Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
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: …
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 …
Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a type of depression that typically occurs each year during fall and winter when there are fewer daylight hours. Fortunately, as the Mayo Clinic explains, the use of a light box or lamp can offer some relief. Don’t have one? Try your local library. HappyLights light therapy lamps, which mimic natural …
The recent release of Netflix’s “The Railway Men,” a series centered on the 1984 gas leak at the American-owned Union Carbide factory in Bhopal, India has reignited global interest in one of the most devastating industrial accidents in history. The lethal gas killed several thousands immediately and many more in the succeeding weeks and months. …
University of Wisconsin Law School alumni may remember that there used to be an area of the building affectionately known as the Reality Checkpoint. This stairway to nowhere became a landmark for a generation of law students. Today, the UW Law Library brings this unique piece of history back to the law school. Having outgrown …
The University of Wisconsin Law Library is proud to announce that three members of our team have been named to the UW Madison Pringle Award Roll of Honor: Lisa Pfaff, Scout Slava-Ross, and C.J. Ullrich. The award recognizes University Staff for their outstanding achievements. Lisa Pfaff is our Acquisitions Assistant. She is responsible for ordering most of our …
In an effort to address the problem of online misinformation, Google is now providing “about this image” information in Google image search results. This information will include when the image was first indexed by Google, which website it may have first appeared on, and where else it has appeared online, such as on social media. …
Registration is now open for the 2023 Wisconsin Law Review Symposium on Friday, November 3rd. This year’s symposium will focus on identifying national and international cases of “stategraft” which, according to USC Professor and symposium host Bernadette Atuahene, is “when state agents transfer property from persons to the state in violation of the state’s own laws …
Happy National Pro Bono Week! In celebration, the AALS Section on Pro Bono & Access to Justice has announced the inductees to the 2023 Pro Bono Honor Roll. UW Law Library is pleased that our own Eric Taylor has been named to this year’s honor roll. The Pro Bono Honor Roll acknowledges and highlights the …
The wait is over: Lexis+ AI is now available for U.S. customers. This is a big deal. In the last year, we’ve been both dazzled by how powerful tools like ChatGPT are for research and writing and frightened by the cautionary tales of AI making up answers that are too good to be true. Lexis+ …