Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
Three UW Law School Professors, Marc Galanter, Neil Komesar, and Jim Jones, have been the subject of tribute issues of law reviews recently. Jim Jones is the subject of the most recent edition of the Wisconsin Law Review, Volume 2013, no 3. For a complete list of tribute articles, see the WLR website. Wisconsin Law …
The Christian Science Monitor reports that ReDigi, a start-up based in Massachusetts which allows users to resell digital music on their site, was told by a federal judge that producer’s rights are violated by such a practice. According to the law, e-books are considered an original version of the author’s work. If you’ve already bought …
The UW Law School has recently published an outstanding new issue of The Gargoyle, our alumni magazine. A very attractive online edition of the magazine is available on the Law School website. The feature article in this current issue is about Women in Law. It highlights the careers of six UW Law School alumnae, including …
2013 WI Act 5, which modifies the establishment of a publication date for acts, quietly went into effect yesterday. According to the Wisconsin Legislative Council the act does several things: Removes the authority of the Secretary of State to designate the date of publication Instead, under the Act, the date of publication of an act …
The AALL Spectrum Online has a very interesting article examining advertisements from legal periodicals and bar publications published during the Second World War, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the Cold War. “Due to the scale and scope of the conflict, every aspect of civilian life was affected. The American legal system, including legal …
From the UW Madison Libraries: Love the NCAA basketball tourney, but wish it was just a little more … bookish? You’re in luck. The UW–Madison Libraries are hosting our first annual Book Madness Tournament. A brutal selection process resulted in a collection of 64 books – 8 divisions with 8 books each – going head-to-head …
From the Law Library Directors email list, I hope you enjoy this short video demonstrating that Paper is not Dead! It certainly made me laugh.
By Kris Turner, Reference and Technology Services Librarian Thomson Reuters has officially gotten out of print publishing for law schools. On Friday, February 2nd, the publishing wing of the legal research giant was sold to Eureka Growth Capital, a private equity firm located in Philadelphia. It seems that paper publishing is not something that Thomson …
The Law School and Library are both open for business as usual today.
Due to severe weather conditions the UW Law Library will be closed beginning at 9:00 pm today, Wednesday, December 19th and all day tomorrow Thursday, December 20th. Sorry for the inconvenience.