Student Organizations

IIW Immigration Clinic with MILA

Speakers/Events

Get To Know: Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidate Chris Taylor

Please join us on March 18 as we continue our "Get To Know" series at Marquette Law School's Lubar Center for Public Policy Research and Civic Education. Derek Mosley, the Lubar Center's director, will host the second of two programs introducing the Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates.

Chris Taylor has held a number of roles in government, including her current position on the Wisconsin Court of Appeals since 2023. She began her career as an attorney, served in the Wisconsin State Assembly beginning in 2011, and was a judge of the Dane County Circuit Court for three years. Learn about Judge Taylor’s background, priorities in this race, and how she expects her experience to shape her approach to the office she seeks.

The program will begin promptly at 12:15 p.m. and include lunch, conversation, and community in Eckstein Hall. Please register to attend. 

(The program with Judge Maria Lazar took place on February 17.)

Pro Bono Opportunities

Deadline to Submit Pro Bono Hours

To be included in the 2026 Pro Bono Society Induction, the deadline to submit all hours, or a plan to complete all hours before the end of the semester, is Thursday, April 9. 

• If you will have recorded enough pro bono hours in your account by Thursday, April 9, you will be included in the Pro Bono Honor Society Induction event. 

• If you will not have completed all hours by Thursday, April 9, but will complete them (i.e., you are scheduled for shifts) by the end of the semester (May 15), please complete this form by April 9 to share your plan with Dean Schultz. 

Do you need more hours to reach your goal? Reach out to Dean Schultz to make a plan or sign-up for open pro bono shifts in the "Open Sign-Ups” tab of your pro bono account. Students who reach 50+ and 120+ hours are inducted into the Pro Bono Honor Society and wear an honor cord for service at graduation. 

Pro Bono Opportunities

February Pro Bono Law Student of the Month

Pro Bono Student of the Month: Amanda Eve (1L)

Amanda Eve began her pro bono work as a rising 1L with the MVLC at United Community Center, making a weekly commitment to serve. In the fall of her 1L year, she continued with MVLC at the House of Peace location. This semester, she branched out to the Adult Guardianship Forms Clinic, which involves proactively reaching out to families seeking guardianship over an adult relative. While these projects are often completed on a student’s own schedule, one case required coordinating with a Swahili interpreter and traveling to the courthouse to meet with the client. When the call went out for a volunteer, Amanda stepped up. The process has not been simple—the first attempt to connect the client and interpreter was unsuccessful—but Amanda has remained patient, kind, and tenacious throughout. Amanda has already performed 70 pro bono hours and will be inducted into the Marquette Law School Pro Bono Society on April 17. We are inspired by Amanda, our February Pro Bono Law Student of the Month.

Questions about pro bono? Contact Dean Schultz.

Opportunities & Aid

Ethics in Sports Law Writing Competition

The Ethics in Sports Law Writing Competition created in 2017 and supported by the generosity of the National Sports Law Institute Board of Advisors member Anne Wall, Brand Protection Member for the Salt Lake City Olympic Committee. 

The "Ethics in Sports Law Award" recognizes the Marquette University Law School student who writes the best essay on a current ethical dilemma in amateur or professional sports as selected by the Competition Review Committee. Complete details on what is required to enter the award can be found online here. A law review worthy submission is not required, you could submit anything that fits the criteria, and you could submit the same piece you are submitting to any of our other writing awards.

The award is open to 1Ls, 2Ls and 3Ls, and submissions for this award are due Wednesday, March 25. The winner receives a monetary award and will be announced during our Annual Awards Ceremony on Friday, April 24, 2026.

Pro Bono Opportunities

Spring Break Pro Bono Opportunities

In addition to the Wills for Tribal Members event noted elsewhere in this issue of Law News, several pro bono opportunities are available for students--even if you have not been involved before!

The Eviction Defense Project is welcoming new and experienced students during spring break. All three shifts are required for new students, and a hope that you can continue with a weekly commitment throuhg out the rest of the semester. This project runs on Monday 3/9, Wednesday 3/11, and Friday 3/13 from 12:30-3PM at the Milwaukee County Courthouse. 

The Marquette Volunteer Legal Clinics are also welcoming both new and experienced students during spring break. Plan to attend at least three of the four clinics running during break and consider taking on a weekly or every-other-week commitment for the rest of the semester. MVLCs will run on Tuesday 3/10 12:45-3 p.m., Wednesday 3/11 4:45-7 p.m., Thursday 3/12 8:45-11 a.m. and 11:15-1:30 p.m. 

Finally, the Milwaukee Justice Center's family law forms clinic is welcoming students with experience in the forms clinic to join any or all shifts running during spring break: Monday 8:30-12 and/or 1-4, Tuesday 1-4, Wednesday 8:30-12, Thursday 1-4, and Friday 8:30-12.

To add any pro bono shifts to your schedule, email OPS with the shifts you'd like to take and we'll make sure you have everything you need to be successful with the project.

Academics

Marquette Mock Trial Team Tryouts

Tryouts for the 2026-2027 Mock Trial Skills Course will be held between March 30 and April 1, 2026. This year-long curricular commitment is an excellent opportunity to gain valuable trial advocacy experience competing against other law schools. Trial Team members earn two credits each semester for their participation. Tryouts will consistent of a three minute statement and one cross examination of a witness. More information will be provided to participates at the time of sign up. If you can not make these dates work and still wish to tryout, please contact us. 

The fall scrimmage will be in the first few weeks of November 2026, and the spring regional competition will be in the first few weeks of March 2027. The team will practice each week on Tuesday and Thursday evenings and Saturday mornings as competition demands. The team has been very successful in recent years’ competitions, and we hope you will be a part of it!

If you are interested in coming to observe, the trial team currently meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:15 pm to 9:00 pm in the trial courtroom. 

For more information and to sign up, please contact Adjunct Professors Katie Halopka-Ivery and Grant Huebner.

Opportunities & Aid

1Ls: Nominate a Classmate for the Ralph J. Huiras Law School Citizen Award

We are excited to open nominations for the 2026 Ralph J. Huiras Law School Citizen Award, which will honor one of first-year Marquette law student for contributing to the spirit of the Law School community. Each year, one student receives the prestigious award and an accompanying scholarship for the student’s second year of study—generously funded by the Ralph J. Huiras Foundation. We are currently accepting confidential nominations for this award from all first-year law students, as well as Law School faculty and staff.

Award Criteria:

Ideal candidates for this honor are individuals who add to the spirit of the Law School community by demonstrating a broad spectrum of qualities, including the following:

• Professionalism
• A willingness to assist fellow students
• Involvement in the Law School and the broader community
• Other indicia of excellence, faith, leadership, and service

To Nominate:

To nominate one of your first-year classmates for the award, please send an email to Dean Fodor at anna.fodor@marquette.edu by 5 p.m. on Tuesday, March 31, with—

• the name of the eligible nominee (please see eligibility requirements below), and
• a short paragraph describing why you think the nominee meets the award criteria (also listed below).

Eligibility:

Eligible students for the 2026 award are—

• all full-time first-year students who entered Marquette Law School in August 2025, and
• all part-time first-year students who entered Marquette Law School in August 2024.

Selection:

A selection committee will select one nominated student to receive the Ralph J. Huiras Law School Citizen Award, and two other finalists will each receive a $5,000 scholarship for the following academic year. The recipients will be announced at the Annual Law School Alumni Awards Ceremony.

About Ralph J. Huiras:

The late Ralph J. Huiras was an alumnus of Marquette University Law School, and he and his family have a long history of generosity to the school and its students. Ralph, who was born just as his father was graduating from the Law School, had a remarkably varied career. After having been excused from his last set of law-school exams in 1941 on account of having received a “summons” from J. Edgar Hoover to report to the nation’s capital to join the FBI, Ralph returned to Wisconsin and his native Ozaukee County in 1948. For the ensuing six decades, he practiced law, was a business leader in the community, and served as an elected official and otherwise engaged citizen. Ralph was one of the earliest advocates for the construction of an entirely new law facility, which now sits as Eckstein Hall. The Huiras Lounge on the second floor of Eckstein Hall, just outside the dean’s office, remembers Ralph, and his father, Peter Huiras. The Ralph J. Huiras Law School Citizen Award is designed by the Huiras Foundation as an annual tribute to Ralph’s legacy of service to the legal profession and the community and to his affinity for the development of Marquette law students.

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Thank you in advance for your nominations, and please do not hesitate to reach out if you have questions.

General News

Spring Break Building Hours

Eckstein Hall will have reduced hours during Spring Break, beginning Friday, March 6. Building hours will be as follows:

• Friday, March 6: 7 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.  
• Saturday, March 7: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Sunday, March 8: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Monday to Thursday March 9 through 12: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
• Friday, March 13: 7 a.m. to 6 p.m
• Saturday, March 14: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
• Sunday, March 15: 9 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.

The parking garage will open 45 minutes before the building opens and will close 30 minutes before the building closes each day. Please plan accordingly.