Lawrence University is a private liberal arts college and conservatory of music in Appleton, Wisconsin. Founded in 1847, its first classes were held on November 12, 1849. Lawrence was the second college in the U.S. to be founded as a coeducational institution.

Charles Benjamin Schudson is a retired American lawyer, jurist, and author from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He served 12 years as a judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals, and served 10 years before that as a Wisconsin circuit court judge in Milwaukee County. He previously served as an assistant district attorney in Milwaukee.