Category: UW Law School

Stop by the Law Library this week and help us celebrate National Library Week! READ Poster View this year’s poster featuring Steve Barkan, Professor of Law and Director of the Law School Library – On display inside the library entrance on the 5th floor – View posters from previous years on our Facebook page Trivia …

The Law School and Library are both open for business as usual today.

Due to severe weather conditions the UW Law Library will be closed beginning at 9:00 pm today, Wednesday, December 19th and all day tomorrow Thursday, December 20th. Sorry for the inconvenience.

I am pleased to report that Kris Turner has been appointed as the new Reference & Technology Services Librarian at the UW Law Library. Kris has a Masters in Library and Information Studies from UW–Madison has worked at the UW Law Library as the Circulation Services Assistant since January. He’s also worked at the Madison …

UW–Madison News has posted a very interesting story about John Steuart Curry’s mural “The Freeing of the Slaves” which is housed in the UW Law Law Library. From the article: “The Freeing of the Slaves” adorns the north Reading Room wall of the UW Law Library on Bascom Hill. The central figure — a black …

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 & Legal Sources by Jenny Zook, William Ebbott – Last Updated Oct 11, 2012 iPad Applications for Lawyers, Law Faculty …

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 and Law Building will be closed from 7 a.m. until the end of the event on Thursday (approximately 6 p.m.). …

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 as Assistant Director for Public Services. Cheryl O’Connor, formerly Faculty Services Librarian, will move into my former position as Head …

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 of conceiving this book, Justice Albie Sachs–who served on South Africa’s first Constitutional Court from 1994 until his retirement in …

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 like a lot of fun. WI State Journal columnist, Doug Moe, recently profiled Galanter and the new book. He writes: …