Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
In the latest episode of the UW Law in Action podcast, Meg Gaines, Distinguished Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Patient Partnerships, discusses her two recent articles on empowering patients in the healthcare system. Both articles are co-authored with Donald Berwick, M.D. and have or will appear in JAMA, the Journal …
Meet Nina Varsava, new Assistant Professor at UW Law School. Nina was recently profiled in the campus newsletter Inside UW. I work largely at the intersection of law and applied ethics. I’m interested, for example, in revealing and remedying injustices in human subjects research, and in the delivery of health care and legal services. Also, …
On Thursday, November 21 at 7 p.m., the UW Madison Cinematheque presents an advance sneak preview of the new WB release, Just Mercy , starring Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx, and Brie Larson. The film is based on Bryan Stevenson’s powerful book, Just Mercy, which was the UW Madison Go Big Read selection in 2015-16. This …
Tonight at the UW Law School, join UW Law Prof. David S. Schwartz & U of Richmond Prof. Kurt Lash for a point/counterpoint on “A Government of Limited Enumerated Powers: Is it the Constitution’s Original Meaning?” The debate, which begins at 5:00 pm, is sponsored by the UW Law School, American Constitution Society, and the …
Here is the latest faculty scholarship appearing in the University of Wisconsin Law School Legal Studies Research Papers series found on SSRN. Food Sustainability in the Age of Complex, Global Supply Chains by Steph Tai, University of Wisconsin Law School Globalization, Lawyers, and Emerging Economies: The Rise, Transformation, and Significance of the New Corporate Legal Ecosystem in …
I noticed today in WisconsinEye’s Morning Minute email that they have introduced a transcription tool for their archived programming. According to WisconsinEye, “the online transcription tool allows users to read and follow a transcript while watching any on-demand video. Users can search the transcript and jump to searched words, click on links to time codes …
Recently the State Bar of Wisconsin announced the winners of the Wisconsin Legal Innovator awards. This year, the Lifetime Innovator Award was posthumously awarded to Lavinia Goodell – and I mean really posthumously. Lavinia Goodell (1839-1880) was the first female lawyer admitted to the Wisconsin Supreme Court in 1879, after earlier having been denied admission …
On November 13th, the Madison Public Library Central Library is offering a free public workshop on Researching Patent & Trademark Information: Essential Information You Need to Protect Your Intellectual Property It looks like an excellent program with experts from UW-Madison, USPTO, and more. 9:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. Sign-In and Registration Packets 9:15 a.m. – …
Join us for the latest edition of the Wisconsin Law in Action podcast from the UW Law Library for an engaging conversation with Michele LaVigne, Distinguished Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the Public Defender Project. LaVigne discusses her article “Under the Hood: Brendan Dassey, Language Impairments, and Judicial Ignorance” which she co-authored with speech-language …