Nov

5

Big Demand for a Win-Win Way to Resolve Mortgage Crises

Posted by: Alan J. Borsuk | November 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Unfortunately, business is booming when it comes to foreclosure problems in Wisconsin. Fortunately, the Milwaukee Foreclosure Mediation Program is succeeding at helping a growing number of those problems end with people keeping their homes and financial institutions satisfied with new arrangements.
Debra Tuttle, chief mediator for the program, said during a panel discussion at a conference [...]

Oct

28

Writing Competition Success

Posted by: Rebecca K. Blemberg | October 28, 2009 | 1 Comment

I am pleased to announce that 3L Douglas Hoffer just won third place in the James E. Beckley National Writing Competition, which is sponsored by the Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association.  Doug received a cash prize, and his paper, “A Square Peg in a Round Hole:  Why the Investment Company Act is a Poor Regulatory [...]

Oct

26

Journalist Alan Borsuk Joins the Law School

Posted by: Joseph D. Kearney | October 26, 2009 | 1 Comment

As announced today in this press release by the University, Alan J. Borsuk is joining the Law School as senior fellow in law and public policy. This appointment follows a search in which the Law School sought a journalist with experience and skills in investigating and reporting on matters vital to the community. Marquette Law [...]

Oct

22

ALWD Scholars’ Forum

Posted by: Melissa L. Greipp | October 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment

On October 9, the Law School hosted an Association of Legal Writing Directors Scholars’ Forum before the Central States Region Conference.  The Forum was an all-day event in which legal writing faculty from across the United States came to discuss their current scholarship in a roundtable format.  After Dean Rofes’ warm welcome, Professor Dan Weddle from UMKC [...]

Oct

22

Marquette Law School Celebrates Pro Bono Week

Posted by: Daniel A. Idzikowski | October 22, 2009 | 1 Comment

Yesterday, I had the good fortune to attend two inspiring events – the Milwaukee Bar Association’s first Pro Bono Publico Awards ceremony, held at the annual State of the Court luncheon. Marquette 3L Meghan O’Connor was among the honorees. Meghan was awarded this honor for her substantial pro bono commitment at the Law [...]

Oct

18

Justinians Honor Professor Blinka

Posted by: Joseph D. Kearney | October 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Last weekend, together with a number of colleagues (including Professor Emeritus James D. Ghiardi and Professors Irene Calboli and Thomas J. Hammer), I attended the Justinian Society’s annual Columbus Day dinner. The society consists primarily of Italian-American lawyers and their families and meets at the Third Ward’s Italian Community Center (which, former Milwaukee County Circuit [...]

Oct

11

Law School Hosts Regional Writing Conference

Posted by: Rebecca K. Blemberg | October 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment

This weekend, from Friday evening through Saturday, the Law School hosted the Central Region Legal Writing Conference, welcoming more than 100 attendees, not only from the central United States but from all over the country.  The theme was “Climate Change:  Alternative Sources of Energy in Legal Writing,” and those who attended seemed energized by the [...]

Oct

10

ACS Presentation on 2008-09 Supreme Court Opinions

Posted by: Joshua Pollack | October 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment

With the beginning of the 2009-2010 term of the Supreme Court, the Marquette Chapter of American Constitution Society for Law and Public Policy (ACS) spent a lunch-hour discussing some of the more interesting cases of the past 2008-2009 term. Leading the lunch discussion were Marquette professors Blinka, McChrystal, and Secunda.
Professor Blinka started the lunch discussion [...]

Oct

10

Legal Ethics Course Name

Posted by: J. Gordon Hylton | October 10, 2009 | 4 Comments

The October 2009 edition of the National Jurist magazine includes a statement from Jack Crittenden, the publication’s editor-in-chief, calling for law schools to begin teaching morality.  Citing the embarrassing role played by lawyers in the financial meltdown of 2008, Crittenden writes that “our law schools should be discussing the concepts of fairness and compassion in [...]

Oct

8

The Lincoln Bicentennial Commission

Posted by: Daniel D. Blinka | October 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Last week’s highly successful Legacies of Lincoln conference at the Law School, co-sponsored by the History Department, generated much praise and many compliments from both participants and the audience.  For those unable to attend as well as those hungering for more insights about Lincoln, please visit the Law School’s website or consider attending the program described [...]

Oct

6

Legacies of Lincoln

Posted by: Joseph D. Kearney | October 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment

The Legacies of Lincoln Conference, a joint undertaking of the Law School and the Department of History, was an impressive event last week. It began on Thursday evening, with Allen Guelzo, Gettysburg College’s renowned Lincoln historian, delivering the History Department’s annual Klement Lecture. There then followed on Friday three panels, variously addressing “Lincoln and Politics,” [...]

Oct

5

Chilean Delegation Meets with Local Firm and Community Organizations

Posted by: Lisa J. Laplante | October 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment

On their last day of the exchange program, October 2, the Chilean students visited an array of legal organizations working in the Milwaukee community. 
First, they visited the law firm of Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan LLP to meet with firm attorneys Hugo Rojas, Jeff Krill, Jean-Marie Feedham, and MULS graduate Natalia Minkel to learn about private [...]

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