Reuters reports that Google will soon show its search engine users more information about why it found the results they are shown. Users will be able to click into details such as how their result …
UW Law Library Unveils 2021 Faculty READ Poster Featuring Professor Mitra Sharafi
The UW Law Library has been creating beautiful READ Posters highlighting our amazing faculty as a part of National Library Week for the past 15 years. Thanks to Covid, this year’s poster was delayed, but …
WI Law In Action Podcast: Sumudu Atapattu on a Holistic and Intersectional Approach to Environmental Justice
On the latest episode of the WI Law in Action podcast from the UW Law Library, host Emma Babler interviews Sumudu Atapattu, Director of the Research Centers at UW Law School. Atapattu discusses discusses her …
Recent UW Law Faculty Scholarship: Clinical Education at WI, Race-Based Remedies in Criminal Law, the Federalist Constitution, and the NCAA in the Supreme Court
Here is the latest faculty scholarship appearing in the University of Wisconsin Law School Legal Studies Research Papers series found on SSRN. “Clinics at Wisconsin: Comprehensive, In-Depth Pedagogy and Bottom-Up Innovation” 2021 Wisconsin Law Review 409 …
Wisconsin Expands eFiling to Appellate Courts
As of July 1, electronic filing is mandatory for attorneys who practice in the Wisconsin Court of Appeals. The Wisconsin Supreme Court will launch an eFiling pilot program on a select set of cases by …
Video Describes UW Law Library’s Program of Maximizing Scholarly Access, Impact, & Visibility for Law Faculty
Maximizing the scholarly access, impact, and visibility of our faculty is a core part of our mission at the UW Law Library. Over the last few years, but especially since US News announced their new …
UW Law Library’s Jay Tucker, BJ Ramsay, & Several Other Law School University Staff Honored
Each year, UW–Madison honors university staff members for their outstanding dedication and commitment to excellence. We are so pleased to share that our own Jay Tucker was one of the ten winners of the University Staff …
New Book Explores New Legal Realism and Wisconsin’s Law-in-Action Tradition
From UW Law School News: Wisconsin’s roots in the law-in-action tradition run deep, and the new Research Handbook on Modern Legal Realism could help that philosophy branch out at other law schools. Edward Elgar Publishing approached Beth …
Five Resources Every New WI Lawyer Should Know
Today’s Inside Track from the Wisconsin State Bar introduces recent law grads to 5 Resources Every New Lawyer Should Know. The article features resources from the WI State Bar and WI State Law Library and offers …
Wisconsin Jury Instructions Now Available via Westlaw
Following the announcement earlier this year that the Wisconsin Jury Instructions (Civil, Criminal, and Children’s) are now freely available online on the Wisconsin State Law Library website, legal professionals may now also access them via …