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Exchange Programs Let Law Students Explore the World

Post author:Edward A. Fallone
Post published:February 16, 2015
Post category:Legal Education Marquette Law School Public

Students at the Marquette University Law School have several opportunities to make their legal education a truly international experience. Of course, each summer the Law School offers its popular Summer Session in International and Comparative Law, a month long program in Giessen, Germany. Every other year, Professor Schneider also offers her course in International Dispute Resolution, which includes 10 days of travel to Israel and meetings with representatives of the Israeli government. More information on these opportunities will be provided at two orientation sessions held on February 19.

However, these orientation sessions will also provide information regarding a more immersive study abroad experience: the opportunity to spend an entire semester studying law at one of the Law School’s three law student exchange partners in Europe. Through partnerships with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark, the University of Comillas in Madrid, Spain, and the University of Poitiers in France, the Marquette University Law School regularly hosts foreign students from our partner institutions for a semester, and also sends Marquette law students to our partners to study abroad for a semester.

Milwaukee Arrests Rarely Involve Force, But Numbers Vary by District

Post author:Michael M. O'Hear
Post published:February 13, 2015
Post category:Criminal Law & Process Milwaukee Public Race & Law

Last week, the Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission released its annual report on police uses of force for 2013. The report counts 895 incidents in 2013, employing a very broad definition of “use of force” that does not require either an injury or the use of a weapon. To put that number into perspective, the Milwaukee Police Department made more than 30,000 arrests in 2013. For each arrest in which force was used, there were about thirty-six arrests in which force was not used.

In nearly three-quarters of the use-of-force-incidents, no weapon was used by the police officer. In the remaining incidents, the most commonly used weapons were Tasers and pepper spray. Firearms were used on forty occasions, most commonly on dogs. Firearms were used against human subjects in fourteen incidents; eleven of the subjects were hit.

22nd Annual PILS Auction–An Interview with Nicole Brandemuehl

Post author:Melissa Love Koenig
Post published:February 12, 2015
Post category:Marquette Law School Public

The 22nd Annual Howard B. Eisenberg Do-Gooders’ Auction on behalf of the Law School’s Public Interest Law Society (PILS) will be held in the evening on Friday, February 13, 2015 at the Law School. Proceeds from the event go to support PILS fellowships to enable Marquette law students to do public interest work in the summer. Nicole Brandemuehl, a current law student, shares her experience here as a PILS fellow. Besides her work as a PILS fellow, Nicole is helping to organize this year’s auction.

Where did you work as a PILS fellow?

I worked at the Milwaukee County Public Defender’s Office in the Felony Trial Division and the Early Intervention Team.

What kind of work did you do there?

My work was split, half with felony and Chapter 980 cases, and half with cases in the Early Intervention Program. I interacted heavily with clients, which included intake, interviewing the client on their social history, and going through reports with them. These client interactions gave me a chance to see many correctional institutions, including the Milwaukee County Jail, House of Corrections in Franklin, Wisconsin, and Sandridge Treatment Facility. I also received plenty of opportunities to research, as well as to write motions and other various court documents.