Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
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 …
ChatGPT is a new AI-powered chatbot that answers complex questions conversationally. This remarkable tool that can assist with a wide range of tasks, from generating humanlike text to providing helpful answers to questions. This raises huge implications for research, education, business, and much more. “So the best way to think about this is you are …
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 …
Due the dangerously cold wind chills expected starting this afternoon, the Law Library will close today, Thursday, Dec 22 starting at 1pm and will be closed all day on Friday, Dec 23. Sorry for any inconvenience. You may still reach us by email at askuwlaw@law.wisc.edu.
Here is the latest faculty scholarship appearing in the University of Wisconsin Law School Legal Studies Research Papers series found on SSRN. “The Tax-Invisible Labor Problem: Care, Work, Kinship, and Income Security Programs in the IRC” 102 B.U. L. Rev. (2022, forthcoming) by NYAMAGAGA GONDWE, UW Law School Since the mid-1990s, American financial assistance programs have increasingly …
On the latest episode of the WI Law in Action podcast from the UW Law Library, host Kris Turner interviews Nyamagaga Gondwe, Assistant Professor of Tax Law at the University of Wisconsin Law School and scholar of economic justice, race and the law, and tax policy. Professor Gondwe discusses her article, “The Tax-Invisible Labor Problem: …
Today’s post is from UW Law School Professor and Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development, Susannah Camic Tahk: My dad, a sociologist of intellectual history, once glumly told me that people doing US intellectual history never seem to find rare archival gems anymore. Regardless of whether he was correct at the time, his always-skeptical …
November is Native American Heritage Month, a time dedicated to celebrating the rich and diverse culture, history, and contributions of Native people. Each year, the UW–Madison campus cultivates a diverse portfolio of events in recognition of this important heritage month. One of these events, organized by the UW Law School and the Indigenous Law Students …
The Wisconsin Law Review’s annual symposium is this weekend, October 28 and 29. The symposium, entitled Controlling the Supreme Court: Now and “far into the future,” features a panel of national constitutional experts who will reflect on the extraordinary events of this past Supreme Court term, from overruling Roe v. Wade to new interpretive approaches …
Business information can be an important source of intelligence for attorneys. Carol Hassler from the Wisconsin State Law Library has compiled an excellent guide to “Researching Private and Public Businesses, Specialized Industries” in the latest Inside Track from the State Bar of Wisconsin. She offers advice on: Requesting Annual Reports Finding Registered Agents and Officers …