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Marquette Sports Law Moot Court Team Success at Tulane Mardi Gras Sports Law Competition

Post author:Melissa Love Koenig
Post published:February 17, 2012
Post category:Marquette Law School Public Sports & Law

The Marquette Sports Law Moot Court team advanced to the quarter-finals of the Mardi Gras Sports Law Invitational Competition hosted by Tulane University Law School. Please congratulate team members Timothy Bucher, Cassandra Jones, and Sabrina Stephenson. Professors Matt Mitten and Paul Anderson coached the team.

Sabrina Stephenson won third best oralist overall in the competition, which includes more than 70 competitors and 32 teams.

Change in Wisconsin Venue Law

Post author:Melissa Love Koenig
Post published:February 13, 2012
Post category:Civil Procedure Public Wisconsin Civil Litigation

Wisconsin Act 61 changed the law in Wisconsin regarding where a lawsuit is venued. Adjunct Professor Erin O’Connor recently wrote this article on the change in the law and its implications for Wisconsin litigation.

The new law affects both where a case may initially be venued, as well as where an appeal may be brought. Professor O’Connor notes in her article that as a general matter, “a plaintiff can file its action against the state in any county – including counties having no connection to the defendant, the plaintiff, or the cause of action.”

With regard to appeals, under the new law, a party seeking an appeal may not file the appeal in the same court of appeals district where the case was originally venued at the circuit court. However, the party may choose among the remaining three Wisconsin court of appeals districts.

19th Annual Howard B. Eisenberg Do-Gooders’ Auction—An Interview with PILS Fellow Meghan Refinski

Post author:Melissa Love Koenig
Post published:February 7, 2012
Post category:Marquette Law School Public

The 19th Annual Howard B. Eisenberg Do-Gooders’ Auction on behalf of the Law School’s Public Interest Law Society (PILS) will be held on February 10 at the Law School. Proceeds from the event go to support PILS Fellowships to enable Marquette law students to do public interest work in the summer. Meghan Refinski, a current law student, shares her experience here as a PILS Fellow.

Where did you work as a PILS Fellow?

This past summer I served as a law clerk at the Cook County Office of the Public Guardian.

What kind of work did you do there?

In my role there, I advocated for children who had been abused or neglected by their parents. This included client interviews (both in the community and in the office), drafting pre-trial motions, researching case law in preparation for an appeal, and standing up in court for permanency hearings.