Webcasts at Marquette University Law School

On the Issues with Mike Gousha: USA Today Legal Affairs Correspondent Joan Biskupic
Biskupic is the author of the new book, American Original: The Life and Constitution of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. The author of an earlier biography about retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, Biskupic was given unprecedented access to Justice Scalia. She’ll discuss her new book and her perspective on the nation’s highest court, which she has covered since 1989. Biskupic received a law degree from Georgetown University. She received her undergraduate degree at Marquette. Listen to the webcast View the Photogallery
On the Issues with Mike Gousha: U.S. Senator Russ Feingold
Senator Feingold is a Wisconsin Democrat with a fierce independent streak. Feingold was the lone vote against the Patriot Act, one of only three Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee to vote for the confirmation of Justice John Roberts, and the co-author of the landmark McCain-Feingold campaign-finance legislation. An attorney and Rhodes Scholar, Senator Feingold will discuss the issues of the day, including health care reform and the war in Afghanistan, during his visit to the Law School. Listen to the webcast View the Photogallery Watch the Video
Bullying in Schools —Teaching Respect and Compassion Through Restorative Practices
Marquette University Law School’s 6th Annual Restorative Justice Initiative Conference, which this year is devoted to the sometimes devastating issue of the bullying of school-age children. The conference will focus on restorative solutions to bullying, highlighting some of the most troubling examples and the impact of their harm on victims and the community. The conference is intended for teachers, social workers, parents, and others who work with youth and seek to learn more about this issue. Listen to the webcast
On the Issues with Mike Gousha: PBS NewsHour Senior Correspondent Judy Woodruff
Woodruff, one of the nation’s most respected journalists, has covered politics and other news for more than three decades. Woodruff worked as a White House correspondent for NBC News and as an anchor and senior correspondent for CNN. Since joining PBS in 2007, Woodruff has played a key role in delivering the day’s news to millions of NewsHour viewers. Listen to the webcast View the Photogallery Watch the video
Milwaukee 2015: Water, Jobs, and the Way Forward
The next few years will be critical if Milwaukee is to achieve its goal of becoming a global water-technology hub. Where does the region need to be by 2015, and how does it get there? Prominent business leaders and public officials will offer their view of the future—the challenges, opportunities, and potential pitfalls. Panelists and speakers include Governor Jim Doyle, Badger Meter CEO Rich Meeusen, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, UWM Chancellor Carlos Santiago, MillerCoors Vice President of Corporate Social Responsibility Kim Marotta, Foley & Lardner Attorney Barry Grossman, and Siemens Water Technologies Corporation Senior Vice-President Anselmo Teixeira. Listen to the webcast View the photogallery Watch the Video: Governor Jim Doyle's Address Watch the Video: Public Sector Panel Watch the Video: Business Panel
On the Issues with Mike Gousha: Milwaukee Brewers’ Vice President and General Counsel Marti Wronski
She grew up in Packers’ country, but today Wronski is a diehard Brewers’ fan, entrusted with overseeing all legal and contract work for the team, including negotiating player and coaches’ contracts and sponsorship contracts. Before joining the Brewers in December 2003, Wronski worked as an assistant professor of legal writing at Marquette University Law School and was a litigation associate at Foley and Lardner. The Milwaukee Business Journal has recognized her as a "Woman of Influence." Listen to the webcast View the photogallery Watch the Video
13th Annual Nies Memorial Lecture: Recovery and the Patent System
Crisis inevitably brings hope for recovery. The recent past has seen a great economic crisis and a crisis in the patent system. Precisely because crisis reveals the flaws in the old, recovery demands the new; it demands innovation. Economic crisis thus makes recovery in the patent system especially urgent because it reveals the degree to which continuing prosperity depends on society’s ability to reorganize itself, to change, to innovate. Towards that end, society should reconsider how our patent system makes judgments about invention. More specifically, Professor Duffy will seek to show that the change most necessary for recovery in the patent system is a better theory of meritorious invention. Listen to the webcast View the photogallery
On the Issues with Mike Gousha - Bradley Foundation President and CEO Michael Grebe
Join us for a wide-ranging discussion when this well-known attorney and civic leader visits the Law School. Grebe ran one of the nation’s largest law firms, Foley & Lardner, before joining the influential Bradley Foundation as its CEO. He has also long been active politically, overseeing national conventions for the Republican Party. In addition, Grebe is Chair of the Greater Milwaukee Committee. Listen to the webcast Watch the video View the photogallery
The Role of the Wisconsin Attorney General in Charity Oversight: A Review of Past Practice, Current Law, and Their Implications
Historically, the Wisconsin Attorney General has played a limited public role in charity oversight, focusing mostly on some regulation of fundraising under the auspices of consumer protection. Recently, however, Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen has challenged that “quiet” role. In April 2009, he filed a motion to intervene in the litigation involving a Wisconsin nonprofit corporation, the Conserve School, a case that garnered national attention. The judge’s ruling in this case has highlighted constitutional and statutory constraints on the Wisconsin Attorney General’s authority to act. Listen to the webcast
Standing Up for the Rule of Law
Charles Swift is best known for having served as defense counsel in the Supreme Court's landmark decision in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld. He will discuss his battle for recognizing rights of the detainees at Guantanamo Bay. Swift is a regular commentator on national news programming on issues of national security, military justice, terrorism, and piracy. He has appeared on Countdown with Keith Olberman, Hardball with Chris Matthews, Bill Moyers Journal, State of the Union with John King, NOW on PBS, and National Public Radio. Listen to the webcast View the photogallery
On the Issues with Mike Gousha: Addison-Clifton LLC President Ulice Payne
Join us for a fascinating conversation with this prominent Milwaukee attorney and Marquette Law School graduate. Payne currently runs a firm that focuses on global trade compliance solutions and has a significant presence in China. He is also the former president and CEO of the Milwaukee Brewers, a former managing partner of the Milwaukee office of Foley & Lardner, and a former Wisconsin Securities Commissioner. Payne serves on numerous corporate and civic boards and is the Chairman-Elect of the YMCA of the USA's Board of Directors. He is a member of the Marquette University Board of Trustees, and played on Marquette’s 1977 NCAA championship basketball team. Listen to the webcast Watch the video View the photogallery
Legacies of Lincoln Conference
Thursday, October 1 Klement Lecture View the photogallery Friday, October 2 Welcome Session 1 - Lincoln and Politics Session 2 - Lincoln and the Constitution Session 3 - Lincoln as Lawyer View the photogallery
13th Annual Robert F. Boden Lecture
Using internal Court documents, Professor Michael Klarman will reconstruct the Justices’ internal deliberations in Brown v. Board of Education, seeking to show that the case was genuinely difficult for the Court, why this was so, and what general lessons regarding judicial decision-making we might draw from this episode. Along the way, he will offer some anecdotes to convey the colorful personalities of this remarkable set of Justices. Listen to the webcast View the photogallery
On the Issues with Mike Gousha: Former U.S. Attorneys Steven Biskupic and Erik Peterson
These two former federal prosecutors will share their perspectives on a job that can be simultaneously rewarding, challenging, and politically charged. Biskupic served as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin from 2002 to 2008. He is now in private practice. Peterson was U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin from 2006 to 2009 and now is with the Wisconsin Department of Justice. Both are Marquette lawyers. Listen to the webcast Watch the video View the photogallery
On the Issues with Mike Gousha: Wisconsin’s Drunken-Driving Laws
They are among the most lenient in the country, but is that about to change? As the state legislature prepares to go back to work, we’ll talk with two lawmakers pushing to toughen drunken-driving laws in the state, Representatives Mark Gundrum (R-New Berlin) and Tony Staskunas (D-West Allis). Listen to the webcast Watch the video
On the Issues with Mike Gousha: U.S. Senator Herb Kohl
Wisconsin’s senior senator visits the Law School to discuss health-care-reform and other important issues facing the nation. Kohl, a Democrat, was first elected to the Senate in 1988. Before entering the world of politics, he helped build his family-owned business, Kohl’s grocery and department stores. Senator Kohl is also the owner of the Milwaukee Bucks, the city’s professional basketball team. Listen to the webcast Watch the video View the photogallery
Criminal Appeals Conference
Panel One: Historical Perspectives Development of the Harmless Error Rule Roger A. Fairfax, Associate Professor, George Washington University Law School A Vision of Criminal Appeals from the Great Society Era Paul D. Carrington, Professor, Duke University School of Law Listen to the presentation. Panel Two: Institutional Roles The Significance of the Government’s Role as a Repeat Player Andrew Hessick, Associate Professor, Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law Death Penalty Appeals and Habeas Proceedings: The California Experience Gerald F. Uelmen, Professor and Director of the Edwin A. Heafey Jr. Center for Trial and Appellate Advocacy, Santa Clara University Law School Criminal Appeals in Nineteenth-Century Missouri Frank O. Bowman III, Floyd R. Gibson Missouri Endowed Professor, University of Missouri School of Law Listen to the presentation. Roundtable Discussion Justice James Duggan, New Hampshire Supreme Court Chief Justice Karla Gray (Ret.), Montana Supreme Court Judge Arlene Johnson, Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals Chief Justice Randall Shepard, Indiana Supreme Court Judge Diane Sykes, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (former Justice, Wisconsin Supreme Court) Moderator: Chad M. Oldfather, Associate Professor, Marquette University Law School Listen to the presentation. Panel Three: Right to Effective Assistance of Counsel Ineffective-Assistance Claims on Appeal Stephen F. Smith, John V. Ray Research Professor, University of Virginia School of Law Strickland in the Circuit Courts Gregory J. O’Meara, S.J., Assistant Professor, Marquette University Law School Listen to the presentation. Panel Four: Wrongful Conviction Issues Innocence Protection in the Appellate Process Keith A. Findley, Clinical Professor and Co-Director of the Wisconsin Innocence Project, University of Wisconsin Law School Eyewitness Identification Problems Sandra G. Thompson, Law Foundation Professor and Criminal Justice Institute Director, University of Houston Law Center Listen to the presentation. Panel Five: Sentencing Appeals Intermediate State Courts and Voluntary Guidelines in a Post-Booker World John Pfaff, Associate Professor, Fordham University School of Law Appellate Review of Sentencing Policy Decisions After Kimbrough Carissa Byrne Hessick, Associate Professor, Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law The Use of Advisory Sentencing Guidelines in the Appellate Review of Sentences: A Comparison of Federal and Wisconsin Law Michael M. O’Hear, Professor and Associate Dean for Research, Marquette University Law School Listen to the presentation. Panel Six: Quantitative Research Federal Criminal Appeals: A Brief Empirical Perspective Michael Heise, Professor, Cornell University Law School The Supreme Court and Its Agents in Confession Cases Sara C. Benesh, Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Department of Political Science Wendy L. Martinek, Associate Professor, SUNY-Binghampton Department of Political Science; Program Director, Law and Social Science Program, National Science Foundation Listen to the presentation. Listen to the presentation.
On the Issues: Former U.S. Ambassador to the Czech Republic Rick Graber
A Milwaukee-area attorney, Graber has just returned from two and a half years overseas. As America’s leading diplomat in the Czech Republic, Graber worked on a variety of important issues, including U.S. plans for a missile-defense shield. Before accepting his assignment overseas, Graber was president of Reinhart Boerner Van Dueren s.c., one of Wisconsin’s largest law firms. He was also the Chairman of the Wisconsin Republican Party and has been mentioned as a possible candidate for governor. Listen to the webcast Watch the video View the photogallery
Annual Hallows Lecture: Judge Sarah Evans Barker
In his influential book, How Judges Think (Harvard, 2008), Judge Richard A. Posner identifies what he refers to as an "open area" or space "in which the orthodox (the legalist) methods of [judicial] analysis yield unsatisfactory and sometimes no conclusions, thereby allowing or even dictating that emotion, personality, policy intuitions, ideology, politics, background, and experience will determine a judge’s decision." He observes that, in performing the judicial role in this “open area,” a judge necessarily, indeed, quite appropriately, acts as a legislator. Such an approach, Judge Posner argues, not only is unavoidable, but is a good thing. Listen to the webcast Watch the video
On the Issues with Mike Gousha: Educational reform advocate Dr. Howard Fuller
Educational reform advocate Dr. Howard Fuller-The former Superintendent of Milwaukee Public Schools, Dr. Fuller will visit the Law School to discuss what works in urban education, the future of the school voucher program, and his "no excuses" approach to educating our children. Dr. Fuller is an outspoken advocate for educational options for low-income families. Passionate and sometimes controversial, he is a Distinguished Professor of Education at Marquette University and Founder/Director of the Institute for the Transformation of Learning. Listen to the webcast Watch the video
On the Issues: Superintendent of Public Instruction candidates Tony Evers and Rose Fernandez
The the candidates for Superintendent address the challenges facing the Milwaukee Public Schools and districts across the state of Wisconsin. Tony Evers is currently Deputy State Superintendent. He has been a teacher, principal, and superintendent of the Verona and Oakfield school districts. Rose Fernandez has been a nurse, hospital administrator, businesswoman, and advocate for virtual schools. Learn more about their positions on key issues just 10 days before the election. Listen to the webcast Watch the video View the photogallery
On the Issues with Mike Gousha: Former Detroit Mayor and Former American Bar Association President Dennis Archer
A highly respected attorney and public policy leader, Mr. Archer discusses his legal career and the challenges facing American cities during his Law School visit. Archer was Mayor of Detroit from 1993 to 2001, winning high marks for the city’s economic development efforts during that period. Chairman of Detroit’s Dickinson Wright law firm, Archer also made history in 2003, when he became the first African-American president of the American Bar Association. He is a former Michigan Supreme Court Justice and has the distinction of having been appointed legal guardian for civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks and helped settle her estate. Listen to the webcast Watch the video View the photogallery
On the Issues with Mike Gousha: U.S. Congressman Paul Ryan
With the nation facing its most serious economic downturn since the Great Depression, we talk with Congressman Ryan about the road to recovery and the nation’s exploding debt. A Republican from Janesville, Wisconsin, Ryan has been called one of the “rising stars” in Washington. His recent “Roadmap to the Future” proposal to reform federal entitlement programs won him praise from both Republicans and Democrats alike. Congressman Ryan, currently serving his fifth term as a member of Congress, is the ranking member of the House Budget Committee. He also serves on the House Ways and Means Committee. Ryan was first elected to Congress at the age of 28. He was re-elected to a fifth term in November. Listen to the webcast Watch the video View the photogallery
12th Annual Nies Lecture - Real Copyright Reform
Professor Jessica Litman addresses the prospects for reforming U.S. copyright law. Established industries and new players find the current copyright statute increasingly unworkable. The frequent calls for copyright reform, however, reveal fundamental disagreements about how copyright laws should operate. Professor Litman’s work has chronicled a depressing history of copyright legislation, in which copyright lobbyists engaged in protracted negotiations with one another to arrive at copyright laws that enriched established copyright industries at the expense of both creators and the general public. Listen to the webcast Watch the video View the photogallery
2009 Public Service Conference: The Future of Community Justice in Wisconsin
The 2009 Marquette University Law School Public Service Conference focused on the efforts of these community justice organizations: How can they bridge longstanding political, cultural, and jurisdictional divides? What are the most pressing criminal justice policy questions they face? What innovative responses are being considered? How can community-based organizations learn from one another and from the experiences of other communities across the nation? Morning Sessions - Listen to the webcast - Welcome - A Vision for Community Justice: Tracey Meares - Milwaukee County Community Justice Council: A Progress Report - Lessons for Wisconsin: Community Justice Councils in Other States Keynote Address: Building Communities with Justice: Jeremy Travis - Listen to the webcast Panel Discussion - Listen to the webcast - The Future of Community Justice in Wisconsin: Legislative and Process Change
Inaugural George and Margaret Barrock Lecture - The Legitimacy of Police Among Young African-American Men
Policing is an important utility for residents of high-crime urban neighborhoods. Police can help community members solve problems, achieve goals, and otherwise get things done. Importantly, policing is more successful when law-enforcement agents are perceived as legitimate—that is, worthy of deference— by those they encounter. Drawing on a large body of social-science literature, the lecture will explore how police departments can increase their legitimacy among a key demographic in high-crime urban communities: young African-American men. Presented by Tracey L. Meares, Walton Hale Hamilton Professor of Law at Yale Law School. Listen to the webcast View the video
On the Issues with Mike Gousha: Who’s running the schools—A discussion of alternative methods of school governance
Many suggestions are being made about ways to improve the Milwaukee Public Schools. We’ll explore what other large, urban school districts have done and whether any alternative governance models make sense for Milwaukee. Join the Greater Milwaukee Foundation and the Marquette University Law School for a special discussion. Listen to the webcast Watch the Video
On the Issues with Mike Gousha: Milwaukee’s Sick Leave Ordinance
Supporters say it will improve the lives of families and workers. Critics say it will seriously damage Milwaukee’s ability to attract and retain businesses. On the day the city’s new sick leave ordinance was scheduled to take effect, we discuss the pros and cons of the new law. Listen to our guests Ellen Bravo, former Executive Director of 9to5 National Association of Working Women, and Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce President Tim Sheehy. The MMAC is challenging the ordinance, which requires employers in Milwaukee to provide their employees with up to nine paid sick days each calendar year. Listen to the webcast Watch the Video
On the Issues with Mike Gousha: Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig
He is one of the most powerful men in the world of sports. Since becoming Commissioner, Selig has been a catalyst for change in the nation’s pastime. Listen to this Milwaukeean discuss the challenges facing baseball, the relationship between players and owners, and the value of professional sports franchises to cities. Listen to the webcast Watch the Video
On the Issues with Mike Gousha: Attorneys and Former Judges Michael Brennan and John Franke
How do judges view trial lawyers? Listen to the unique perspective of former Milwaukee County Judges Brennan and Franke, who are returning to careers as trial lawyers with the Milwaukee firm of Gass, Weber and Mullins. We also learn more about their decision to leave the bench to take on new challenges. Listen to the webcast Watch the Video
On the Issues with Mike Gousha: Milwaukee Police Chief Edward Flynn
When he arrived in Milwaukee last January, one of Chief Flynn’s first public appearances was at Marquette Law School, where he laid out his strategy for reducing crime. Today, violent crime is down dramatically in the city. What worked and why? And do residents feel their community is safer? Find out when the Chief returns to the Law School for a candid assessment of his first year on the job. Listen to the webcast Watch the Video

Webcasts at Marquette University Law School

Panel One: Historical Perspectives

Panel Two: Institutional Roles

Roundtable Discussion

Panel Three: Right to Effective Assistance of Counsel

Panel Four: Wrongful Conviction Issues

Panel Five: Sentencing Appeals

Panel Six: Quantitative Research

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