The
University of Wisconsin Law School is the professional school for the study of law at the
University of Wisconsin–MadisonThe University of Wisconsin–Madison is a public research university located in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Founded in 1848, UW–Madison is the flagship campus of the University of Wisconsin System. It became a land-grant institution in 1866...
in
Madison, WisconsinMadison is the capital of the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Dane County. It is also home to the University of Wisconsin–Madison....
. The
law schoolA law school is an institution specializing in legal education.- Law degrees :- Canada :...
was founded in 1868.
Facilities
The law school is located on
Bascom HillBascom Hill is the main quadrangle that forms the symbolic core of the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus. It is located on the opposite end of State Street from the Wisconsin State Capitol, and is named after John Bascom, former president of the University of Wisconsin...
, the center of the UW–Madison campus. In 1996, it completed a major renovation project that joined two previous buildings and created a four-story glass
atriumIn modern architecture, an atrium is a large open space, often several stories high and having a glazed roof and/or large windows, often situated within a larger multistory building and often located immediately beyond the main entrance doors...
. The renovation was recognized by the
American Institute of ArchitectsThe American Institute of Architects is a professional organization for architects in the United States. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the AIA offers education, government advocacy, community redevelopment, and public outreach to support the architecture profession and improve its public image...
for its innovative design, incorporating modern design into the 150 years of architecture on historic Bascom Hill. In addition to lecture halls and smaller classrooms, the law school contains a fully functional trial courtroom, appellate courtroom, and an extensive law library. The library is notable for the 1942 mural
"The Freeing of the Slaves" by
John Steuart CurryJohn Steuart Curry was an American painter whose career spanned from 1924 until his death. He was noted for his paintings depicting life in his home state, Kansas...
that dominates the
Quarles & BradyQuarles & Brady LLP is a large U.S. law firm based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. According to the National Law Journal's 2007 rankings, it is the 90th largest law firm in the United States, and the second-largest firm in the state of Wisconsin...
Reading Room (also known as the "Old Reading Room").
Legal philosophy
The University of Wisconsin Law School is known for its "
law in actionLaw in action is a legal theory, associated with legal realism, that examines the role of law, not just as it exists in the statutes and cases, but as it is actually applied in society. Law in action scholars often start with observations about the behavior of institutions and work "backwards"...
" legal philosophy. This philosophy proposes that to truly understand the law, students must not only know the "law on the books," but also study how the law is actually practiced by professionals. The law school's classroom discussions, involvement with other campus departments, scholarship, and clinicals all emphasize the interplay between law and society.
Within the law school community, some professors emphasize law-in-action more than others. One trusts and estates professor, for instance, devotes a portion of every lecture to the law in action concept. Other classes have their overall structure designed to emphasize law-in-action, for example, starting a
contractA contract is an agreement entered into by two parties or more with the intention of creating a legal obligation, which may have elements in writing. Contracts can be made orally. The remedy for breach of contract can be "damages" or compensation of money. In equity, the remedy can be specific...
s course with the concept of
remediesA legal remedy is the means with which a court of law, usually in the exercise of civil law jurisdiction, enforces a right, imposes a penalty, or makes some other court order to impose its will....
rather than formation of contract, or starting a
criminal lawCriminal law, is the body of law that relates to crime. It might be defined as the body of rules that defines conduct that is not allowed because it is held to threaten, harm or endanger the safety and welfare of people, and that sets out the punishment to be imposed on people who do not obey...
course with
sentencingIn law, a sentence forms the final explicit act of a judge-ruled process, and also the symbolic principal act connected to his function. The sentence can generally involve a decree of imprisonment, a fine and/or other punishments against a defendant convicted of a crime...
. Still, some law professors at the University either never mention the theory, or do so only to gently lampoon its touchstone status.
Journals and publications
The University of Wisconsin publishes a number of scholarly journals and
law reviewA law review is a scholarly journal focusing on legal issues, normally published by an organization of students at a law school or through a bar association...
s. The flagship journal is the
Wisconsin Law ReviewThe Wisconsin Law Review is the principal journal of legal commentary and analysis published by students at the University of Wisconsin Law School.- History :...
, which was founded in 1920 and became one of the nation's first entirely student-run law reviews in 1935. Students at the law school also publish two specialty journals: the
Wisconsin International Law Journal http://www.law.wisc.edu/students/wilj/index.htm, established in 1982, and the
Wisconsin Journal of Law, Gender & Society, a continuation of the
Wisconsin Women's Law Journal, established in 1985. A third specialty journal, the
Wisconsin Environmental Law Journal, was founded in 1994 but discontinued publication in 2002.
Clinical programs
The law school places a great emphasis on its clinical programs, as part of its law-in-action curriculum. The most well-known clinic is the Frank J. Remington Center, named after the late UW law professor
Frank J. RemingtonFrank John Remington , was a University of Wisconsin law professor, who directed major studies reforming criminal law in the United States....
. The Center runs a variety of programs focused on the practice of
criminal lawCriminal law, is the body of law that relates to crime. It might be defined as the body of rules that defines conduct that is not allowed because it is held to threaten, harm or endanger the safety and welfare of people, and that sets out the punishment to be imposed on people who do not obey...
. The largest program in the Center is the Legal Assistance to Institutionalized Persons (LAIP) Project, which provides legal services to inmates incarcerated in Wisconsin. The Center also runs clinics focused on
criminal defenseIn civil proceedings and criminal prosecutions under the common law, a defendant may raise a defense in an attempt to avoid criminal or civil liability...
,
criminal prosecutionThe prosecutor is the chief legal representative of the prosecution in countries with either the common law adversarial system, or the civil law inquisitorial system...
,
criminal appealsAn appeal is a petition for review of a case that has been decided by a court of law. The petition is made to a higher court for the purpose of overturning the lower court's decision....
, community oriented policing, and a well-respected
Innocence ProjectAn Innocence Project is one of a number of non-profit legal organizations in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand dedicated to proving the innocence of wrongly convicted people through the use of DNA testing, and to reforming the criminal justice systems to...
, which has had
success in reversing the judgments against defendants who were wrongfully convicted. The law school also runs a group of clinics focusing on civil law called the Economic Justice Institute. This clinical trio includes the Neighborhood Law Project, which serves underrepresented clients in landlord/tenant, workers' rights, and public benefit disputes; the Family Court Assistance Project; and the Consumer Law Clinic. Finally, the Center for Patient Partnerships is an interdisciplinary patient advocacy clinical housed in the Law School where students of law, medicine, nursing, social work, pharmacy, public policy etc. serve as advocates for people with life threatening illnesses as they negotiate the health care system.
Traditions
The most visible tradition at the law school is that of the
GargoyleIn architecture, a gargoyle is a carved stone grotesque, usually made of granite, with a spout designed to convey water from a roof and away from the side of a building thereby preventing rainwater from running down masonry walls and eroding the mortar between...
. The Gargoyle graced the roof of the original law school building, built in 1893. That building was torn down in 1963, but the gargoyle was found, intact, amongst the rubble, and was saved as an unofficial
mascotThe term mascot – defined as a term for any person, animal, or object thought to bring luck – colloquially includes anything used to represent a group with a common public identity, such as a school, professional sports team, society, military unit, or brand name...
. The Gargoyle became the symbol of the law school, and was displayed outside the law school building for many years. With the new renovation, it moved to a more protected location inside the law school atrium. The image of the gargoyle graces the cover of the
Wisconsin Law Review, and the law school alumni magazine is called the
Gargoyle. Its image has been applied to ties, coffee cups, tee shirts and all sorts of other law school memorabilia. In addition to the Gargoyle, "Blind
BuckyBucky Badger is the official mascot of the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His full name is Buckingham U. Badger and he attends all major sporting events for the Wisconsin Badgers as well as hundreds of other events around Wisconsin every year....
" is also sometimes used as an unofficial mascot of the Law School.
http://www.law.wisc.edu/alumni/emporium/buckyprint.htm
Another tradition of the law school is
homecomingHomecoming is the tradition of welcoming back alumni of a school. It most commonly refers to a tradition in many universities, colleges and high schools in North America...
cane toss, which dates from the 1930s. Before the University's homecoming
footballAmerican football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
game, third-year law students run from the north end of the football field at
Camp Randall StadiumCamp Randall Stadium is an outdoor stadium in Madison, Wisconsin. It has been the home of the Wisconsin Badgers football team in rudimentary form since 1895, and as a complete stadium since 1917. It is located on the center-southern region of the University of Wisconsin campus. The stadium seats...
to the south end wearing
bowler hatThe bowler hat, also known as a coke hat, derby , billycock or bombin, is a hard felt hat with a rounded crown originally created in 1849 for the English soldier and politician Edward Coke, the younger brother of the 2nd Earl of Leicester...
s and carrying canes. When the students reach the goalpost on the south end of the field, they attempt to throw their canes over the goalpost. Legend has it that if the student successfully throws the cane over the goalpost and catches it, she will win her first case; if she fails to catch it, the opposite will hold true.
Another tradition at the law school is an annual fall competitive challenge between the law and medical schools at the University. This set of competitions is called the Dean's Cup and not only serves as a social outlet for law and med students, but also raises funds to support local charities.
Diploma privilege
The University of Wisconsin Law School is one of only two law schools in the United States whose graduates enjoy
diploma privilegeIn the United States, the diploma privilege is a method for lawyers to be admitted to the bar without taking a bar examination. Once used by as many as 32 U.S. states and the District of Columbia, Wisconsin is currently the only state that offers a broad diploma privilege for admission to its state...
as a method of
admission to the barAn admission to practice law, also called admission to the bar, is acquired when a lawyer receives a license to practice law. Becoming a lawyer is a widely varied process around the world. Common to all jurisdictions are requirements of age and competence; some jurisdictions also require citizenship...
. Unlike all other jurisdictions in the United States,
WisconsinWisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...
's state bar allows graduates of accredited law schools within the state to join the bar without taking the state's
bar examinationA bar examination is an examination conducted at regular intervals to determine whether a candidate is qualified to practice law in a given jurisdiction.-Brazil:...
if they complete certain requirements in their law school courses and achieve a certain level of performance in those courses. The other school with this privilege is the
Marquette University Law SchoolMarquette University Law School is the professional school for the study of law at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and one of only two law schools in Wisconsin. With 45 full-time professors and approximately 760 J.D. students, the law school is ranked in the top tier among American...
.
Wisconsin residents who graduate from out-of-state law schools must pass the bar exam to be admitted to the bar in Wisconsin. Similarly, law graduates of Wisconsin or Marquette must pass the bar of any other state to which they wish to be admitted. Some states, but not all, will grant reciprocal admission to Wisconsin bar members admitted by diploma privilege after they have completed a certain number of years in the practice of law.
Rankings
The University of Wisconsin Law School is considered one of the top public law schools in the nation.
U.S. News & World ReportU.S. News & World Report is an American news magazine published from Washington, D.C. Along with Time and Newsweek it was for many years a leading news weekly, focusing more than its counterparts on political, economic, health and education stories...
ranked the school 35th among all law schools in 2011. Vault listed the Wisconsin Law School as one of its Top 25 programs for 2008
http://vault.com/lawschool/top25/index.jsp The clinical programs at Wisconsin were ranked second in the nation by
National Jurist Magazine, behind
Yale Law SchoolYale Law School, or YLS, is the law school of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Established in 1824, it offers the J.D., LL.M., J.S.D. and M.S.L. degrees in law. It also hosts visiting scholars, visiting researchers and a number of legal research centers...
.
Notable faculty
- Prof. Ann Althouse
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- Justice
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- Prof. Alta Charo
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- Prof. Allison Christians
- Judge
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Richard Dickson CudahyRichard Dickson Cudahy is a United States federal judge.Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Cudahy received a B.S. from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York in 1948, and a J.D. from Yale Law School in 1955. He was a Lieutenant in the United States Army Air Corps from 1948 to 1951....
- Judge
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Charles P. Dykman-Career:Dykman was a Judge of the Court of Appeals from 1978 to 2010. He served as a Presiding Judge twice. First, from 1996 to 2001, and second, from 2009 to 2010. Previously, he had been an attorney in the private sector for more than decade. Since his retirement from public service, he has...
- Prof. Nathan Feinsinger
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- Prof. Marc Galanter
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- Prof. Shubha Ghosh
- Judge
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Paul B. HigginbothamPaul B. Higginbotham is a Judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals. He is the first African American to serve in that position.-Biography:Higginbotham was born on October 14, 1954 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His father was a civil rights activist and marched with Martin Luther King, Jr. during...
- Judge
The Wisconsin Court of Appeals is the intermediate appellate court in the state of Wisconsin, above the Wisconsin Circuit Courts but below the Wisconsin Supreme Court...
Joan F. Kessler-Career:Kessler was a United States Attorney from 1978 to 1981. Later, she became an attorney with the firm Foley & Lardner, where she eventually was made a partner. She has also been a member of the faculty at the University of Wisconsin Law School and Marquette University Law School. Kessler has...
- Judge
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Charles B. Schudson-Biography:Schudson was born Charles Benjamin Schudson in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1950. He is graduate of Dartmouth College and the University of Wisconsin Law School. Schudson and his wife, Karen, have two children, one of whom is a rabbi.-Career:...
- Judge
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Robert D. Sundby-Biography:A native of Dunkirk, Wisconsin, Sundby graduated from the University of Wisconsin Law School, where he was later a member of the faculty, and served in World War II. Sundby was married to Analee Grove-Sundby, with whom he had four children and two stepchildren...
- Dean Ithamar Sloan
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Notable alumni
- Shirley Abrahamson
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, Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme CourtThe Wisconsin Supreme Court is the highest appellate court in the state of Wisconsin. The Supreme Court has jurisdiction over original actions, appeals from lower courts, and regulation or administration of the practice of law in Wisconsin.-Location:...
- Thomas Ryum Amlie
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, U.S. Representative
- Daniel P. Anderson
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, Presiding Judge of the Wisconsin Court of AppealsThe Wisconsin Court of Appeals is the intermediate appellate court in the state of Wisconsin, above the Wisconsin Circuit Courts but below the Wisconsin Supreme Court...
- Martha Bablitch
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, Judge of the Wisconsin Court of AppealsThe Wisconsin Court of Appeals is the intermediate appellate court in the state of Wisconsin, above the Wisconsin Circuit Courts but below the Wisconsin Supreme Court...
- William A. Bablitch
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- Rep. Tammy Baldwin
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member of the House
- Lloyd Barbee
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, Wisconsin legislator and civil rights activist
- Charles V. Bardeen
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- Elmer E. Barlow
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, former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice
- John Barnes (judge)
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, former Justice, Wisconsin Supreme CourtThe Wisconsin Supreme Court is the highest appellate court in the state of Wisconsin. The Supreme Court has jurisdiction over original actions, appeals from lower courts, and regulation or administration of the practice of law in Wisconsin.-Location:...
- Tom Barrett
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, U.S. Representative
- Robert McKee Bashford
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- Bruce F. Beilfuss
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- Daniel D. Blinka
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, evidence and criminal law scholar, voted "Best Law Professor" in Wisconsin in 2009 and 2010
- Nils Boe
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- Ann Walsh Bradley
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- Grover L. Broadfoot
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- Angie Brooks, former President, United Nations General Assembly
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- Richard S. Brown
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- Edward E. Browne
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, former United States Representative
- Andrew A. Bruce
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- Michael E. Burke
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, former United States Representative
- George Bunn
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and Dean of William Mitchell College of LawWilliam Mitchell College of Law, or WMCL, is a private, independent law school located in St. Paul, Minnesota. Accredited by the American Bar Association , it offers full and part-time legal education in pursuit of the Juris Doctor degree....
- Louis B. Butler
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- William G. Callow
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- Milton Robert Carr
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- Richard Cates
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, Wisconsin legislator and lawyer
- Moses E. Clapp
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, former United States Senator
- David G. Classon
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, U.S. Representative
- William M. Conley
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, federal judge
- Barbara Crabb: Judge, U. S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin
- Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw
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- Charles H. Crownhart
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- John Cudahy
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, U.S. diplomat
- George R. Currie
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, Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court
- Richard Danner
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, Professor of Law, Duke UniversityDuke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...
- Joseph E. Davies
Joseph Edward Davies was appointed by President Wilson to be Commissioner of Corporations in 1912, and First Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission in 1915. He was the second Ambassador to represent the United States in the Soviet Union and U.S. Ambassador to Belgium and Luxembourg...
: U.S. diplomat
- Glenn Robert Davis
Glenn Robert Davis was a member of the United States House of Representatives for Wisconsin's Second Congressional District from April 22, 1947 to January 3, 1957, and Wisconsin's Ninth Congressional District from January 3, 1965 to December 31, 1974.-Early life and education:Davis was born on a...
, U.S. Representative
- Roland B. Day
Roland B. Day was Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice from 1974-1996, and Chief Justice from 1995-1996.-Personal life:...
, former Justice, Wisconsin Supreme CourtThe Wisconsin Supreme Court is the highest appellate court in the state of Wisconsin. The Supreme Court has jurisdiction over original actions, appeals from lower courts, and regulation or administration of the practice of law in Wisconsin.-Location:...
- John A. Decker
John A. Decker was Chief Judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals.-Biography:A native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Decker graduated from the University of Wisconsin Law School. Decker passed away in 2006. His wife, Margaret, predeceased him...
, Chief Judge of the Wisconsin Court of AppealsThe Wisconsin Court of Appeals is the intermediate appellate court in the state of Wisconsin, above the Wisconsin Circuit Courts but below the Wisconsin Supreme Court...
- Christian Doerfler
-Biography:Doerfler was born on March 2, 1862 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1885. Doerfler was married to Julia Anderson. They had one son...
, former Justice, Wisconsin Supreme CourtThe Wisconsin Supreme Court is the highest appellate court in the state of Wisconsin. The Supreme Court has jurisdiction over original actions, appeals from lower courts, and regulation or administration of the practice of law in Wisconsin.-Location:...
- W. Patrick Donlin
W. Patrick Donlin was a Judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals and Supreme Advocate of the Knights of Columbus.-Biography:A native of Madison, Wisconsin, Donlin graduated from Saint Mary's College and the University of Wisconsin Law School. In 1985, he was appointed a Knight of the Order of St....
, Judge of the Wisconsin Court of AppealsThe Wisconsin Court of Appeals is the intermediate appellate court in the state of Wisconsin, above the Wisconsin Circuit Courts but below the Wisconsin Supreme Court...
and Supreme Advocate of the Knights of ColumbusThe Knights of Columbus is the world's largest Catholic fraternal service organization. Founded in the United States in 1882, it is named in honor of Christopher Columbus....
- F. Ryan Duffy
Francis Ryan Duffy was a member of the Democratic Party who served in the United States Senate for the state of Wisconsin from 1933 to 1939 and later a United States federal judge.-Biography:...
, Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals and former United States Senator
- Charles P. Dykman
-Career:Dykman was a Judge of the Court of Appeals from 1978 to 2010. He served as a Presiding Judge twice. First, from 1996 to 2001, and second, from 2009 to 2010. Previously, he had been an attorney in the private sector for more than decade. Since his retirement from public service, he has...
, Judge of the Wisconsin Court of AppealsThe Wisconsin Court of Appeals is the intermediate appellate court in the state of Wisconsin, above the Wisconsin Circuit Courts but below the Wisconsin Supreme Court...
- William Eich
-Biography:Eich was born in Park Ridge, Illinois. He graduated from Beloit College and the University of Wisconsin Law School. Eich and his wife, Lynne, have four children.-Career:...
, Chief Judge of the Wisconsin Court of AppealsThe Wisconsin Court of Appeals is the intermediate appellate court in the state of Wisconsin, above the Wisconsin Circuit Courts but below the Wisconsin Supreme Court...
- Evan Alfred Evans
Evan Alfred Evans was a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit from May 17, 1916 until his death....
, Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals
- Thomas E. Fairchild
Thomas Edward Fairchild , was a U.S. federal judge and former politician from Wisconsin. Before his death, he served as a Senior Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit....
, Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals
- Robben Wright Fleming
Robben Wright Fleming was the President of Wisconsin-Madison from 1964 to 1967, and the University of Michigan from 1968 to 1978.-Biography:...
, former President, University of MichiganThe University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
- Chester A. Fowler
Chester A. Fowler was a judge in the state of Wisconsin.-Biography:Fowler was born Chester Almeron Fowler on to Franklin Dwight and Maria Fowler in Rubicon, Wisconsin. On May 30, 1892 he would marry Carrie J. Smith. He graduated from what is now the University of Wisconsin–Whitewater and...
, former Justice, Wisconsin Supreme CourtThe Wisconsin Supreme Court is the highest appellate court in the state of Wisconsin. The Supreme Court has jurisdiction over original actions, appeals from lower courts, and regulation or administration of the practice of law in Wisconsin.-Location:...
- Harold V. Froehlich: U.S. Representative
- Edward R. Garvey
- Background :Edward Garvey graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and spent two years in the U.S. Army; he then returned to the University of Wisconsin Law School and earned a law degree.- Law and union work :...
: Noted lawyer, labor activist and politician
- Edward J. Gehl
Edward John Gehl was an American jurist from Wisconsin.Born in Hartford, Wisconsin, Gehl graduated from the University of Wisconsin Law School. During World War I, he served in the United States Army. Gehl was in private practice in Hartford and then was elected a Wisconsin Circuit Court judge...
, Wisconsin Supreme Court
- Hiram Gill
Hiram C. Gill was an American lawyer and two-time Seattle mayor, identified with the "open city" politics that advocated toleration of prostitution, alcohol, and gambling.-Rise:...
, Mayor of Seattle, WashingtonSeattle is the county seat of King County, Washington. With 608,660 residents as of the 2010 Census, Seattle is the largest city in the Northwestern United States. The Seattle metropolitan area of about 3.4 million inhabitants is the 15th largest metropolitan area in the country...
- Mark Andrew Green, U.S. diplomat
- Stephen S. Gregory
Stephen Strong Gregory was a prominent Chicago lawyer.-Biography:Stephen S. Gregory was born in Unadilla, New York on November 16, 1849. His family moved to Madison, Wisconsin in 1858. He was educated at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, receiving an A.B. in 1870, an LL.B. in 1871, and an A.M...
, former President, American Bar AssociationThe American Bar Association , founded August 21, 1878, is a voluntary bar association of lawyers and law students, which is not specific to any jurisdiction in the United States. The ABA's most important stated activities are the setting of academic standards for law schools, and the formulation...
- Kenneth P. Grubb, former federal judge
- David W. Hagen, former federal judge
- Oscar Hallam
Oscar Hallam was an American lawyer, judge, and academic from Minnesota. He served as a Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court from 1912 to 1924, and served as a Minnesota state Second District Court judge from 1905 to 1912...
, former Justice, Minnesota Supreme CourtThe Minnesota Supreme Court is the highest court in the U.S. state of Minnesota and consists of seven members. The court was first assembled as a three-judge panel in 1849 when Minnesota was still a territory. The first members were lawyers from outside of the region who were appointed by...
- Connor Hansen
Connor Theodore Hansen was a justice on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. He was born in Freeman, South Dakota and he was educated at the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire and at the University of Wisconsin Law School. Hansen served in the FBI as a special agent during World War II. He served on...
, former Justice, Wisconsin Supreme CourtThe Wisconsin Supreme Court is the highest appellate court in the state of Wisconsin. The Supreme Court has jurisdiction over original actions, appeals from lower courts, and regulation or administration of the practice of law in Wisconsin.-Location:...
- Everis A. Hayes
Everis Anson Hayes was a U.S. Representative from California.Born in Waterloo, Wisconsin, Hayes attended the public schools....
, former United State Representative
- Nathan Heffernan
Nathan Stewart Heffernan was an American judge who served as a justice on the Wisconsin Supreme Court from 1964 to 1995, and as Chief Justice of that court from 1983 to 1995.-Biography:...
, former Chief Justice of WisconsinWisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...
- Paul B. Higginbotham
Paul B. Higginbotham is a Judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals. He is the first African American to serve in that position.-Biography:Higginbotham was born on October 14, 1954 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His father was a civil rights activist and marched with Martin Luther King, Jr. during...
, Judge of the Wisconsin Court of AppealsThe Wisconsin Court of Appeals is the intermediate appellate court in the state of Wisconsin, above the Wisconsin Circuit Courts but below the Wisconsin Supreme Court...
- Knute Hill
Knute Hill was a United States Representative from the state of Washington.-Background:Born on a farm near Creston, Illinois, Hill moved to De Forest, Wisconsin in 1877 and later to Red Wing, Minnesota in 1889. He attended both Red Wing Seminary and the University of Minnesota at Minneapolis...
, former United State Representative
- Michael W. Hoover
-Biography:Hoover was born on December 21, 1951 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and was raised in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. He graduated with honors from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and cum laude from the University of Wisconsin Law School...
, Presiding Judge of the Wisconsin Court of AppealsThe Wisconsin Court of Appeals is the intermediate appellate court in the state of Wisconsin, above the Wisconsin Circuit Courts but below the Wisconsin Supreme Court...
- Paul O. Husting
Paul Oscar Husting was a member of the Democratic Party who represented Wisconsin in the United States Senate from 1915 to 1917.-Biography:...
, U.S. Senator
- Lester Johnson
Lester Roland Johnson was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.-Biography:Born in Brandon, Wisconsin, Johnson attended the public schools and Lawrence University from 1919 to 1921....
, U.S. Representative
- William Carey Jones
William Carey Jones was a U.S. Representative from Washington.Born in Remsen, New York, Jones attended the public schools, the West Salem Seminary, and was graduated from the law department of the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1876.He was admitted to the bar the same year and practiced in...
, former United States Representative
- Fred F. Kaftan
-Biography:Kaftan was born Frederick Frank Kaftan on August 25, 1916 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin Law School. He died on November 9, 2001.-Career:Kaftan served in the Senate from 1949 to 1952. He was a Republican....
, Wisconsin State Senate
- Robert Kastenmeier
Robert William Kastenmeier is a United States politician. He represented Wisconsin in the United States House of Representatives from 1959 to 1991, and is a member of the Democratic Party.-Education:...
, U.S. Representative
- David Keene
David A. Keene , President of the National Rifle Association as of May 2, 2011, was the chairman of the American Conservative Union, from 1984 to 2011. Additionally, he is the managing associate at the Carmen Group Lobbying, a lobbying firm based in Washington, D.C...
, Chairman of the American Conservative UnionThe American Conservative Union is an American political organization advocating conservative policies, and is the oldest such conservative lobbying organization in the country.-Organization:...
- Ernest Keppler
Ernest Keppler was an American, Republican politician and jurist from Wisconsin.Born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, Keppler graduated from the University of Wisconsin and received his law degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School. Keppler served on the Sheboygan Common Council. In 1943, he...
, politician and jurist
- James C. Kerwin
James Charles Kerwin was an American jurist from Wisconsin.Born in Menasha, Wisconsin, Kerwin graduated from University of Wisconsin Law School in 1875. In 1903, he was appointed to the Wisconsin Supreme Court and then elected serving until his death....
, former Justice, Wisconsin Supreme CourtThe Wisconsin Supreme Court is the highest appellate court in the state of Wisconsin. The Supreme Court has jurisdiction over original actions, appeals from lower courts, and regulation or administration of the practice of law in Wisconsin.-Location:...
- Warren P. Knowles
Warren Perley Knowles , born in River Falls, Wisconsin, was an American lawyer and politician from New Richmond, Wisconsin.-Biography:...
, Governor of WisconsinWisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...
- Arthur W. Kopp
Arthur William Kopp was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.Born in Bigpatch, Wisconsin, Kopp attended the common schools of Grant County, Wisconsin....
, U.S. Representative
- James E. Krier
James E. Krier is the Earl Warren DeLano Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School and the father of performer Andrew W.K. His teaching and research interests are primarily in the fields of property, contracts, and law and economics, and he teaches or has taught courses on...
, Professor of Law, University of MichiganThe University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
. Also has taught at Harvard UniversityHarvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
, Oxford University, Stanford UniversityThe Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
, and UCLA
- Belle Case La Follette
Belle Case La Follette was a lawyer and a women's suffrage activist in Wisconsin, USA. La Follette worked with the women's peace party during World War I...
: First woman to graduate from UW Law (1885); women's suffrageWomen's suffrage or woman suffrage is the right of women to vote and to run for office. The expression is also used for the economic and political reform movement aimed at extending these rights to women and without any restrictions or qualifications such as property ownership, payment of tax, or...
activist; wife of Robert M. La Follette, Sr.
- Philip La Follette
Philip Fox La Follette was an American politician from the US state of Wisconsin. He served three terms as the Governor of Wisconsin and helped create the Wisconsin Progressive Party.-Early life and family:...
, former Governor of WisconsinThe Governor of Wisconsin is the highest executive authority in the government of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The position was first filled by Nelson Dewey on June 7, 1848, the year Wisconsin became a state...
- Robert M. La Follette, Sr.
Robert Marion "Fighting Bob" La Follette, Sr. , was an American Republican politician. He served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, was the Governor of Wisconsin, and was also a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin...
: Wisconsin governor, senator and Progressive PartyThe Progressive Party of 1924 was a new party created as a vehicle for Robert M. La Follette, Sr. to run for president in the 1924 election. It did not run candidates for other offices, and it disappeared after the election except in Wisconsin. Its name resembles the 1912 Progressive Party, which...
candidate for U.S. President in 1924; husband of Belle Case La Follette
- John E. Lange
John E. Lange was the "United States Avian Influenza and Pandemic Ambassador".-Education:In 1975 he graduated cum laude from the University of Wisconsin Law School and was admitted to the bar in Wisconsin . He is a "distinguished graduate" of the National War College .-State Department:Ambassador...
, U.S. Avian Influenza and Pandemic Ambassador
- John David Larson
John David Larson is a retired Brigadier General in the National Guard of the United States.-Education:*B.B.A., Accounting - University of Wisconsin-Madison*M.B.A., Accounting - University of Wisconsin-Madison*J.D. - University of Wisconsin Law School...
, U.S. National Guard general
- Elmer O. Leatherwood
Elmer O. Leatherwood was a U.S. Representative from Utah.Born on a farm near Waverly, Ohio, Leatherwood attended the public schools.He moved to Emporia, Kansas, in 1888....
, U.S. Representative from UtahUtah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...
- Stacy Leeds
Stacy L. Leeds is a Law professor, scholar, and judge for several tribes. She was a candidate for Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation in 2007.-Education:...
, Dean of the University of Arkansas School of LawThe University of Arkansas School of Law is the law school of the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Arkansas, a state university. It has around 445 students enrolled in its Juris Doctor and Master of Law programs and is home to the federally-funded National Agricultural Law Center and the...
- Paul Lundsten
-Biography:Lundsten was born on August 11, 1955 in La Crosse, Wisconsin. He is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Wisconsin Law School. Lundsten is married with three children.-Career:...
, Judge of the Wisconsin Court of AppealsThe Wisconsin Court of Appeals is the intermediate appellate court in the state of Wisconsin, above the Wisconsin Circuit Courts but below the Wisconsin Supreme Court...
- Claude Luse, former federal judge
- James Manahan
James Manahan was a U.S. Representative from Minnesota.Manahan was born near Chatfield in Fillmore County, Minnesota, and graduated from the Normal School of Winona, Minnesota in 1886. For two years, he worked as a school teacher in Graceville...
, former United States Representative
- Daniel R. Mandelker
Daniel R. Mandelker is the Howard A. Stamper Professor of Law at the Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. His scholarship has become heavily cited in the fields of land use law, state and local government law and environmental law....
, Professor of Law, Washington University
- David W. Márquez
David W. Márquez is an American lawyer and politician, and the former attorney general of the state of Alaska....
, Attorney General of AlaskaAlaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
- Robert Bruce McCoy
Robert Bruce McCoy was a General in the National Guard in the early 20th century. He is most well known for having Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, formerly Camp McCoy, named after him.-Biography:...
: U.S. National Guard Major General
- Carroll Metzner
Carroll Edwin Metzner was a Wisconsin politician and legislator.Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Metzner graduated from Northwestern University and received his law degree from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. In 1951, he was elected to the Madison Common Council...
: Wisconsin State AssemblyThe Wisconsin State Assembly is the lower house of the Wisconsin Legislature. Together with the smaller Wisconsin Senate, the two constitute the legislative branch of the U.S. state of Wisconsin....
, lawyer
- Elmer A. Morse
Elmer Addison Morse was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.Born in Franksville, Wisconsin, Morse attended the common schools of Racine County.He was graduated from Ripon College, Wisconsin, in 1893....
, former United States Representative
- John E. Murray, Jr.: Chancellor and professor of law at Duquesne University
Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit is a private Catholic university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded by members of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit, Duquesne first opened its doors as the Pittsburgh Catholic College of the Holy Ghost in October 1878 with an enrollment of...
- Louis Wescott Myers: Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court
- Gaylord Nelson
Gaylord Anton Nelson was an American politician from Wisconsin who served as a United States Senator and governor. A Democrat, he was the principal founder of Earth Day.-Public service and leadership:...
: Former Governor of WisconsinThe Governor of Wisconsin is the highest executive authority in the government of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The position was first filled by Nelson Dewey on June 7, 1848, the year Wisconsin became a state...
, U.S. SenatorThe United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the United States, and together with the United States House of Representatives comprises the United States Congress. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Each...
and founder of Earth DayEarth Day is a day that is intended to inspire awareness and appreciation for the Earth's natural environment. The name and concept of Earth Day was allegedly pioneered by John McConnell in 1969 at a UNESCO Conference in San Francisco. The first Proclamation of Earth Day was by San Francisco, the...
- John M. Nelson
John Mandt Nelson was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.Born in Burke, Wisconsin, Nelson attended the public schools and was graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1892....
, former United States Representative
- Mark Nordenberg
Mark A. Nordenberg , also known as "Nordy" to many students, is a lawyer and the seventeenth Chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh.In 1977, he joined the faculty of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law...
: Chancellor of the University of PittsburghThe University of Pittsburgh, commonly referred to as Pitt, is a state-related research university located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded as Pittsburgh Academy in 1787 on what was then the American frontier, Pitt is one of the oldest continuously chartered institutions of...
- Kenneth J. O'Connell
Kenneth J. O'Connell was an American educator and jurist in the state of Oregon. He served as the 36th Chief Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court, serving in that position from 1970-1976...
, Chief Justice of the Oregon Supreme CourtThe Oregon Supreme Court is the highest state court in the U.S. state of Oregon. The only court that may reverse or modify a decision of the Oregon Supreme Court is the Supreme Court of the United States. The OSC holds court at the Oregon Supreme Court Building in Salem, Oregon, near the capitol...
- Tawia Modibo Ocran, Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana
Ghana , officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country located in West Africa. It is bordered by Côte d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south...
- John Oestreicher
John Oestreicher was an American Democratic politician and lawyer from Wisconsin.Born in La Crosse, Wisconsin, he graduated from Aquinas High School and studied political science at University of Wisconsin–La Crosse. Oestreicher served in the United States Marine Corps and got his law degree...
, Wisconsin State Assembly
- Walter C. Owen
Walter Cecil Owen was a Wisconsin jurist and politician.Born in Trenton, Wisconsin, Owen received his law degree from the University of Wisconsin. He seved in the Wisconsin State Senate and was Wisconsin Attorney General for three terms. In 1918, Owen was appointed to the Wisconsin Supreme Court...
, former Justice, Wisconsin Supreme CourtThe Wisconsin Supreme Court is the highest appellate court in the state of Wisconsin. The Supreme Court has jurisdiction over original actions, appeals from lower courts, and regulation or administration of the practice of law in Wisconsin.-Location:...
- Juan Perez
Juan Perez is an American municipal politician and lawyer. He is the former Mayor of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, U.S.A. Perez is the first Latino mayor in Wisconsin. He served one term in the office, as he was unable to advance in the February 18, 2009 primary election against two other candidates...
, former mayor of Sheboygan, Wisconsin-Airport:Sheboygan is served by the Sheboygan County Memorial Airport, which is located several miles from the city.-Roads:Interstate 43 is the primary north-south transportation route into Sheboygan, and forms the west boundary of the city. U.S...
- Gregory A. Peterson
-Biography:Peterson was born on August 24, 1946 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He attended the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Iowa and University of Wisconsin Law School.-Career:...
, Judge of the Wisconsin Court of AppealsThe Wisconsin Court of Appeals is the intermediate appellate court in the state of Wisconsin, above the Wisconsin Circuit Courts but below the Wisconsin Supreme Court...
- Richard F. Pettigrew
Richard Franklin Pettigrew was an American lawyer, surveyor, and land developer. He represented the Dakota Territory in the U.S. Congress and, after the Dakotas were admitted as States, he was the first U.S. Senator from South Dakota.-Biography:Pettigrew was born in Ludlow, Windsor County,...
, former United States Senator
- Vel Phillips
Velvalea Rodgers "Vel" Phillips is a Wisconsin attorney who served as a local official and judge in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and as Secretary of State of Wisconsin, often as the first woman and/or African-American in her position....
: First Black woman to graduate from UW Law; later became first woman and non-white to be elected as Secretary of State in Wisconsin and the first Black person to be elected as a member of the Democratic National Committee.
- David Prosser, Jr.
David T. Prosser Jr. is a member of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. A former Republican speaker of the Wisconsin Assembly, Prosser was appointed to the court by Governor Tommy Thompson in 1998, and was elected to his first 10-year term without opposition in 2001...
: Wisconsin Supreme Court justice
- Rudolph T. Randa
Rudolph T. Randa is an Article III United States judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. Judge Randa is currently the Chief Judge of the Court serving as the Court's lead judicial administrative officer in conjunction with the clerk of that Court. Judge...
, federal judge
- Clifford E. Randall
Clifford Ellsworth Randall was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.Born in Troy Center, Wisconsin, Randall attended the public schools....
, U.S. Representative
- Henry R. Rathbone, former United States Representative
- James Ward Rector
James Ward Rector was an American jurist from Wisconsin.Born in Glenwood, Missouri, Rector received his bachelors and law degrees from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He served as special counsel to the Governor of Wisconsin. In 1946, he was appointed to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, but...
, Wisconsin Supreme Court justice
- Lowell A. Reed, federal judge
- Michael Reilly
Michael Kieran Reilly , was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1913–1917 and again from 1930–1939, serving Wisconsin's 6th District. He initially served two terms before losing a re-election bid to Republican James H. Davidson, and then returned to Congress...
, U.S. Representative
- Paul F. Reilly
Paul F. Reilly is a Judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals.-Biography:A native of Waukesha, Wisconsin, Reilly is a graduate of the Wisconsin School of Business and the University of Wisconsin Law School. Though his public position is officially a non-partisan one, Reilly is a Republican...
, Judge of the Wisconsin Court of AppealsThe Wisconsin Court of Appeals is the intermediate appellate court in the state of Wisconsin, above the Wisconsin Circuit Courts but below the Wisconsin Supreme Court...
- Paul Samuel Reinsch
Paul Samuel Reinsch , was an American political scientist and diplomat. He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin of German-American parents...
, U.S. diplomat
- John W. Reynolds, Governor of Wisconsin
Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...
- Patience D. Roggensack
Patience Drake Roggensack is a justice on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. She was elected to the Supreme Court in 2003. Her current term expires July 31, 2013.Justice Roggensack was born in Joliet, Illinois...
, Justice, Wisconsin Supreme CourtThe Wisconsin Supreme Court is the highest appellate court in the state of Wisconsin. The Supreme Court has jurisdiction over original actions, appeals from lower courts, and regulation or administration of the practice of law in Wisconsin.-Location:...
- Ediberto Roman
Ediberto Roman is a Professor of Law in the Florida International University College of Law, and a prolific author of law review articles. He also authored The Other American Colonies: An International and Constitutional Law Examination of The United States' Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Island...
, Professor of Law at Florida International University College of LawThe Florida International University College of Law is the law school of Florida International University, located in Miami, Florida in the United States...
- Arthur L. Sanborn, former federal judge
- Harry Sauthoff
Harry Sauthoff, Sr. , son of a German immigrant and brother of Dr. August Sauthoff, was a lawyer and politician from Madison, Wisconsin. A 1909 law graduate of the University of Wisconsin–Madison, he was district attorney of Dane County, Wisconsin, from 1915 to 1919. In 1921 Sauthoff served as...
, former United States Representative
- Charles B. Schudson
-Biography:Schudson was born Charles Benjamin Schudson in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1950. He is graduate of Dartmouth College and the University of Wisconsin Law School. Schudson and his wife, Karen, have two children, one of whom is a rabbi.-Career:...
, Judge of the Wisconsin Court of AppealsThe Wisconsin Court of Appeals is the intermediate appellate court in the state of Wisconsin, above the Wisconsin Circuit Courts but below the Wisconsin Supreme Court...
- Rep. James Sensenbrenner: U.S. Representative
The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
and former Chair of the House Judiciary Committee
- Robert G. Siebecker
Robert George Siebecker was an American jurist from Wisconsin.Siebecker was born in the town of Sumpter, in Sauk County, Wisconsin. In 1878, he graduated from University of Wisconsin and in 1880, graduated from the University of Wisconsin Law School. While at the University, he meet Josephine La...
, former Chief Justice of WisconsinWisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...
- David Sturtevant Ruder
David Sturtevant Ruder is the William W. Gurley Memorial Professor of Law Emeritus at Northwestern University School of Law, where he has served on the faculty since 1961, and where he served as Dean from 1977 to 1985. He served as chairman of U.S...
, former Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and former Dean of Law. Northwestern UniversityNorthwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....
- Albert Morris Sames
Albert Morris Sames was a United States federal judge.Born in Rockford, Illinois, Sames received an LL.B. from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1894. and an LL.M. from Columbian University in 1895...
, U.S. District Court Judge in ArizonaArizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...
- Burton A. Scott
-Biography:Scott was born in Hazel Green, Wisconsin in 1935. He attended high school in Randolph, Wisconsin and served in the United States Army before graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Wisconsin Law School. In 1957, he married Evelyn C. Magnuson. They would...
, Chief Judge of the Wisconsin Court of AppealsThe Wisconsin Court of Appeals is the intermediate appellate court in the state of Wisconsin, above the Wisconsin Circuit Courts but below the Wisconsin Supreme Court...
- Stewart Simonson
Stewart Simonson was the first Assistant Secretary for Public Health Emergency Preparedness at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services . He assumed office on April 28, 2004. He told the president in a resignation letter dated May 13, 2006 that he had accomplished what he had set out to do,...
, Assistant Secretary of Public Health Emergency PreparednessIn the United States government, the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response , formerly the Office of Public Health Emergency Preparedness , is a branch of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services....
- Paul Soglin
Paul Soglin is the mayor of Madison, Wisconsin.-Early life and education:Soglin was raised in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago...
, Mayor of Madison, WisconsinMadison is the capital of the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Dane County. It is also home to the University of Wisconsin–Madison....
- Alan J. Steinberg, Regional Administrator for the United States Environmental Protection Agency
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is an agency of the federal government of the United States charged with protecting human health and the environment, by writing and enforcing regulations based on laws passed by Congress...
- Donald W. Steinmetz
Donald W. Steinmetz, born September 19, 1924, is a former justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Steinmetz graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and received his law degree there. Before becoming a member of the Supreme Court in 1980, Steinmetz was...
, former Justice, Wisconsin Supreme CourtThe Wisconsin Supreme Court is the highest appellate court in the state of Wisconsin. The Supreme Court has jurisdiction over original actions, appeals from lower courts, and regulation or administration of the practice of law in Wisconsin.-Location:...
- E. Ray Stevens
E. Ray Stevens was a Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court.-Biography:Stevens was born Edmund Ray Stevens on June 20, 1869 in Lake County, Illinois. His family later moved to Janesville, Wisconsin. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1895. Stevens was married to Kate Sabin....
, former Justice, Wisconsin Supreme CourtThe Wisconsin Supreme Court is the highest appellate court in the state of Wisconsin. The Supreme Court has jurisdiction over original actions, appeals from lower courts, and regulation or administration of the practice of law in Wisconsin.-Location:...
- Michael T. Sullivan
Michael T. Sullivan was a Judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals.-Biography:Sullivan was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1924. He would graduate from the University of Wisconsin Law School. Having contracted poliomyelitis during childhood, Sullivan passed away from post-polio syndrome. He was...
, Judge of the Wisconsin Court of AppealsThe Wisconsin Court of Appeals is the intermediate appellate court in the state of Wisconsin, above the Wisconsin Circuit Courts but below the Wisconsin Supreme Court...
- Robert D. Sundby
-Biography:A native of Dunkirk, Wisconsin, Sundby graduated from the University of Wisconsin Law School, where he was later a member of the faculty, and served in World War II. Sundby was married to Analee Grove-Sundby, with whom he had four children and two stepchildren...
, Judge of the Wisconsin Court of AppealsThe Wisconsin Court of Appeals is the intermediate appellate court in the state of Wisconsin, above the Wisconsin Circuit Courts but below the Wisconsin Supreme Court...
- James A. Tawney, former United States Representative
- Donald Edgar Tewes
Donald Edgar Tewes is a retired businessman and a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for Wisconsin's Second Congressional District from January 3, 1957 to January 3, 1959....
, U.S. Representative from Wisconsin
- Lewis D. Thill
Lewis Dominic Thill was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Thill attended the public and parochial schools and graduated from Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1926....
, U.S. Representative
- Tommy Thompson
Thomas George "Tommy" Thompson , a United States Republican politician, was the 42nd Governor of Wisconsin, after which he served as U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services. Thompson was a candidate for the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election, but dropped out early after a poor performance in polls...
: Former Governor of WisconsinThe Governor of Wisconsin is the highest executive authority in the government of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The position was first filled by Nelson Dewey on June 7, 1848, the year Wisconsin became a state...
and U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services
- Vernon W. Thomson, former Governor of Wisconsin
The Governor of Wisconsin is the highest executive authority in the government of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The position was first filled by Nelson Dewey on June 7, 1848, the year Wisconsin became a state...
- Eugene A. Toepel
Eugene A. Toepel was an American legislator and jurist from Wisconsin.Born in Bangor, Wisconsin, Toepel graduated from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1939. Toepel served in the United States Army in Europe during World War II from 1942-1946. Toepel served in the Wisconsin State Assembly...
, legislator and jurist
- Fran Ulmer
Frances Ann "Fran" Ulmer is an administrator and Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Alaska. She is currently the chancellor of the University of Alaska Anchorage...
, Lieutenant Governor of AlaskaAlaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
- J.B. Van Hollen: Attorney General of Wisconsin
- Margaret J. Vergeront
-Biography:Vergeront was born on May 6, 1946 in Madison, Wisconsin. She is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Wisconsin Law School.-Career:...
, Judge of the Wisconsin Court of AppealsThe Wisconsin Court of Appeals is the intermediate appellate court in the state of Wisconsin, above the Wisconsin Circuit Courts but below the Wisconsin Supreme Court...
- Aad J. Vinje
Aad John Vinje was a justice on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. He served as a Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court from 1922 to 1929.-Background:...
, Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme CourtThe Wisconsin Supreme Court is the highest appellate court in the state of Wisconsin. The Supreme Court has jurisdiction over original actions, appeals from lower courts, and regulation or administration of the practice of law in Wisconsin.-Location:...
- Edward Voigt
Edward Voigt was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.-Early life:Voight was born in Bremen, Germany. He immigrated to the United States with his parents, who settled in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1883. He was employed in law and insurance office for several years. He was graduated from law...
, U.S. Representative
- Thomas J. Walsh
Thomas James Walsh was a lawyer and Democratic Party politician from Helena, Montana, in the United States.-Background:...
, U.S. Senator from MontanaMontana is a state in the Western United States. The western third of Montana contains numerous mountain ranges. Smaller, "island ranges" are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains. This geographical fact is reflected in the state's name,...
- John D. Wickhem
-Biography:Wickhem was born John Dunne Wichkem on May 25, 1888 in Beloit, Wisconsin. He graduated from Beloit College and the University of Wisconsin Law School. Wickhem passed away in 1949.-Career:...
, former Justice, Wisconsin Supreme CourtThe Wisconsin Supreme Court is the highest appellate court in the state of Wisconsin. The Supreme Court has jurisdiction over original actions, appeals from lower courts, and regulation or administration of the practice of law in Wisconsin.-Location:...
- Jon P. Wilcox
Justice Jon P. Wilcox is a former justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. He was appointed to the Court by Governor Tommy G. Thompson in 1992 and elected to the court in 1997. His term expired July 31, 2007. Justice Wilcox did not seek re-election, and Washington County Circuit Court Judge...
, former Justice, Wisconsin Supreme CourtThe Wisconsin Supreme Court is the highest appellate court in the state of Wisconsin. The Supreme Court has jurisdiction over original actions, appeals from lower courts, and regulation or administration of the practice of law in Wisconsin.-Location:...
- Alexander Wiley
Alexander Wiley was a member of the Republican Party who served four terms in the United States Senate for the state of Wisconsin from 1939 to 1963. When he left the Senate, he was its most senior Republican member.-Biography:...
, U.S. Senator
- John B. Winslow
John Bradley Winslow was an American jurist.Born in Nunda, New York, he moved with his parents to Racine, Wisconsin. Winslow graduated from Racine College and received his law degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School. He was elected a Wisconsin Circuit Court judge and in 1891 was...
, former Chief Justice of WisconsinWisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...
- Elmer Winter
Elmer Louis Winter was an American lawyer who co-founded the Manpower Inc. temporary employment agency in 1948, after his law firm encountered difficulties hiring secretarial assistance in an emergency...
(1912-2009), founder of Manpower Inc.ManpowerGroup is a workforce solutions and services provider company headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. It was established by Elmer Winter and Aaron Scheinfeld in 1948. It was acquired by Blue Arrow of Britain in 1987, but became independent again in 1991.The directors include...
- Nicholas S. Zeppos
Nicholas S. Zeppos is the eighth Chancellor of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.-Biography:Zeppos received both his B.A. in history and his J.D. from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Prior to joining the faculty of the Vanderbilt Law School in 1987, he was a practicing attorney in...
, Chancellor of Vanderbilt UniversityVanderbilt University is a private research university located in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1873, the university is named for shipping and rail magnate "Commodore" Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided Vanderbilt its initial $1 million endowment despite having never been to the...
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