“Emma combines stellar academic credentials with years of practical, on-the-ground experience practicing law.”

There are only 7 days left to register for the 2025 Law School Reunion! Register by October 1st and join us on October 10 to reconnect with classmates, faculty and friends – and leave with an exclusive Gargoyle bobblehead! All UW Law alumni are invited. Learn more and register now: buff.ly/0E8t84N.

Franciska Coleman spoke to Wisconsin Today on how people losing their jobs for posting about Charlie Kirk's murder relates to free speech and cancel culture. Listen to the interview: buff.ly/i1rh5Jk.

North Carolina has passed 37 amendments since adopting its third Constitution in 1971. One of these amendments, passed in 1997, gave the governor the power to veto bills, making North Carolina the last US state to give their governor veto authority. Learn more here: 50constitutions.org/nc

Join us in Madison on 11/14! As courts weigh lifting WI's fusion ban, come for a day of cross-partisan expert panels. @politicalreform.newamerica.org @centerforballotfreedom.org @law.wisc.edu @uwlawdemocracy.bsky.social @electionscenter.bsky.social Register here: t.co/04yxGXyiwm

Congratulations to Sarah M. Raisch '11 for being named to the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin’s 40 Under Forty list for 2025! Sarah represents survivors of sexual abuse, especially in institutional settings such as schools, healthcare facilities, and correctional facilities. Read more: buff.ly/W879z0Y.

Benjamin Sobel and colleagues argue LLMs are not yet fit for purpose for use in judicial chambers in their new paper "Generative Misinterpretation," now available on @ssrn.bsky.social: buff.ly/FU6xM5k. #FridayReads

Staff Attorney @bgodar.bsky.social recaps the Wisconsin Supreme Court's 2024-25 term for @statebarofwi.bsky.social Wisconsin Lawyer magazine, highlighting key cases on abortion, legislative committee powers, the governor's partial veto, and more: www.wisbar.org/NewsPublicat...

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Join the Wisconsin Law Review next week for The Shadow Carceral State symposium — a deep dive into the expansion of penal power beyond traditional systems. 🎓 Approved for 1.5 CLE credits per session (4.5 total) by the Wisconsin BBE 🔗 Register: buff.ly/UK2qGs7

Thank you to Habush Habush & Rottier for their continued support of the UW Law School! Last week, they visited the Habush Habush & Rottier Reading Room. Thank you, Habush, for ensuring that the next generation of UW law students enjoys studying law in such a beautiful space.

Alta Charo discussed the applications and consequences of AI during the Cap Times Idea Fest. She warned that overrelying on AI could result in a wider loss of critical thinking skills and in the false perception of a single answer. Read the full story:

Join us tomorrow in person or via livestream at 5 p.m. for the Constitution Day lecture and reception, "Can Originalism 'Get With the Times'? How Originalism Meets the Challenge of a Changing World." Register here: buff.ly/6KowilM.

Join us tomorrow at 4 p.m. for "A New Era of Corporate Compliance: Opportunities, Risks, and Ethical Dimensions of Generative AI and Emerging Technologies." The program will be available both virtually and in person, and it qualifies for 2 CLE credits. Register here: buff.ly/EGd3u2B

@toreydolan.bsky.social filed an amicus brief for the Navajo Nation defending Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act as vital for protecting Native American voting rights and urging courts to preserve race-conscious remedies against vote dilution. Read it here: buff.ly/vRt8kyh.

UW Law alumni: We are less than a month away from Reunion! Join us Oct. 10-11 and reconnect with classmates, faculty and friends – and leave with an exclusive Gargoyle bobblehead! Registration closes on Wednesday, Oct. 1st. Learn more and register now: law.wisc.edu/alumni/reuni....

I’m proud to be part of the attorney team representing the Navajo Nation as an amicus in Louisiana v. Callais. Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act is critical to protecting voters in Indian Country. #NativeVote

The @americanbar.org Judicial Division explores the history of the Coming Together of Peoples Conference and the topics of this year's gathering, held in April, in a new bulletin. Read it here: buff.ly/QsyTCsZ. #triballaw

Robert Roberson is currently on the State of Texas death row for the alleged murder of his daughter based on a scientifically dubious diagnosis. Keith Findley argues, “all available evidence shows that Mr. Roberson’s daughter’s death was not a crime.” Read the full story: buff.ly/oc7eLPd.

Bonnie Shucha offers advice for approaching generative AI in legal practice in her recent paper "Getting Started with GenAI in Legal Practice," now available on @SSRN: buff.ly/xPhdZFo. #FridayReads

We recognize that success begins not just with ambition and grit — but also with the confidence that even small things can cultivate. Enter the Career Closet: which provides students with professional attire at no cost. This year's Stockup event is Sept. 29-30. Learn more: buff.ly/7h5tS75.

John Gross writes in an op-ed: Judge Hannah Dugan should be granted immunity from prosecution for the things she did inside her courtroom, and what she did in the hallway of the courthouse wasn’t a crime. buff.ly/shLPoct

Happy first day of class, Law Badgers! We are excited to have you back for the Fall 2025 semester. On, Wisconsin!

Jonathan Scharrer discusses how teen courts can impact the lives of youth who have committed crimes in "Creating Positive Change: How Teen Courts Support Youth and Communities," published in the Wisconsin Counties Magazine. Read the magazine: buff.ly/yQXwbRu.

Margaret Raymond published "Our AI, Ourselves: Illuminating the Human Fears Animating Early Regulatory Responses to the Use of Generative AI in the Practice of Law," recently posted to SSRN. Read the paper: buff.ly/lIeqhhC. #FridayReads

The National Tribal Trial College, a partnership between the University of Wisconsin Law School and the Southwest Center for Law and Policy, is training tribal lay advocates to serve communities in legal deserts. Read how they’re expanding access to justice:

Kristopher Turner, associate director of the Law Library, wrote "Law Library Partnerships" in "Law Librarian Practice: Challenges and Opportunities in Law Firm, Government, and Academic Law Libraries," published by Bloomsbury Publishing in August 2025: buff.ly/sGRElne.

What does it mean to “Know Thyself,” and how can that shape just governance? In "The Sovereign Within", Sunil Rao explores how ancient Greek and Indian philosophies link self-knowledge to virtuous leadership and more. Read the full essay: buff.ly/T7dhrBn.

The Summer 2025 issue of the Journal of American Constitutional History is now live! In this issue: articles by Gerard N. Magliocca, S. Deborah Kang (@kangborderlaw.bsky.social), Sam Erman and Nathan Perl-Rosenthal, and a book review by Katherine Shaw. Read it here: buff.ly/6a9ecwr.

I did an interview with Kunal Ambasta on the history of forensic science and my forthcoming book (coming out with @cornellupress.bsky.social in 2026). Now up on the National Law School of India University's Scholars in Conversation series: www.nls.ac.in/blog/scholar...

Associate Dean Rebecca Scheller, whose office works closely with students on financial aid, explains why UW Law is "well-positioned" amid changes in student loan rules. www.jsonline.com/story/news/e...

The @nytimes.com has published a new op-ed on the recent surge in amicus briefs filed by historians, citing a study published in the Journal of American Constitutional History: nyti.ms/3Hg4j9e.

Check out a recent paper by @bjard.bsky.social, "Copyright’s Latent Space: Generative AI and the Limits of Fair Use," now available on @ssrn.bsky.social: bit.ly/4kj9ClF

Behnke '88 told us last fall: “I believe my unique legal training should benefit the greater community.” -- gargoyle.law.wisc.edu/2024/10/bene... Congrats!

A new private company announced plans to pursue editing human embryos. Alta Charo contextualizes the actors and interests behind this decision. Read or listen to the full story: n.pr/3Hv10ee

GenAI is transforming legal research, but are you using it correctly? Kristopher Turner gives tips and tricks on how to use AI effectively and wisely, avoiding hallucinations and other bad output, for accurate and efficient results: bit.ly/45L0jGY

Elimination of the elimination of cash bail in the states would take state action. Cash bail has been found to be ineffective, to disproportionately target people of color, and disrupt the lives and jobs of many (often innocent) individuals

A sneak preview: my article "American Indian Geopolitical Rights" is a labor of passion. Through this article, I consider the interests that American Indians have in land and how we should reimagine electoral geography and law in cognizance of these interests I term "Indian Geopolitical Rights."

Check out a recent paper by Renagh O'Leary, "Ideological Testing," which identifies and conceptualizes “ideological testing” of defendants at several junctures in the criminal legal system. Now available on @ssrn.bsky.social -- bit.ly/4l6hiJc.

A bipartisan coalition of Wisconsin voters is suing to reinstate fusion voting, hoping to ease polarization. Nathan Atkinson, who studies the design of legal and political institutions, speaks to @wmtv15news.com -- www.wmtv15news.com/2025/07/15/b...

Scott Panetti was ruled too insane to execute, but not to leave death row. In this @usatodayopinion.usatoday.com op-ed, Greg Wiercioch calls for laws to fix this gap: www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

Staff Attorney @bgodar.bsky.social recaps the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s landmark separation-of-powers decision in Evers v. Marklein for @brennancenter.org's @statecourtreport.org, explaining how it strikes down legislative vetoes over administrative rulemaking: statecourtreport.org/our-work/ana...

🚨50 Constitutions Update🚨 Our latest update to 50constitutions.org adds tracking constitutional change features to 4 additional states! These tools allow users to explore a state's full amendment history. 50constitutions.org

As health coverage denials continue to increase, Sarah Davis of the Center for Patient Partnerships explains that self-funded plans are not health insurance and thus don't need to follow state regulations on mandatory benefits, via @pbswisconsin.bsky.social -- pbswisconsin.org/news-item/wh...

Evjue-Bascom Professor of Law @mitrasharafi.bsky.social was awarded the 2023 Indian Law Review Best Article Prize for her article “Indian Constitutionalism, the Rule of Law, and Parsi Legal Culture." The article, published in April 2023, had a “long and twisty path:" bit.ly/45OyTAx

Last week, UW Law participated in Grandparents University, a @uwmadison.bsky.social tradition. We brought together kids ages 8–14 and their grandparents for a hands-on mock trial, complete with Dean Dan Tokaji as judge. An unforgettable introduction to the power of the law!

@toreydolan.bsky.social comments on an Oklahoma Supreme Court decision to apply state income taxation to Native Americans living and working on tribal land, highlighting that the ruling contravenes a Supreme Court precedent. Read the @bloomberglaw.com story: news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-tax-re...

High temperatures in Wisconsin prisons are causing inmates to lose consciousness. Steven Wright comments on the lack of air cooling systems, barriers in installing them and how climate change is affecting the issue. Read the story: bit.ly/44sKMer

For over 20 years, the East Asian Legal Studies Center at UW Law School has offered students the opportunity to intern with law firms in Thailand and Vietnam. It’s just one of the benefits of UW Law’s deep relationships in East and Southeast Asia: bit.ly/4lpTvDQ

Bill Clune's new book, "Direito e Políticas Públicas nos escritos de William Clune," includes a collection of his writings translated into Portuguese, alongside new scholarship from Brazilian legal scholar Maria Paula Dallari Bucci. Read his preface: bit.ly/4eIjPqM