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2Ls and 3Ls: Apply to be a Spring ASP Leader

The Academic Success Program is pleased to open its application for spring 2026 doctrinal course (i.e., Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, and Property) ASP leaders. ASP leaders assist 1Ls with a variety of academic-related matters, including developing effective study habits, reviewing key course material, and preparing for examinations. The following qualities will guide the selection of ASP leaders:

  • the desire, care, and creativity to assist students in developing effective learning strategies and in welcoming them to our community;
  • the ability to communicate effectively with students and faculty members;
  • the analytic skills essential to success as a law student; and
  • the professionalism to fulfill a commitment that spans the majority of a semester, regardless of other existing or potential demands.

ASP leaders perform their work in exchange for two academic credits. ASP leaders are required to attend two training sessions at the beginning of the spring semester; attend a midsemester meeting with all other spring ASP leaders; hold weekly sessions with a partner; and observe every meeting of their professor’s course until the last three weeks of the regular semester. Applicants must have completed the 1L curriculum before this coming spring and must have received an honors grade in a course to serve as its ASP leader. 

Please click on this link to apply to serve as a doctrinal course ASP leader for next spring. (Students who have served as a doctrinal course ASP leader in the past need not apply; Dean Fodor will contact former ASP leaders about returning for the spring 2026 semester.) As part of your application, please be prepared to submit a résumé and a cover letter explaining your interest in serving in the position. Please address your cover letter to the ASP Selection Committee. 

Applications must be submitted no later than noon on Wednesday, October 22. Applicants who receive an interview will be contacted after the application deadline.

Contact: Dean Fodor
Pro Bono Opportunities

Congrats to the Pro Bono Student Award Recipients

Milwaukee Bar Association’s Law Student Pro Bono Publico Award Recipient

Congratulations to Noah Anders, who received the Milwaukee Bar Association’s Law Student Pro Bono Publico Award at the MBA’s State of the Court Luncheon at the Wisconsin Club on Wednesday, October 1.

Noah began his pro bono service in the spring of his 1L year at the Milwaukee Justice Center’s Family Law Forms Clinic, where he regularly stayed for double shifts to assist self-represented litigants with challenging family law matters. His patience, professionalism, and care made a meaningful difference for clients navigating difficult circumstances.

He has also served in the Marquette Law School Office of Public Service, helping ensure the Marquette Volunteer Legal Clinics provide welcoming, well-run environments for both clients and volunteers. Noah’s record of service and leadership reflects a deep, genuine commitment to public service, making this recognition especially well deserved.

Office of Public Service Pro Bono Student of the Month for September

Congratulations and thank you, Nick Jerschefske, for your top notch pro bono involvement. Nick stands out as the Pro Bono Student of the Month for many reasons. As one of only 29 3Ls involved in pro bono work this semester, he brings his extensive pro bono experience to his weekly shift at the MVLC at the MJC on Thursday mornings.

He has already performed more than 155 pro bono hours and has been doubly inducted into the Pro Bono Society—once at the 50-hour level and again at the 120-hour level. He has participated in most pro bono offerings, including the MVLCs, the MJC Family Law Forms Clinic, Legal Action’s Bankruptcy Clinic, the Estate Planning Clinic, and more.

Nick has also leveraged his pro bono service to connect with key attorneys in the community and credits some of these relationships with helping pave the way for his post-graduation career plans. Ask Nick to tell you about it.

Are you ready to start your pro bono journey? Contact any member of the Office of Public Service. 

Contact: Angela Schultz
Pro Bono Opportunities

Pro Bono Honor Society Inductees

Since the start of the school year, the following students surpassed a total of 50 or 120* pro bono hours of service in the law:

  • Sophia Bern
  • Alana Borman*
  • Kayla Dudor
  • John Langfield
  • Cim Lee
  • Katelyn Murphy
  • Catherine Nascimento
  • Roshani Patel
  • Anna Pyle
  • Karli Ring
  • Rachel Sweet
  • Annie Tate*
  • Joshua Trembly
  • Emily Vanco

Congratulations and thank you for your important contributions to our community. These students will be inducted into the Marquette Law School Pro Bono Society in spring 2026 and will graduate wearing an honor cord for service. 

See the full list of current students who are members of the Marquette Law School Pro Bono Society and who are slated for induction here.

To get involved with pro bono service, contact any member of the Office of Public Service.

Contact: Angela Schultz
Speakers/Events

Get To Know: Adam Procell

Tuesday, October 21, 2025 - 12:15pm • TBD

Please join us on Tuesday, October 21, as we continue the “Get To Know” series at Marquette Law School's Lubar Center for Public Policy Research and Civic Education. Derek Mosley, director of the Lubar Center, will welcome Adam Procell, director of Milwaukee's Office of Community Wellness and Safety.  

Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson recently named Procell as director of the office, formerly known as the Office of Violence Prevention. While Procell has worked to prevent gang violence as a community outreach worker with Partners in Hope and as the CEO of Paradigm Shift, a consulting firm aimed at improving the justice system, it is his actions at the age of 15 that have generated the most reaction to his appointment. Community wellness and safety are priorities for all. Join us to learn more about Mr. Procell and his priorities in this new role—to get to know him.

The program will begin promptly at 12:15 p.m. and will last for one hour. It will include lunch, conversation, and community in Eckstein Hall.

Please register here to attend.

Contact: Hilary DeBlois
Student Organizations

YES Seeking 1L Reps

If you are interested in becoming a Youth Empowerment Society (YES) 1L representative, please send a brief email to YES Treasurer Allen Keller. 

The deadline is Friday, October 24, at 5 p.m.

Contact: Allen Thomas Keller
Opportunities & Aid

2026-27 FAFSA Now Open

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) for the 2026-27 academic year is available beginning Wednesday, Oct. 1. Students must complete and submit the FAFSA by the priority deadline of Sunday, Feb. 1, to be considered for maximum financial assistance. 

The process should begin with the student completing their portion of the application and then inviting contributors to complete their sections. This step helps ensure the FAFSA is processed correctly. 

Students are encouraged to review the Step-by-Step Guide to Applying for Financial Aid and the application process for undergraduates for more information. 

Questions can be directed to Marquette Central. 

Contact: Marquette Central
Opportunities & Aid

2Ls: Middleman Scholarship for a Marquette Law Student

The Middleman Scholarship is awarded annually to a Marquette law student who also fosters interests beyond the law.

WHAT IS IT: A one-time scholarship to be awarded to a Marquette law student, who is original, good-hearted, and who has a good sense of humor. Students who have balanced academics with other life experiences and interests are encouraged to apply. This scholarship was established by a group of alumni to help hard-working students, who have a wide array of interests outside of law school.  

AMOUNT: The scholarship will be between $5,000 to $10,000.

HOW CAN THE MONEY BE USED: Tuition

WHO IS ELIGIBLE: Law students who will have completed a minimum of 27 credits at the completion of the fall 2025 semester. 

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUBMIT: A short essay that includes the following:

  • Name
  • Address
  • Phone number
  • A description of your interests outside of law (No need to talk about your legal accomplishments—we already know you're doing great there!)
  • Why you should be awarded the scholarship
  • Please submit your essay as a PDF.

HOW TO APPLY: Please submit your application by sending your essay to Dean Wilczynski-Vogel by January 5, 2026. 

Contact: Christine Wilczynski-Vogel, Associate Dean for External Relations
Student Organizations

Congrats to the FedSoc 1L Reps

The Federalist Society is thrilled to welcome our two new 1L representatives, Tripp Grebe and Scarlett Kluge, for the 2025-2026 year!

We look forward to working with the both of them. Please join us in congratulating them if you see them on campus!

Contact: Noelle Maniotis
Student Organizations

Congrats to the HLLSA 1L Reps

Congratulations to our two newest e-board members, Stephanie Faudoa and Marco Gutierrez, on becoming first-year class representatives for the Hispanic-Latino Law Student Association!  

Contact: Andrew Ochoa
Student Organizations

IPLS Presents: IP After 5 with Foley & Lardner, LLP

Tuesday, October 21, 2025 - 5:00pm • Foley & Lardner LLP, 777 E Wisconsin Ave

The Intellectual Property Law Society is delighted to announce our first IP After 5 event of the year with Foley & Lardner LLP! 

IPLS members are invited to join us at Foley’s Milwaukee office on Tuesday, October 21, from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. IP attorneys and recruiting staff will be in attendance to network and answer questions. Hors d’oeuvres and cocktails will be served. 

Please fill out BOTH the Foley & Lardner RSVP and IPLS RSVP and indicate transportation needs (IPLS will be able to provide rides to a limited number of members, on a first-come, first-serve basis). 

Business or business casual attire recommended. If you have NOT paid dues to IPLS, please do so prior to the event via Venmo to Treasurer Makenna Fitzgerald: @Makenna-Fitzgerald (last four digits: 2895). Dues are $15 for the year. Please write “First and Last Name - IPLS Dues” in the subject line.

Please direct any questions to IP After 5 Chairs Joe Yamat and Maggie Dobbs. 

Contact: Joe Yamat
Speakers/Events

2025 Barrock Lecture: The Place(s) for Localism in Criminal Law and Enforcement

Thursday, November 13, 2025 - 5:00pm • Lubar Center

Please join us for the 2025 Barrock Lecture: The Place(s) for Localism in Criminal Law and Enforcement, delivered by Ron Wright, the Needham Yancey Gulley Professor of Criminal Law at Wake Forest University Law School.

  • Thursday, November 13, 2025
  • 5:00 to 6:00 p.m., immediately followed by a public reception
  • Marquette University Law School, Ray and Kay Eckstein Hall, Lubar Center

The event is complimentary; however, registration is required HERE.

This lecture will survey topics, times, and places when localism influences criminal law and enforcement. Then it will evaluate the scene, noting the levels of government best positioned to shape the variations with an eye to delivering public safety and legitimacy.

Here’s the basic situation: Actors at different levels of government—national, state, and local—shape the criminal law. The result is a fragmented landscape, with some practices being the same everywhere and others showing great variety from place to place. Consider, for example, constitutional search warrant requirements, which apply uniformly to police working in very different urban and rural contexts, and, by contrast, the ability of local prosecutors to select charges that look completely different from the charges preferred by prosecutors in another district in similar cases. For many observers, fragmentation is troubling—a source of inconsistency, even hidden defiance of shared values. Others welcome the local variety as a source of creative experimentation and needed flexibility in a pluralistic society.

This lecture series remembers George Barrock, L’31, and Margaret Barrock.

Contact: Christine Wilczynski-Vogel, Associate Dean for External Relations
Student Organizations

BLS Presents: State Bar Business Law Section Networking Event

Tuesday, October 21, 2025 - 5:30pm • Pilot Project Brewing, 1128 N 9th St, Milwaukee, WI 53233

You're invited to attend Business Law Society's networking event with the State Bar Association on Tuesday, October 21, at Pilot Project Brewing!

Attorneys Attending:

  • Dean Grossman (Marquette Law)
  • Attorney Smith (Michael Best)
  • Attorney Peek (Von Briesen)
  • Attorney Tutaj (Meissner Tierney Fisher & Nichols)

This is a great opportunity to network with attorneys in the area, learn more about their practice, and hear more about their experiences!

Please RSVP using this LINK. 

Contact: Nancy Martinez Ramirez & Morgan Markenson
Student Organizations

Out & Allies Seeking 1L Reps

Out & Allies is seeking 1L reps! if you're interested, please send a one-paragraph explanation of why you would like to be a 1L rep to Isabella Barnard by Friday, October 10, at 5 p.m. 

Contact: Isabella Barnard
Student Organizations

EvLS Presents: Environmental Issues in Wisconsin​

Friday, October 17, 2025 - 12:10pm • 257

Learn about various environmental issues facing Wisconsin from Attorney David Ruetz of von Briesen & Roper, s.c.​

Attorney Ruetz will also discuss his background in Environmental Law and his work on the board of the State Bar's Environmental Law Section.

Lunch will be provided.

Contact: Alana Borman
Student Organizations

HLS Dues and 1L Rep Applications

The Health Law Society is sending out the last reminder for 1L rep applications. Please submit a personal statement to President Gretta Yahn, no more than 250 words, expressing interest. Applications are due by Friday, October 17.

Also, interested members should use the link HERE to express preferences for events and merchandise options!

Last, please send $15 dues payments to Treasurer Maxwell Bado using his venmo, @Max-Bado. This will qualify you for this year's merch item and support events for the fall and spring semesters!

Contact: Gretta Yahn
Speakers/Events

Law School Mass

Wednesday, October 22, 2025 - 12:15pm • Campion Chapel, 4th Floor

Please join us as we celebrate Mass in the St. Edmund Campion Chapel on the fourth floor of Eckstein Hall at 12:15 p.m.

Future Mass dates:

  • November 5, 19
  • December 3, last Mass of the semester to be followed by lunch in Room 432
Contact: Christine Wilczynski-Vogel, Associate Dean for External Relations
General News

Tobacco-free Campus Policy Prohibits Use of Nicotine Pouches

Marquette University is committed to the Jesuit educational principle of cura personalis, or care for the whole person. This includes supporting physical well-being. Therefore, as part of our institutional efforts, we seek to create and maintain an environment that promotes health and healthy behavior for all of our students, faculty, staff, and campus visitors. 

  1. Smoking or use of other tobacco products by students, faculty, staff, contractors, vendors, and visitors is prohibited in or on all campus property including all interior spaces on Marquette University’s campus, all outdoor property or grounds controlled and/or maintained by Marquette University, all university-owned or leased vehicles, and all outdoor athletic facilities.
  2. Tobacco is defined to include any lighted cigarette (clove, bidis, kreteks), cigars, cigarillos, pipes, hookah products, and any other smoking product. This also includes any smokeless, spit or spit less, dissolvable, or inhaled tobacco products; including but not limited to dip, chew, snuff or snus, in any form (orbs, sticks pellets, puches, etc.). Nicotine products not approved by the Food and Drug Administration as a smoking cessation product, such as e-cigarettes, are also prohibited. Such prohibited nicotine products include nicotine pouches.
  3. Use of tobacco products is permissible on city sidewalks.
  4. Religious practices involving the use of tobacco will be exempt from this policy and are to align with the policies of Campus Ministry and University Office of Student Development.
  5. Tobacco and nicotine product advertisements are prohibited in university-sponsored publications.

Thinking of Quitting?

Click here to visit the Medical Clinic's website for resources on quitting tobacco or nicotine products. 

Marquette University's Recovery Program is also available to support Marquette students in recovery from substance use concerns in order to build community, promote healing and holistic health, and to help students reach their full potential. Supports include recovery coaching and drop-in hours, weekly recovery meetings and groups, and more! For more information, please click here.

For any questions regarding Marquette's tobacco-free policy, please contact the Marquette University Medical Clinic by clicking here. 

Contact: Marquette Medical Clinic
Speakers/Events

Sports Law Speaker Series: Introducing the Sports Law Faculty

Thursday, October 23, 2025 - 12:00pm • 433

On Thursday, October 23, as part of the Sports Law Speaker Series the Sports Law Program invites you to meet members of the sports law faculty.  This event is intended for first year students and other students who have not taken sports law classes, or any student who wants to meet the members of our sports law faculty in an informal setting to learn more about who they are, what they do in their professional career, and the courses they teach (click here for a full list of sports law courses currently available). During this event students will have the opportunity to rotate to different tables to meet different members of the sports law faculty, including:

  • Prof. Paul Anderson, Director, Sports Law Program and National Sports Law Institute
  • Prof. Matthew Banker, Founder & Principal, MB Sports Consulting, & advisor, Sports Law Section of Church Church Hiddle & Antrim, Louisville, Kentucky
  • Prof. Peter Baran, Associate Director of Athletics - Compliance & Enrollment Services, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Athletics
  • Prof. Martin J. Greenberg, L’68, founder, National Sports Law Institute, and retired Adjunct Professor, Marquette University Law School; Managing Member, Law Office of Martin J. Greenberg, LLC
  • Prof. Jill Ingels, L'17, Vice President of Legal and Business Operations, Milwaukee Bucks, Adjunct Professor of Law, Marquette University Law School, Chairperson of the Board, Sports & Entertainment Law Section of the Wisconsin State Bar
  • Prof. Matthew Mitten, Professor of Law, and Executive Director, National Sports Law Institute, Marquette University Law School
  • Prof. Chad Oldfather, Professor of Law, Marquette University Law School
  • Prof. Meghan Pirics, Senior Counsel, Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club
  • Prof. Roger Quiles, Esports and sports law attorney, Quiles Law, New York, New York
  • Prof. Martin Tierney, Partner and Group Co-Leader, Employee Benefits, Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP

The event will start at noon in room 433. Lunch will be provided to all attendees. Click here to register.

Contact: Prof. Anderson
Student Organizations

Congrats to the OSW 1L Reps

Congratulations to the Organization for Student Wellbeing's 2025-2026 1L representatives: Sayde Nies and Benjamin Sampson! 

Happy to have you on board!

Contact: Andrea Bishop
Speakers/Events

Pre-Conference Sports Law Alumni Panel

Thursday, October 16, 2025 - 5:30pm • Lubar Center, Room 144

On Thursday, October 16, at 5:30 p.m. in the Lubar Center (room 144) the Sports Law Program presents its annual pre-conference Alumni Career Panel. Alumni coming in for the annual conference on Friday, October 17, will join our Sports Law Program students on Thursday night.

Led by Sports Law Society Vice President Jason Kessler and Treasure Matt Gearheart, the panel will talk about their careers and career paths, involvement in the Sports Law Program as students and alums, and provide advice to students seeking careers adjacent or in the sports industry after graduation. Alums participating in the panel include:

  • Megan Jerabek, L'08, Shareholder, Co-Chair, Trust & Estates Section, Chair, Sports Law Section, von Briesen & Roper, s.c., De Forest, WI 
  • John Long, L'09, Member, Bond, Schoeneck & King PLLC, Houston, TX 
  • Keith Miller, L'01, Vice President, Influxer, Corpus Christi, TX 
  • Kristina Minor, L'13, Senior Counsel, Husch Blackwell, Chicago, IL

The panel discussion should last until 7 p.m. Food will be provided for all attendees. Click here to register.

Contact: Prof. Anderson