UW-Madison Office of Student Assistance and Support

A staff member from the Office of Student Assistance and Support is on-call daily for walk-in appointments, phone calls, and emails: Contact Information for the Office of Student Assistance and Support.

The Office of Student Assistance and Support offers a variety of resources for students, ranging from food insecurity to housing and financial support. Below are some of the reasons a student may meet with the dean on-call:

• Academic distress due to personal issues
• Advocacy
• Assistance for victims
• Bias, hate, or discriminatory incidents
• Community support
• Complaints
• Concern about a student
• Conflict mediation
• Consultation
• Crisis loans
• Emergency/crisis situations
• Family emergency
• Personal safety needs
• Problem solving
• Resource referrals
• Questions

Law School Dean of Students Office

The Law School's Assistant Dean for Student Affairs is available to meet for any of the reasons listed above or anything else a student would like to discuss, including academic, personal, family, health, mental health, or nonacademic issues. Students facing any issues or with concerns about a peer are encouraged to make an appointment with the Assistant Dean for Student Affairs early. When available, the Assistant Dean for Student Affairs also accepts walk-ins, and you can also call or email the Assistant Dean for Student Affairs.

The Assistant Dean for Student Affairs can also accompany a student who has a meeting in the Office of Student Assistance and Support, and can help connect students with resources at University Health Services (UHS), the Wisconsin Lawyers Assistance Program (WisLAP), the Law School's embedded mental health counselor, and other law school, campus and community resources. 

If you have a question, concern, or complaint and you don't know where to turn, contact the Assistant Dean for Student Affairs.