Marquette Hosts 2023 Junior Faculty Workshop

Last weekend, it was my privilege to participate in the Law School’s Ninth Annual Junior Faculty Works-in-Progress Conference. I look forward to this event every year, when we invite a group of scholars at the outset of their legal academic careers to present draft papers to each other and to commenters from the Marquette faculty, followed by an hour of nonstop feedback and discussion. The energy of these workshops is illustrated by the fact that in our last couple of sessions, participants were slamming their cards down on the table like Jeopardy contestants to grab a top spot in the comment queue!

This year we had a fabulous group of participants:

  • Julie Campbell, Faculty Fellow at the Jaharis Health Law Institute at DePaul University College of Law;
  • Jade Craig, Assistant Professor at Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad College of Law (currently visiting at the University of Mississippi);
  • Alexandra Fay, Richard M. Milanovich Fellow at the Native Nations Law and Policy Center at UCLA School of Law;
  • Meredith Filak Rose, Senior Policy Counsel at Public Knowledge;
  • Jordana Goodman, Assistant Professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law;
  • Jason Reinecke, Assistant Professor at Marquette University Law School; and
  • Lauren Roth, Assistant Professor at Touro Law Center.

Commenters from Marquette included Prof. Christine Chabot, Prof. Alex Lemann, Prof. Michael O’Hear, and Prof. David Papke. The workshop was organized by Associate Dean Nadelle Grossman, Professor Kali Murray, and myself, with the expert assistance of Stephanie Danz, Jourdain LaFrombois, Ben Manske, and the Facilities student workers.

It is a wonderful opportunity for the law school to bring together such a talented group of legal scholars from a wide variety of backgrounds and fields that ordinarily would not be in close conversation with each other, and to be able to offer constructive feedback at a stage when it could have a meaningful impact. Thanks to everyone for participating!

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Moot Court Team Reaches Quarterfinals in New Orleans

Sports Law moot court team members in front of the John Minor Wisdom Federal Courthouse in New Orleans

The Marquette Sports Law Moot Court team made a strong showing at the 2023 Mardi Gras Sports Law Invitational, hosted by Tulane University Law School. The team advanced to the quarterfinals. As noted in this photo, the team had the opportunity to argue at United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Please congratulate team members Brett Blayer, Kyle Kasper, and Alexandra Lear. Professors Matt Mitten and Paul Anderson are the team’s advisors, and Attorneys Kara Coppage, Tyler Coppage, and Jill Ingels—Marquette Law School alumni who also participated in this competition—coached the team. Congratulations, team.

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Moot Court Team Reaches Quarterfinals in Los Angeles

Marquette’s Labor and Employment Law Moot Court team wasn’t the only Marquette moot court to reach quarterfinals in a competition in March.

Team members Annie Gonring and Ron Tenuta successfully argued their way into quarterfinals at the UCLA Williams Institute National Moot Court Competition. Their quarterfinal round ended up being a re-match of one of their preliminaries rounds, against a competitive team.

Although Gonring and Tenuta did not advance to the semifinals, they did achieve high oral argument scores from the judges, with Gonring, in particular, named by several judges as an outstanding oralist. Their brief also tied for third place in the competition.

Madeline Lewis and Aimeé Treviño—Marquette’s other team—did not advance past the preliminary round, but they put in strong performances, with Trevino named by one judge as the best advocate in her round.

This marked Marquette’s first time in this competition and our two teams showed that Marquette was a presence to contend with.

The team was advised by Professor Lisa Mazzie, and coached by Attorneys Alexa Bradley (L’18), Bryn Baker (L’18), and Courtney Roelandts (L’18).

(From left to right) Madeline Lewis, Aimeé Treviño, Annie Gonring, and Ron Tenuta pose next to a bust of Abraham Lincoln at UCLA Law School.
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