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, …
Year: 2016
Recent UW Law School Faculty and Staff Scholarship
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 …
Dive into Criminal Justice Data and Statistics with "Hall of Justice"
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 …
New Edition of Wisconsin Guide to Citation Now Available
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 …
WI Appeals Court Affirms No Constitutional Right to View Porn in the Library
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 …
DFI to Issue Apostilles & Authentications to Verify WI Docs for Use in Foreign Countries
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 …
UW Law Library Research Guides
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.
Recent UW Law School Faculty & Staff Scholarship
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 …
Legal Information & Technology SSRN eJournal Offers Law Library Scholarship
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 …