Aug
16
Mabel Watson Raimey
Posted by: Melissa L. Greipp | August 16, 2011 | 2 Comments
Recently a friend lent me a wonderful book, More than Petticoats: Remarkable Wisconsin Women, by Greta Anderson.* The book biographies a number of notable Wisconsin women, but the biography that stood out the most to me was of Mabel Watson Raimey. Mabel Watson Raimey was the first African-American woman to attend Marquette University Law School. [...]
Aug
16
Dean Howard Eisenberg in His Own Voice
Posted by: Janine P. Geske | August 16, 2011 | 4 Comments
One of the activities that many of us faculty members undertake during the summer months is to clean out some drawers and shelves. While recently tackling that chore, I was thrilled to find an old tape from a 1999 conference we put on at the law school on “Spirituality and Work.” I had forgotten that Dean Howard Eisenberg [...]
Jul
7
Eckstein Hall Opened One Year Ago
Posted by: J. Gordon Hylton | July 7, 2011 | 2 Comments
Yesterday (July 6) marked the one-year anniversary of the opening of Eckstein Hall. The very first class in the new building was American Legal History which first met in Room 257 at 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday, July 6, 2010. To reach the classroom in the not-quite-finished building, the 17 students and their instructor had to [...]
May
31
Random Thoughts on Approaching Reunion
Posted by: Greg Weyandt | May 31, 2011 | 1 Comment
Later this week, we will drive down to Milwaukee for my thirty-fifth law school reunion. I look forward to the event for a number of reasons. Those three years of incredibly hard work could not have been survived without the friendships that truly were forged in the foreign territory of Civil Procedure, Property, Torts, and [...]
May
20
Law School’s Lavvie Dilweg Added to the Marquette “M” Club
Posted by: J. Gordon Hylton | May 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Lavern “Lavvie” Dilweg, Marquette Law School Class of 1927, has finally been added to the membership of the M Club, Marquette University’s Athletic Hall of Fame. Earlier this week, the University announced that Dilweg is one of seven members of this year’s class who will officially be inducted into the M Club on Saturday, May [...]
May
2
Tierney to Deliver Memorial Address
Posted by: Joseph D. Kearney | May 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment
I hope that many folks reading this post will elect to attend the Milwaukee Bar Association’s annual Memorial Service: it will be held this Friday, May 6, at 10:45 a.m., in the Ceremonial Courtroom (Room 500) of the Milwaukee County Courthouse. It is an event that a number of us have come rarely to miss—largely [...]
Apr
17
The Marquette Law School Graduate Who Coached in the NBA Finals
Posted by: J. Gordon Hylton | April 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Several former Marquette University law students achieved fame on the athletic playing fields after their time at Marquette—world class sprinter Ralph Metcalfe and Packer star Laavie Dilweg come immediately to mind—but only one former student ever coached a team to the championship finals of the nation’s leading professional basketball league. Francis “Frank” Zummach was born [...]
Dec
9
Look to Your Left, Then Look to Your Right: Marquette University Law School, Fall 1919
Posted by: J. Gordon Hylton | December 9, 2010 | 5 Comments
At all most every law school founded before 1960, a story is told about a past dean who addressed incoming classes by telling them: “Look to your left and then to your right, and three years from now, only one of you will still be here.” The softer version of the story ended “and only [...]
Dec
7
Supreme Court Justices Who Have Visited Marquette Law School
Posted by: J. Gordon Hylton | December 7, 2010 | 1 Comment
United States Supreme Court Justice Antonia Scalia’s appearance as the keynote speaker at the dedication of Eckstein Hall this past September was a great honor for both Marquette University and the Law School. However, it was by no means the first visit of a United States Supreme Court justice to the law school. In fact, [...]
Oct
18
Francis Swietlik, Marquette Law School, and Polish War Relief
Posted by: J. Gordon Hylton | October 18, 2010 | 2 Comments
Francis X. Sweitlik, Dean of the Marquette College of Law from 1934 to 1953, was a nationally recognized leader of the American Polish community from the early 1930’s until the 1960’s. During World War II, he was a leading figure in the effort to provide relief for Polish refugees and prisoners of war, and his [...]
Sep
26
The Singing Mayor from Marquette Law School
Posted by: J. Gordon Hylton | September 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Although his tenure as mayor was quite brief, Carl Frederick Zeidler (1908-1942) was one of the most colorful men ever to hold office as mayor of Milwaukee. He was also the most important Wisconsin public official to be killed in World War II. Zeidler was born on January 4, 1908, in Milwaukee. His father, Michael [...]
Sep
21
Another Little-Known Fact: Ralph Metcalfe Was a Marquette Law Student (at Least for a While)
Posted by: J. Gordon Hylton | September 21, 2010 | 4 Comments
Ralph Metcalfe (1910-1978) is one of the best-known of all of Marquette University’s African-American alumni. A member of the undergraduate class of 1936, Metcalfe achieved great prominence as an athlete at Marquette and as an educator and a public servant in his subsequent life. In the 1930’s, Metcalfe and Jesse Owens computed neck and neck [...]
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