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WILL, Leading Public Interest Law Firms Release Comprehensive Title IX Resource Guide
WILL and its partners released a crucial resource guide. Titled “Protecting Title IX: A Resource Guide for School Boards,” this guide aims to empower school boards with the legal insights needed to understand and respond to the complex Title IX requirements of the federal government.
Policy Report: Are Spring School Board Elections Pro-Democracy?
WILL's new report, Enhancing Democracy: The Benefits of Holding School Board Elections in the Fall, highlights how moving school board races to November could foster broader public involvement and more balanced representation.
WILL Encourages SCOTUS to Guarantee Religious Freedom for Choice Schools
The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty filed an Amicus Brief in the US Supreme Court to challenge provisions in the Oklahoma State Constitution that we believe derive from anti-Catholic bigotry and violate the First Amendment principles of religious liberty.
Race-Discrimination Ruling Expanded to Protect WILL Clients Nationwide
WILL secured a significant victory: a court order clarifying and significantly expanding the scope of a preliminary injunction halting the federal Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program. The ruling now applies nationwide to any state in which WILL’s clients do business.
Wauwatosa School District to Close STEM Programs and High-Performing Charter School for Being Too White
The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty is threatening legal action against the Wauwatosa School District and its Superintendent after they announced plans to shut down the Wauwatosa STEM School, currently ranked the third-best elementary school in Wisconsin by U.S News and World Report.
Policy Report: WILL Highlights Solutions to Social Capital Decline
The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty released a new report suggesting policy actions that can be taken by the federal, state, and local governments to support social capital. From Isolation to Connection is the third and final report examining the impact social capital has on Wisconsin communities.
More Property Taxes to Come? WILL Informs Wisconsin Property Taxpayers About Upcoming Referenda
WILL is providing a useful tool to inform voters about how the upcoming school referenda questions on the November ballot can affect their bottom line. WILL’s calculator was developed with data from local school districts via information available online and open records requests. Gathering that data also showcased some of the shortfalls in accountability and transparency that exist at the local level related to ballot referenda.
Parents Fight MPS to Protect their Children in School, Demand District Follows the Law
The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty has filed a lawsuit seeking a writ of mandamus on behalf of several parents in the Milwaukee Public School District. This civil action seeks to hold the Milwaukee Board of School Directors, which oversees MPS, accountable for failing to provide the number of school resource officers state law requires in order to protect MPS schools and students.
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New WILL Study Compares The Efficiency of Milwaukee’s Public Schools
Dr. Will Flanders and CJ Szafir at the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) co-authored a new report, “Bang for the Buck,” that analyzes which ...
RedState | Milwaukee Loses Millions As Government Buildings Sit Empty
RedState goes into detail and uses WILL's reports on empty school buildings to explain how the taxpayers are losing when Milwaukee and MPS stall and ...
WashingtonPost | A university moved to fire a professor after he defended a student’s right to debate gay marriage. Now he’s suing.
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A tenured professor and a legal institute are suing Marquette University, claiming a breach of contract for the suspension ...
Marquette Tribune | STUDENT AT HEART OF MCADAMS CONTROVERSY SHARES THEIR STORY
The Marquette Tribune published an article sharing the detailed interactions between the student involved in the McAdams case and Marquette ...
National Review | Hudson: Why Good Manners Matter
Writing in National Review, Lexi Hudson explores how developed social skills translates to increased socioeconomic opportunities:
"“Good manners will open ...
National Review | Walker’s Union Reforms Have Helped, Not Hurt, Wisconsinites
Five years after Act 10, WILL Vice President for Policy and Deputy Counsel CJ Szafir writes in National Review how Governor Walker's reforms have saved ...
MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL | KEEP AN EYE ON STATE PUBLIC RECORDS BOARD
The Wisconsin Public Records Board made significant changes last summer in determining what kind of records can be immediately destroyed. Many ...
FORBES | Judge Rules Wisconsin’s Right To Work Statute Illegal — Now What?
One year after Wisconsin adopts Right to Work law, a federal judge has ruled it unconstitutional. Judge Foust shares, “a free-rider problem is born – the ...
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