Academics

Preparing for a July 2026 Bar Exam

Monday, April 20, 2026 - 12:10pm • 267

Graduating 3Ls who plan to take a July bar exam are encouraged to attend a planning session on Monday, April 20, at 12:10 p.m. in room 267. Professor Katie Pagel will discuss what to expect as you begin your bar review course, how to structure an effective study schedule, and resources available to you as you study for a bar exam. Qdoba lunch will be provided.

Please RSVP here by Friday, April 17, at noon.

Contact: Katie Pagel

Student Organizations

Congrats to the 2026-27 LELS E-board

We are thrilled to announce the incoming Labor & Employment Law Society executive board! Congratulations to:

•  Grace Mager, president
•  Kalen Berger, vice president
•  Allison Wiederin, fundraising & events chair 
•  Ava Butler, social chair 
•  Erik Reinthaler, treasurer 
•  Candice Brown, IDEA chair 

Good luck to the new board. We are excited to see what you all accomplish next year! 

Contact: Madeleine Hutchings

Speakers/Events

2026 Boden Lecture: Why Stories Matter: Narrative, Law, and Justice

Tuesday, May 12, 2026 - 4:00pm • Lubar Center

Please join us for the 2026 Boden Lecture: Why Stories Matter- Narrative, Law, and Justice by Professor Alan Jenkins, Harvard Law School.

Tuesday, May 12, 2026

• 4:00 p.m. Lecture
• 5:00 p.m. Reception
• Ray and Kay Eckstein Hall, Lubar Center
• 1 CLE credit 

The event is complimentary, but registration is required HERE.

Lecture Description: Stories shape law and policy and can help realize justice. Drawing on a range of legal topics, this lecture will show how justices, advocates, and activists use framing and narrative to define whose experiences count, what history means, and which futures seem possible. Tracing opinions, briefs, oral arguments, and public campaigns, the talk will reveal how metaphor, moral framing, and competing Reconstruction narratives influence doctrine on voting rights, criminal punishment, and equality. The lecture invites lawyers, scholars, and community members to become more self-aware storytellers—able not only to critique dominant narratives, but to craft new ones that advance justice in the courts and beyond.

Speaker: Alan Jenkins is professor of practice at Harvard Law School, where he teaches courses including Supreme Court Jurisprudence, Race and the Law, and Communication. His immediate previous position was president and cofounder of The Opportunity Agenda, a social justice communication lab. Jenkins has held positions as an attorney in the Office of the Solicitor General of the United States, as Director of Human Rights at the Ford Foundation, and as associate counsel to the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. He is a frequent commentator in print, broadcast, and social media, and is the coauthor of 1/6: The Graphic Novel. Jenkins served as a law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Harry A. Blackmun and to U.S. District Judge Robert L. Carter. He holds a B.A. in Psychology and Social Relations from Harvard College, an M.A. in Media Studies from the New School for Public Engagement, and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. 

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

Contact: Christine Wilczynski-Vogel, Associate Dean for External Relations

Academics

Reminders from the Law Library: Study Aids

Looking for hypos or other resources to help test your understanding as you continue to prepare for exams? From resources in the LexisNexis Digital Library to interactive lessons in CALI to print resources with more sources for practice questions, you have access to a range of resources through the Eckstein Law Library. For many areas of law, the Questions & Answers series (LexisNexis Digital Library and print) can be an excellent choice for long-form hypos as well as multiple-choice and short-answer questions, the Examples & Explanations series (print) offers hypos with explanations, and CALI incorporates questions into interactive tutorials.  

How do you access these resources and other study aids? The Study Guides for 1Ls or Study Guides for 2L/3L Courses research guides are good starting points, or ask a Reference Librarian. Also contact Reference if you have questions about creating a CALI account or working with any of these resources. (You likely created a CALI account during Orientation, but please don’t hesitate to ask for assistance!)

For print study aids, stop at the Circulation Desk during service hours to check out copies of current study aids from the Reserve collection, or search MarqCat to find older editions on the second floor. Older editions can be checked out for two weeks.

Lexis, Thomson Reuters Westlaw, and Bloomberg Law offer resources you might find helpful for study purposes, too. For example, in Lexis, look for “Law School Resources” in the “Tools & Resources” box on the “Legal Research” page of Lexis+, serving as a portal to doctrinal pages, select Themis outlines, and more, or even explore Practice Videos in Practical Guidance. From Thomson Reuters Westlaw, consider the Practical Law Law School Resource Center and the 1L Resource Center Toolkit for videos, course study collections, flowcharts, and podcasts, or resources for select law school courses via the Thomson Reuters Law School homepage. Bloomberg Law offers Law School Course Resources, too.

Importantly, study aids never substitute for your own work. Rely on information from your professors and strategies you learned through the components of the Academic Success Program, working with study aids only to supplement other study methods.  

Contact: Elana Olson

Student Organizations

AWL Seeking E-board Applications

We are excited to announce that applications for the 2026-2027 AWL executive board are now live! Please follow this link and follow the instructions on the form.

• Available positions include:
  • Administrative Coordinator
  • Community Coordinator
  • Fundraising Coordinator 
  • DEI Coordinator 
  • Treasurer

Applications will close by midnight Thursday, April 16. If you have any questions about the exec. positions or the application process, please feel free to reach out to Abby Hager.

Contact: Association for Women Lawyers

Student Organizations

Congrats to the 2026-27 EvLS E-Board

The Environmental Law Society (EvLS) is pleased to announce its executive board for the 2026–2027 academic year:

• President – Jack DeMarais
• Vice President – Amanda Puccini
• Treasurer – Kimberly Weiss
• Service Coordinator – Ellie Rickman
• Secretary – Jayla Simon
• 3L Representative – Emmy Pagel
• 2L Representative – Sara Grace Johnson

EvLS looks forward to another year of engaging programming, thoughtful discussions on environmental law and policy, and continued opportunities for student involvement. Congratulations to the newly elected board!

Contact: Alana Borman

Student Organizations

IPLS Seeking E-board Applications

Intellectual Property Law Society is taking applications for leadership positions! To apply, please send no more than a one-page single-spaced response explaining why you believe you would be the best fit for the role. Send all responses to Brian Biggs by Friday, April 17, at 11:59 p.m. You may run for more than one position but may only submit one statement. Below are the descriptions of each position:

• President and Vice President
  • These positions work together to oversee the implementation of successful events, seek connections within the local IP community, and ensure the organization fulfils its obligations.
• IP After 5 Chairpersons
  • Outreach and coordinate with firms to schedule IP After 5 networking events. There are 2 positions available.
• Secretary
  • Record minutes of the meetings and communicate on behalf of the organization regarding upcoming events and things of interest.
• Treasurer 
  • Collect dues from members and keep track of who has paid. Order food for events and take care of reimbursement. Responsible for planning and ordering merch at the end of the year.
• 2L Representative
  • Communicate with fellow 2Ls to promote IPLS activities and answer any questions 2Ls may have.

Contact: Brian Biggs

Pro Bono Opportunities

Congratulations April Pro Bono Honor Society Inductees

In April, the following students surpassed a total of 50 or 120* pro bono hours of service in the law (or have indicated their plan to do so by the end of the semester): 

• John Achkar 

• Reilly Becker 

• Leighton Frater 

• Sydney Gang * 

• Alaina Hartzheim 

• Brianne Karrmann * 

• Hark Kim 

• Aman Lehal * 

• Eliza Luvianos Mendez * 

• Isabelle Matuszewski 

• Claire Polizzi 

• Karli Ring * 

• Sophia Sobota 

• Greyson Sullivan 

• Elizabeth TenBarge * 

• Stephanie Verbockel * 

Congratulations and thank you for your important contributions to our community. These students will be inducted into the Marquette Law School Pro Bono Society on April 17, 2026, and will graduate wearing an honor cord for service.  

See the full list of current students who are members of the Marquette Law School Pro Bono Society and who are slated for induction here.  

To get involved with pro bono service, contact any member of the Office of Public Service. 

Contact: Angela Schultz