Annual Marquette Law School Diversity Reception

We invite you to join us for the Annual Marquette Law School Diversity Reception. This event is an opportunity to connect with fellow students, alumni, faculty, and friends of the Law School.

Monday, September 14

• Annual Diversity Reception
• 5:15 to 7:15 p.m. 
• Marquette Law School, Eckstein Hall, Room 433
• The gathering is complimentary, and you’re welcome to bring a guest; however, we ask that you reserve your spot.

On the Issues: See Something, Scan Everything

Please join us on Tuesday, September 22, for “On the Issues: See Something, Scan Everything.”

The use of “Flock cameras” in communities around the state has been in the news recently. What are they? How have they become a law enforcement tool used in both large and small towns and cities in Wisconsin? With an estimated 2,000 cameras in the state, what legal issues should be considered in the usage of such technology?

Lubar Center Director Derek Mosley will be joined by the following panelists to examine these questions: 

• Melinda Brennan, executive director, American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin;
• Heather Hough, chief of staff, Milwaukee Police Department; and
• Jim Olson, police chief in DeForest, Wisconsin, and 1st vice president, Wisconsin Chiefs of Police Association. 

The program will begin promptly at 12:15 p.m. in Eckstein Hall. Please register here to attend. A light lunch will be available.

2027 Boden Lecture: Behind the Closed Network: Data, Power, and Gender Stagnation in Corporate Law

Please join us: Marquette Law School Boden Lecture - Behind the Closed Network: Data, Power, and Gender Stagnation in Corporate Law by Afra Afsharipour, John D. Ayer Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Business Law and Society, University of California Davis, School of Law.

September 23, 2026

• 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. ~ Lecture
• 6:00 to 6:30 p.m. ~ Reception
• Ray and Kay Eckstein Hall, Lubar Center
• Complimentary event. Reserve your spot

Lecture Description: While the ABA has dubbed 2016 to 2026 “The Decade of the Female Lawyer”—with women making up a majority of law students, a majority of law firm associates, almost half of all law faculty, and more than forty percent of law school deans—the upper echelons of elite corporate law firms remain stubbornly resistant to change. Drawing on a series of empirical studies, this lecture unmasks persistent gender disparities entrenched in high-stakes transactional and corporate litigation practice. Rather than advancing inclusion, elite corporate law practice operates as a self-reinforcing closed network where women continue to face inferior access to influential network resources and are frequently left on the periphery. Disrupting this stagnation requires structural changes within elite firm leadership and greater data transparency.

Lecturer: Afra Afsharipour holds the John D. Ayer Endowed Chair in Business Law and is the Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law at the University of California, Davis. Her teaching and research interests include business associations, corporate governance, and mergers and acquisitions. Professor Afsharipour is an elected member of the American Law Institute. She holds a J.D. from Columbia Law School, where she was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar.

This annual lecture remembers the late Robert F. Boden, dean of Marquette Law School from 1965 to 1984.

Sports Law Certificate Program Internal Competition Orientation Meeting

On Friday, September 25, the Sports Law Competition board will host an orientation meeting for Sports Law Certificate candidates in the 1L or 2L class interested in volunteering for our participating in the 2026-2027 internal competitions starting with the Collegiate Athletics Negotiation Competition this fall.

Lunch will be provided to all who attend. Click here to register.