Author Archive for Lisa A. Mazzie

Tickling “Adam’s Rib”

Monday, May 27th, 2013
Category: Feminism, Popular Culture & Law, Public | 1 Comment »

I recently got around to watching the classic 1949 movie “Adam’s Rib,” featuring the charismatic duo Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn. The movie is about a married couple—Tracy and Hepburn—who are ... Read more »

ADHD and Keeping Time in Practice

Monday, April 29th, 2013
Category: Legal Practice, Legal Writing, Public | 2 Comments »

Each spring semester, when my first-year writing students have moved from objective writing from pre-selected authorities to persuasive writing and doing their own research, I have them keep track of ... Read more »

Celebrating Poetry

Thursday, April 25th, 2013
Category: Legal Practice, Legal Writing, Media & Journalism, Political Processes & Rhetoric, Popular Culture & Law, Public | No Comments »

April is National Poetry Month, which may be Marquette University President Scott R. Pilarz, S.J.’s favorite month.  And for good reason.  Poetry can sometimes say what we can’t; it can ... Read more »

Margaret Thatcher and Women in Government

Monday, April 8th, 2013
Category: Election Law, Federal Law & Legal System, Feminism, International Law & Diplomacy, Political Processes & Rhetoric, Popular Culture & Law, Public | 3 Comments »

“I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.” -- Margaret Thatcher One of the world’s most powerful women died today.  Margaret Thatcher, Britain’s only woman prime ... Read more »

Marquette NAAC Team Advances to Quarterfinals

Saturday, March 9th, 2013
Category: Marquette Law School, Public | No Comments »

After three rounds of oral argument at the National Appellate Advocacy Competition (NAAC) regional in New York City this weekend, Marquette University Law School students Brett Schnepper (3L) and Adam ... Read more »

Time to Finally Pass the Equal Rights Amendment?

Friday, February 1st, 2013
Category: Civil Rights, Congress & Congressional Power, Constitutional Law, Feminism, Human Rights, Legal History, Public | 1 Comment »

In 1776, as the founders were meeting to form the new government for the nation that would become the United States of America, Abigail Adams wrote to her husband John ... Read more »

Ban on Women in Combat Lifted: Is the Military Ready?

Sunday, January 27th, 2013
Category: Civil Rights, Congress & Congressional Power, Federal Law & Legal System, Feminism, Public | No Comments »

This week, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced that the military’s ban on women in combat will be lifted.  According to the Department of Defense, 14.6% of the nation’s military is ... Read more »

Time for a Serious Conversation about Guns–and Those Who Use Them

Saturday, December 15th, 2012
Category: Constitutional Law, Human Rights, Political Processes & Rhetoric, Public | 5 Comments »

This picture is of a five-year-old. More specifically, my five-year-old. Energetic and friendly and excited for kindergarten. Now that boy is long past kindergarten. Still energetic and friendly, but now ... Read more »

So You Think Grammar Don’t Matter?

Thursday, October 11th, 2012
Category: Legal Education, Legal Practice, Legal Writing, Public | 4 Comments »

We all know its a tight job market out their.  So you got to make sure you set yourself a part from other applicants.  One way to do this is ... Read more »

The U.S. Constitution Marks 225th Anniversary of its Signing

Sunday, September 16th, 2012
Category: Constitutional Law, Legal History, Public | 3 Comments »

Monday, September 17, 2012, is Constitution Day, the 225th anniversary of the signing of the United States Constitution.  Do you know which person was the first to sign that document?  ... Read more »

Congratulations to AWL Scholarship Winners Carstens and Fahley

Wednesday, September 12th, 2012
Category: Marquette Law School, Pro Bono, Public | 1 Comment »

On Tuesday, September 11, 2012, the Milwaukee Association for Women Lawyers (AWL) Foundation honored two Marquette University Law School students with scholarships. Codi Carstens, 2L, received the AWL Foundation scholarship.  The ... Read more »

Addicted to the Internet?

Tuesday, September 4th, 2012
Category: Computer Law, Public | 1 Comment »

Whoa, you like to think that you're immune to the stuff, oh yeah It's closer to the truth to say you can't get enough You know you're gonna have to face it, ... Read more »


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