Speakers/Events
Law School Mass
Wednesday, October 8, 2025 - 12:15pm • Campion Chapel, 4th FloorPlease 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:
- October 22
- November 5, 19
- December 3, last Mass of the semester to be followed by lunch in Room 432
Get To Know: Aaron Lipski
Thursday, October 9, 2025 - 12:15pm • Eckstein HallMarquette Law School's Lubar Center for Public Policy Research and Civic Education is pleased to celebrate Fire Safety Month, as we welcome Aaron Lipski, chief of the Milwaukee Fire Department, on October 9. Director Derek Mosley will moderate the event as part of the Lubar Center’s “Get To Know” series.
Chief Lipski has dedicated more than 25 years of service to the City of Milwaukee, serving the Fire Department in just about every way. He is a fourth-generation firefighter and a proud resident of Milwaukee. During this event, you will have the opportunity to learn about Chief Lipski's background, his approach to prioritizing tasks in a fast-paced environment, and his goals in addressing the challenges and opportunities involved in keeping Milwaukee residents safe—to get to know him and his work.
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 DeBloisFamily, Friends, Parents, and Partners Event
Saturday, October 11, 2025 - 9:15am • Eckstein HallAs you likely know by now, law school is unlike any other experience you have gone through, educational or otherwise. For family and friends who are supporting you but may not know what it is like to be a law student, we are excited to offer them a glimpse into your lives.
Our Family, Friends, Parents & Partners event is designed for the spouses, parents, friends, and/or significant others of all Marquette law students to learn about the law school experience. They will tour Eckstein Hall, hear from members of the administration, and participate in a mock class taught by a faculty member. Just like a law student, they will have a reading assignment to prepare and may find themselves on call.
The event will take place in Eckstein Hall from 9:15 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, October 11, 2025. We ask that law students do not attend the main program, but students are welcome to attend the light brunch reception that will close out the event.
You can RSVP online for your guests (please include guest contact information, so we can follow up with them directly).
Please RSVP by the end of the day on Tuesday, September 30. A reminder email with additional details on directions, the reading assignment, and more will be sent out to registered guests on Tuesday, October 7.
We look forward to meeting family and friends on October 11th!
Contact: Sarah DiStefanoDiscovering Practice Areas Expo
Tuesday, October 14, 2025 - 5:00pm • Room 433Join Marquette BLSA and other student organizations on Tuesday, October 14, from 5 to 7 p.m. for the Discovering Practice Area Expo! Network with experienced attorneys, explore diverse practice areas, and maybe even snag some sweet swag. This event is open to all students and is a great opportunity to learn about a practice area you have never heard of before.
Don't miss this opportunity to gain insights and make connections! Please RSVP here.
Contact: Shauntia CarsonSports Law Speaker Series: James Sullivan, President, Poker Royalty, LLC
Wednesday, October 15, 2025 - 12:00pm • 433On Wednesday, October 15, the Sports Law Speaker Series will feature a discussion with James Sullivan, L'01, president, Poker Royalty, LLC; co-founder, Battle 4 Vegas and Las Vegas Agency.
James will discuss his involvement in the Sports Law Program and long career in sports agency and sports law. The discussion will begin at noon in room 433.
Lunch will be provided to all attendees. Register to attend here.
Contact: Prof. AndersonPre-Conference Sports Law Alumni Panel
Thursday, October 16, 2025 - 5:30pm • Lubar Center, Room 144On 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. AndersonGet To Know: Adam Procell
Tuesday, October 21, 2025 - 12:15pm • TBDPlease 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 DeBloisLaw School Mass
Wednesday, October 22, 2025 - 12:15pm • Campion Chapel, 4th FloorPlease 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
Sports Law Speaker Series: Introducing the Sports Law Faculty
Thursday, October 23, 2025 - 12:00pm • 433On 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. Anderson2025 Barrock Lecture: The Place(s) for Localism in Criminal Law and Enforcement
Thursday, November 13, 2025 - 5:00pm • Lubar CenterPlease 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