University of Wisconsin-Madison

The University of Wisconsin Law School is the professional school for the study of law at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in Madison,... Wisconsin. The law school was founded in 1868. The law school is located on Bascom Hill, the center of the UW–Madison campus. In 1996, it completed a major renovation project that joined two previous buildings and created a four-story glass atrium. The renovation was recognized by the American Institute of Architects for its innovative design, incorporating modern design into the 150 years of architecture on historic Bascom Hill. In addition to lecture halls and smaller classrooms, the law school contains a fully functional trial courtroom, appellate courtroom, and an extensive law library. The library is notable for the 1942 mural "The Freeing of the Slaves" by John Steuart Curry that dominates the Quarles & Brady Reading Room . The University of Wisconsin Law School is known for its "law in action" legal philosophy. This philosophy proposes that to truly understand the law, students must not only know the "law on the books," but also study how the law is actually practiced by professionals.
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The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health is a professional school for the study of medicine and public health at the... University of Wisconsin–Madison. The medical school was proposed in 1848 and a two-year basic science course began in 1907. Charles R. Bardeen was the first dean of the medical school. The first four-year class matriculated in 1925, and the entire UWSMPH moved into the state-of-the-art Health Sciences Learning Center in 2004 . The UWSMPH has been ranked by U.S. News and World Report as one of the nation's best primary-care medical schools and among the top 25 research schools. In the 2006 edition of graduate school rankings, UWSMPH was listed as 4th in primary-care education and as 23rd among research schools. The UW School of Medicine and Public Health also ranks as one of the top medical schools in terms of research funding and expenditures, allocating US$446 million to research expenditures in 2006. The UWSMPH is an academic center for embryonic stem cell research, with UWSMPH Professor of Anatomy James Thomson being the first scientist to isolate human embryonic stem cells.
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