Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
Have you ever been asked to complete and electronically submit a fillable PDF form only to find that you couldn’t save it after you’d finished completing it? That all you could do was print it, then have to snail mail, fax, or scan it back in? Or maybe you’re the one who created a form …
Here is the latest faculty and staff scholarship from the University of Wisconsin Law School Legal Studies Research Papers series found on SSRN. Decentering the Consuming Self: Personalized Medicine, Science, and the Market for Lemons by Shubha Ghosh Constitutional Lawyers and the Inter-American Court’s Varied Authority by Alexandra Valeria Huneeus The University of Wisconsin Law …
Stats and data about any aspect of the legal world have often been notoriously difficult to track down. I know that when I am asked a question about stats at the reference desk, I always prepare myself for what could be a difficult search. That sigh of relief you are hearing is from law librarians …
The Wisconsin State Bar has recently published a newly updated edition of the Wisconsin Guide to Citation. The new eighth edition reflects recent changes made to The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, now in its 20th edition. New developments discussed in this edition of the Wisconsin Guide include: A new section on how to …
Today, the Third District Court of Appeals affirmed that library patrons do not have a constitutional right to view pornography on library computers. The defendant was cited for disorderly conduct in 2014 after a couple of students reported he was watching pornography on a UW Eau Claire library computer. From Channel 3000: Reidinger argued he …
According to a press release by the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions , the DFI will join the state Secretary of State’s office in issuing apostilles and authentications – certificates needed to verify a document for use in a foreign country. From the release: Businesses and individuals at times need to authenticate the origin of …
Did you know that the UW Law Library offers research guides on numerous legal topics? Here’s a quick infographic that I created with Easel.ly with a few highlights.
Here is the latest faculty and staff scholarship from the University of Wisconsin Law School Legal Studies Research Papers series found on SSRN. Second-Order Participation in Administrative Law Miriam Seifter, University of Wisconsin Law School White Slavery in the Northwoods: Early U.S. Anti-Sex Trafficking and Its Continuing Relevance to Trafficking Reform Bonnie J. Shucha, University …
Happy Birthday to the Legal Information & Technology eJournal which just concluded its fifth year. This SSRN eJournal, curated by Randy Diamond and Lee Peoples, provides a platform for the dissemination of law library scholarship. Beginning this year, the journal, which has heretofore been sponsored by the Academic Law Libraries Special Interest Section of the American …