Blog Posts in 2017
Posted on Nov 1, 2017 By WAAL Admin
Led by WAAL Community Outreach Director Amber Raffeet August, the Wisconsin Association of African-American Lawyers (WAAL) collected Halloween costumes for children of YWCA Madison. Each year, ...
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Posted on Nov 1, 2017 By WAAL Admin
2017 Wisconsin Legal Innovators https://www.wisbar.org/newspublications/insidetrack/pages/article.aspx?volume=9&issue=21&articleid=25949
Continue reading "Judges Valarie Hill, Phil Chavez, and Derek Mosley: Making Municipal Court More Accessible" »
Posted on May 11, 2017 By Kristen
NATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION CRUMP LAW CAMP The National Bar Association Crump Law Camp was established to provide students entering the 9th through 11th grades (ages 14 to 17) with an introduction to the ...
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Posted on Apr 10, 2017 By Kristen
Please join us in congratulating the Honorable Maxine A. White (MULS c/o '85), who was recently named the Marquette University Law School Alumna of the Year! She will be honored on Thursday, April ...
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Posted on Apr 3, 2017 By Kristen
Congratulations to WAAL President, Steven M. DeVougas, on being named one of Milwaukee Business Journal's 2017 40 Under 40 winners.
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Posted on Apr 3, 2017 By Kristen
On February 22, 2017, the WAAL Executive Board was featured in the Wisconsin Law Journal's Black History Month special section in an article entitled "Building a Different Kind of WAAL." ...
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Posted on Apr 3, 2017 By Kristen
"You should never get comfortable being comfortable. . . " This was one of the prolific quotes shared with students at North Division High School (Milwaukee) during a Legal Career Day ...
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Posted on Apr 3, 2017 By Kristen
For the first time since its inception, WAAL partnered with the Black Women Lawyers' Association of Greater Chicago, Inc. for the 2017 National Summit of Black Women Lawyers. Because of this ...
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