Nondiscrimination Policy
Federal and state laws provide separate prohibitions against discrimination that is based on race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin or ancestry, age or disability. State law additionally prohibits discrimination that is based on sexual orientation, arrest or conviction record, marital status, pregnancy, parental status, military status, or veteran status.
Student Organization Contact Information
Student contact:
Jason Foster
E-mail: jdfoster@wisc.edu
Faculty Contact Information
Clinical Professor Meg Gaines
E-mail: mgaines@wisc.edu
Clinical Assistant Professor Sarah Davis
E-mail: sdavis2@wisc.edu
Assistant Professor Stephanie Tai
E-mail: tai2@wisc.edu
Clinical Assistant Professor of Law Leslie Shear
E-mail: ldshear@wisc.edu
Adjunct Professor Ellen Berz
E-mail: berze@opd.wi.gov
Adjunct Professor Stephen Hurley
E-mail: shurley@hbslawfirm.com
Adjunct Professor Rhonda Lanford
E-mail: rlanford@habush.com
Adjunct Professor Mario White
E-mail: cotmariopi@yahoo.com
Administrator Contact Information
No details provided.
Course Titles and/or Descriptions
- Sexual Orientation and the Law—This course will explore how case and statutory law addresses sexual orientation and gender identity across legal disciplines, including criminal law, employment law, family law, equal protection, privacy, military law, and free speech. The course will include consideration of how social, cultural, and political forces shape, and are shaped by, legal doctrine. We will examine how debates around sexual orientation and gender identity have played out in legislative arenas and at the ballot box as well as in court. Like other seminars, the course will require student participation and the free exchange of ideas to be successful.
- Con Law: Politics and Equality—This seminar will focus on the extent to which questions of equality are determined or influenced by political processes such as legislation, initiative processes, or political activism such as demonstrations and advocacy. Have political processes defined the content of equality? Have courts imposed limitations on those political determinations of equality, or do they defer to those determinations? The seminar will focus on politics and equality in three contexts: race/ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation.
Domestic Partnership Benefits
Domestic Partner Benefit Provisions
Provisions within state budget bill 2009 Wisconsin Act 28 permit same sex and opposite sex domestic partners to be treated similarly to spouses for the Wisconsin State Statute § Chapter 40 benefit programs administered by the Employee Trust Fund (ETF).
Chapter 40 benefit programs include the State Group Health Insurance Program, the Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS), the Wisconsin Deferred Compensation Program (WDC), State Group Life Insurance and other related programs.
Domestic Partner Benefit Plan Options
- State Group Health Insurance
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Dental and Excess Medical Insurance (EPIC)
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Anthem Dental Insurance
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Vision Insurance
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State Group Life Insurance
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Individual and Family Group Life Insurance
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Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance (AD&D)
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Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS)
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Long Term Care Insurance
Wisconsin Family and Medical Leave Act (WFMLA)
Employees may request WFMLA leave to care for a seriously ill domestic partner or the domestic partner's parents.
Student Health Insurance Plan (SHIP)
If a student is eligible for SHIP, he or she can also enroll his or her spouse, domestic partner, or children.
Additional Information
The University of Wisconsin Law School welcomes students from all backgrounds and experiences. Our student organization,
QLaw, has a very active role in the Law School and a strong membership. Madison as a whole is a very welcoming place, and
its LGBT community is very active and vocal in the greater Madison community.
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