Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
As we head into the July 4th weekend, many of you are undoubtedly aware that this year marks the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Something that’s not widely known is that the first printed version to make the signers’ names public was printed by a woman, Mary Katharine Goddard. When the Declaration was adopted …
The University of Wisconsin Law Library is pleased to announce that the J. Willard Hurst Collection is once again available through the UW Law School Digital Repository. The collection was temporarily offline while we enhanced the metadata to improve search capabilities, providing researchers with better access to the papers and materials of the scholar generally …
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 an active member of the 1870s “Woman’s Rights” movement, working as an editor for Harper’s Bazar and publishing numerous articles …