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 …
Month: November 2019
New UW Law Assistant Prof Nina Varsava Works at the Intersection of Law and Applied Ethics
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, …
Free Advanced Showing of “Just Mercy” Thursday night
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 …
Debate Tonight on Constitution’s Limited Enumerated Powers with UW Law Prof. David Schwartz & U of Richmond Prof. Kurt Lash
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 …
Recent UW Law School Faculty Scholarship
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 …
WisconsinEye Adds Online Transcription Tool – Cool but Not “Official Transcripts” Level Cool
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 …
Lavinia Goodell, WI’s First Woman Lawyer, Wins State Bar Lifetime Innovator Award
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 …
Free Workshop on Researching Patent & Trademark Information
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 …
Prof Michele LaVigne Discusses “Under the Hood: Brendan Dassey, Language Impairments, and Judicial Ignorance” on WI Law in Action Podcast
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 …