May
16
Walker Leads Barrett by Six Points in New Poll Results
Posted by: Alan J. Borsuk | May 16, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Gov. Scott Walker has opened a lead over Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett of six percentage points among likely voters in the June 5 recall election, according to results of the Marquette Law School Poll released Wednesday. The Republican incumbent was the choice of 50% of those in the poll, while the Democratic challenger was the [...]
May
14
The Pro Bono Oath
Posted by: Michael Gonring | May 14, 2012 | 3 Comments
When the Wisconsin Supreme Court declined in February to grant the Civil Gideon petition and its proposed requirement that legal counsel be appointed for impoverished civil litigants, it instead noted a familiar fallback solution: pro bono initiatives. When Congress decided in 2011 to drastically cut funding for the Legal Services Corporation, which funds legal services [...]
May
11
People Who Have Shaped the Teaching Careers of Our Faculty—Part 4
Posted by: Chad M. Oldfather | May 11, 2012 | Leave a Comment
The editors of the blog asked several law school faculty to write about the people who have been the most formative figures in their careers as legal educators. This fourth submission in the series is by Professor Chad M. Oldfather. The path I took to law school was direct in the sense that I went [...]
May
10
Gaddis on Kennan: Insight into a Key Figure of the 20th Century
Posted by: Alan J. Borsuk | May 10, 2012 | Leave a Comment
The first half of the 20th Century was terrible, including two world wars. The second half was much better. “Who developed the ideas that made the second half of the 20th century better that the first half?” Yale Professor John Lewis Gaddis asked in an “On the Issues with Mike Gousha” session at Eckstein Hall [...]
May
9
People Who Have Shaped the Teaching Careers of Our Faculty—Part 3: Lessons Learned from Professor Jim Colliton
Posted by: Vada W. Lindsey | May 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment
The editors of the blog asked several law school faculty to write about the people who have been the most formative figures in their careers as legal educators. This submission, the third in the series, is by Professor Vada Waters Lindsey. When I enrolled in law school, my goal was to become a lobbyist. I [...]
May
8
Black Lawyers in the 1930s
Posted by: J. Gordon Hylton | May 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment
African-American lawyers were a scarce commodity in 1930. A recent post on the ConLawBlog posed the question of how many African-American lawyers there were in the United States in 1930. This is a subject that I have been studying for some time, and thanks to a heads up from Professor Idleman, I was able to [...]
May
7
New Appellate Brief Filing Checklist
Posted by: Melissa L. Greipp | May 7, 2012 | Leave a Comment
The Appellate Practice Section of the State Bar of Wisconsin has created an Appellate Brief Filing Checklist. The checklist was published as a link in the Appellate Practice Section’s De Novo newsletter and can be accessed here. Thanks to the Appellate Practice Section for creating this useful checklist.
May
7
Funding Civil Legal Aid
Posted by: Michael Gonring | May 7, 2012 | 5 Comments
Alberta Darling had a lot on her plate in the late winter of 2011. As co-chairman of the Joint Finance Committee in the Wisconsin Legislature, the 66-year-old senator from River Hills, described on her website as having “a passion for protecting, educating, and improving the lives of children,” was one of the chief stewards of [...]
May
7
Oldest Living Marquette Law School Graduate Passes Away, Excelled in Law and Sports
Posted by: J. Gordon Hylton | May 7, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Frank Zummach, thought to be the oldest living graduate of the Marquette Law School, passed away on April 30, in his hometown of Sheboygan at age 101. In addition to a long career as a member of the Wisconsin bar, Zummach also played and coached basketball at Marquette, and from 1939-1942, he served as head [...]
May
7
Seventh Circuit Affirms Money-Laundering, Conspiracy Convictions of Car Dealers for Cash Sales to Drug Traffickers
Posted by: Michael M. O'Hear | May 7, 2012 | 2 Comments
Amir Hosseini and Hossein Obaei, who operated three Chicago-area automobile dealerships, sold many luxury cars to drug dealers over a ten-year period. Hosseini and Obaei were apparently popular with this market segment because of their willingness to take large cash payments in small bills. Eventually, federal prosecutors caught up with them, and, following a five-week [...]
May
5
Setser v. United States: Bureaucratic Sentencing on Trial in the Supreme Court, Again
Posted by: Michael M. O'Hear | May 5, 2012 | Leave a Comment
While he was already on probation for another offense, Monroe Setser was arrested for trafficking in meth. The arrest led to three separate criminal proceedings: a revocation of Setser’s probation in state court and fresh prosecutions in both state and federal court. (One wonders why our law-enforcement authorities have nothing better to do with their [...]
May
2
New Law School Poll Results Show Barrett Lead Over Falk Growing
Posted by: Alan J. Borsuk | May 2, 2012 | Leave a Comment
With the Democratic primary for governor in its last week, new results for the Marquette Law School Poll, released Wednesday, show Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett opening a larger lead over his main opponent, former Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk, than was the case in March, before Barrett formally entered the race. But there are still [...]
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