Marquette Law School Looks at Equity in Wisconsin Education

Released: October 15, 2004

MILWAUKEE – Marquette University Law School is proud to host Tomorrow's Children : Successful Education for Every Child, a conference that will examine current issues in education in Milwaukee and the state. The conference will run from 11:30 a.m. until 6:15 p.m. on Wednesday, October 20, 2004 , in Sensenbrenner Hall at 1103 W. Wisconsin Ave. , Room 307. Public parking is available in the structure at 1240 W. Wells St.

This conference is the second in 2004. An April conference attended by a capacity audience focused on 50 years of Milwaukee education since B rown v. Board of Education, in which the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the legal doctrine that schools for children of different races could be “separate but equal.”

The keynote speaker, Dr. Kermit L. Hall, president of Utah State University and distinguished scholar in constitutional law and legal history, will speak at 5:00 on “Let's Get Moving; the Clock is Ticking.” He will be introduced by Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson.

The conference will feature distinguished figures in both law and education, including State Attorney General Peg Lautenschlager; Stan Johnson, president of the Wisconsin Education Association Council; and Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Maxine A. White. Discussion will address ways the law can secure a quality education for all students in Milwaukee and around the state.

Co-sponsors of the event include the Wisconsin Legal History Committee, co-chaired by Chief Justice Shirley S. Abrahamson and State Bar President Michelle Behnke, and the Marquette University College of Business Administration. Registration is free and open to the public. Those interested in attending may register by phone at 288-5672; or on-line at http://law.marquette.edu/jw/register.