Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
There’s been a lot of buzz lately about AI policies and whether they should prohibit or encourage generative AI use among legal practitioners and law students. Many policies land at one pole or the other. Early on, the restrictive end dominated, with rules built around preventing data exposure and warning about hallucinations. We’re still seeing …
The UW Law Library is marking National Library Week this year with a milestone: the 20th anniversary of our Faculty READ Poster series. You’ve likely seen READ posters before—those images of celebrities holding their favorite books, produced by the American Library Association. Our version features UW Law School faculty and staff. Since the first posters …
The Universities of Wisconsin recently launched ASAP: AI Skills Access Passport, a free, seven-episode video series designed to help the general public build foundational AI literacy. I thought it was well done. Each episode runs about two minutes. The series is sponsored by UW Credit Union. Although ASAP is aimed at a general audience, it’s …
Here is the latest faculty scholarship from the University of Wisconsin Law School Legal Studies Research Papers series via SSRN. Joshua Braver (UW Law), Deference Due? “Considers” and the Insurrection Act Braver offers the first sustained statutory interpretation of the Insurrection Act, the principal authority for deploying military force on American streets to enforce federal …
With Iran’s nuclear sanctions in the news, Sunil Rao, Foreign and International Law Librarian at UW Law Library, has put together some helpful research sources covering the history, the sanctions framework, and the snapback mechanism now at the center of a dispute in the UN Security Council. The Council recently held an open briefing on the work …
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) — signed into law in 2025 as P.L. 119-21 — made significant changes to federal tax law, and practitioners are still working through the implications. If you’re trying to get up to speed, Jenny Zook, Reference & Instructional Services Librarian at the UW Law Library and current chair …
A recent episode of the Wisconsin Law in Action podcast features Amanda White Eagle, Director of the Great Lakes Indigenous Law Center (GLILC) at the University of Wisconsin Law School. Host Kris Turner of the UW Law Library draws out a wide-ranging conversation about how the Center works with Tribal nations, students, and practitioners to …
Need Help Researching Law in a Foreign Jurisdiction? The University of Wisconsin Law Library maintains a growing collection of country-specific legal research guides designed to help you get started. Each guide provides an introduction to a country’s legal system and government structure, and directs you to key primary and secondary sources — including constitutions, legislation, …
Last summer, I received an email from Academia.edu with a link to an AI-generated podcast it had created based on an article I wrote about law faculty scholarly visibility. I listened, and I wasn’t impressed. The AI narrator mischaracterized my arguments and even fabricated a plug for Academia.edu’s platform as though I had said it. …
I recently discovered BookBub, a free service that sends daily personalized emails featuring discounted and free ebooks. After a quick signup, you select the genres that interest you—legal thrillers, science fiction, biography, history, fantasy, whatever you prefer. Each morning, you get an email with curated book recommendations in your chosen categories, most priced at 99 …