Wisconsin Lawyer
Vol. 79, No. 4, April
2006
Wisconsin Law Foundation Grants, 1996 - 2005
Since 1996, on behalf of the legal profession, the Wisconsin Law
Foundation has distributed more than $270,300 in grants to support
law-related education and public service programs.
Fiscal year 2005 funding of $30,000 distributed to:
Law-related Education (including Judicial Teachers' Institute, Bill of
Rights Teachers Manual, and Dialogues on Democracy annual civics
institute) - $8,650 • Director of State Courts/Supreme Court
(major funding for a new juror orientation video for use in all 72
counties) - $13,350 • Centro Legal, Milwaukee (printing
information brochures for service project) - $2,000 • Dane County
Bar Association Delivery of Legal Services Committee (cost of video/DVD
project for pro se litigants) - $2,000 • Benedict Center
(Milwaukee Sentencing Advocacy Program marketing and training) - $2,000
• Marquette University (Milwaukee Dispute Resolution Education
study) - $1,000 • Advocates and Benefits Counseling for Health
(Madison legal education project) - $1,000.
Fiscal year 2004 funding of $23,500 distributed to:
Law-related Education (including We the People Summer Institute for
teachers, High School Mock Trial Tournament, a Spanish and Hmong
translation of On Being 18, and Judicial Teachers' Institute) -
$20,500 • Economic Justice Institute Consumer Law Litigation
Clinic (publication costs of informational booklet to educate consumers
on their legal rights) - $750 • Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual
Assault (printing costs of informational materials for sexual assault
service providers) - $750 • Association for the Rights of Citizens
with Handicaps (development of informational brochures) - $500 •
Clark County Teen Court (educational supplies) - $500 • La Crosse
County Peer Court (educational supplies) - $250 • U.W. Legal
Information Center (consumer education supplies) - $250.
Fiscal year 2003 funding of $46,500 distributed to:
Law-related Education (including We the People competitions, High School
Mock Trial Tournament, Judicial Teachers' Institute, and educational
publications) - $31,000 • Supreme Court Historical Video (for
public display) - $10,000 • Wisconsin Eye Project (C-Span) -
$5,000 • International Law Journal (symposium on International
Criminal Court) - $500.
Fiscal year 2002 funding of $35,000 distributed to:
Law-related Education (including We the People competitions, High School
Mock Trial Tournament, and educational publications) - $35,000.
Fiscal year 2001 funding of $31,000 distributed to:
Law-related Education (including We the People competitions, High School
Mock Trial Tournament, and educational publications) - $20,000 •
Dane County Bar Juvenile Justice (video) - $5,000 • Barron County
Task Force - $3,000 • Community Adolescent Programs - $3,000.
Fiscal year 2000 funding of $25,500 distributed to:
Law-related Education (including High School Mock Trial Tournament) -
$19,000 • Community Adolescent Programs - $3,000 • Barron
County Task Force - $3,000 • State Public Defender Gideon Project
- $500.
Fiscal year 1999 funding of $25,500 distributed to:
Law-related Education (including High School Mock Trial Tournament) -
$19,000 • Community Adolescent Programs - $3,000 • Barron
County Task Force - $3,000 • State Public Defender Gideon Project
- $500.
Fiscal year 1998 funding of $20,000 distributed to:
Law-related Education (including High School Mock Trial Tournament) -
$18,838 • Wisconsin Humanities Council - $1,162.
Fiscal year 1997 funding of $20,300 distributed to:
Law-related Education (including High School Mock Trial Tournament) -
$18,300 • Community Adolescent Programs - $2,000.
Fiscal year 1996 funding of $13,000 distributed to:
Law-related Education (including High School Mock Trial Tournament) -
$13,000.
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