Category: UW Law School

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 the most comprehensive way to follow us since it incorporates posts from both WisBlawg and Facebook, as well as alerts …

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 collection includes a great many books, not only for adults, but a fair number of children’s books, and DVDs as …

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 by Allison Christians, University of Wisconsin Law School Yariv Brauner, University of Florida – Levin College of Law Defining Innocence …

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 current contributors and highlights of important legal realist scholarship. Some past topics include: Leading Economists Criticize Rational Choice Models Why …

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 Secunda will join the Law School for the summer and the fall semester as Visiting Professor. For more information about …

Looking for a good restaurant in the Madison area? Check out our map of restaurants recommended by UW Law School faculty and staff. You can access it via the Web or on a smart mobile phone. To use the mobile version, first, install the Google Maps for Mobile app on your device. It is available …

UW Law Professor, Brad Snyder is a featured commentator in the HBO Sports Documentary “The Curious Case of Curt Flood”. The documentary examines Curt Flood’s Supreme Court lawsuit against baseball’s reserve clause. Snyder’s role in the documentary is featured in today’s New York Times and Houston Chronicle. He is the author of A Well-Paid Slave: …

Here is the latest faculty scholarship from the UW Law School Legal Studies Research Paper Series via SSRN. How Nations Share by Allison Christians, University of Wisconsin Law School Toward a Reality-Based Constitutional Theory by Andrew B. Coan, University of Wisconsin Law School Transparent and Commercialized?: Managing the Public-Private Model for Data Production and Use …

The Wisconsin Law Journal has a thoughtful article on the challenges facing new UW Law School Dean, Margaret Raymond – specifically the issues of economics and autonomy.

Margaret Raymond has been named dean of the University of Wisconsin Law School. See the press release for more info.