Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
Feedspot, a social feed reader that curates news feeds from online sources, has recently compiled a list of the Top 80 Wisconsin Law Blogs. What a great round-up of content from legal experts in the Badger State. I’m honored that WisBlawg appears as #2. The ranking is based on Relevancy Blog post frequency, freshness, total …
University Staff are the backbone of UW Madison campus operations. This includes everyone from library assistants, accountants, steamfitters, painters, translators/interpreters, financial specialists, and many more specialized personnel whose expertise enables students and faculty to conduct their work with efficiency, comfort, and satisfaction. Each year, UW Madison recognizes select University Staff for their outstanding contributions. I …
Two interesting developments on attorney use of ChatGPT in court filings: A New York attorney is facing sanctions for using ChatGPT in an affidavit that he submitted without checking the accuracy of the information it provided. From Business Insider: “Six of the submitted cases appear to be bogus judicial decisions with bogus quotes and bogus …
I’m very proud to share that the University of Wisconsin Law Library, in partnership with the National Indian Law Library, the Open Law Library, the UW Great Lakes Indigenous Law Center, and the Stockbridge-Munsee Community Band of Mohican Indians, has been awarded the 2023 Public Access to Government Information Award by the American Association of …
Historical federal legislative history research just got a little easier. For the last few years, the Library of Congress has been working to add the Bound Congressional Record to Congress.gov. It is now available all the way back to 1873, when the Bound Congressional Record started, to 1994. With the daily edition, which is available …
The latest episode of the Wisconsin Law in Action podcast from the UW Law Library features Elizabeth Manriquez, Head of Reference and Scholarly Support and manager of the UW Law School Digital Repository. She joins host Kris Turner to discuss the numerous collections and features of our repository, as well as several new and upcoming collections. …
The University of Wisconsin Law Library seeks an energetic and intellectually curious professional to join our team as the Digital Collections and Reference Librarian. This newly-created position will be responsible for the day-to-day management of our growing, open-source UW Law School Digital Repository while also supporting an amazing group of legal scholars and law students. …
Last week, Wisconsin Law in Action from the UW Law Library welcomed Richard Monette back to the podcast (both audio and video available). Monette is Professor of Law and Director of the Great Lakes Indian Law Center at the University of Wisconsin Law School. Monette talks with host Kris Turner about Brackeen v. Haaland which …
Last week, the University of Wisconsin Law School launched the new Journal of American Constitutional History, a peer-reviewed, web-based journal publishing high-quality scholarship on U.S. constitutional history. JACH welcomes articles from the disciplines of law, history, or political science that focus on historical questions touching on the American Constitution or constitutional development, or that contain a substantial element of …
Last week, in our first session of Advanced Legal Research at the University of Wisconsin Law school, we discussed ChatGPT as a tool for conducting legal research. Why take the time to learn and conduct legal research if an AI can do it for you? Our students raised a lot of great points and showed …