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Public Service Conference to Consider Consumer and Community Financial Protection

Post author:Daniel A. Idzikowski
Post published:February 17, 2011
Post category:Marquette Law School

Please join us for “New Directions in Consumer and Community Financial Protection,” the 2011 Marquette University Law School Public Service Conference. We have an outstanding lineup of speakers, including Greg Zoeller, the Attorney General of Indiana and co-chair of the National Association of Attorneys General Consumer Protection Committee; Charles Harwood, the Deputy Director for Consumer Protection at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission; Don Graves, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Small Business, Community Development, and Housing Policy, U.S. Department of Treasury; and Kathleen Keest, Policy Director at the Center for Responsible Lending.

The Conference will focus attention on consumer financial regulatory reform at both the state and federal level, with a particular emphasis on the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and its implications for low-income and disadvantaged communities, and local enforcement of consumer protection laws. The Conference will be held on Friday, February 25, 2011, in Eckstein Hall. CLE credit is available, and attendees will enjoy breakfast, lunch, and a reception. Review the entire Conference agenda here and register today. I hope to see you there.

Our Boys: Statewide Loyalty to Wisconsin’s Sports Teams

Post author:Alan J. Borsuk
Post published:January 31, 2011
Post category:Marquette Law School Speakers at Marquette Sports & Law

They may be called the Green Bay Packers and the Milwaukee Brewers, but the degree to which major sports teams in Wisconsin are embraced by fans everywhere else in the state is not common in the sports world. These are “our teams” even if they play 100 or 200 miles away.

That’s on exhibit for all the world to see this week with the Packers’ appearance coming up Sunday in the Super Bowl. Fan loyalty to the Packers in Milwaukee, for example, often seems to know little limit, even though the team stopped playing in Milwaukee in the mid-1990s and (dare I say this) from Milwaukee, it is just about the same distance to Soldier Field in Chicago as it is to Lambeau Field in Green Bay.

Much less noted is the degree to which the Brewers are a Wisconsin team.

In an “On the Issues with Mike Gousha” session last week at Eckstein Hall, Rick Schlesinger, the Brewers’ executive vice president for business operations, talked about how important it is for the team to give people who attend games a good experience, and how important out-state fans are to the Brewers.

“We have to draw from not just Milwaukee and southeastern Wisconsin,

County Executive Candidates: Trying to Establish Their Identities

Post author:Alan J. Borsuk
Post published:January 24, 2011
Post category:Marquette Law School Speakers at Marquette

The new guy. The outsider. The insider. The legislator in line with Scott Walker. The former legislator critical of Scott Walker.

A crucial part of running for office, especially when you’re not a household name, is establishing an identity in the minds of the general public. The most interesting part of watching the first joint appearance of the five candidates for Milwaukee County Executive last week was not in the position statements and answers the five gave. It was in how they tried to identify themselves.

The session, held in the Appellate Courtroom of Eckstein Hall and moderated by Mike Gousha, the Law School’s distinguished fellow in law and public policy, was co-sponsored by the Law School and the Milwaukee press Club. A full house of about 200 was on hand and the session was broadcast later on television.