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Here’s a selection of some of the research guides that our staff has recently created or updated: International Commercial Arbitration: A Research Guide by Sunil Rao – Last Updated Oct 12, 2012 Native American Law …

President Obama will be speaking on campus Thursday, October 4. This event is scheduled to take place on Bascom Hill from noon to approximately 6 p.m. To ensure security for the event, the Law Library …

Effective today, there are some staffing changes at the UW Law Library. Bill Ebbott, long-time Associate Director for Public Services, began full-time retirement on August 31st. I, Bonnie Shucha, will be taking over for Bill …

My colleague Sunil Rao has published a well written book review of The Strange Alchemy of Life and Law, by Albie Sachs. It appears on the AALL Spectrum blog. From the review: In the process …

UW Law Prof. Marc Galanter has a new book out called “Lawtalk: the Unknown Stories Behind Familiar Legal Expressions.” Like Galanter’s last book entitled “Lowering the Bar: Lawyer Jokes and Legal Culture,” this book looks …

Did you know that the UW Law Library has both a Facebook page and a Twitter feed? Follow us to learn about library announcements, special hours, new publications, etc. Note that the Twitter feed is …

Re-posted from a UW Law School news article by Eric Taylor: Recently retired Professor Ralph Cagle has gifted the library with his personal collection of materials chronicling the life and times of Abraham Lincoln. The …

Here is the latest faculty scholarship from the UW Law School Legal Studies Research Paper Series via SSRN. The Meaning of ‘Enterprise,’ ‘Business,’ and ‘Business Profits’ under Tax Treaties and Domestic Tax Law: U.S. Report …

UW Law Profs Stewart Macaulay and Elizabeth Mertz have started a blog called New Legal Realism Conversations. The blog is an extension of the NLR Project webpage started in 2009 and will feature commentary from …

The University of Wisconsin Law School is proud to announce the addition of three new faculty members. Cecelia Klingele and Mark Sidel join the UW Law School faculty beginning in the Fall of 2011. Paul …