The trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, the armed Illinois teenager who killed two people and wounded another during protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin, has captured the nation’s attention and garnered extensive media coverage. Experts from the University …
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Recent UW Law Faculty Scholarship: Meaning of the Constitution’s Preamble, Authority of the Constitutional Committee of Style, Territory as a Victim of Armed Conflict, & Plea Bargaining’s Innocence Problem
Here is the latest faculty scholarship appearing in the University of Wisconsin Law School Legal Studies Research Papers series found on SSRN. Reconsidering the Constitution’s Preamble: the Words that Made Us U.S. by David S. Schwartz, UW …
WI Law Review Hosts Symposium & Podcast on New Restatement of the Law of American Indians
Next week, November 5th and 6th, the Wisconsin Law Review will host a Symposium on the newly completed, Restatement of the Law of American Indians. This Restatement cements the foundational principles of American Indian law. …
WI Law In Action Podcast: S. Lisa Washington on Epistemic Injustice in the Family Regulation System
On the latest episode of the WI Law in Action podcast from the UW Law Library, host Kris Turner interviews Professor S. Lisa Washington, the 2021-22 William H. Hastie Fellow at the University of Wisconsin Law …
Recent UW Law Faculty Scholarship: Gerrylaundering, Indian Legal History, Injustice in the Child Welfare System, and the Development of Comparative Sociology of Law and Critical Legal Studies
Here is the latest faculty scholarship appearing in the University of Wisconsin Law School Legal Studies Research Papers series found on SSRN. Gerrylaundering by Robert Yablon, UW Law School This Article introduces the concept of “gerrylaundering” …
In Response to Rising Need, UW Law School Launches New Eviction Defense Clinic
In response to the rising need for eviction defense, the University of Wisconsin Law School is launching a new Eviction Defense Clinic this fall. This new clinic will join five other civil, anti-poverty clinical programs …
Two Law Scholars Join UW Law Faculty: Nate Atkinson (Business Law) & Stephanie Holmes Didwania (Criminal Justice)
The University of Wisconsin Law School is thrilled to welcome two new faculty members: Nate Atkinson is an assistant professor whose research focuses on the fields of corporate misconduct, contract law, and social choice theory. As …
Recent UW Law Faculty Scholarship: The Role of Clinical Education to Advance Social Justice, Absence or Misuse of Statistics as Contributor to Wrongful Convictions, Judges as Common-law Thinkers, Title VII is Not an Anti-Discrimination Law, Comparative Election Administration, and Overseas NGOs, Foundations and Covid in China
Here is the latest faculty scholarship appearing in the University of Wisconsin Law School Legal Studies Research Papers series found on SSRN. “Lift as ‘The Fourth Moment’ in Wisconsin Clinical Legal Education for Social Justice” 2021 …
UW Law Library Unveils 2021 Faculty READ Poster Featuring Professor Mitra Sharafi
The UW Law Library has been creating beautiful READ Posters highlighting our amazing faculty as a part of National Library Week for the past 15 years. Thanks to Covid, this year’s poster was delayed, but …
WI Law In Action Podcast: Sumudu Atapattu on a Holistic and Intersectional Approach to Environmental Justice
On the latest episode of the WI Law in Action podcast from the UW Law Library, host Emma Babler interviews Sumudu Atapattu, Director of the Research Centers at UW Law School. Atapattu discusses discusses her …