Faculty & Staff

Diane Lim Rogers, Chief Economist for the Concord Coalition—Is the U.S. about to plunge off a fiscal cliff? What are the causes and consequences of our nation’s enormous deficit and debt problems, and what will it take to fix them? Are there key questions we should be asking our presidential candidates? Having worked on Capitol Hill as a chief

A former La Crosse County prosecutor, Congressman Kind is now one of the most prominent Democrats in Wisconsin. He has represented the Third Congressional District since 1996, and is a member of the influential House Ways and Means Committee, which has jurisdiction over tax policy, Medicare, Social Security, and international trade. Kind is a

Watch the Video >> Yale University Professor John Lewis Gaddis, 2012 Pulitzer Prize-winning author of George F. Kennan: An American Life—Born and raised in Milwaukee, George Kennan went on to become one of the preeminent diplomats of the Cold War era. He is credited with being the architect of the American policy of containment toward the Soviet

Congresswoman Baldwin has represented Wisconsin’s Second Congressional District since 1999. Now, she’s trying to make history. Running as the lone Democrat in the race to replace retiring U.S. Senator Herb Kohl, Baldwin is seeking to become the first woman elected to the Senate in Wisconsin. Baldwin is a University of Wisconsin Law School graduate

Vice Admiral Houck is the principal military legal counsel to the secretary of the Navy and Chief of Naval Operations. He leads the attorneys, enlisted legalmen, and civilian employees of the worldwide Navy JAG Corps community. Houck will discuss what he calls the Navy’s “global law firm” and the issues it faces today, including the handling of

Running for president is a long, tough, even strange journey. Nobody knows that better than Mark Block, Herman Cain’s top advisor. A longtime Wisconsin political operative, Block will share his stories from the campaign trail; the rise and fall of the Cain candidacy; and Block’s starring role in a low-budget campaign ad that went viral (remember

He was elected Governor of Wisconsin an unprecedented four times. He was Health and Human Services Secretary in the administration of President George W. Bush. Now, after a stint in the private sector, Tommy Thompson is running for public office again. What’s driving his decision, and what does he think about the current political climate in

Government Accountability Board Director and General Counsel Kevin Kennedy — Kennedy will be front and center during what promises to be an historic election year in Wisconsin. Will there be a recall election for Governor? What about recalls for several state Senators? How will the state implement its new voter ID law? Those are just some of the

The Author's Place in the Future of Copyright Jane C. Ginsburg Morton L. Janklow Professor of Literary and Artistic Property Law and Faculty Director, Kernochan Center for Law, Media and the Arts, Columbia University School of Law The title of this lecture implicitly inquires whether there is a future for authors in copyright. Authors' lack of

Barnette , the Roosevelt Appointees, and the Progressive Embrace of Judicial Review Hon. Jeffrey S. Sutton U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Adjunct Professor of Law at The Ohio State University, and Lecturer in Law at Harvard University February 28, 20124:30 p.m.1 CLE CREDIT Applied for In Board of Education v. Barnette (1943), the U.S