Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
The UW Law Library is pleased to announce the installation of a new exhibit, “Justice for All: The Legacy of Chief Justice Shirley S. Abrahamson.” On loan from the Chief Justice Shirley S. Abrahamson Legacy Committee, the exhibit will be on display through December 15th. The exhibit presents the groundbreaking career of Wisconsin’s first woman …
State Bar of Wisconsin recently launched an improved interface for their Books UnBound online digital library. The collection includes State Bar treatises, aka “the brown binders,” the Wisconsin Attorney’s Desk Reference, Wisconsin Judicial Benchbooks, and other books previously released in print only. The new interface is a definite step up over the previous one. It …
Over $52 million was spent on lobbying in Wisconsin in 2021. Nationally, total lobbying spending amounted to a whopping $3.73 billion. You can follow the money with these tools. Lobbying in Wisconsin from the Wisconsin Ethics Commission allows anyone to search and view public lobbying information. See who is lobbying, what they are lobbying about, …
Yesterday, I blogged about new scholarship by Rob Willey, Melanie Knapp, and Ashley Matthews at George Mason University Law Library that explores how and why women are frequently underrepresented in law scholarly impact rankings and suggests alternative metrics to mitigate the imbalance. Toward the end of the paper, the authors consider the merits of a …
Several studies have found that women tend to publish less frequently than men. However, research also shows that, per publication, women tend to be cited at the same or higher rates than men. New scholarship by Rob Willey, Melanie Knapp, and Ashley Matthews of George Mason University Law Library explores how and why women are frequently …
On the latest episode of the WI Law in Action podcast from the UW Law Library, host Kris Turner interviews UW Law School Associate Professor of Law and Co-Director of the State Democracy Research Initiative, Rob Yablon. Yablon introduces the concept of “gerrylaundering,” a strategy used by voting district mapmakers to hold on to power …
In a surprise announcement yesterday, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) released new guidance that starting in 2026, any publications and supporting data resulting from federally funded research must be openly accessible on the day it’s published. Here’s more from Ars Technica: The US government is likely to be the world’s …
Two members of the UW Law Library staff have recently taken on new positions with expanded responsibilities. Liz Manriquez, formerly Scholarly Communications and Reference Librarian, is now Head of Reference and Scholarly Support. In this new position, Liz will lead our team of reference librarians in providing research support, manage the Law School Digital Repository, and …
Here is the latest faculty scholarship appearing in the University of Wisconsin Law School Legal Studies Research Papers series found on SSRN. “Countering the New Election Subversion: The Democracy Principle and the Role of State Courts” Wis. L. Rev. (2022, forthcoming) by Jessica Bulman-Pozen, Columbia Law School, and MIRIAM SEIFTER, UW Law School Among the threats to …
Today, in the United States, there are 574 federally recognized Native American tribes. These sovereign Nations produce thousands of statutes, regulations, and judicial opinions each year. However, there is a lot of uncertainty and misunderstanding regarding the respect for and availability of tribal law. I recently encountered three resources that offer some insight. Matthew Fletcher, …