September 26th Meeting

When:                       Join Us Monday September 26th at 4:30pm!
Where:                     Mike and Angelos 6214 Washington Avenue
Who:                          RCBA Members Dinner
CLE Topic:                “Giving the Client Bad News” – Guest Speaker Gretchen Viney
 
Gretchen Viney, clinical professor, is director of the Lawyering Skills Program (formerly General Practice). She oversees and shares responsibility for the Lawyering Skills Course, a second-semester 8-credit course that introduces students to law practice. Outside the LSC, Professor Viney also teaches Client Interviewing & Counseling, Real Estate Transactions, and Guardian ad Litem Practice.
Professor Viney continues to practice law on a part-time basis in Baraboo where she is a partner with her husband in the firm of Viney & Viney. She is recognized for her work and expertise as a guardian ad litem for children, elders, and the disabled. Her private practice also includes, or has historically included, mediation, family law, terminations of parental rights and adoptions, and other general civil areas. Professor Viney's publications include a book, Guardianship and Protective Placement for the Elderly in Wisconsin (now in its third edition, co-authored with Maren Beermann '08); "Children as Witnesses in Family Court," Wisconsin Journal of Family Law, Vol. 26, No. 3; "The Impact of Act 130 on Family Court Guardian ad Litem Practice," Wisconsin Journal of Family Law, Vol. 25, No. 2; "Guardianship: Chapter 880" in Guardian ad Litem Handbook; "Guardianship and Protective Placement" in Advising Older Clients and Their Families. She is a frequent lecturer at continuing legal education seminars on the topic of guardian ad litem practice.