Feb

1

Welcome, February Bloggers

Posted by: | February 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment

Our guest bloggers this month will be Cathy Ritterbusch ’00 and 2L Joelle Jasper. Many thanks to our January guests, Robert Teuber ‘00 and 2L Susan Barranco.

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Jan

1

Welcome, January Bloggers

Posted by: | January 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment

Happy New Year!  Our guest bloggers this month will be Robert Teuber ’00 and 2L Susan Barranco. Many thanks to our December guests, T.J. Perlick-Molinari ‘05 and 3L Jason Roberts.

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Dec

13

Best of the Blogs: Time Waster Edition

Posted by: | December 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment

At Concurring Opinions, Kaimipono Wegner directs our attention to an article by Adam Zimmerman in the Duke Law Journal explaining why we waste time. It turns out that we make decisions over time horizons that are too short. Five minutes of watching a parody video on You Tube may bring more pleasure than the productivity [...]

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Dec

1

Welcome, December Bloggers

Posted by: | December 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment

Our guest bloggers this month will be T.J. Perlick-Molinari ’05 and 3L Jason Roberts.  Many thanks to our November guests Michael Cicchini ‘99 and 3L Sarah Knutson.

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Nov

27

Best of the Blogs: Grinch Edition

Posted by: | November 27, 2010 | 1 Comment

In honor of the holiday season, this week’s Best of the Blogs presents a special Grinch edition.  Click Here to watch the Grinch’s heart grow. A group of law students at the Suffolk University Law School have put together a guide to suing Santa Clause. As a former litigator, I don’t know whether to be proud or to [...]

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Nov

22

Indigent Defense and the Private Bar Rate Debate

Posted by: | November 22, 2010 | 8 Comments

The Wisconsin State Public Defender (SPD) currently pays $40 per hour to private bar attorneys who represent indigent citizens accused of crimes.  This rate has been unchanged for decades, and lawyers are lobbying for an increase.  However, aside from horrible timing—this latest plea for more money coincides with Wisconsin’s $2.5 billion budget deficit—some of the [...]

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Nov

1

Welcome, November Bloggers

Posted by: | November 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment

Our guest bloggers this month will be Michael Cicchini ’99 and 3L Sarah Knutson.  Many thanks to our October guests Brent Nistler ‘99 and 3L April Ashby.

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Oct

31

Why Twitter Shouldn’t Scare Lawyers

Posted by: | October 31, 2010 | 3 Comments

It’s fair to say Twitter has taken the social media world by storm. In less than five years, Twitter has become one of the go-to media outlets for bloggers, newspapers, companies, and the everyday Internet user. I won’t go into a long discourse on what Twitter is, what it can do, or how it works. [...]

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Oct

7

Best of the Blogs, Part I

Posted by: | October 7, 2010 | 1 Comment

This week we’re doing a two-part entry in our “Best of the Blogs” series. This post will cover last week’s developments. Part II will carry us up to the present. Questions posed last week include: Can persons whose information has been exposed due to a computer security breach recover for the resulting “oogly” feeling? What [...]

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Oct

5

2010 Annual Red Mass

Posted by: | October 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment

The Thomas More Lawyers Society will be holding its Annual Red Mass on October 14 at Old St. Mary’s Parish in downtown Milwaukee. The event may be of particular interest to the law school community this year as Adjunct Prof. Thomas L. Shriner, Jr., will be receiving the Society’s Faithful Servant Award – no doubt [...]

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Oct

4

A Spontaneous International Law Week at MULS

Posted by: | October 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment

This week, you will notice, is chock-full of talks and events related to international law and human rights, thanks to the efforts and interest of MULS student organizations. Today  (Monday, October 4th) the National Lawyers Guild student chapter hosted human rights attorney Eric Sirotkin to give a talk on “Lawyering for Human Rights in the [...]

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Oct

1

Welcome, October Bloggers

Posted by: | October 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment

Our guest bloggers this month will be Brent Nistler ’99 and 3L April Ashby.  Many thanks to our September guests Colin Lancaster ‘93 and 3L Kristen Scheuerman.

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