Mabel Watson Raimey

Recently a friend lent me a wonderful book, More than Petticoats: Remarkable Wisconsin Women, by Greta Anderson.* The book biographies a number of notable Wisconsin women, but the biography that stood out the most to me was of Mabel Watson Raimey.

Mabel Watson Raimey was the first African-American woman to attend Marquette University Law School. (117) She worked during the day and went to law school at night. (117) She was the first African American female lawyer in Wisconsin, entering the profession in 1927. (118)

Ms. Raimey went to law school a few years after she was fired from her job teaching elementary school in Milwaukee: she was let go on the third day of school after school officials learned of her race. (114-15) Ms. Raimey had been a distinguished student before entering the teaching profession. (116) She graduated from West Division High School at fourteen and obtained an English degree at the University of Wisconsin. (116-17)

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New Issue of IP Law Review

The latest issue of the Marquette Intellectual Property Law Review is now out in print.  The contents include:

  • Mark Lemley’s Nies Lecture, “Can the Patent Office Be Fixed?”
  • Ysolde Gendreau’s lecture on copyright reform in Canada, “Canada and the Three-Step Test: A Step in Which Direction?”
  • Dalila Hoover’s article, “Coercion Will Not Protect Trademark Owners in China, but an Understanding of China’s Culture Will: A Lesson the United States Has to Learn”
  • Benedetta Ubertazzi’s article, “Intellectual Property Rights and Exclusive (Subject Matter) Jurisdiction: Between Private and Public International Law”
  • Brian Jacobs’ comment on intellectual property as security for financing
  • Colin Shanahan’s comment on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement
  • Syvil Shelbourne’s comment on rule of reason patent misuse analysis
  • Nicholas Smith’s comment on Medimmune v. Genentech

Abstracts and links for full-text downloads are here.  Congratulations to the editors for bringing Volume 15 to a successful conclusion!

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Eckstein Hall Opened One Year Ago

Yesterday (July 6) marked the one-year anniversary of the opening of Eckstein Hall. The very first class in the new building was American Legal History which first met in Room 257 at 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday, July 6, 2010. To reach the classroom in the not-quite-finished building, the 17 students and their instructor had to dodge rolls of carpet and electrical wire, cans of paint, and assorted construction debris. Everyone was also required to immediately leave the building immediately after the conclusion of the class.

The class was taught by me. Its members included April Ashby, Margaret Bach, Heather Berlinski, Carolyn Carrico, Nicholas Deml, Jeremy Hager, Stephanie Kebler, Matt Lien, Anthony Meyer, Andrew Mongin, Christina Putman, Francisco Saa, Jon Seaman, Timothy Shortess, Richard Sienkewicz, Charles Szafir, and Ian Thomson.

For two of the students, it was their final class in law school.

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