The University of Wisconsin Law Library is very pleased to welcome our newest librarian – Scott Park! Scott joins us as the Digital Collections & Reference Librarian which is a new position at the Law …
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BadgerLink Renews Contracts for Wisconsin+ Newspaper Databases
BadgerLink recently announced that it has renewed contracts for two newspaper collections featuring content from Wisconsin. These are great collections for researching local and state-wide issues and events. Almost 500 Wisconsin newspapers are available in …
Trio of Articles Explore Questions about the Use of AI in Legal Writing
Here’s a trio of articles about the use of generative artificial intelligence in legal writing: State Bar of Wisconsin president and ethics expert, Dean Dietrich answers the question: “Are there ethical issues if a lawyer …
Three Digital Collections of Wisconsin State Government Documents
The Wisconsin Document Depository Program is a statutorily mandated program that requires Wisconsin state agencies to provide copies of their documents to preserve and make available a record of major state government programs. Documents are …
UW Law Library Closed from June 26-June 30
This summer, UW Law Library will be refreshing our fifth-floor space with new carpeting. To that end, the library will be closed Monday, June 26 to Friday, June 30 as new carpet is installed at …
WisBlawg Ranks #2 in List of Top 80 Wisconsin Law Blogs
Feedspot, a social feed reader that curates news feeds from online sources, has recently compiled a list of the Top 80 Wisconsin Law Blogs. What a great round-up of content from legal experts in the …
Two Law Library Team Members Recognized by UW Madison
University Staff are the backbone of UW Madison campus operations. This includes everyone from library assistants, accountants, steamfitters, painters, translators/interpreters, financial specialists, and many more specialized personnel whose expertise enables students and faculty to conduct …
Pitfalls and Certifications on the Use of ChatGPT in Court Filings
Two interesting developments on attorney use of ChatGPT in court filings: A New York attorney is facing sanctions for using ChatGPT in an affidavit that he submitted without checking the accuracy of the information it …
Digital Publication of Tribal Laws Pilot Project Wins AALL Public Access to Government Information Award
I’m very proud to share that the University of Wisconsin Law Library, in partnership with the National Indian Law Library, the Open Law Library, the UW Great Lakes Indigenous Law Center, and the Stockbridge-Munsee Community …
Complete Congressional Record Back to 1873 Now Searchable in Congress.gov
Historical federal legislative history research just got a little easier. For the last few years, the Library of Congress has been working to add the Bound Congressional Record to Congress.gov. It is now available all …