Congrats to WisconsinEye on its fifth anniversary. WisconsinEye brings gavel-to-gavel, C-SPAN-style nonpartisan coverage of state government and politics to Wisconsin.
Year: 2012
A Day in the Life of UW Madison and the Law School
Take a look at what life is like at UW Madison and particularly the Law School. The Law School contributed a number of posts to the #UWRightNow campaign, a collaborative multimedia project coordinated by University …
The Impact of Law Librarian Retirements
My UW Law Library colleague, Jenny Zook, has recently published a very well written article in this month’s AALL Spectrum. The article entitled, Retirements in the Age of Economic Uncertainty, offers an insightful look at …
Get Ready for April 3rd Election with the Interactive Online Voter Guide
The Wisconsin State Journal has compiled an interactive online voter guide for the spring general elections in Dane County. It allows Dane County residents to type in their address and call up a ballot with …
Today in Wisconsin History – 1877, Passage of WI Law Prohibiting Denial of Admission to the Bar on the Basis of Gender
Today’s On This Day in Wisconsin History features the passage of a bill in the Wisconsin Legislature prohibiting denial of admission to the bar on the basis of gender. Here’s more from the State Historical …
Book Review
My colleague Sunil Rao has published a well written book review of The Strange Alchemy of Life and Law, by Albie Sachs. It appears on the AALL Spectrum blog. From the review: In the process …
Google Changes Format of Legal Citator
I suspect that most of you know that Google Scholar offers full text federal and state court opinions. But did you know that it also offers a citator similar to (although not as extensive as) …
Improve Your Google Search Results
Hack College has created a useful infographic on how to use Google more effectively. It’s targeted toward students, but is helpful to anyone who uses Google – which is just about everyone, right? I found …
GPO Access to Shut Down in March
GPO Access will officially be shut down on March 16, 2012. Users will be redirected to content on FDsys for at least one year thereafter. For more info, see FDLP Desktop
Latest UW Law School Faculty Scholarship
Here is the latest faculty scholarship from the UW Law School Legal Studies Research Paper Series via SSRN. Judicial Capacity and the Substance of Constitutional Law by Andrew B. Coan, University of Wisconsin Law School …