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

31

Conference on the Wisconsin Supreme Court: Review and Preview

Posted by: Richard M. Esenberg | October 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment

At the beginning of this semester, I proposed that the law school host a conference on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Dean Kearney lent his support and we were fortunate enough to obtain the co-sponsorship of the Appellate Practice section of the State Bar of Wisconsin.
So yesterday we hosted a sold out gathering of over 100 [...]

Oct

22

ALWD Scholars’ Forum

Posted by: Melissa L. Greipp | October 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment

On October 9, the Law School hosted an Association of Legal Writing Directors Scholars’ Forum before the Central States Region Conference.  The Forum was an all-day event in which legal writing faculty from across the United States came to discuss their current scholarship in a roundtable format.  After Dean Rofes’ warm welcome, Professor Dan Weddle from UMKC [...]

Oct

12

The Role of the Wisconsin Attorney General in Charity Oversight: A Review of Past Practice, Current Law, and Their Implications

Posted by: Karin Werner | October 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment

“The Role of the Wisconsin Attorney General in Charity Oversight:  A Review of Past Practice, Current Law, and Their Implications,” a program co-sponsored by the Law School and the Helen Bader Institute for Nonprofit Management at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, unfolded last Thursday in a packed room with an audience comprised of nonprofit executives, attorneys [...]

Sep

29

Brown v. Board of Education as a Disputing Process Lesson

Posted by: Andrea K. Schneider | September 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Last week, we were privileged to hear Professor Michael Klarman speak on “Why Brown v. Board of Education Was a Hard Case.”  This was one of the most enjoyable and interesting talks I have heard in a long time.  I highly recommend it, and you can click here to get the webcast.  My guess is that [...]

Jun

17

Criminal Appeals Conference Podcast

Posted by: Michael M. O'Hear | June 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment

I had a great time at the Criminal Appeals Conference here on Monday and Tuesday, with an impressive line-up of speakers covering a wide variety of topics, from the historical development of the harmless error doctrine to the dysfunctional handling of death penalty appeals in California to federal sentencing appeals to the failure of appellate [...]

Jun

12

Criminal Appeals Conference Next Week

Posted by: Michael M. O'Hear | June 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment

It won’t be long before our distinguished speakers begin arriving in Milwaukee for the Criminal Appeals Conference on Monday and Tuesday.  You can preview the Conference handout (including abstracts of the papers to be presented and biographies of the speakers) here.  The main venue for the Conference is now full, but it is still possible [...]

May

4

Criminal Appeals Conference

Posted by: Michael M. O'Hear | May 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Chad Oldfather and I are organizing a conference on criminal appeals at Marquette on June 15 and 16.  I am very excited about the line-up speakers, which includes many leading criminal law and appellate process scholars from around the nation, as well as several state supreme court justices and other appellate judges.  The full schedule, [...]

Apr

21

Why Judges Aren’t Legislators

Posted by: Richard M. Esenberg | April 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment

I have not yet had a chance to blog on Judge Sarah Evans Barker’s intriguing Hallows lecture, but I have always been a bit uneasy about judges advocating abandonment of the traditional tools of the trade when they lead to a result that does not “make sense” or is “unworkable.” I don’t say that it [...]

Apr

20

Beach Reading?

Posted by: Daniel Suhr | April 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Apparently the news editors at the Los Angeles Times read the Marquette Law Review. That’s at least one possible conclusion one could draw from the juxtaposition of two recently published items.
Dean Kearney is in a unique place to analyze the relationship between the Ninth Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court, having clerked for judges on [...]

Apr

15

Judge Barker on “Imaginative Judging”

Posted by: Michael M. O'Hear | April 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Judge Sarah Evans Barker delivered a terrific Hallows Lecture at the Law School yesterday on “imaginative judging.”  She was engaging obliquely with, and putting a fresh spin on, the otherwise increasingly tiresome debates over “judicial activism.”  While the activism debate generally focuses on the law-declaring role of appellate judges, Judge Barker focused on the case management role of trial-court [...]

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.)

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