Faculty & Staff

Rick Graber, President and CEO, The Bradley Foundation The Milwaukee-based Bradley Foundation is a powerful force in the world of philanthropy, granting between $35 and $45 million to charities in Milwaukee and around the country. As part of its mission “to strengthen civil society,” the Foundation has been a long-time supporter of performing arts

Kelli Thompson, Wisconsin State Public Defender Created in 1977, the State Public Defender (SPD) is an independent state agency seeking to ensure that there is “justice for all” by providing legal representation to the poor. In her role leading the office since 2011, Thompson oversees an agency with more than 600 employees located in 40 offices

Tom Barrett, Mayor of Milwaukee Barrett was a state representative, state senator, and U.S. congressman before being elected mayor of Milwaukee in 2004. He is currently serving his fourth term in office. Barrett’s tenure has been marked by billions in downtown development, as well as a renaissance in some city neighborhoods. Yet parts of Milwaukee

Upward Mobility: Assessing the Characteristics of Greater Milwaukee’s Growing Hispanic Workforce Hispanics have accounted for much of the population growth in the Milwaukee area in the last two decades. But while they are an increasingly important part of the regional workforce, a new study commissioned by the Hispanic Professionals of Greater

Josh Kaul, Attorney General of Wisconsin Kaul, a Democrat and the son of a former attorney general, the late Peg Lautenschlager, is the state’s 45th attorney general. He defeated Republican incumbent Brad Schimel by roughly 17,000 votes in last November’s hard-fought election. Before running for attorney general, Kaul served as a federal prosecutor

Bud Selig, Former Commissioner, Major League Baseball, and Distinguished Lecturer in Sports Law and Policy, Marquette University Law School A native of Milwaukee who still calls the city home, Commissioner Selig’s lifelong love affair with baseball has been well-documented. But in his new book, For the Good of the Game , Selig pulls back the

The Role of the Prosecutor as the Gatekeeper of the American Justice System – Professor Paul Butler and District Attorney John Chisholm Join us for a conversation “On the Issues with Mike Gousha” featuring Professor Paul Butler and District Attorney John Chisholm. These individuals met through their work on a national initiative to reshape

Paul Butler The Albert Brick Professor in Law Georgetown University Prison Abolition: The Ultimate Reform? Incarceration is a relatively recent development in the history of punishment, with the first modern prison constructed in Philadelphia in the early 1800s. The American penitentiary was intended as a reform, making the institution of

Responding to the Threat of Violent Recidivism: Alternatives to Long-Term Confinement Conference Hosted by Marquette Law School With Support from the Charles Koch Foundation Milwaukee, Wisconsin June 3-4, 2019 In state prisons across the United States, a large majority of the inmates have been convicted of violent crimes. Violence-convicted

Responding to the Threat of Violent Recidivism: Alternatives to Long-Term Confinement Conference Hosted by Marquette Law School With Support from the Charles Koch Foundation Milwaukee, Wisconsin June 3-4, 2019 In state prisons across the United States, a large majority of the inmates have been convicted of violent crimes. Violence-convicted