University of Wisconsin–Madison

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2021 Release of the WI Criminal Jury Instructions Now Available

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From the Wisconsin State Law Library: The Wisconsin Criminal Jury Instructions have recently been updated, with a 2021 release approved by the Wisconsin Judicial Conference’s Criminal Jury Instructions Committee. The fifty-ninth supplement to the Criminal Jury Instructions updates the publication on legislative actions and judicial decisions through August 2021. The update includes revisions of twenty-nine existing jury instructions, as …

Law in Action and the Modern Criminal Justice Paradigm

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By Eric Taylor, Evening Reference Librarian   The UW Law School has long been noted as a pioneer in the field of criminal justice research, reform, and practice.  Professors such as Frank J. Remington, Herman Goldstein, and Marygold S. Melli led the way forward. The current issue of the American Bar Foundation’s Researching Law (Spring …

News on the Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau

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A recent article from Madison’s local newspaper, The Isthmus, outlines some significant cuts to the staff and services of the Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau, particularly in the LRB research and library services department. For example, the article cites a reduction in the number of “plain language” reviews of laws or court cases from 27 in 2014 …

UW Law Faculty Contribute to Book Series on New Legal Realism

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Thanks to UW Law School Professor Elizabeth Mertz for alerting me that a new two-volume book series on New Legal Realism is available from Cambridge University Press.   Numerous UW Law School professors were involved in the project. The first volume, The New Legal Realism, Volume I: Translating Law-and-Society for Today’s Legal Practice, is co-edited by …

Pamphlet Highlights Wisconsin Facts and Figures

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The Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau has produced a nice 2-sided color pamphlet summarizing facts and figures about Wisconsin.

Harper's Index Available Online

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In celebration of its 25th year, the Harper’s Index-12,058 lines spanning 300 issues-is now open to all for searching and browsing, with more than one thousand linked categories. Slaw explains that “Harper’s Index is a collection of information set out in single lines as if it were statistical data and in a way that is …

Christian Science Monitor Weekly to Go Online Only

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“After a century of continuous publication, The Christian Science Monitor will abandon its weekday print edition and appear online only,” reports the New York Times. “The paper is currently published Monday through Friday, and will move to online only in April, although it will also introduce a weekend magazine.” The article discusses the growing online …

Changes with the MBA Messenger

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Beginning in 2008, the MBA Messenger will be published quarterly in a stand alone magazine format. Milwaukee Bar Association members will continue to receive it by mail, but it will no longer be included with the Wisconsin Law Journal. Source: MBA Messenger, Dec 2007 – Thanks to Bill Ebbott for the tip.