Wisconsin Statewide Pre-Law Diversity Day 2018
SIXTH ANNUAL WISCONSIN STATEWIDE PRE-LAW DIVERSITY DAY
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2018
You are cordially invited to join admission officers, faculty, and staff from Marquette University Law School and the University of Wisconsin Law School at the Sixth Annual Wisconsin Statewide Pre-Law Diversity Day! This event is free to students and advisors and will be held on Friday, February 23, 2018 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Marquette University Law School in Milwaukee.
For those traveling from Madison to Milwaukee, free roundtrip bus transportation is available between the University of Wisconsin Law School and Marquette University Law School.
Please register on-line for both Pre-Law Diversity Day and the Law Fair:
Students and advisors: Register Here Law School Representatives: Register Here
Tentative Schedule (subject to change):
| 9 – 9:30 a.m. | Check-in Marquette University Law School, Forum |
| 9:30 – 9:40 a.m. | Dean’s Welcome Joseph D. Kearney, Dean and Professor of Law, Marquette University Law School |
| 9:40 – 10 a.m. | Law School Admissions Update, Students and Advisors Rebecca Scheller, University of Wisconsin Law School Stephanie Nikolay, Marquette University Law School |
| 10 – 10:50 a.m. | Diversity in the Legal Profession: Alumni & Current Students |
| 10:50 – 11:10 a.m. | DiscoverLaw Presentation & Break |
| 11:10 – 11:50 a.m. | Atiba R. Ellis, Professor of Law, WVU College of Law, Member, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights-West Virginia State Advisory Committee. Prof. Ellis served as the Boden Visiting Professor of Law at Marquette Law School, fall 2017. |
| Noon – 1 p.m. | Students: Mock law school class & lunch
Advisors: Round table discussions & lunch with admission officers |
| 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Law School Fair–Check out 2017 Fair Participants |
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Stephanie Nikolay or Marquette University Law School or Rebecca Scheller or the University of Wisconsin Law School.
Directions, Parking, and Accommodations
- Driving directions to Marquette University Law School. Free parking is available to registrants in Eckstein Hall visitor parking level; location 7a on the campus map.
- Marquette Campus Map Marquette Law School is Eckstein Hall; building 7.
- Local hotels
- Greater Milwaukee Convention & Visitors Guide
- Airlines General Mitchell International Airport (MKE) is about fifteen minutes from the Marquette campus.
- Amtrak Consider the Hiawatha line between downtown Milwaukee (MKE) and Chicago’s Union Station (CHI). Roundtrip fare starts at $50.00.
- FREE Bus For those traveling from Madison to Milwaukee, free roundtrip bus transportation is available between the University of Wisconsin Law School and Marquette University Law School. Just sign-up when you register!