Professor Alison Julien Joins Legal Writing Institute Board of Directors

Congratulations to Professor Alison Julien, who was recently elected to serve on the board of directors of the Legal Writing Institute.

The Legal Writing Institute (LWI) is the largest organization of legal writing professors and the second largest U.S. organization of law school professors.  LWI has over 2,100 members from 38 countries.

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2010 Jenkins Competitors Advance to Semifinals

After three intense preliminary rounds of competition, four teams have advanced to the semifinal rounds of the 2010 Jenkins Honors Moot Court Competition.  Please congratulate the following teams: 

Margaret Delain and Tiffany Winter

Gabe Johnson-Karp and Alexandra Grimley

Ashley Roth and Emily Lonergan

Nathaniel Wojan and Nicole Kowalski 

The semifinal rounds will take place on Wednesday, March 31 at 6:00 p.m., followed by a reception in Eisenberg Hall.  All members of the Law School community are invited to attend both the semifinal and final rounds of competition. 

The final round will take place on Tuesday, April 6 at 6:00 p.m. at the Federal Courthouse, with a reception immediately following at the Milwaukee Club. 

Congratulations to all the participants of this year’s Jenkins Competition: 

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The Zilber Forum: A Great Legacy

The Zilber Forum will be the heart of Eckstein Hall, the impressive building that will become the home of Marquette University Law School this summer. I can think of four ways that it is appropriate to consider the Forum as a great part of the legacy of the Milwaukee real estate developer and philanthropist who was a 1941 graduate of the Law School and who died at 92 on Friday.

1) It is the result of an act of generosity. Especially in the last several years, Zilber was enormously generous to the city he called home all his life.

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