Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
Since 1973, the University of Wisconsin Law School’s Hastie Fellowship has been a leader in guiding and increasing opportunities for lawyers of color and other underrepresented communities to become law professors. In celebration of its 50th anniversary, the UW Law Library has created a display that explores the history of the fellowship and honors Professor …
The UW Law Library is thrilled to announce the launch of a new repository collection: the Herman Goldstein & Problem-Oriented Policing Collection. Longtime UW Law professor, Goldstein was an international leader in policing and criminology and is credited with introducing more just and effective strategies for police to carry out their duties. Goldstein’s work covered the …
The University of Wisconsin Law Library is very pleased to welcome our newest librarian – Scott Park! Scott joins us as the Digital Collections & Reference Librarian which is a new position at the Law Library. Scott will oversee our rapidly growing UW Law School Digital Repository, curating new collections, working closely with law faculty …
BadgerLink recently announced that it has renewed contracts for two newspaper collections featuring content from Wisconsin. These are great collections for researching local and state-wide issues and events. Almost 500 Wisconsin newspapers are available in BadgerLink collections. Newspapers published in large Wisconsin & U.S. cities U.S. Newsstream includes current and archival (to 1980s) U.S. news …