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Legal Tune Up- Free Help for Wisconsinites with Common Legal Needs

Posted on April 1, 2022

Lift Wisconsin (Legal Intervention for Transforming Wisconsin) just announced the launching of a new tool to help Wisconsinites with common legal needs. The tool is called Legal Tune Up and it is “a mobile first …

Posted in Apps, Legal Assistance, Mobile Devices, News, Social Media, Tools, Uncategorized, Web

UW Law Faculty Provide Context on Criminal Law During Rittenhouse Trial

Posted on November 15, 2021

The trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, the armed Illinois teenager who killed two people and wounded another during protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin, has captured the nation’s attention and garnered extensive media coverage. Experts from the University …

Posted in News, UW Law School

Badgerlink for Lawyers & Legal Professionals Online Training

Posted on June 4, 2020

If you’ve been following WisBlawg, you know that I’ve periodically blogged about Badgerlink, a collection of amazing resources available for free to all state residents via Wisconsin’s libraries through funding from the DPI.  Badgerlink databases contain …

Posted in Data & Databases, News

Researching the Legal Implications of COVID-19

Posted on March 24, 2020

We are currently facing an unprecedented time here in the law library, the law school, and the world. With the new COVID-19 virus and subsequent pandemic, we have been met with new fears, new challenges, …

Posted in News, Public Information, Uncategorized

Access to Milwaukee Historical Newspapers Hit-and-Miss

Posted on February 14, 2020

Urban Milwaukee reports on the loss of access to the Milwaukee Journal and Milwaukee Sentinel archives. The Encyclopedia of Milwaukee is a a Digital Humanities Project sponsored by the History Department in the College of Letters and …

Posted in Data & Databases, News

Fastcase Relaunches Law Street Media – a free legal news & alert service

Posted on January 15, 2020

Fastcase has announced the relaunch of Law Street Media, a legal news service that publishes emerging legal news by industry and enables readers to track litigation, companies, and firms within industry sectors. From the press …

Posted in Legal Publications, News

Lavinia Goodell, WI’s First Woman Lawyer, Wins State Bar Lifetime Innovator Award

Posted on November 7, 2019

Recently the State Bar of Wisconsin announced the winners of the Wisconsin Legal Innovator awards.  This year, the Lifetime Innovator Award was posthumously awarded to Lavinia Goodell – and I mean really posthumously. Lavinia Goodell …

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First Monday: U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear UW appeal against Apple for patent infringement

Posted on October 10, 2019

By Eric Taylor, Evening Reference Librarian The first Monday of the new U.S. Supreme Court term saw the court issue an order denying the University of Wisconsin’s appeal against Apple for patent infringement.  In denying …

Posted in News, UW Madison

CRAAP Test Provides Tips on Spotting Fake News

Posted on February 8, 2019

Reports of fake news seem to be increasing every day.  In her recent Practice Innovations article, UW Law Library Reference & Instructional Services Librarian Jenny Zook offers some helpful tips on spotting fake news.  The …

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"Year of the Badger": A Record Year for UW Law School

Posted on October 15, 2018

Law school admissions have been up almost across the board this year, but Wisconsin law schools have seen even more marked figures. Marquette Law School has reported record numbers of female law students as well …

Posted in Law Students, News, UW Law School
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