Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
Daniel P. Tokaji has been named dean of the University of Wisconsin Law School. From UW Law School News: He has been a professor at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law since 2003, serving as associate dean for faculty since 2018. Daniel Tokaji A graduate of Harvard College and the Yale Law School, Tokaji …
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 …
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 …
The UW Law School is privileged to host the UW Madison Our Shared Future heritage marker from February 24 to March 9. The marker recognizes this land as the ancestral home of the Ho-Chunk Nation and acknowledges the circumstances that led to their forced removal, and honors the Ho-Chunk Nation’s history of resistance and resilience. …
Here is the latest faculty scholarship appearing in the University of Wisconsin Law School Legal Studies Research Papers series found on SSRN. The Giant Shadow of Corporate Gadflies by Yaron Nili, University of Wisconsin Law School and Kobi Kastiel, Tel Aviv University – Buchmann Faculty of Law, Harvard Law School, Program on Corporate Governance China’s Economic Transition …
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 …
On the latest episode of the WI Law in Action podcast from the UW Law Library, Professor David S. Schwartz, discusses his new book, “The Spirit of the Constitution: John Marshall and the 200-Year Odyssey of McCulloch v. Maryland” in which he chronicles 200 years in the life of one of the most important Supreme …
The UW Law School Office of Continuing Legal Education is offering a free CLE on the Ethics of Lawyering in a Digital World on Friday, January 10th from 9 am to noon. Featured speakers are Jeffrey Glazer of Ogden, Glazer, + Schaefer, Aviva Kaiser of the State Bar of Wisconsin, and Christopher Shattuck also of …