Research Centers at UW Law School

03/28/2022

TOMORROW March 29, 2022 at Noon please join our virtual roundtable on Law and Human Rights in Ukraine.

Register on Zoom to attend, https://uwmadison.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0scOyrqzwrHtUrF57c3j9gJC3SAETfnvLR

Speakers
Welcome remarks – Sara McKinnon (Communication Arts/HRP, UW-Madison)

Moderator: Kathryn Hendley (Law/Political Science, UW-Madison)

Participants: Francine Hirsch (History, UW-Madison)
Kevin Kelly (UW Law School)
Helen Kinsella (Political Science, University of Minnesota)
Alexandra Huneeus (Law/Legal Studies/HRP, UW-Madison)

01/31/2022

CREECA Lecture: Judicial Dissent Under Autocracy: Evidence from the Russian Constitutional Court with Yulia Khalikova

Thursday, February 3, 2022
4:00 pm- 5:15 pm
206 Ingraham Hall

This event is co-sponsored by the Global Legal Studies Center.

Location: 206 Ingraham Hall Dissenting opinions are an unusual type of judicial behavior, especially in autocracies. Except for in very rare circumstances, separate opinions do not lead to changes in law or policy, but judges …

10/25/2021

The Global Legal Studies Center is honored to welcome Ambassador John E. Lange.

Ambassador Lange will be giving an in-person lecture, "COVID-19, Global Health Security and International Law"

Wednesday, October 27, 2021 at 4:00pm
Lubar Commons (7200 Law)

Please join on Zoom if you are unable to join in person,
https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/91380872210?pwd=cGlSL2VJY1VTSzNWc3BDYTVFSlJRQT09

10/25/2021

The Human Rights Program, IRIS NRC, and Migrant Media & Activism are sponsoring an upcoming panel discussion, "Refugees and Human Rights In and Beyond the Americas."

Please join us Thursday, October 28, 2021 at noon on Zoom.

https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/96601404855

All are welcome to attend.

10/07/2021

Soffa Lecture with Dr. Sakeena Yacoobi on October 12th at 4pm at the Pyle Center.

Please register to attend at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/soffa-lecture-with-dr-sakena-yacoobi-as-women-rise-so-does-the-nation-tickets-169654536285

09/14/2021

"Prosperity in the Fossil-Free Economy"
Book Talk with Professor Melissa K. Scanlan
UW-Milwaukee

Melissa K Scanlan, Director of the Center for Water Policy, UW-Milwaukee, and Affiliate Faculty, UW Law School will present her talk on September 28, 2021 at Noon. This will be a virtual event moderated by Professor Steph Tai, UW Law School.

Please register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-with-melissa-k-scanlan-prosperity-in-the-fossil-free-economy-tickets-169656329649 (no fee).

To purchase “Prosperity in the Fossil-Free Economy,” visit yalebooks.com and use promo code YEPFE to receive 30% off.

For more information on Melissa Scanlan and her work please visit https://coopverde.wordpress.com

03/06/2020

There's about one month before the deadline for the South Asia Legal Studies Conference in Fall 2020. Please consider submitting a proposal: https://law.wisc.edu/gls/sals/pre-conference-workshops.html