Feb

7

19th Annual Howard B. Eisenberg Do-Gooders’ Auction—An Interview with PILS Fellow Meghan Refinski

Posted by: | February 7, 2012 | Leave a Comment

The 19th Annual Howard B. Eisenberg Do-Gooders’ Auction on behalf of the Law School’s Public Interest Law Society (PILS) will be held on February 10 at the Law School. Proceeds from the event go to support PILS Fellowships to enable Marquette law students to do public interest work in the summer. Meghan Refinski, a current [...]

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Feb

3

19th Annual Howard B. Eisenberg Do-Gooders’ Auction—An Interview with PILS Fellow Garrett Soberalski

Posted by: | February 3, 2012 | Leave a Comment

The 19th Annual Howard B. Eisenberg Do-Gooders’ Auction on behalf of the Law School’s Public Interest Law Society (PILS) will be held on February 10 at the Law School. Proceeds from the event go to support PILS Fellowships to enable Marquette law students to do public interest work in the summer. Garrett Soberalski, a current [...]

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Feb

2

Tommy Thompson to Critics: Get Out of My Way

Posted by: | February 2, 2012 | 2 Comments

It was near the end of Mike Gousha’s interview with US Senate candidate Tommy Thompson. Alluding to critics, many from the right, Gousha asked, “So when they say –and they do say — Tommy Thompson is part of the problem in Washington, not part of the solution, you say?” “Get out of my way,” Thompson [...]

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Jan

27

The Two Political Half-States of Wisconsin

Posted by: | January 27, 2012 | 3 Comments

Gov. Scott Walker’s job performance is drawing strong disapproval—in the city of Milwaukee. Gov. Scott Walker’s job performance is drawing strong approval—in the rest of the Milwaukee media market. A big thumbs up for Walker across most of the state of Wisconsin. A big thumbs down in Madison. The two half-states of Wisconsin—one with clear [...]

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Jan

25

Marquette Law School Poll: The First Results Are Out

Posted by: | January 25, 2012 | 1 Comment

The first results from the Marquette Law School Poll, the largest political polling project in Wisconsin history, were released Wednesday morning, providing a fresh and provocative view of public opinion across the state. The full poll results can be found here. At noon today (Jan. 25), Charles Franklin, visiting professor of law and public policy and director of [...]

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Jan

20

A “Paper-Shuffling Bureaucrat” at Center Stage in Wisconsin Politics

Posted by: | January 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment

Kevin Kennedy refers to himself as “just a paper-shuffling bureaucrat. – I haven’t moved to rock star status.” But sometimes, timing is everything. So that’s why there were a gaggle of television cameras, a cluster of reporters, and about 200 others in the room when Kennedy joined Mike Gousha for an “On the Issues” session [...]

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Jan

19

Providing Straight Information on Public Opinion in a Historic Political Time

Posted by: | January 19, 2012 | Leave a Comment

Amid the amazing tumult on the Wisconsin political scene, with partisanship and passion running so high, how can you get straight information about what voters are thinking? One good answer: You can run a large-scale polling project, adhering to the highest standards of professionalism and non-partisanship. You can poll repeatedly throughout the year, so that [...]

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Jan

13

An Interview with Professor Gordon Hylton

Posted by: | January 13, 2012 | Leave a Comment

[Editor’s Note: This blog is the first in a series of interviews with faculty and staff at the Law School.]  Professor Gordon Hylton is a graduate of Oberlin College, where he majored in History and English Literature. He holds a J.D. and M.A. in History from the University of Virginia and a Ph.D. in the [...]

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Jan

10

New Ventures and Old

Posted by: | January 10, 2012 | Leave a Comment

As some members of the Law School know, last winter I received a grant from the Bradley Foundation to form a nonprofit law center that has come to be known as the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty. WILL engages in public education and litigation in the public interest with respect to issues of constitutional [...]

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Jan

9

A Lesson Learned from a Great Bankruptcy Judge

Posted by: | January 9, 2012 | 1 Comment

Judge Dale Ihlenfeldt died right after Christmas. He was 92 years old and hadn’t sat on the bankruptcy court bench in Milwaukee for many years, though he remained active until fairly recently, including by teaching an annual CLE program in Madison in which I also participate. Teaching CLE required him to keep up on developments [...]

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Jan

6

Lois Kuenzli Collins

Posted by: | January 6, 2012 | Leave a Comment

When I was a child, I used to look at the pictures of local attorneys in the Waukesha County Bar Association on the wall of my father’s and grandfather’s law office. One attorney stood out to me among all the others: a woman named Lois Kuenzli Collins. She was the only woman in the bar [...]

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Dec

30

Congratulations to the 2012 Jenkins Competitors

Posted by: | December 30, 2011 | 1 Comment

The Jenkins Honors Moot Court Competition is an appellate moot court competition for Marquette law students. Students are invited to participate based on their performance in the fall Appellate Writing and Advocacy course at the Law School. Congratulations to the participants in the 2012 Jenkins Honors Moot Court Competition:  Joseph Birdsall Bailey Briggs Clayton Britnell [...]

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