Aug

31

What I Wish I Had Known When I Started Law School, Part I

Posted by: | August 31, 2010 | 1 Comment

Editors’ Note: As each new 1L class begins its legal education, our thoughts often turn back to our own first few weeks of law school.  This post begins a new series on “What I Wish I Had Known When I Started Law School.” I went to law school for all the wrong reasons. When I started in Georgetown’s [...]

Aug

30

Law and Theology – Who Says It’s Not Practical ???

Posted by: | August 30, 2010 | 1 Comment

I was glad to see that Bruce linked to the fascinating debate on the nature of legal education prompted by Brent Newton’s article claiming that law professors “preach” what they don’t “practice.”  I’ll comment later, although my general view, as someone who has much more practice experience than the typical full time legal academic, I [...]

Aug

29

Best of the Blogs

Posted by: | August 29, 2010 | 1 Comment

This week: Those who don’t do, can’t teach? Also, an unconstitutional village ordinance on real estate for-sale signs may serve as a symbol of racial integration; the surprising stem cell research injunction; and is there a “private action” requirement in the Constitution? First, it’s recruiting season for new law professors, which means that this week [...]

Aug

27

New Comments Address Fraud Sentencing and Deferred Prosecution Agreements

Posted by: | August 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment

The latest issue of the Marquette Law Review features a student comment by Ryan Parsons on the treatment of “temporary victims” under the federal sentencing guidelines.  In crimes such as bank fraud, individual accountholders that have been defrauded are often reimbursed by the bank and, therefore, made economically whole.  Such reimbursed accountholders are often ignored [...]

Aug

27

The Dedication of Sensenbrenner Hall

Posted by: | August 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment

Today is the 86th anniversary of the dedication of the former Marquette law building now known as Sensenbrenner Hall.  On Wednesday, August 27, 1924, a formal ceremony was held to mark the completion of the new law school building, known then only as the Law Building, shortly before the start of the 1924-25 academic year. [...]

Aug

26

Walker, Neumann, and Eckstein Hall

Posted by: | August 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment

Before we get to the candidates, how did the building do? Wednesday night’s one-hour session between Mark Neumann and Scott Walker, who will face off in the  Republican primary for governor on Sept. 14, was the first event of its kind in Eckstein Hall, the new home o f the Law School.  The discussion – [...]

Aug

26

Freedom of Religion or Freedom from Religion

Posted by: | August 26, 2010 | 4 Comments

The First Amendment to the United States Constitution states, in part, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof . . . .” These two clauses, the Establishment Clause and the Free Exercise Clause, respectively, are viewed by most as a reaction to both the establishment of [...]

Aug

25

Who Cares If No One Cares About the Wisconsin Supreme Court?

Posted by: | August 25, 2010 | 9 Comments

On the website of the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute (WPRI), former Journal Sentinel columnist Mike Nichols asks: “Does anyone still care about the [Wisconsin] Supreme Court?” He believes the answer is not really, and his evidence for this position is that the number of petitions for review of Court of Appeals decisions has dropped by [...]

Aug

25

Professor Willis Lang and the Teaching of Legal Research

Posted by: | August 25, 2010 | 1 Comment

In recent years, Marquette has won numerous kudos for its program in legal research and writing.  Although the current version of the program is still relatively new, the teaching of legal research and writing at Marquette has its roots in the 1920’s. In summing up the accomplishments of the Law School during the 1923-1924 academic [...]

Aug

24

Criminal Appeals Symposium: New Issue of Marquette Law Review Hits Newstands

Posted by: | August 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment

Congratulations to the editors of the Marquette Law Review on the publication of a new issue.  This issue features papers presented at the Criminal Appeals Conference here in June 2009.  All of the articles can be downloaded from the Law Review‘s website.  Here are the contents: Criminal Appeals: Past, Present, and Future , by Chad [...]

Aug

24

Law & Disorder

Posted by: | August 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment

The burly blond with the gold chains nestled in his chest hairs sits in the stuffy conference room across the wood table, mulling his options. His wife, short, pert, neatly coiffed and crisply dressed, sits beside him, supportive, argumentative, loyal to a fault.He has been charged with disorderly conduct stemming from a violent evening a [...]

Aug

24

From Marquette Law School to the National Football League, Part II: Larry McGinnis

Posted by: | August 24, 2010 | 3 Comments

Laurence J. McGinnis, usually known as “Larry” or “Mac,” was a football teammate and fellow Marquette law student of both Lavvy Dilweg and Biff Taugher.  And like both of them, he spent time after law school playing in the National Football League. McGinnis was born on July 16, 1899, in Topeka, Kansas.  He starred in [...]

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