Milwaukee Law School
The Milwaukee Law School, founded in 1892 as the Milwaukee Law Class, was a law school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin which originated as a student-owned cooperative with two volunteer instructors. It later added additional professors, and in 1896 changed its name to Milwaukee Law School. It operated as a night school, holding classes in rented spaces in downtown Milwaukee. In 1908 it was acquired, along with , to become the core of Marquette University Law School.[1]
Notable alumni[]
- Max E. Binner, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
- Oscar M. Fritz, chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court
- Peter F. Leuch, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
- William L. Richards, member of the Wisconsin State Senate
- Lawrence J. Timmerman, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (graduated after the merger into MULS)
- George Weissleder, member of the Wisconsin State Senate
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- Milwaukee Law School
- Educational institutions established in 1892
- Educational institutions disestablished in 1908
- Law schools in Wisconsin
- Marquette University
- Universities and colleges in Milwaukee
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