University of Wisconsin–Madison

Category: Symposium

Volume 2023, No. 2 (Symposium)

Foreword I: Controlling the Supreme Court — Is There a Future for American Law?, by Bruce Ledewitz; Foreword II: To Reform the Court, We Have to Recognize It Isn’t One, by Eric J. Segall; Religious Liberty For All? A Religious Right to Abortion, by Caroline Mala Corbin; What It Takes to Curb the Court, by Barry Friedman; The Court and the Constitution, by Lori A. Ringhand; The Case for Expanding the Anticanon of the Constitution, by Ilya Somin; Supreme Myth Busting: How the Supreme Court Has Busted its Own Myths, by Michael J. Gerhardt; Fixing the Confirmation Process, Or Fiddling While Rome Burns, by Caroline Fredrickson; The October 2021 Term and the Challenge to Progressive Constitutional Theory, by J. Joel Alicea; A Normal Supreme Court, by Eugene Volokh

Volume 2019, No. 2

Symposium Issue. Introduction: Introduction to the 2018 Wisconsin Law Review Symposium Issue: Wills, Trusts, and Estates Meets Gender, Race, and Class by Carla Spivack
Keynote lecture: Dismantling the Trusts and Estates Canon by Naomi Cahn
Articles: Broken Links: A Critique of Formal Equality in Inheritance Law by Carla Spivack, Engendering Trust by Deborah S. Gordon, Voice, Strength, and No-Contest Clauses by Karen J. Sneddon, Wills Formalities in the Twenty-First Century by Bridget J. Crawford, Disrupting the Wealth Gap Cycles: An Empirical Study of Testacy and Wealth by Danaya C. Wright, Freedom of Disposition v. Duty of Support: What’s a Child Worth? by Phyllis C. Taite, Big Data and the Modern Family by Shelly Kreiczer-Levy, The Stranger-to-the-Marriage Doctrine: Judicial Construction Issues Post-Obergefell by Lee-ford Tritt

Register for the WLR Fall Symposium 2017: Public Interest Mobilization and Access to Justice Movements in the New Democratic State

Symposium: Public Interest Mobilization and Access to Justice Movements in the New Democratic State WLR is proud to present its 2017 Symposium. Please find the symposium’s schedule below. The Symposium will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the University of Wisconsin Law School. Please register for the event here. We look forward to seeing …

WLR Fall Symposium 2016: “Modern Federal Judicial Selection”

Wisconsin Law Review Symposium October 14, 2016 Symposium: Modern Federal Judicial Selection WLR is proud to present its 2016 Symposium. We look forward to seeing you there. Please find the symposium’s schedule below. The Symposium will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. in Room 2260 at the Law School. Please register for the event …

Volume 2015, No. 2

Symposium Issue — Beyond the Sentence: Collateral Consequences of Conviction Criminal Justice Reform: The Present Moment By Lynn Adelman I thank the editors of the Wisconsin Law Review for the opportunity to participate in a symposium on the collateral consequences of criminal convictions. By collateral consequences, I refer both to the formal consequences of conviction, such …

Wisconsin Law Review Online, 2015 Symposium

Is the Constitution failing? In what ways and how should we respond? Is it time to rewrite the Constitution?

On November 7, 2014, scholars from across the country met at the University of Wisconsin Law School to consider these crucial questions during a Symposium hosted by the Wisconsin Center for the Study of Liberal Democracy. Participants were invited to submit pieces on the topic, and Wisconsin Law Review is publishing the essays in its first-ever WLR Online Symposium. WLR Online is publishing the articles throughout the Spring 2015 semester, so please continue to check back for new additions.

Volume 2013, No. 2

Symposium Issue — Thirty Years of Comparative Institutional Analysis: A Celebration of Neil Komesar The Logic of the Law and the Essence of Economics: Reflections on Forty Years in the Wilderness By Neil Komesar In this Article, I explore the role of comparative institutional analysis in understanding and reforming both legal analysis and economic analysis. …

2012 Symposium

  The Wisconsin Law Review is now accepting submissions of topic proposals for our Fall 2012 Symposium. We appreciate submissions on any relevant legal topics. All proposals should be submitted by February 20, 2012. Please click here for more information about submitting your proposal.