Law School

Tonya Brito wants to know: how much do lawyers matter? The UW Law School professor is particularly interested in how much of a difference lawyers make in resolving child-support cases. Brito is a family-law scholar, and she knows that many fathers — especially those with low incomes and men of color — rely on legal… Read more »

UW fully funds student veterans during their first year of law school, and also creates opportunities for both veteran and non-veteran students to give back locally by working at the Veteran’s Law Center, a free walk-in legal clinic serving low-income veterans and their families.

Sophie Crispin could have gone to any of a number of law schools. The Ohio native looked at several in the Big Ten, but the UW offered her a scholarship. That clinched the deal. Now in her third year, Crispin has benefited from the Stearns-Shaw Scholarship, which was made possible by Denis Stearns JD’92 and… Read more »

Exonerating the innocent and making right where the justice system has failed: that is what students and faculty in the Wisconsin Innocence Project fight for every day.

Law school confirmed Cory Brewer’s desire to serve others. It may also have saved her life. As a law student, Brewer JDx’17 enrolled in the Center for Patient Partnerships (CPP), where she not only became a health-care advocate for her clients, but for herself as well. CPP is a national resource for building more effective… Read more »