The Free Law Project recently announced its intention to build a citator using AI. If successful, the emergence of an open-access, open-source legal citator would be significant to both practitioners and the public. Citators, such …
Year: 2025
UW Law Library’s Kris Turner Named to Library Journal’s 2025 Movers & Shakers List
I’m so pleased to share that my colleague, Kris Turner, has been named to Library Journal’s 2025 Movers & Shakers list! Kris is the Associate Director for Public Services at the UW Law Library. The …
Digitize Those Old Photos and Videos at Madison Public Library’s Personal Archiving Lab
Many of us have boxes of old photos, home videos on VHS tapes, or cassette recordings tucked away in closets or basements. Wouldn’t it be nice to digitally preserve them and make them more accessible …
Recent UW Law Faculty Scholarship: Antitrust Simplification, Care Labor Taxation, 911 Call Analysis, State Constitution Disenfranchisement, & Chinese Nonprofit Control
Here is the latest faculty scholarship from the University of Wisconsin Law School Legal Studies Research Papers series vis SSRN. Look at What Courts Do, Not What They Say by Peter Carstensen, University of Wisconsin Law …
Study Committee on the Regulation of AI in Wisconsin Issues Recommendations
Last week, the Wisconsin Legislative Council’s Study Committee on the Regulation of Artificial Intelligence issued a report outlining seven recommendations for legislation regarding the use and development of AI. Overall, I think the committee’s recommendations …
New Legal Scholar Ranking Offers Insight on What Makes Legal Scholarship Impactful
A new study by Rob Willey and Melanie Knapp from George Mason University Law Library ranks The Top 100 Legal Scholars of 2024. The study continues their methodology that counts citations to law journal articles …
Recent UW Law Faculty Scholarship: Progressive Judiciary, Google Bottleneck Monopoly, Loper Bright, Testing MPRE Comments, Part-Time Rural Prosecutors, and State Legislative Vetoes
Here is the latest faculty scholarship from the University of Wisconsin Law School Legal Studies Research Papers series vis SSRN. A Progressive Judiciary? Judicial Review and National Politics from Reconstruction to the Present by Joshua …
UW Law Library Exhibit Highlights Legacy of Accessibility Pioneer Floyd “Mike” McBurney (Class of 1963)
Many in the UW-Madison community are familiar with the McBurney Disability Resource Center, but fewer may know about the remarkable UW Law School graduate for whom it was named. A new exhibit at the UW …
Free WI Ethics CLE on Navigating Generative AI: Ethical Issues and Practical Guidance for Lawyers
Each January, the UW Law School offers a series of free Ethics CLE seminars. This year, I have the pleasure of presenting on GenAI with my Law Library colleague, Kris Turner. This session will explore …
UW Law Library Hosts Exhibit on Lavinia Goodell, Wisconsin’s First Woman Lawyer
The University of Wisconsin Law Library is proud to host a traveling display celebrating Lavinia Goodell, Wisconsin’s first woman lawyer and a pioneer in the fight for gender equality in the legal profession. Goodell was …