Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
On the latest episode of the WI Law in Action podcast from the UW Law Library, we talk with Anne Smith, Clinical Associate Professor of Law and Director of UW Law School’s Law & Entrepreneurship Clinic. The L&E Clinic provides legal services to early-stage companies and new entrepreneurs and aims to positively impact the Wisconsin …
On the latest episode of the WI Law in Action podcast from the UW Law Library, we talk with food law expert, Professor Steph Tai about two recently published articles: “In Fairness to Future Generations of Eaters” and “Legalizing the Meaning of Meat”. Both articles discuss food law and how the law preserves and defines food as …
On the latest episode of the WI Law in Action podcast from the UW Law Library, election law expert Dean Dan Tokaji joins us to discuss free speech, the 2020 election, and the effect of misinformation on democracy. Tokaji discusses two recent pieces: Truth, Democracy, and the Limits of Law, a 2020 Saint Louis University …
On the latest episode of the WI Law in Action podcast from the UW Law Library, we talk with Professor Emeritus Stewart Macaulay, an internationally recognized leader of the law in action approach to the study of contracts – and an amazing storyteller. Macaulay’s legacy was recently highlighted in the new book, “Stewart Macaulay: Selected …
On the latest episode of the WI Law in Action podcast from the UW Law Library, Professor R. Alta Charo, a leading expert in bioethics, discusses the development of COVID-19 treatments and vaccines and the procedural and legal issues that surround them. She explores how vaccine distribution can be expected, how a vaccine gets approved, and …
On the latest episode of the WI Law in Action podcast from the UW Law Library, Professor Cecelia Klingele discusses her work in the area of criminal justice reform, particularly on managing human behavior and conceptions of deviance. She recently published two articles in this area: Labeling Violence published in the Marquette Law Review and Making …
The newest episode of the WI Law in Action podcast from the UW Law Library is a conversation with Richard Monette, Professor of Law and Director of the Great Lakes Indian Law Center at the University of Wisconsin Law School. In the episode, Prof. Monette discusses several initiatives he is involved in, including a recent …
On the most recent episode of the WI Law in Action podcast from the UW Law Library, Jefferson Burrus-Bascom Professor of Law at the University of Wisconsin Law School and Faculty Affiliate with the Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin, Tonya L. Brito, discussed her newly published article, “The Child Support …
On the latest episode of the WI Law in Action podcast from the UW Law Library, Assistant Professor Yaron Nili discusses his recently published article, Board Diversity by Term Limits?, coauthored with Darren Rosenblum. The article explores the connection between term limits and gender diversity on corporate boards. One of the key problems when you …
On the latest episode of the WI Law in Action podcast from the UW Law Library, Professor Keith A. Findley discusses three recent works: “The Science and Law Underlying Post-Conviction Challenges to Shaken Baby Syndrome Convictions: A Response to Professor Imwinkelried” 48 Seton Hall Law Review 1209 (2018). “Reducing Error in the Criminal Justice System” 48 Seton …