Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
University Staff are the backbone of UW Madison campus operations. This includes everyone from library assistants, accountants, steamfitters, painters, translators/interpreters, financial specialists, and many more specialized personnel whose expertise enables students and faculty to conduct their work with efficiency, comfort, and satisfaction. Each year, UW Madison recognizes select University Staff for their outstanding contributions. I …
I’m very proud to share that the University of Wisconsin Law Library, in partnership with the National Indian Law Library, the Open Law Library, the UW Great Lakes Indigenous Law Center, and the Stockbridge-Munsee Community Band of Mohican Indians, has been awarded the 2023 Public Access to Government Information Award by the American Association of …
Here is the latest faculty scholarship appearing in the University of Wisconsin Law School Legal Studies Research Papers series found on SSRN. The Anatomy of Cancel Culture 2 Journal of Free Speech Law 205 (2022) by FRANCISKA COLEMAN, UW Law School In this paper, I undertake a qualitative exploration of how social regulation of speech works in …
The latest episode of the Wisconsin Law in Action podcast from the UW Law Library features Elizabeth Manriquez, Head of Reference and Scholarly Support and manager of the UW Law School Digital Repository. She joins host Kris Turner to discuss the numerous collections and features of our repository, as well as several new and upcoming collections. …
The University of Wisconsin Law Library seeks an energetic and intellectually curious professional to join our team as the Digital Collections and Reference Librarian. This newly-created position will be responsible for the day-to-day management of our growing, open-source UW Law School Digital Repository while also supporting an amazing group of legal scholars and law students. …
Here is the latest faculty scholarship appearing in the University of Wisconsin Law School Legal Studies Research Papers series found on SSRN. Impeachment and the Rule of Law: It’s Complicated Forthcoming in Flinders, Huq, Monaghan, eds., Impeachment in Comparative Practice (Routledge, 202_) by JOHN K. M. OHNESORGE, UW Law School This chapter explores impeachment and the Rule …
Last week, Wisconsin Law in Action from the UW Law Library welcomed Richard Monette back to the podcast (both audio and video available). Monette is Professor of Law and Director of the Great Lakes Indian Law Center at the University of Wisconsin Law School. Monette talks with host Kris Turner about Brackeen v. Haaland which …
Last week, the University of Wisconsin Law School launched the new Journal of American Constitutional History, a peer-reviewed, web-based journal publishing high-quality scholarship on U.S. constitutional history. JACH welcomes articles from the disciplines of law, history, or political science that focus on historical questions touching on the American Constitution or constitutional development, or that contain a substantial element of …
Last week, in our first session of Advanced Legal Research at the University of Wisconsin Law school, we discussed ChatGPT as a tool for conducting legal research. Why take the time to learn and conduct legal research if an AI can do it for you? Our students raised a lot of great points and showed …
Feedspot, a social feed reader that curates news feeds from online sources, has recently compiled a list of the 60 Best Law Librarian Blogs and Websites. What a great round-up of content from an impressive list of law librarians of all types! I’m honored that WisBlawg appears as #3. Chances are good that you can …