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 [...]

Sep

13

Lawyers & Social Networking

Posted by: Lisa Mazzie | September 13, 2009 | 7 Comments

An article in today’s New York Times talks about what can happen when lawyers open up online.  The article begins with the story of Sean Conway.  Attorney Conway took to his blog to state exactly how angry he was with a Fort Lauderdale judge.  He said she was an “Evil, Unfair Witch.”  But because Conway is [...]

Sep

8

Obama’s Speech on Education

Posted by: Lisa Mazzie | September 8, 2009 | 4 Comments

At 11 a.m. central time, President Obama delivered a speech addressed to school children across the country. The hullabaloo that has preceded this event has amazed me; last week, Florida Republican party chairman Jim Greer said he was “absolutely appalled that taxpayer dollars are being used to spread President Obama’s socialist ideology.” A Facebook poll that asked [...]

Aug

23

Town Hall Meetings and Democracy

Posted by: Edward A. Fallone | August 23, 2009 | 3 Comments

It is difficult to watch the video of the various “town hall meetings” and constituent listening sessions that have taken place during the current congressional recess.  The overwhelming feeling engendered by these scenes of screaming faces is a feeling of despair for the future of democracy itself.  After all, town hall meetings hold an important [...]

Aug

21

“Be Wise: Revise,” Lisa A. Mazzie Advises in Latest Wisconsin Lawyer Magazine

Posted by: Jessica E. Slavin | August 21, 2009 | 2 Comments

For nearly a year, several of the Law School’s legal writing professors have been offering legal writing advice in a semi-regular column in the Wisconsin Lawyer magazine.  The latest such contribution is Lisa Mazzie’s “Be Wise: Revise,” which provides “guidelines for creating effective style through revising – guidelines on when to revise, how to revise, [...]

Jul

30

Lawyer in Your Living Room

Posted by: David R. Papke | July 30, 2009 | 1 Comment

I enjoyed serving on “the jury” chosen by the American Bar Association to pick the top 25 law shows during the history of prime-time television.  Our list and sketches of the shows just appeared in the August, 2009 ABA Journal.  I was pleased but surprised that “The Defenders,” a fine series from the early 1960s [...]

Jul

16

Say, You’re a Copyright Lawyer–Can I Get a Patent on That Name?

Posted by: Bruce E. Boyden | July 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Reading the New York Times this morning, I was intrigued by this entry in the table of contents:

Copyrights in India? Cool! But hang on a second—what’s that about “brands”?

Ah, I see, it’s another journalist confused about the difference between patents, copyright, and trademarks. (The title of this post is the punchline of a joke told [...]

Jul

12

You Got the Wrong Guy

Posted by: Richard M. Esenberg | July 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Part of my job is to be engaged on issues of law and public policy, so I am usually happy to talk to the media and pleased when the law school’s clipping service picks up some brilliant comment that I have made and posts it to the school’s website. They miss most of them so [...]

Jul

4

Anatomy of an Op Ed

Posted by: Edward A. Fallone | July 4, 2009 | 4 Comments

I authored an opinion piece in support of Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination to the Supreme Court that was published in the June 28, 2009 edition of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.  You can read the piece here (and you can read a “dueling” piece authored by Rick Esenberg here).
 What follows is a deconstruction of my own [...]

Apr

14

International Media & Conflict Resolution Conference Update: Media Files Now Available

Posted by: Andrea K. Schneider | April 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Our media files from the Conference, including pictures and webcasts of the presentations, are now available. Click here for access to the pictures, videotapes, and podcasts.  The written products of the Conference are expected to appear in the fall issue of the Marquette Law Review.  (My earlier post on Conference highlights is here.)

Mar

28

Fame v. Accuracy in Persuasion

Posted by: Andrea K. Schneider | March 28, 2009 | 1 Comment

Columnists in both the New York Times and Newsweek in the last few weeks have discussed how often we tend to be persuaded by people who are just plain wrong.  And, as a follow-up to our media and conflict resolution conference last week, it was interesting to realize what part the media plays in helping the [...]

Mar

25

International Media & Conflict Resolution Conference

Posted by: Andrea K. Schneider | March 25, 2009 | 1 Comment

Last weekend, we hosted a truly special gathering of scholars and practitioners in the areas of media, journalism, international relations, communications, psychology, law, and dispute resolution. I will be blogging a few more times about the conference, abstracts, and upcoming issue of the Marquette Law Review on the symposium, but wanted, for now, to post a [...]

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