The recent release of Netflix’s “The Railway Men,” a series centered on the 1984 gas leak at the American-owned Union Carbide factory in Bhopal, India has reignited global interest in one of the most devastating …
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“Reality Checkpoint” Returns to UW Law School
University of Wisconsin Law School alumni may remember that there used to be an area of the building affectionately known as the Reality Checkpoint. This stairway to nowhere became a landmark for a generation of …
Pfaff, Slava-Ross, & Ullrich Named to Pringle Award Roll of Honor
The University of Wisconsin Law Library is proud to announce that three members of our team have been named to the UW Madison Pringle Award Roll of Honor: Lisa Pfaff, Scout Slava-Ross, and C.J. Ullrich. …
2023 WI Law Review Symposium on “Stategraft”
Registration is now open for the 2023 Wisconsin Law Review Symposium on Friday, November 3rd. This year’s symposium will focus on identifying national and international cases of “stategraft” which, according to USC Professor and symposium …
Recent UW Law Faculty Scholarship: The Right to Amend State Constitutions; State Constitutional Rights and Democratic Proportionality; Legal Responses to Techlaw Uncertainties; The Rise of Private Equity Continuation Funds
Here is the latest faculty scholarship appearing in the University of Wisconsin Law School Legal Studies Research Papers series found on SSRN. The Right to Amend State Constitutions Yale Law Journal Forum (forthcoming) by MIRIAM SEIFTER, UW …
UW Law Library’s Eric Taylor Named to AALS 2023 Pro Bono Honor Roll
Happy National Pro Bono Week! In celebration, the AALS Section on Pro Bono & Access to Justice has announced the inductees to the 2023 Pro Bono Honor Roll. UW Law Library is pleased that our …
Two New Interactive Websites Highlight the Uniqueness of State Constitutions
Last week, the State Democracy Research Initiative from the University of Wisconsin Law School launched two new interactive websites highlighting the uniqueness of state constitutions: The Democracy Principle & Tracking Constitutional Change. “State constitutions are unique …
Recent UW Law Faculty Scholarship: Regulation of the Legal Profession in China: A Historical Overview; Taxing Composite Transactions; Interpreting Ratification; Nonmarital Fathers in Family Court: Judges’ and Lawyers’ Perspectives; Litigating Precarity: Low-Wage Workers and Child Support Enforcement
Here is the latest faculty scholarship appearing in the University of Wisconsin Law School Legal Studies Research Papers series found on SSRN. Regulation of the Legal Profession in China: An Historical Overview China Law & Society Review …
Display Celebrates the 50th Anniversary of UW Law School’s William H. Hastie Fellowship
Since 1973, the University of Wisconsin Law School’s Hastie Fellowship has been a leader in guiding and increasing opportunities for lawyers of color and other underrepresented communities to become law professors. In celebration of its …
UW Law Launches Herman Goldstein & Problem-Oriented Policing Collection
The UW Law Library is thrilled to announce the launch of a new repository collection: the Herman Goldstein & Problem-Oriented Policing Collection. Longtime UW Law professor, Goldstein was an international leader in policing and criminology …