The UW Law Library is pleased to announce our newest law librarian: Emma Babler. Emma will be our new Reference and Technology Librarian, where she will be tasked with assisting students, staff, and anyone who …
Year: 2017
A small but critical change on Congress.gov
Congress.Gov announced yesterday that with their new version of searching, users will now get slightly different results. The reason? The default operator is now AND and not OR. So, as Congress.Gov’s post points out, …
New Tool Compares County Criminal Justice Statistics for Wisconsin and Other States
Earlier this week, the nonprofit Measures for Justice launched an amazing new data portal “to assess and compare the criminal justice process from arrest to post-conviction on a county-by-county basis. The data set comprises measures …
New ABA Guidance on Protecting Client Confidentiality in E-communications
Yesterday, the American Bar Association issued new guidance on protecting client confidentiality in electronic communications (Formal Opinion 477, Securing Communication of Protected Client Information). This guidance updates a 1999 ABA opinion. According to the new …
Guide to Grant & Publishing Resources
Have you ever thought of applying for a grant to support your research or a special project but weren’t sure how to get started? How about publishing an article in a professional or scholarly journal? …
WI DOJ Launches Attorney General Opinion Archive
The Wisconsin Department of Justice has recently launched an archive of formal Attorney General opinions. The opinions, in PDF, are available from the first bound volume of opinions in 1912 to the present. Note that …
UW Law Library Celebrates a Decade of Faculty & Staff READ Posters
For the last fifteen years, the University of Wisconsin Law Library has encouraged research and learning through our National Library Week celebration. Over the years, we’ve organized numerous events, including trivia and research contests, displays, …
National Library Week Events at the UW Law Library
It’s National Library Week! Check out this year’s celebrations at the University of Wisconsin Law Library. Monday – Law Student Book Giveaway Watch out – free books for law students! They go pretty quickly but …
Dept of Ed Rescinding Some Public Service Loan Forgiveness Certifications
Are you one of the 550,000+ people who have registered for Public Service Loan Forgiveness? This is the federal program that forgives the remaining balance on qualifying student loans after 10 years of payments while …
Khan Academy Announces Free LSAT Test Prep
This post was authored by Eric Taylor, Evening Reference Librarian at the UW Law Library. Coming in 2018, all those aspiring to go to law school will be able to access online LSAT test prep …