Feb

1

Long Live Fred Rogers

Posted by: | February 1, 2010 | 1 Comment

It’s been seven years since Fred Rogers died, so it’s not exactly a surprise that the era of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood is waning on television. But the announcement that WMVS-TV (Channel 10) is discontinuing weekday broadcasts of “Mister Rogers”gives fresh reason to mourn his absence and praise what he did for several decades-worth of very [...]

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Dec

7

Are There Any Tories On Tory Hill?

Posted by: | December 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment

In a few months, the Marquette University Law School community will pack up and move to its new building, located on Tory Hill.  Perhaps this is a good time to consider whether any actual “Tories” will reside there.  This is doubtful, because American political thought does not have a history of embracing the Tory philosophy.  [...]

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Dec

4

Leading More Parents to Be Teachers’ Allies

Posted by: | December 4, 2009 | 2 Comments

Every now and then someone says something that really sticks with you. About a year ago, I had a conversation with Harriet Sanford, president and CEO of the NEA Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the huge, nationwide teachers union. The foundation has made Milwaukee a major focus in recent years, giving more than $2 million [...]

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Nov

25

Marking the Tenth International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

Posted by: | November 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment

As I wrote about a year ago today, November 25th has been designated by the United Nations as “International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women” since 1999.  The date was selected to “commemorate the lives of the Mirabal sisters,” who were assassinated on November 25, 1960 during the Trujillo dictatorship (as explained more fully in [...]

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Oct

26

Journalist Alan Borsuk Joins the Law School

Posted by: | 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 [...]

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Sep

13

Lawyers & Social Networking

Posted by: | September 13, 2009 | 9 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 [...]

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Sep

8

Obama’s Speech on Education

Posted by: | 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 [...]

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Aug

23

Town Hall Meetings and Democracy

Posted by: | 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 [...]

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Aug

21

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

Posted by: | 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, [...]

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Jul

30

Lawyer in Your Living Room

Posted by: | 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 [...]

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Jul

16

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

Posted by: | 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 [...]

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Jul

12

You Got the Wrong Guy

Posted by: | 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 [...]

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