The latest episode of the Wisconsin Law in Action podcast features Elizabeth Manriquez, Head of Reference and Scholarly Communication at the UW Law Library, discussing her chapter in the book Attorneys in the Baseball Hall …
UW Law School Winter Ethics CLE Seminar Series Returns January 27-29
Each January, the UW Law School offers a series of Ethics CLE seminars. Once again, I have the pleasure of presenting on GenAI with my Law Library colleague, Kris Turner. If you’re interested in attending …
NotebookLM for Lawyers: AI That Focuses on Your Documents
Legal work runs on documents. Case files, contracts, discovery materials, correspondence – they accumulate. Whether you’re building a timeline from scattered dates, searching for contradictions in witness statements, or extracting key clauses from multiple agreements, …
Monitoring Webpage Changes with Visualping
Have you ever been frustrated that some important websites don’t offer email alerts or RSS feeds? Manually keeping track of changes can be very time-consuming. Fortunately, website monitoring tools solve this problem by automatically watching …
Spring Semester Planning? Explore UW Law’s Legal Hypothetical Archive
While WisBlawg typically focuses on resources for practicing attorneys, this post highlights a tool that may be of interest to any readers who teach legal research and writing or know faculty members preparing courses. As …
WisconsinEye to Suspend Coverage Dec. 15 Due to Funding Shortfall
WisconsinEye, the statewide public affairs network that broadcasts Wisconsin capitol proceedings, will stop event coverage on December 15 due to lack of funding, according to a statement on their website. Their archive of more than …
When America Celebrated Two Thanksgivings
This post originally appeared in UW Law Library News and was written by Scott Park, Digital Collections and Reference Librarian. As we approach Thanksgiving, you might assume the fourth Thursday of November has always been …
Is a Change to Wisconsin’s Statutory Interpretation Framework Imminent?
For two decades, Wisconsin courts have followed the approach to statutory interpretation established in State ex rel. Kalal v. Circuit Court for Dane County, 2004 WI 58, 271 Wis. 2d 633, 681 N.W.2d 110. As …
A Practical Guide on AI Prompting for Legal Professionals
The November issue of Wisconsin Lawyer features a practical guide I wrote on using generative AI effectively in legal practice. “AI Prompting for Legal Professionals: The Art of Asking the Right Question” offers a framework …
Does Fee Denial Signal New Expectations for Detecting Opposing Counsel’s AI Hallucinations?
Lawyers who fail to verify AI-generated content do so at their own peril – and now, potentially at the peril of fee awards. A California Court of Appeals decision adds a new wrinkle to the …