UW Law School and Library Open Friday
The Law School and Library are both open for business as usual today.
Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
The Law School and Library are both open for business as usual today.
Due to severe weather conditions the UW Law Library will be closed beginning at 9:00 pm today, Wednesday, December 19th and all day tomorrow Thursday, December 20th. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Lawyers Who Shaped Dane County is a new book from the University of Wisconsin Press that tells the story of the legal profession in Dane County, Wisconsin, from the 1850s to the early 1980s. Featuring short biographies of attorneys, judges, and law firms, this book also discusses the training, practice, public roles, work climate, and …
I am pleased to report that Kris Turner has been appointed as the new Reference & Technology Services Librarian at the UW Law Library. Kris has a Masters in Library and Information Studies from UW–Madison has worked at the UW Law Library as the Circulation Services Assistant since January. He’s also worked at the Madison …
UW–Madison News has posted a very interesting story about John Steuart Curry’s mural “The Freeing of the Slaves” which is housed in the UW Law Law Library. From the article: “The Freeing of the Slaves” adorns the north Reading Room wall of the UW Law Library on Bascom Hill. The central figure — a black …
WisEye has created a Campaign 2012 Voter Guide with interviews and information on candidates in the November 6th general election. From their email announcement: WisEye’s Campaign 2012 Voter Guide has over 140 U.S. Senate, U.S. House, state Senate and Assembly candidates interviews conducted by senior producer and veteran journalist, Steve Walters. Taped throughout the state …
SSRN, the Social Science Research Network, has recently launched a iPhone/iPad app. SSRN is a repository of scholarly research for social sciences and humanities scholarship, including law. Many of our UW Law School professors have contributed scholarship to SSRN. The SSRN app allows users to search over 260,000 research papers in the SSRN electronic library. …
Here’s a selection of some of the research guides that our staff has recently created or updated: International Commercial Arbitration: A Research Guide by Sunil Rao – Last Updated Oct 12, 2012 Native American Law & Legal Sources by Jenny Zook, William Ebbott – Last Updated Oct 11, 2012 iPad Applications for Lawyers, Law Faculty …
President Obama will be speaking on campus Thursday, October 4. This event is scheduled to take place on Bascom Hill from noon to approximately 6 p.m. To ensure security for the event, the Law Library and Law Building will be closed from 7 a.m. until the end of the event on Thursday (approximately 6 p.m.). …
Effective today, there are some staffing changes at the UW Law Library. Bill Ebbott, long-time Associate Director for Public Services, began full-time retirement on August 31st. I, Bonnie Shucha, will be taking over for Bill as Assistant Director for Public Services. Cheryl O’Connor, formerly Faculty Services Librarian, will move into my former position as Head …