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Schacter Voted eacher of theYear by ecent Grads

Rosen WestonReceives theStolper Award

Jane Schacter

Professor Jane Schacter hOI beevoted the 2005 Tea her of the Yearby recen graduate .. The WisconsinLaw Alumni Association (WLAA)award recognizes and en ouragesexcellence in the cla sr om.

This is not rhe firs rimechacter has been honored for her

ours tanding tea hing and academiccontribution . In 1998, she wasgiven the University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor's Award forDistinguished Teaching, and In2000 she wa named Charles F.

Lice Research Fellow. Schacter wonthe WlAA 11 a her of the Yearaward in ] 996 as well.

In cornrnenring n chacter'saward, eau avis said, "JaneS hacter's elect jon as Teacher of theYear rei nforc s [he idea that OUt-standing scholar hip and dedicatedreaching are not mutually exclusiv .jane is a top scholar in her field anda popular profes 01' wh care

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deeply about classroom teaching.he brings a great deal t he aw

School and to ur student ,"chs crer graduated In 1984

fl' m Harvard Law School, whereshe was articles editor of theHarvard W'omms Law Journal. Aftergradua ing he clerked for JudgeRaymond Pe tine at ehe United

rates District OUI'[ in Providen c,Rhode Island. he was als a litiga-tion associate at Hill & Barl w inB ston and. served as an assistantattorney general. in Mass chuserrs.

'Jane Schader's election asTeacher of the Year reinforcesthe idea ira: outstondingscholarship and dedicatedteaching are not mutuallyexclusive. She brings a greatdeal to the Law School and toour students. '

- Dean Ken Davis

Schacrer began reachi ng arthe University DfWisconsin awchool in 1 91. From 1998 ro

2000 he caught at the Universityof Michigan Law School. he iscurrently a visi ing profe .. or atStanford Law School, chacterteaches onsriturional Law,Legislation, Sexual ricntation andthe Law. and ivil Procedure. Herarticles have appeared In a varietyof journal, including the Harvard,Yale, Stanford, New York University;and Michigan law reviews.

Professor CherylRosen Weston isrhe Law cho l'Adjunct Profes orof rJ1C Year. "Todescribe herylas an adjunct issomewhat mis-leading, "ays

Dean Ken Davis. "She, like Robertchnur, a pa t award wi nner, is in

residence at the Law cho I and jan integral parr of the Law ch ]community. hcryl and the manyoutstanding practitioner who bringtheir experience and cxp rrise to rheLaw School contribute greatly cothe overall III i sion f the school."

Weston, a grad uarc of thelass f 1971, began her teaching

career as a legal writing instructorduring law sch 01. h worked fDrover 20 year as a litigator and wasfounder of the Madison law firmCullen Weston Pin & ach, LLP,for which she remains of counsel.

In rhe late ] 990 , Westonbegan teaching at the UW awSchool, subsriruring f r faculty onleave. At he same rime, she beganher journey into me business world,becoming 0 and owner faMadison-based business. Westonre ently was named Enrrepreneuria!Woman of the Year by the Nati nalAssociation of Women BusinessOwners-Wiscon in,

AI.' me Law chool, Wcsron hasraughr a wide array of courses. "Theinteraction with students and col-leagues, along with the demands ofclass preparati 11 have been a con-rant source f energy and brai n

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Allison Christians Joins Fac ty to Teach Tax Law

Allison Christians

AllisonChristians,a FormerNew York taxI wyer, is thenewest mem-ber of theUniversiry ofWis onsinLaw Schoolfae ulry, Shejoi ns a grow-ing group of business law experrsand will teach courses on federaland in tcmational incorne taxation.

Prafe or Chri dans rec ivedher J.D. fr m olurnbia University

chool of Law and her L.M.in Tax, ti n From New YorkUniversity School of Law. She

pi' ticed tax law as an associate atWachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz inNew York, here she focu ed onrhe taxation of domestic and cross-border merg rs and acquisitions,pin-offs, re trucruring , and issues

and transactions involving privateand public companies. She wa avisiting a sistant professor in the taxprogram' r N rthwestcrn Universitychool of Law from 2003-2005.

teaching J.D. and Ll..Ms-leve'courses, in luding Federal IncomeTaxation, Inrcrna ion laxation,and Tax Treaties.

hrisrians notes that she waattracted to the UW Law S hoolbccau e fits aw in Action phi-losophy. "Wisconsin's approa h toreaching and studying the law is

particularly appl icabl in th areaof taxation, where leg.i larive intentand practical outcome are oftenmisaligned," hristians views rhfield of taxation as a viral srrucruralcomponent of the law tha haseconomic, social, and politicalimplications. "I am excited to bea part of a supportive academicenvironmcnr, h ays, II nd l lookFOi'ward to rea .hing axation [ thissemester, as well as InternationalTaxation and telae d ubje rs in thecorning semesters."

Professor hristians' cholarlyinrere t include foreign policy,globalize ion, and compe iciveaspects of tax law.

Mullen Dowdal Comes to Writing Program FullTimeMullenDowdal hasjoin d theLaw Schoolas a full-time facultym rnber inrhe LegalRe carchand Writing

Mullen Dowdalprogram,An experienced trial lawyer.Dowda I litigated complex produceliability and mass [Orr ase withRobins, Kaplan, Miller & iresiin Minneapolis before joining theU.S. Attorney's fRee in Madisonin 1999.

Dowdal is nor new to theLaw chool's egnl Research and

~ Writi.ng pr gram. He has raughr~ courses within the program eacha semester for the las six years. 1n

his full-rime p sidon, owdal willassist in the development of thefirst-year legal writing curriculumand be involved in reach r training.H(; also hopes to offer seminarlasses for second- and third-year

studen .'''Wi wer lucky to persuade

Mullen to come with us fiill time,"said Profes. or Su an teingass,dire tor of the ornrnunicarionand Advocacy Program, of whichLegal Re carch and Wricing is amajor component. owdal willreach three sections of first-yearstudent rhi semester in additionto his role in raining.

He will also lend his trialadvocacy skills to the Mock TrialProgram rhi spring.

(For news about the Mock TrialProgram, see the article on page 1)

(Weston continued from page 4)food For me," Weston. say of herunplanned teaching career. "I c uldsay that teaching is my way ofrepayii g the Law S hool communi-ty for all the opportunities a UWLaw School education bas providedfor me, bur rh truth is hat I enjoyit so much] find myself further indebt."

The Warren H. wiper Awardrecognizes excellence in teachingand commitment to the Universityof Wisconsin w chool on thepart of an adjun t professor.

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