Innocence Project announces charges dropped against man wrongfully incarcerated for 23 years
More than 23 years after his 1985 homicide conviction, a Milwaukee man, Robert Lee Stinson, is scheduled to appear in a Milwaukee courtroom this morning (July 27) at a hearing in which prosecutors have indicated they will drop all charges.
Law School, Thompson to host health care summit
On Tuesday, April 7, the Law School and one of its prominent alumni — former Wisconsin governor and U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy G. Thompson — will host “Summit Conversations on American Health Care for the 21st Century” at the Edgewater Hotel.
Lawyer to share experiences representing Guantánamo detainees
Jeff Colman, a 1970 history graduate from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, will visit campus Monday, March 9, and give a free public talk about his experience representing prisoners held at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.
Innocence Project helps reverse wrongful murder conviction
Robert Lee Stinson, a Milwaukee man convicted of homicide in 1985, is expected to be released from prison today (Jan. 30, 2009) based on new evidence of his innocence.
Law professor joins Obama’s transition team
University of Wisconsin Law School Professor R. Alta Charo, a nationally prominent bioethicist, has been named by President-elect Barack Obama to his Transition Team.
Practical experience for law students garners national attention
Real-world work for students has brought honors to the Law School.
Obey to address economic injustice in Kastenmeier Lecture
U.S. Rep. David Obey, chair of the powerful House Committee on Appropriations, will discuss economic injustice and the gap between rich and poor Americans in the annual Kastenmeier Lecture on Monday, Oct. 13, at the University of Wisconsin–Madison Law School.
Former state Supreme Court justice to teach at UW Law School
Louis Butler Jr., a former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice and the first African American to sit on the state's highest court, will teach at the University of Wisconsin–Madison Law School.
Law students win preliminary settlement approval in payday lender suit
Internet payday lender Tremont Financial LLC would pay $60,000 and refrain from making loans to any Wisconsin consumers under a preliminary settlement in a class-action case brought by University of Wisconsin–Madison Law School students and the school's Consumer Law Litigation Clinic.
Notable graduates: Bill Bettenberg — After four decades, a new career in law
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
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
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
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.