Speaker: Chief Justice Jill Karofsky of the Wisconsin Supreme Court

Topic: Q&A With Chief Justice Jill Karofsky of the Wisconsin Supreme Court

In our upcoming conversation with Chief Justice Jill J. Karofsky, we'll look at how a career spanning prosecution, victim services, legal education, and the bench shapes her view of the law. Sample questions include: How has her background in advocacy, as Wisconsin's first Violence Against Women Resource Prosecutor and head of the Office of Crime Victim Services, informed her approach to fairness and impartiality as a judge? From her experience as general counsel and the director of education and human resources, at the National Conference of Bar Examiners, what is the biggest gap between what law schools teach and what new lawyers need in practice? And how did her approach to statutory interpretation and precedent change when she moved from the circuit court to the Supreme Court?

Justice Karofsky will offer practical guidance for early-career attorneys, particularly women building trial and appellate practices, and share the systemic issue she most hopes to see addressed during her tenure.

Registration: Please register for this luncheon here.

The registration deadline for those ordering lunch is noon on Monday, October 12th. The deadline for those attending without a lunch order is 5 p.m. on Tuesday, October 13th. LAW will be applying for 1 CLE credit for this program.