Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
From the latest edition of the University of Wisconsin Law School Legal Studies Research Paper Series in SSRN. Administrative Procedures and Bureaucratic Performance: Is Federal Rulemaking ‘Ossified’? by Jason W. Yackee, University of Wisconsin Law School and Susan Webb Yackee, University of Wisconsin – Madison – Department of Political Science, University of Wisconsin – Madison …
From the Wisconsin State Journal: Applications at the UW–Madison Law School were up by about 5.5 percent this year, and more students than anticipated said they plan to enroll in the fall, said Mike Hall, assistant dean for admissions. The increases could be a reflection of the difficult job market, Hall said. Law school officials …
From the State Bar of Wisconsin News: A challenge to Wisconsin’s diploma privilege has been remanded to federal district court following the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision in Wiesmueller v. Kosobucki, 08-2527… In its opinion, the court of appeals said that the district court’s dismissal of the action left it in “an evidentiary …
The University of Wisconsin Law Library is very pleased to announce the release of the J. Willard Hurst Collection which details the career of the man commonly identified as the father of modern American legal history. The collection primarily spans the years 1932 through Hurst’s death in 1997. The bulk of material dates between 1946 …
The UW Law School Commencement Ceremony will be held tomorrow, Friday, May 15, 2009 at 1:00 p.m. at the Monona Terrace. For the first time, the hooding ceremony will be webcast live on the Law School’s website. Family and friends who are not able to attend the ceremony in person are invited to watch it …
Recent faculty and staff scholarship from the University of Wisconsin Law School Legal Studies Research Paper Series in SSRN: Rediscovering the Lawyer School: Curriculum Reform in Wisconsin by Keith A. Findley, University of Wisconsin Law School Developmental States and the Legal Order: Towards a New Political Economy of Development and Law by David M. Trubek, …
The University of Wisconsin Law School has created a new page entitled Intellectual Life which features the research and scholarship of the faculty and staff. On the page, you’ll find audio recordings of recent presentations, announcements of upcoming presentations and conferences, and news about faculty and staff.
Latest faculty and staff scholarship from the University of Wisconsin Law School Legal Studies Research Paper Series on SSRN: Northeast Asian Development and the Problem of Rights: Challenges for a New Developmental State by John K.M. Ohnesorge, University of Wisconsin Law School Toward a New Paradigm of Criminal Justice: How the Innocence Movement Merges Crime …
If you follow Althouse, you probably know that the UW Law professor recently became engaged to a man she met through her blog. The New York Times shares the story of their unique courtship.
Here’s the latest scholarship from the University of Wisconsin Law School Legal Studies Research Paper Series via SSRN. Financing the Next Silicon Valley, Darian M. Ibrahim, University of Wisconsin Law School Fair Taxation as a Human Right, Allison Christians, University of Wisconsin Law School In Democracy’s Shadow: Fences, Raids and the Production of Migrant Illegality, …