University of Wisconsin–Madison

Year: 2024

Recent UW Law Faculty Scholarship: Supervising Sentencing; Robust Electoral Competition: Rethinking Electoral Systems to Encourage Representative Outcomes; Independence Reconceived; Is the Constitution of 1787 a White Supremacist Document? Against Essentialism in Constitutional Interpretation; and May 30, 1787

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Here is the latest faculty scholarship appearing in the University of Wisconsin Law School Legal Studies Research Papers series found on SSRN. Supervising Sentencing 57 UC Davis L. Rev. (2024) by RENAGH O’LEARY, UW Law School Community supervision agencies and officers do not just supervise people on probation and parole. They also play a unique and privileged …

UW Law Hosts Coming Together of Peoples Indigenous Law Conference on April 12-13

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On April 12 and 13, the UW Law School Indigenous Law Students Association will host the Coming Together of Peoples Conference, the longest-running student-led Indigenous law conference.  It is open to both in-person attendance and virtual participation via Zoom. Registration Information: The conference is free and open to the public. Registration is now available. Continuing Legal …

Recent UW Law Faculty Scholarship: Making Sense of 303 Creative: A Free Speech Solution in Search of a Problem; The Lost Promise of Private Ordering; Time & Punishment; Pooling and Exchanging Competitively Sensitive Information Among Rivals: Absolutely Illegal Not Just Unreasonable; The Constitutional Case Against Exclusionary Zoning

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Here is the latest faculty scholarship appearing in the University of Wisconsin Law School Legal Studies Research Papers series found on SSRN. Making Sense of 303 Creative: A Free Speech Solution in Search of a Problem Univ. Wis. Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1792 (2024) by DAVID S. SCHWARTZ, UW Law School 303 Creative purports to resolve …

Save Time on Comparative State Statutory Research with 50 State Surveys

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Last week in our Advanced Legal Research course at UW Law, we delved into the topic of legislative research including 50 state surveys.  Inevitably, there are a few students every year who have been tasked with compiling and comparing laws across states and spent hours searching the laws of each state. Then we show them …

UW Law School & Library Recognized for Law School Innovation

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Last week, the University of Wisconsin Law School was recognized by Bloomberg Law in the 2023-24 Law School Innovation Program. The program recognizes law schools and their faculty and staff that have implemented and led innovative programs into their curricula that advance new methodologies and approaches to student instruction, legal technology implementation and usage, experiential …

Save the Date for the Coming Together of Peoples Conference at UW Law

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On Friday, April 12th, and Saturday, April 13th the Indigenous Law Students Association (ILSA) at the University of Wisconsin Law School will host the 38th Coming Together of Peoples Conference (CTOPC).  Registration is now available. This is an excellent conference and I encourage any attorneys, professionals, and students interested in Indigenous law to attend.  In-person and Zoom …

Recent UW Law Faculty Scholarship: Unpacking State Legislative Vetoes; How to Break Up Amazon; Specialist Directors; Mandatory Equity Issuances as a First-Best Solution to Punishing Corporate Misconduct

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Here is the latest faculty scholarship appearing in the University of Wisconsin Law School Legal Studies Research Papers series found on SSRN. Unpacking State Legislative Vetoes Univ. Wis. Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1788 (2024) by DEREK CLINGER, UW Law School, and MIRIAM SEIFTER, UW Law School This report unpacks state legislative vetoes and aims to prompt …

Free Ethics CLE Sessions on Generative AI in Law Practice and Legal Research

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Once again this year, UW Law School is offering free Ethics CLE seminars. The live Zoom sessions will be held next week, Wednesday, January 24, Thursday, January 25, and Friday, January 26. Attendees will receive up to 3 Wisconsin EPR Credits (1 per session) pending approval by the Wisconsin Board of Bar Examiners. Register for …

Hastie Fellowship Seeks Aspiring Scholars for a Career in Law Teaching

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Applications are now open for the Fall 2024 William H. Hastie Fellowship Program at the University of Wisconsin Law School.  The two-year fellowship, which recently celebrated its 50th anniversary, provides aspiring scholars an outstanding opportunity to prepare for a career in law teaching. Under the guidance of mentors and with faculty support, Hastie Fellows will: …

Now on my Go-To List: MS Copilot Offers Free, Protected Access to Latest GPT-4 Turbo & DALL-E 3 Image Generation

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Since the release of ChatGPT last year, the development of new AI large language models has been fast and furious.  It’s been hard keeping up with all the new tools.  I’ve been using Open AI’s ChatGPT 4 for a while now and have recently added Google Bard and Lexis+ AI to my go-to list. Now …

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