Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
This morning, received an email from Academia.edu informing me that it had created an AI-generated podcast about an article that I authored a few years ago entitled, Representing Law Faculty Scholarly Impact: Strategies for Improving Citation Metrics Accuracy and Promoting Scholarly Visibility. If you’re not familiar with Academia.edu, it’s a commercial platform for sharing academic …
People often think of generative AI tools as systems that query vast universes of training data – like asking ChatGPT to draw from its broad knowledge base trained on billions of web pages, books, and articles. These large language models can answer general questions and provide information on virtually any topic. Sort of like a …
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 Movers & Shakers award recognizes emerging talents in the library world who are making significant contributions as both leaders and behind-the-scenes …
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 reflect a measured approach to AI regulation, but I also have some concerns. Recommendation: Instead of Regulating AI, Focus on …
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 in HeinOnline, limiting to articles written in a recent, three-year period of time (2018-2020). By focusing on more recent scholarship, …
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 the current landscape of generative AI in legal practice, touching on market trends, practical usage of GenAI tools, and key …
The Illinois Supreme Court has released its new policy on generative AI use in courts, effective January 1, 2025. The policy takes a balanced approach – acknowledging AI’s potential while setting clear boundaries for its use. Some notable elements of the policy: First, the policy opens with the phrase “Embracing the advancements of artificial intelligence” …
I read two thought-provoking articles today that got me thinking about how we approach prompting when using generative AI tools. Ted Underwood, writing in the Chronicle of Higher Education, makes a key point – we shouldn’t treat AI as an all-knowing oracle. “Instead of assuming that the model already has an answer to every question …
I recently wrote an article on Getting Started with GenAI in Legal Practice for the December issue of Wisconsin Lawyer that I wanted to share. It examines how attorneys can approach generative AI tools thoughtfully and ethically in their practice. The ABA’s recent opinion on Generative Artificial Intelligence Tools makes clear that “even in the …
The Milwaukee Bar Association’s annual Law & Technology Conference will be held this Friday, bringing together legal professionals to explore the latest developments in legal tech, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence. The conference offers both in-person attendance at the MBA and a virtual option for remote participants. I’ve attended this conference many times over the years …