Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
Yesterday, it was the students’ turn to Stump the Library Staff (which we are still researching). For today’s National Library Week contest, we are back to asking the questions. In 1990, the opinion written by Judge Alex Kozinski in United States v. Syufy Enterprises (903 F.2d 659) grabbed headlines for its style as well as …
Yesterday, the University of Wisconsin Madison’s School of Library and Information Studies took part in the 8th Annual International Edible Books Festival. This festival invites participants to poke fun at literature, art, and food in equal measure by creating book-shaped or book-themed edible art. I regret that I couldn’t attend, but my colleague, Sue Center, …
Monday’s Guess the Grad Contest is history and we had quite a few folks participate. And a fair number who pointed out that question #1 didn’t quite hit the mark. Here are the answers as written by reference librarian, Jenny Zook: 1. Who is the UW graduate who sang, “I might get rich, you know …
In what we hope is the first of an annual tradition, we’ve added a new component to our National Library Week celebration: READ posters featuring UW Law School faculty members. Join us in the Law Library to view the posters featuring Asifa Quraishi, Gordon Smith, and Cheryl Weston. The posters turned out so well, in …
In celebration of National Library Week, the following events will be taking place at the UW Law Library: Contests: Each day there will be a law or library-related contest open to Law School students, faculty, and staff. Daily winners will each receive a prize and at the end of the week, students with the most …
“Papa, there’s a black hole behind you” – my five-year-old’s version of an April Fool’s joke.
This morning I’m at the UW Showcase speaking to people about WisBlawg. I’ve had a lot of people interested in starting their own blogs, but, so far, no one has taken me up on the offer to start a Blogger blog on the spot. But there’s still time! There are a number of other great …