Wisconsin Law housing rights champion Vel Phillips dies at 95
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON — Wisconsin Law alumna Vel Phillips ’51, the law school’s first African-American graduate, died on April 17. She was 95. Phillips — the first African-American to serve on Milwaukee’s Common Council and the first woman elected to it — became an influential voice in the national movement for fair housing during the…
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WISCONSIN LAWYER — University of Wisconsin Law alumna Toni Caldwell is the tribal attorney for the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin, located in Keshena. Caldwell uses her legal skills in a wide variety of areas in tribal, state, and federal courts. But preserving Menominee culture and values is what drives her.
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UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF LAW — University of Wisconsin Law alumnus Christopher Rogers, a third generation lawyer whose grandfather began practicing law in Wisconsin 100 years ago, took the oath of office last evening to become the State Bar of Wisconsin’s new president. Rogers is a personal injury attorney at the Madison office of…
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UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF LAW– The Honorable Ricardo S. Martinez ’80, Chief United States District Judge for the Western District of Washington, is the 2018 recipient of the University of Washington Charles E. Odegaard Award. Martinez is the first Latino judge to serve on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — UVA Law alumnus Campbell Sode has already done much to distinguish himself through the language of the law. As an accomplished legal writer and researcher, Sode will be among a relative handful of deaf or hard-of-hearing lawyers who practice in the United States.
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — UVA Law student Joe Charlet is set to graduate from the University of Virginia School of Law on May 20. Charlet is African-American, gay and was orphaned as a child. After graduation, Charlet will join the law firm Hogan Lovells in Washington, D.C.
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — UVA Law alumnus Jerrauld C. Jones ’15 was sworn in as a new member of the Virginia General Assembly. As the youngest member of the House of Delegates, Jones shared what he learned in law school, his family’s legacy of service and what a younger generation can contribute…
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UVA LAWYER — UVA Law alumnus Robert F. Kennedy ’51 helped convince University of Virginia’s leadership to desegregate a major speaking event for Nobel Prize winner Ralph Bunche. Kennedy was serving in his third year as president of the Student Legal Forum, a venerated organization that invites speakers to comment on topics of the day.…
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UVA LAYWER — UVA Law alumna Harmeet K. Dhillon ’93 is on the forefront of fighting free speech challenges that she says appear to be aimed at silencing conservatives. An outspoken conservative herself, Dhillon attended Dartmouth, where she majored in classics and was editor-in-chief of the Dartmouth Review.
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UVA LAWYER — UVA Law alumna Linda Gordon Howard ’73 was the first black student and the first female student to become the law school’s student council president. After establishing her career in public service and academia, she went on to write a book on how to prevent another #MeToo — before the movement even…
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