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    Wisconsin Lawyer
    June 01, 2002

    Legal News and Trends

    Wisconsin Lawyer
    Vol. 75, No. 6, June 2002

    Legal News & Trends

    U.W. Law School and Wisconsin judiciary participate in project with Chinese judicial system

    (From left) Sun Chao, Shanghai       People's&  Congress       Standing Committee member; Charles Irish, U. W. Law School East                Legal Studies Center director; and Jin Changrong, the Shanghai                People's Court vice president attended a signing ceremony         formalizing       the training agreement between the law school and the     Shanghai   High People's Court in Madison on May 13.

    (From left) Sun Chao, Shanghai People's Congress Standing Committee member; Charles Irish, U. W. Law School East Asian Legal Studies Center director; and Jin Changrong, the Shanghai High People's Court vice president attended a signing ceremony formalizing the training agreement between the law school and the Shanghai High People's Court in Madison on May 13.

    The U. W. Law School and the Wisconsin judiciary will play a key role in a program to further education and professionalization of the Chinese judiciary this summer. For the past two decades China has been involved in a massive undertaking to reshape its laws and legal institutions. Under an agreement between the Law School's East Asian Legal Studies Center and the Shanghai High People's Court, signed on May 13 in Madison, Dane County Chief Judge

    Michael Nowakowski and U.W. Law School professor John Ohnesorge will travel to Shanghai in June for a week of discussions about the American Judicial system with a group of Shanghai judges.

    In mid-July, 20 Shanghai judges will travel to Madison for an intensive three-week program of further training and observation of American court practices and procedures. The goal of the program, one of the first of its kind, is to provide the Chinese judges with an introduction to an American judiciary in action, which will assist them in improving the performance of their own judiciary.

    "Wisconsin was asked by the Shanghai High People's Court to develop the special program because the University is so well regarded in China," said Professor Charles Irish, director of the East Asian Legal Studies Center. "It is quite a compliment to the University that the Chinese have come to us for help with developing a more rule based judiciary."

    U.S. Court of Appeals seeks applicants for bankruptcy judge

    The Judicial Council of the Seventh Circuit is seeking applicants for a bankruptcy judge position for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin headquartered in Milwaukee.

    The term of office is 14 years, and the current salary is $138,000. Pursuant to Section 120 of the Bankruptcy Amendments and Federal Judgeship Act of 1984, the Judicial Council of the Seventh Circuit will make recommendations to the U.S. Court of Appeals, which will make the appointment.

    Interested parties may obtain an application from the Bankruptcy Court Web site or by contacting the Bankruptcy Court Clerk for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, Clerk of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 2780 U.S. Courthouse, 219 S. Dearborn St., Room 2780, Chicago, IL 60604. Applications must be received by July 1.

    Award honors women lawyers
    Seeking nominations for Marygold Melli 2002 Achievement Award

    When you think of Wisconsin women who have significantly advanced the interests of women, the legal profession, justice, and society as a whole, does anyone immediately come to mind? The Legal Association for Women invites you to nominate that individual for the 2002 Marygold Melli Achievement Award.

    Presented annually since 1994, the award honors Wisconsin women who have made significant contributions to women in the law by advancing the interests of women in the legal profession; promoting improvements in the administration of justice; promoting equality and social justice for all people; or improving relations between the legal profession and the public.

    The award honors Marygold Melli, professor emerita at the U.W. Law School, who managed a distinguished career at the school while writing prolifically, doing extensive community and professional service, and raising four children.

    Previous award recipients include: Ruth B. Doyle, Atty. Mary Lou Munts, Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson, Hon. Barbara Crabb, Atty. Diane Greenley, Prof. June Weisberger, Prof. Lousie Trubek, Atty. Susan Steingass, and Atty. Pamela Barker.

    For nomination forms and additional information, contact Nancy Wettersten at (608) 252-9388 or ncw@dewittross.com. The deadline for nominations is Aug. 31.


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