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10 Reasons to Choose Wisconsin ANDY MANIS 1. Our law-in-action approach 5. A dynamic student 8. A world-class legal education community that is diverse, at a Midwestern price An extensive curriculum, 2. supportive, and friendly small classes, and a wealth 9. A vibrant, internationally of opportunities to work 6. A supportive network of renowned Big Ten university closely with faculty alumni employed coast to with diverse academic and coast and in more than forty cultural offerings One of the largest clinical 3. countries around the world programs in the country 10. Madison, the capital of 7. Diploma Privilege, which Wisconsin—a stunningly Faculty members who are 4. gives graduates from beautiful city with leading scholars, nationally Wisconsin law schools opportunities to work in and globally the ability to practice in government or the judiciary Wisconsin without sitting for a bar exam 1 Welcome from the Dean Welcome to the University of Wisconsin Law School! In these pages, running as a new lawyer. Wisconsin's you’ll discover what makes the University of Wisconsin a special place curriculum provides an extraordinary range of opportunities for clinical and to study law. Of course, this book is just the beginning. I invite you to experiential learning. We offer clinics— visit our website at law.wisc.edu and to tour the Law School to learn hands-on work with live clients—in more about the experience of being a UW Law student. As you start areas as varied as criminal law, health- exploring, let me encourage you to take a close look at several features care advocacy, and business law and entrepreneurship. You can also pursue a that make our law school unique: wide range of externship and internship placements with judges, state agencies, ■ Our focus on law-in-action be grouped with those students in your and public interest organizations. And we provide sophisticated simulation The University of Wisconsin Law School larger classes. The small group size courses that will prepare you for the has a distinctive law-in-action teaching and the intensity of the experiences real-life challenges of law practice. Given approach that will equip you to analyze that you share will help you build close the breadth of what we offer, you will sophisticated legal problems and craft and supportive relationships with your find an experiential learning opportunity creative solutions. Your courses will peers. You may have heard that law at Wisconsin to suit your interests and focus not only on learning legal rules, school is a competitive place in which develop your talents. but on understanding how those rules individuals are all out for themselves, but operate in the real world and what that the small section program encourages ■ Our extraordinary faculty means for the kind of advice, counseling, a very different feel, one that will make Our faculty members are gifted lawyers, and advocacy you will provide for your your experience here collaborative and scholars, and teachers. Many have clients. positive. You’ll work hard, and you’ll be challenged, but you’ll be among friends. advanced degrees in areas other than ■ A supportive and collaborative law, which enables them to bring educational environment ■ Broad and varied opportunities for unique and sophisticated perspectives clinical and experiential learning to their teaching and research. They We structure your first semester so are committed to your success and to that you study in small sections with Our extraordinary experiential learning working with you. the same group of students. You’ll also programs equip you to hit the ground NICK WILKES NICK ■ Our commitment to diversity in all its forms Learning happens best in an environ- ment where individuals with differing experiences, viewpoints, and perspec- tives interact. UW Law recognizes the value of bringing together a wide range of diverse individuals with varying back- grounds, interests, skills, and talents in its admissions and hiring. Accordingly, you will experience a broad and inclusive community at UW Law, one in which everyone finds a place. ◀ Bucky Badger welcomes new law students at orientation. 2 Who could visit Madison and not come here? The school is small enough that you get to know your teachers, but big enough that you can still land jobs all over the country. Student Paul Borovay MIKE HALL MIKE ▲ Dean Raymond and law students gather before the Badgers’ Homecoming football game. ■ Being part of a great university ■ A beautiful and affordable I could go on. Instead, let me UW Law is an extraordinary law school, community in the state’s capital invite you to explore the Law School and it’s also part of an extraordinary Madison is a beautiful college town. for yourself. The decision to go to law university. Here you can take advan- It provides amazing access to outdoor school is a very significant one, and your tage of a vast range of opportunities for recreation, the arts, sports, and a thriving decision about where to study is equally interdisciplinary study, dual degrees, intellectual community. A mile from the important. We believe our graduates, and certificate programs. You can enjoy Law School, the state capital provides armed with the tools they develop here, the expansive array of speakers, confer- unparalleled opportunities to intern in help make a more just world. Legal ences, and arts, cultural, and political state government, to work with judges, education at UW Law will excite you, events that are a daily feature of life on state agencies, or advocacy groups, or to engage you, and transform you. We our campus. And if you like intercolle- be involved in politics. Just down the hill, invite you to join us. giate sports, get ready: there’s nothing the waterfront terrace at the Wisconsin like a Big Ten campus on a football Union offers a relaxing spot to connect Dean Margaret Raymond Saturday. with colleagues. Madison provides the best of both worlds to law students looking to engage with the real world while living in a comfortable, inclusive, and affordable community. 3 The Wisconsin Law School Experience The University of Wisconsin Law School is located on historic Bascom students of color. There is a special Hill in the heart of the beautiful University of Wisconsin–Madison feeling of community in the school and an informal, supportive atmosphere, campus. It boasts a renowned faculty, an extensive curriculum, and a reflecting a commitment by faculty dynamic student body. As part of a world-class university located in and administrators to student learning, the state’s capital, the Law School also offers a wealth of experiences morale, and well-being. beyond its walls. Thrive in a Big Ten university environment Rise to an intellectual challenge the Association of American Law Schools As a UW Law School student, you have (AALS). Established in 1868, UW Law School access to the resources of a world-class builds on a tradition of excellence and Join a supportive community of research university. UW–Madison is a a national reputation. The combination students public land-grant institution, founded of interdisciplinary research, innovative UW Law students are a diverse and in 1848. It combines nine schools and teaching and the law-in-action approach accomplished group. Out of a student three colleges on a single campus, and makes this one of the most intellectually body of nearly 700 students, more enrolls over 40,000 students from more exciting law schools in the country. UW than forty percent come from outside than 115 countries and every state in the Law is accredited by the American Bar Wisconsin. Forty-four percent are Union. Boasting national and interna- Association (ABA) and is a member of women; more than twenty percent are tional reputations for excellence shared by few other universities, the university MIKE HALL MIKE also offers extensive social, cultural, and recreational opportunities. The 900-acre campus on the shores of Lake Mendota is considered one of the most beautiful in the country. Live in Madison, Wisconsin Madison, with a population of more than 200,000, is a beautiful and affordable city that regularly makes the national “Best Of” lists. As the state capital, Madison is home to the Supreme Court of Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals, the Dane County Circuit Court, the Western District of Wisconsin Federal District Court, and various state and federal government agencies. All of these institutions are within walking distance of the Law School, giving our students vast opportunities to work directly with judges and justices, observe influential court and govern- mental proceedings, and experience multiple areas of law. ▲ A law student runs the football during the Dean’s Cup, an annual series of friendly competitions between law and medical students. 4 The Wisconsin Law School Experience UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS (2) UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS I chose Wisconsin because of the environment. The city, campus, and larger law school community are very supportive and welcoming. Student Sean McNulty In addition, the Wisconsin Union Theater, the Overture Center for the Arts, the Kohl Center, and other facil- ities provide many opportunities to enjoy cultural events. The four lakes in Madison are an ideal backdrop for the city, which is augmented by a 1,200-acre arboretum, a free zoo, more than 200 city parks, 11 beaches, and scenic coun- tryside accessible by car, boat, bicycle, and foot. Local gems such as the Dane County Farmers' Market, the largest producer- only farmers’ market in the country, and the annual Wisconsin Film Festival, which brings over 150 independent films to ▲ Top: UW students cheer on the Badgers at Camp Randall Stadium on a crisp fall day. screens across the city, also make the city of Madison an incredible place to live.