University of Wisconsin–Madison
A black and white photo of Law Students sitting in class and laughing.

Photo Gallery: Academic Life

Professor at first-year students orientation.
Professor Walter Dickey welcomes a group of first-year students during Law School orientation.
Students in the Law Library with the mural, "Freeing of the Slaves".
John Steuart Curry’s 1942 “Freeing of the Slaves” mural (currently located in the Quarles & Brady Reading Room) overlooks students studying in the Law Library.
Students in the Law Library.
Students study in the Law Library in 1990.
Student studying.
A student studies at the Law School.
students at desks in a meeting
Student Bar Association President Cindra Carson chairs a meeting of the Student Bar Council in the Law School’s lounge in 1979.
students studying in a classroom
Two students review a document at the Law School.
Professor Thain teaching a law class.
Professor Gerald Thain, right, teaches a class in the Law School in 1992.
Law School dean watching over a class.
Former Dean and Professor Orrin L. Helstad (1922–2009), far right, watches over a packed room at the UW Law School.
Professor teaching a law class.
UW Law School’s first female professor, Marygold (Margo) Melli, left, teaches a class at the Law School in 1970.
Professor teaching a class.
First African-American Dean, Daniel O. Bernstine, far left, teaches a class at the Law School.
Former Milwaukee mayor visiting a law class.
Former Mayor of Milwaukee, Henry Walter Maier (1918–1994), right, speaks to a group of law students during a visit to the UW Law School.
Professor talking with student.
Professor Ted Finman talking with a student after class.
Students in a law class.
Students smile and laugh in a classroom in the Law School during a class.
law professionals at desks in front of class
A panel of law professionals are shown speaking at the front of a classroom in the Law School.
Law professor teaching a class.
A Law Professor teaches a class of engaged students.
Professor reviewing a document.
Longtime Professor Gordon Brewster Baldwin, left, reviews a document while smoking a pipe at the Law School.
Law students in line.
Students wait in a line outside the Law School.
people at a desk on a stag
The Wisconsin Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Law Student Division (WACDL/LSD) held its first meeting on Monday, Sept. 29, 1986.
students signing up
Students wait in line to sign-up for firm interviews in 1981.
students waiting in line
Students wait in line to buy books at the Law School’s Bookmart.
Students during the Middle School Mock trial.
Students participate in the 2012 Middle School Mock Trial held annually at the UW Law School.
Law student using a library computer
First year law student Kevin Thompson taps into law library technology using the new library computers in 1989.
Law students in class.
Ruchadina Waddell, right, listens in class with fellow law students in 1990.