Kevin Conway
Celebrating the Careers—and Unveiling the Portraits—of Professors Carolyn Edwards and Phoebe Williams
On April 14, 2021, Marquette University Law School unveiled the portraits of two retired faculty: Professor Carolyn M. Edwards and Professor Phoebe Weaver Williams, L’81. While the event was online, the portraits are on permanent display in Eckstein Hall. Their significance—reflecting the importance of the individuals portrayed—was suggested in the remarks at the event, which…
Losing Labels, Reaching Potential
Northwestern Mutual’s Ray Manista knows how to shift course in order to grow.
Work with Students Seeking to Build Satisfying Lives in the Law
Read Judge Rosenthal’s 2019 Hallows Lecture at Marquette University Law School In aspiration, it is this created self . . . that can make intelligible the path this person wants his or her life to take. These words with which Judge Lee Rosenthal has graced our community resonate with wisdom. With depth. And, especially for…
Embracing Change
Read Judge Rosenthal’s 2019 Hallows Lecture at Marquette University Law School I love the practice of law. That love of practice began when I started, almost 30 years ago, and continues today. It has motivated me to teach law students—to work with people who seek the same thing. Part of what I say to law…
Ambition’s Foil: The Joy of Learning
Read Judge Rosenthal’s 2019 Hallows Lecture at Marquette University Law School Upon hearing the subject of Chief Judge Lee Rosenthal’s Hallows Lecture, I was excited for the Marquette Law School community, particularly our students, to hear about a different facet of the legal profession, beyond the usual fare of theory, precedent, and policy. I did…
Structured Reflection and the Role of Our Institutions
Read Judge Rosenthal’s 2019 Hallows Lecture at Marquette University Law School Judge Lee Rosenthal’s appeal to live a life in the law tempered by aspiration rather than ambition invites us, as law students, lawyers, academics, and judges, to reflect on what sustains and fulfills us for a life in the law. This response comments on…
Against Docility
Read Judge Rosenthal’s 2019 Hallows Lecture at Marquette University Law School Judge Lee Rosenthal does us a great service by connecting the thought of Professor Agnes Callard with that of Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. While the judge naturally focuses on the implications of this connection for the judicial role, she encourages students, lawyers, and…
Ambition and Aspiration—and Celebrity
Read Judge Rosenthal’s 2019 Hallows Lecture at Marquette University Law School Judge Lee Rosenthal has done a masterful job of explaining how we ought to live our lives in the law (and how we ought not to). Her warnings about the consequences of ambition without aspiration—especially for judges—are timely and troubling. While most district court…
Doing the Right Thing
Read Judge Rosenthal’s 2019 Hallows Lecture at Marquette University Law School It is quite daunting to discuss a thoughtful tome written by a respected judge, particularly one as senior and intellectually acute as Judge Lee Rosenthal. It is even more daunting to limit that discussion to approximately 600 words, a shorter amount than is usually…
Judicial Aspiration and Situational and Institutional Humility
Read Judge Rosenthal’s 2019 Hallows Lecture at Marquette University Law School It’s entirely fitting that Judge Lee Rosenthal delivered this thoughtful lecture at Marquette Law School. The idea that lawyers and judges should be aspirational—that they should search for “something more” than “the quotidian facts and problems of specific matters, disputes, or cases”—has a religious…