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WILL Continues to Grow & Expand, Hires New Associate Counsel

WILL has announced Kirsten Atanasoff as our new Associate Counsel, expanding our litigation team as we approach new fights to defend property rights, parental rights, and push back against bureaucratic overreach in Wisconsin and beyond.

Teacher’s Union Lawsuit Attempts to Bankrupt Wisconsin and End School Choice for Families in Need

WILL has released a statement in response to a lawsuit filed on behalf of Wisconsin PTA, several Wisconsin school districts, multiple teachers’ unions, individual parents, educators and students, and the Wisconsin Public Education Network, alleging that the Wisconsin Legislature has failed to adequately fund public schools.  

WILL Warns of Lawsuit Against DEI Grant Program in Wisconsin

The News: The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) issued a formal cease-and-desist to the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC), ...

WILL Goes to Washington, D.C. to Advocate for Voter ID & Election Security

WILL will be in Washington, D.C. this week to advocate for Voter ID as well as efforts to protect elections through improved voter roll maintenance, oversight, and other election integrity measures.

Legislature Grants Initial Approval for WILL-Backed Constitutional Amendment to Protect Legislative Oversight

The Wisconsin State Senate approved Assembly Joint Resolution 133 (AJR 133) on first consideration, a WILL-supported proposed amendment to the Wisconsin Constitution designed to restore legislative oversight of administrative rulemaking.

Trump Administration Sides with WILL, Federal Scholarships Now Open to All Students in Need Regardless of Race

WILL, Representing YAF, Filed This Lawsuit Against The Biden-Harris Administration in 2024 The News: The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty ...

WILL Supports Teacher Bill of Rights

Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) supports the Teacher Bill of Rights, AB 614 / SB 611, introduced by Representative Goeben and Senator Cabral-Guevara. The legislation clarifies and strengthens teachers’ authority to maintain order in the classroom, protects teachers from retaliation when they enforce classroom rules or respond to disruptive or violent behavior, and ensures transparency and accountability when serious behavior incidents occur at school.

Legislature Advances WILL-Backed Initiatives to Rein in Regulatory Authority of Unelected Bureaucrats

The Wisconsin Assembly voted in favor of several legislative initiatives supported by WILL to reign in the bureaucratic state, which has taken rulemaking and regulatory authority away from Wisconsin’s Legislative Branch.  
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WILL SUES DPI FOR EMBARGOED ESSA DOCUMENTS

Documents would shine light on whether DPI is illegally implementing ESSA The News: On Thursday, February 7, 2019, WILL sued the Wisconsin Department of ...

Associated Press | WILL Sues In Defense of Wedding Barns

WILL's lawsuit in defense of Wisconsin wedding barns earned widespread attention in state and national media. The Associated Press reported: Attorneys for ...

Investor’s Business Daily | Elder: Don’t Let Trump Hatred Thwart School Choice Movement

Best-selling author and nationally syndicated radio talk-show host, Larry Elder, notes our Apples to Apples report, writing in Investor's Business ...

Washington Examiner | DeAngelis, Flanders: Believe it or not, markets work in education

Cato Institute's Corey DeAngelis and WILL's Research Director, Will Flanders, write in the Washington Examiner how their research shows that the ...

Campus Reform | Wisconsin college to judge: Dismiss ‘Jesus loves you’ valentines lawsuit

Campus Reform continues to closely follow our lawsuit against Northeast Wisconsin Technical College on behalf of Polly Olsen, who was disciplined by the ...

Wall Street Journal | Szafir, Petersen: This Building Is for Sale (but Not to a Charter School)

WILL's Executive Vice President, CJ Szafir and Researcher Cori Petersen write at the Wall Street Journal about how Milwaukee Public Schools refuse to sell ...

Washington Examiner | Flanders: High school cancels stage production of ‘America’s best-loved novel,’ To Kill a Mockingbird

WILL Research Director, Will Flanders, PhD, wrote in the Washington Examiner about the "absurd drama" that played out in Shorewood, WI over the school's ...

Wall Street Journal | Scott Walker’s Education Dividend

The Wall Street Journal takes a look at our most recent report, Keeping Score, and notes how reforms collective bargaining reforms (2011 Act 10) led to ...
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