Coping in Difficult Times

young man looking stressedOn Monday morning, we awoke to the horrific news of the mass shooting in Las Vegas, which left 59 dead and more than 500 injured. This news came on top of the humanitarian crisis in Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria, which followed devastation in Florida and Houston caused by Hurricanes Irma and Harvey. Add to these terrible events the dizzying array of national news items that emerge daily from Washington, D.C., and it seems we are continually operating in crisis mode.

Many of our students are undoubtedly personally affected by these events—for example, I currently have several students who have family in Puerto Rico, Florida, and Houston—but even those of us who aren’t directly affected by such events might be feeling overwhelmed.

Continually operating in crisis mode is not a healthy normal state of being. Law school and lawyering are stressful enough without the added stressors of what may feel like a world in crisis.

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Congratulations to AWL Scholarship Winners Lambert and Manjee

Aliya Manjee

Elisabeth Lambert

Today, September 26, 2017, the Milwaukee Association for Women Lawyers (AWL) Foundation honored two Marquette University Law School students with scholarships.

Aliya Manjee, 2L (pictured at left), received the AWL Foundation scholarship. The AWL Foundation Scholarship is awarded to a woman who has exhibited service to others, diversity, compelling financial need, academic achievement, unique life experiences (such as overcoming obstacles to attend or continue law school), and advancement of women in the profession.

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Constitution Day 2017: Both Sides Now – Judges Reflect on the Constitution

A wooden judge's gavel lies atop of a copy of the United States Constitution.On September 17, 1787, the founders signed our United States Constitution, an event we commemorate every September 17 with Constitution Day.

Marquette University will celebrate Constitution Day on Monday, September 18. On that day, we will welcome to the Law School Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Daniel Kelly, Wisconsin Court of Appeals Judge Brian K. Hagedorn, Milwaukee Circuit Court Judge Gwen Connolly, and Federal District Judge Lynn Adelman (Eastern District of Wisconsin). Each of the panelists will select a constitutional provision and explain why that section is meaningful to him or her. We will also highlight the National Constitution Center’s new Interactive Constitution, a website that contains the entire Constitution and all of its amendments, along with commentary on each section that shows that section’s history and its common understandings, along with commentary that illustrates divergent views.

The complimentary program will run from noon until 1 p.m., and there will be a light lunch and cake. This event is open to Marquette students; however, registration is required.

Constitution Day 2017 is presented by Marquette Law School and the Political Science Department. The event is co-sponsored by the student chapter of the American Constitution Society and the student chapter of the Federalist Society.

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