Professor Brian L. Frye of University of Kentucky – College of Law recently published to SSRN an interesting trilogy of articles about plagiarism norms. Why so interesting? Because the articles themselves were completely plagiarized. In …
Recent UW Law Faculty Scholarship: Corporate Governance Gap, Invisible Rules that Govern use of Force, Law Faculty Scholarly Impact, & Challenging James Madison as Father of the Constitution
Here is the latest faculty scholarship appearing in the University of Wisconsin Law School Legal Studies Research Papers series found on SSRN. “The Corporate Governance Gap” 131 Yale L. J. (Forthcoming) by YARON NILI (UW Law) and …
New Article Highlights UW Law’s Pioneering, Bottom-Up Innovative Clinical Education Program
A new article by Professors Keith A. Findley and Louise G. Trubek highlights the unique strengths of the clinical legal education program at the University of Wisconsin Law School. The article is entitled Clinics at …
“Paving the Way” Explores 1st American Women Law Professors, including UW’s own Margo Melli
Paving the Way: the First American Women Law Professors, the long-awaited book by Herma Hill Kay, former Dean of UC Berkeley School of Law who passed away in 2017, tells the stories of the first …
Hein Unveils New One-Box Searching
One-box searching has come to HeinOnline and it’s a very nice improvement. Now you can search all Hein content from a single box with drop-down options allowing you to specify your search intent. Previously, your …
APIDA Heritage Month – Celebrating the Accomplishments of Asian, Pacific Islander, and Desi American Members of the Legal Profession
In celebration of APIDA Heritage Month, the UW Law Library has created a web display celebrating the accomplishments of Asian, Pacific Islander, and Desi American members of the legal profession. See the UW APIDA Heritage Month site for more …
New Study Offers Tips for Increasing Law Review Article Citations
82% of law review articles have zero citations within the first five years. 82%. This grim finding is from a recent study by Rob Willey and Melanie Knapp of George Mason University Law Library who …
Google Research Sites & Tools
Here’s a list of some of the many research sites and tools available from Google: Google Advanced – https://www.google.com/advanced_search Google Alerts – https://www.google.com/alerts Google Books – https://books.google.com Google Finance – https://www.google.com/finance Google Flights – https://www.google.com/flights/ …
ScholarSift & JStor Text Analyzer Use AI to Identify Law & Multidisciplinary Articles that You Might Have Missed
ScholarSift is a new resource that legal scholars and law librarians should keep an eye on. Using artificial intelligence, it analyzes the text and citations of law journal articles to find other relevant law journal …
Virtual Symposium on Citation and the Law
The Lillian Goldman Law Library at Yale Law School is hosting a free Virtual Symposium on Citation and the Law on April 22 and 23, 2021. Registration is now open. The symposium will highlight the …