University of Wisconsin–Madison

Month: May 2022

UW Law Library Closed Wednesday, May 18th

Due to a planned power outage, the UW Law Library will be closed all day on Wednesday, May 18th.  We will reopen as usual on Thursday, May 19th.  See the campus libraries website for a list of other available campus libraries and their hours.

WI Attorneys Can Now Earn CLE Credit for Tribal Court Pro Bono Appointments

The Wisconsin Supreme Court recently approved an amendment to Supreme Court Rule (SCR) 31.01 (11) to allow tribal courts to appoint attorneys to provide pro bono legal services, and to permit the attorney to claim continuing legal education credits in lieu of monetary payments. Effective April 20, 2022, Wisconsin attorneys who accept appointments from state, …

Recent UW Law Faculty Scholarship: The Legal Struggle for Rights of Nature in the United States; The Canon of Nature Rights; Progressivism in the Active Free Enterprise State: Fluidity, Fragmentation, and Stability: A Case Study in Law and Public Policy

Here is the latest faculty scholarship appearing in the University of Wisconsin Law School Legal Studies Research Papers series found on SSRN. “The Legal Struggle for Rights of Nature in the United States” 2022 Wis. L. Rev. 133 (2022) by ALEXANDRA VALERIA HUNEEUS, UW Law School This Article analyzes the rise and persistence of the U.S.-based nature …

Oldestsearch.com Retrieves Google results in Reverse Chronological Order

Looking for a blast from the past?  Oldestsearch.com will retrieve Google results in reverse chronological order.  beSpacific notes that “this is useful for many subjects including medical illnesses which return search results back to the 1070’s allowing you to build a more complete perspective on an illness over time.”  

WI Tax Index & Appeals Commission Decisions Available on Wisconsin.gov

I recently discovered that Wisconsin Tax Appeals Commission Rulings and Orders are now available in full text on Wisconsin.gov.  The Tax Appeals Commission (TAC) is an independent state agency that was created by the Wisconsin State Legislature to hear and determine disputes between taxpayers and the Wisconsin Department of Revenue and, in some limited instances, …

5th Circuit Limits Use of “Wayback Machine” Archived Content without Additional Authentication

In an opinion issued earlier this year, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit placed a limitation on the use of content archived by the Internet Archive’s “Wayback Machine” without additional authentication.  The Internet Archive is a nonprofit digital library that seeks to maintain an archive of publicly accessible web pages at various …