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Water, Jobs, and the Way Forward

Post author:Alan J. Borsuk
Post published:November 2, 2009
Post category:Milwaukee Speakers at Marquette

water Does Lake Lanier hold an important message about the possibility for economic growth in the Milwaukee area? If so, it’s a message that business and political leaders in Wisconsin need to move with urgency, boldness, and vision if they want to make southeast Wisconsin the hub of freshwater-related business in North America.

That was a key theme of a conference Monday convened by Marquette Law School. “Milwaukee 2015: Water, Jobs, and the Way Forward” brought Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, and business and academic leaders together before an audience of several hundred at the Alumni Memorial Union.

“My dream is, by 2015, when people think water, they think Milwaukee,” said Richard A. Meeusen, president and CEO of Badger Meter and co-chair of the Milwaukee 7 Water Council, a group of civic leaders focused on building the metropolitan area as a hub for businesses related to water.

Conference on the Wisconsin Supreme Court: Review and Preview

Post author:Richard M. Esenberg
Post published:October 31, 2009
Post category:Speakers at Marquette Wisconsin Supreme Court

At the beginning of this semester, I proposed that the law school host a conference on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Dean Kearney lent his support and we were fortunate enough to obtain the co-sponsorship of the Appellate Practice section of the State Bar of Wisconsin.

So yesterday we hosted a sold out gathering of over 100 lawyers for “Conference on the Wisconsin Supreme Court: Review and Preview.” Our meeting began with a plenary panel discussing the question of judicial recusal predicated on campaign contributions and speech. The discussion was moderated by the Hon. Diane Sykes (L’84) of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals and the panelists included Attorney Robert Henak (who has filed motions to recuse Justice Michael Gableman is connection with certain campaign ads and support), along with our own Chad Oldfather and me. Much of the discussion focused on the implications of the recent decision in Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal Co. and the recent consideration by the Wisconsin Supreme Court of competing rules on recusal.

This discussion was followed with breakout panels discussing business and criminal law cases, respectively.

ALWD Scholars’ Forum

Post author:Melissa Love Koenig
Post published:October 22, 2009
Post category:Legal Scholarship Marquette Law School Speakers at Marquette

On October 9, the Law School hosted an Association of Legal Writing Directors Scholars’ Forum before the Central States Region Conference. The Forum was an all-day event in which legal writing faculty from across the United States came to discuss their current scholarship in a roundtable format. After Dean Rofes’ warm welcome, Professor Dan Weddle from UMKC Law School gave an excellent presentation on how to critique scholarship. The group then broke up into small sections to give the participants a chance to discuss their scholarship and receive feedback. At the end of the day, a panel of experienced authors gave helpful and practical advice on how to get published.