Faculty & Staff

Please note -- this event is sold-out. We are currently taking reservations for the wait-list and/or to watch the event from the live-feed room. On the Issues with Mike Gousha: Paul Tough, author of How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character 9:00 a.m., Registration and coffee 9:30 a.m., On the Issues with Mike Gousha

Marquette Law Poll announces a special discussion “Wisconsin: The State of the Race.” With Wisconsin looming as a pivotal swing state in the 2020 election, Marquette University Law School has announced the release of “Wisconsin: The State of the Race,” a video presentation from Dr. Charles Franklin, director of the Marquette Law Poll, and Mike

Ellen Laipson, President and CEO of the Stimson Center—What is the role of the United Nations today? What do we make of recent events in the Middle East and Southwest Asia, including the civil war in Syria, the aftermath of the Arab Spring, and Iran’s nuclear threat? On the 67th anniversary of the UN, we’ll get perspective and insight from an

Hon. James A. Wynn, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit—Judge Wynn is a Marquette Law School graduate, who currently serves as a federal appeals court judge in North Carolina. Nominated to the Court by President Obama in November of 2009, Judge Wynn previously served on the North Carolina Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court of

She is a lawyer, former legal counsel for the Governor of Wisconsin, a former executive at Miller Brewing and Kraft Foods, and the former director of the Department of Employee Relations for the City of Milwaukee. Today, Danae Davis is the dynamic leader of a successful non-profit that is working to transform Milwaukee. PEARLS serves at-risk girls

One day after the final debate of the presidential campaign, Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson will visit the Law School to offer the Republican perspective on the fall elections. The businessman from Oshkosh, who was elected in 2010, will also address the state of the nation’s fiscal health. Johnson is an outspoken critic of the federal government’s

A visiting professor at the Law School in 2011, Feingold returns to Eckstein Hall to discuss Wisconsin’s role in the fall election. The Democrat from Middleton is now a co-chair for President Obama’s campaign. He has also started his own political action committee, is an outspoken critic of the Citizens United ruling, and has authored a book on U.S

Reconstruction and the Origins of Birthright Citizenship Eric Foner DeWitt Clinton Professor of History Columbia University Professor Eric Foner's Boden Lecture will trace the origins of birthright citizenship—enshrined in the Civil Rights Act of 1866 and the Fourteenth Amendment—in the struggle to define citizenship in the aftermath of the

Tim Sullivan, former Bucyrus International CEO, Special Consultant to the Governor for Workforce Development and Education — What do we do about an acute skills gap in Wisconsin, one that combined with an aging workforce could threaten the state's economic future? As the leader of a large mining equipment manufacturer that experienced explosive

David Maraniss, author of Barack Obama: The Story, a biography of Barack Obama. The son of a newspaper editor who grew up in Madison, Maraniss is an associate editor at the Washington Post and a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist. He is also the author of five critically acclaimed and bestselling books, including When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of