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Welcome January Bloggers!

Post author:Edward A. Fallone
Post published:January 4, 2016
Post category:Marquette Law School Public

A new year and a new month have started. That means it is time to welcome our guest bloggers for the month of January.

Steven Wah is our Student Blogger this month. He is currently a student in the part-time program. Steven started at Marquette in the Fall of 2011 and hopes to graduate in the Spring of 2016. Steven is a Senior Tax Manager at General Electric and a graduate of their Financial Management Program and Corporate Audit Staff. His experiences with GE have included banking in Eastern Europe and the Nordic countries, internal audit investigation, establishing accounting and risk policies, and due diligence related to various acquisitions. Steven and his wife, Heather, have one daughter and live in Wauwatosa. Upon graduation, he plans to stay with GE as internal tax counsel and support child advocacy needs in Southeast WI.

Jason Roberts is our Alumni Blogger for January. He is a Legal Analyst with Thomson Reuters in Portland, Oregon. Jason is a proud 2010 graduate of the Law School. His area of expertise is global value added tax determination and compliance. He also is a part-time faculty instructor at Portland Community College, where, among other topics, he teaches tattoo artists about licensure and other legal issues relevant to the tattoo industry.

Welcome, and we look forward to your posts.

Marquette Quarterfinalists at NMCC Regionals

Post author:Melissa Love Koenig
Post published:November 17, 2015
Post category:Legal Practice Legal Writing Marquette Law School Public

Marquette hosted the Region VIII round of the 66th Annual National Moot Court Competition (NMCC) this weekend, which included fourteen participating teams.

I was pleased to work with two strong, dedicated teams. Larissa Dallman, Jeremy Klang, and Chal Little advanced the quarterfinal round. Attorneys Emily Lonergan, Jason Luczak, and Max Stephenson coached the team. Alexandra Don, Christopher Guthrie, and Lauren Maddente also competed and were coached by Attorneys Sue Barranco, Jesse Blocher, and Mike Cerjak. Both teams put in many hours preparing for competition.

The NMCC is sponsored by the New York City Bar and the American College of Trial Lawyers. Over 180 law schools compete across the country. I am grateful for the time donated by the Marquette Moot Court Association, and in particular, Alex Ackerman, who chaired this event. Numerous judges and attorneys from around the state (and even from around the country) took their weekend time to travel to Marquette to judge the oral arguments, or earlier, to grade briefs. We rely each year on their dedication to this event, and we truly appreciate their help.

New Marquette Lawyer Spotlights the Role of Law Clerks — and Much More

Post author:Alan J. Borsuk
Post published:November 16, 2015
Post category:Federal Law & Legal System Marquette Law School Public U.S. Supreme Court Wisconsin Supreme Court

Judicial assistants or junior judges? That was the key question at a recent gathering at Marquette Law School of experts on the role of law clerks who work for judges in many courts, including U.S. Supreme Court justices. The Fall 2015 Marquette Lawyer magazine highlights excerpts from the presentations at that conference in a cover story that sheds light on the important but rarely spotlighted role of clerks (the full symposium is available in the Law Review).

Shedding light is also a prime goal of several other pieces in the new magazine.

Charles Franklin, professor of law and public policy and director of the Marquette Law School Poll, examines the muted level of support that Gov. Scott Walker received from Wisconsin voters during his unsuccessful bid for the Republican presidential nomination. Weak support from independent voters receives particular attention from Franklin in his piece, “Downtown on the Home Front.”

Joseph A. Ranney, Marquette Law School’s Adrian P. Schoone Visiting Fellow, is working on a book about the role that states have played in the evolution of American law. In several pieces posted on the Marquette Law School Faculty Blog and printed in the new magazine, Ranney sheds light on the Badger state’s legal past, describing “Wisconsin’s Legal Giants.”