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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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Wisconsin State Journal | Judge dismisses second lawsuit over Madison school contracts
Act 10 litigation continues...
WILL associate counsel Tom Kamenick said no decision has been made about an appeal.
"We are disappointed in the ruling," ...
Wisconsin State Journal | Federal judge’s ruling on evidence could fuel John Doe appeal to U.S. Supreme Court
Prosecutors in the now-defunct John Doe investigation are asking a federal judge to intervene in the long-running saga (again). WILL President and General ...
RightWisconsin | What’s Next for The John Doe? Probably Not Much
WILL President and General Counsel Rick Esenberg writing at RightWisconsin explains why - despite the wishes and ill-informed pundits' opinions - the ...
RightWisconsin | Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty Named a 2015 Group of the Year
At RightWisconsin, they listed the conservative groups that have most impacted the conservative movement in 2015. Wisconsin Institute for Law & ...
RightWisconsin | Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty Named a 2015 Group of the Year
At RightWisconsin, they listed the conservative groups that have most impacted the conservative movement in 2015. Wisconsin Institute for Law & ...
National Review | Rubio Scores a Direct Hit on Obamacare
WILL Senior Fellow Mario Loyola writing in National Review:
Since it fell into GOP hands, the House of Representatives has voted more than 50 times to ...
Media Trackers | Madison School Contracting Policy Favors Unions, Likely Violates Law
WILL Associate Counsel Tom Kamenick discusses the likelihood that MMSD contracting policies are illegal.
Tom Kamenick, an attorney with the Wisconsin ...
Wisconsin Watchdog | Former John Doe special prosecutor has little chance before high court
WILL President and General Counsel Rick Esenberg discusses the likelihood of US Supreme Court review of any appeal of recent John Doe rulings by ...
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