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As one of the 50 states in the United States of America, Wisconsin hosts
2 law schools that have national reputation. Check
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and counties in the state of Wisconsin. By clicking on links to each
city, you can find high schools, colleges, and universities within
Wisconsin.
Joint degrees awarded: J.D./M.B.A.; J.D./M.A. Political Science;
J.D./M.A. International Affairs; J.D./M.A. History of Philosophy;
J.D./M.A. Philosophy; J.D./Certificate in Dispute Resolution;
J.D./M.B.A. Sports Business
Student activities: The Law School sponsors four student-edited
journals: The Marquette Law Review, the Intellectual Property Law
Review, the Sports Law Review, and the Elders' Advisor. Students may
also participate in intramural and regional and national moot court
competitions and client skills competitions and may earn recognition
at graduation for participation in the Pro Bono Society.
Address: 1215 W. Michigan St., Milwaukee, WI 53233
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for all students:
154-159
Joint degrees awarded: JD/MBA; JD/MS Environmental Studies; JD/MA
Library and Information Sciences; JD/MA Philosophy; JD/MA
Journalism/Mass Communications; JD/MA Political Science; JD/MSW
Social Work; JD/MPA International Public Affairs; JD/MA Latin
American/Carribean/Iberian ; JD/MPH Public Health; JD/MPA Public
Affairs and Administration; J.D./M.A. History; JD/Master of
Sociology and Rural Soc; JD/Master of Urban & Regional Planning;
JD/MA Educ Leadership/Policy Studies
Student activities: More than 30 student orgs. provide outstanding
opportunities outside the classroom. Students develop leadership/lawyering
skills, become involved in community & contribute to public interest
initiatives. Moot court & mock trial are large, active programs. The
competitions enable students to gain advocacy experience. There are
3 journals: WI Law Rev., WI Int'l L.J. & WI J. of Law, Gender &
Society.
Address: 975 Bascom Mall Madison, WI 53706 United
States, Madison, WI 25th-75th percentile LSAT
scores for all students:
157-163
Before you can study in any of the above 2 law programs in
Wisconsin, you will need to take the Law School Admissions Test. The exam dates throughout the year are
also provided on the site.
Wisconsin Overview
Wisconsin, a state of the Midwest,
United States with coast to
lakes Michigan and Superior; 145,436 km2, 5.7
million residents (2011), of which 82% are
white. Capital: Madison. Enlisted in the Union in 1848 as
the 30th State. Nickname: The Badger State. Check searchforpublicschools for public primary and high schools in Wisconsin.
Most residents and most of the economic activity is concentrated
in the urbanized industrial belt along Lake Michigan, from Green Bay
in the north to the big city of Milwaukee - Racine (1.6 million in
the south). The rest of the state and especially the wooded northern
areas are sparsely populated.
Wisconsin has a versatile processing sector including machinery
and automotive and large commodity industries, based on forest and
agricultural products (paper, timber, food). Beer production as well
as butter, cheese and other dairy products are among the largest in
the United States. In addition, the agricultural sector, which
occupies 2/5 of the area, spread of
about 80,000 businesses on average 86 ha (1995), a major supplier of
beef and pork and crops such as soybeans, maize and potatoes. The
state is poor on energy resources, but has numerous hydroelectric
power plants in, among other things. the Chippewa and Wisconsin
rivers that drain the central areas and have drains in
the Mississippi border to the west.
With few exceptions, i.e. the rocky Driftless Area facing
SV, the surface is marked by glaciers of the Ice Age, which have
left a small, muddy and high-lying moraine landscape. The climate is
continental with hot summers (July 19-22 ° C) and freezing cold
winters with heavy snowfall, especially in the northern regions that
attract many skiers; e.g. Telemark Ski Area with the annual American
Birkebeiner Ski Race. Summer excursion destinations
include: the Apostle Islands archipelago in Lake Superior and the
Michigan peninsula Door with sand dunes, fishing villages and
marinas. Well-known attractions include architect Frank Lloyd
Wright's former domicile Taliesin at Spring Green and Circus
World Museum in Baraboo, which from 1884 to 1912
was home to the legendary Ringling Brothers' Circus.
History
The area was under French control 1717-63, and when the British
surrendered to the United States in 1783, it became part of the
Northwest Territory, from 1800 part of the Indian Territory. After
becoming a state in the United States in 1848, Wisconsin became the
late 1800s. characterized by many German, Irish and Norwegian
immigrants. In the years leading up to World War I, political
reforms with widespread use of referendums, known as the
Wisconsin Idea, gained widespread across state borders and
became an important part of the progressive movement.
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