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 [...]

Nov

5

Myron Gordon, R.I.P.

Posted by: Richard M. Esenberg | November 5, 2009 | 1 Comment

I only really knew Myron Gordon as a judge on senior status and tried only one case before him. It was a challenge by the NAACP to the method of electing judges in Milwaukee County. The plaintiffs alleged that county-wide elections of judges denied black voters the opportunity to elect candidates of their own choice [...]

Nov

3

Will State Education Reforms Get a Boost from Obama?

Posted by: Alan J. Borsuk | November 3, 2009 | 1 Comment

When, if ever, has a president of the United States inserted himself as directly into a legislative issue in Wisconsin as President Barack Obama is doing by visiting Madison on Wednesday? Obama’s visit to a middle school a couple miles from the State Capitol will focus on education – and it comes as Gov. Jim [...]

Nov

2

Water, Jobs, and the Way Forward

Posted by: Alan J. Borsuk | November 2, 2009 | 2 Comments

Does Lake Lanier hold an important message about the possibility for economic growth in the Milwaukee area? If so, it’s a message that business and political leaders in Wisconsin need to move with urgency, boldness, and vision if they want to make southeast Wisconsin the hub of freshwater-related business in North America.
That was a key [...]

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

19

Mayoral Control: Second Thoughts? Third Thoughts?

Posted by: Michael M. O'Hear | October 19, 2009 | 2 Comments

At the Marquette Educator, Dean Bill Henk has an interesting new post on the proposed mayoral takeover of Milwaukee Public Schools.  Bill chronicles Mayor Barrett’s hesitant, on-again-off-again embrace of the proposed takeover.  Contrary to the conventional wisdom that politicians always want more power, Barrett is displaying a marked lack of enthusiasm for taking on responsibility for [...]

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

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

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 [...]

Oct

3

Chilean Delegation Observes Criminal Trial Motion to Suppress Evidence

Posted by: Lisa J. Laplante | October 3, 2009 | 1 Comment

On Thursday morning, October 1,  the Chilean students participated in a mediation training on foreclosure hosted by MULS Professors Andrea Schneider and Natalie Fleury.  Afterwards, they met with Professor Schneider who, with the help of attorney and translator Cynthia Herber, did a great job keeping up with their many questions. The students found it remarkable that [...]

Sep

24

The Starbucks at the Milwaukee Hilton: Unit Clarification Story

Posted by: Paul M. Secunda | September 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment

It is so rare that I actually get to write a post about traditional labor law that I usually jump at the chance.   Especially when the labor law concerns a local Milwaukee institution that most of us are aware of.
What you might not have know is that Hilton food and beverage employees are represented by [...]

Sep

8

Welcome to the Blogosphere, Marquette Educator

Posted by: Michael M. O'Hear | September 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment

I’ve been enjoying a new blog written by Dean Bill Henk of Marquette’s College of Education.  Among other things, “Marquette Educator” has been covering the lively ongoing debates over the future of Milwaukee Public Schools, including the recent push to transfer control over the school district to the Mayor.  As our own Dean Kearney recently [...]

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