Maximizing the scholarly access, impact, and visibility of our faculty is a core part of our mission at the UW Law Library. Over the last few years, but especially since US News announced their new …
UW Law Library’s Jay Tucker, BJ Ramsay, & Several Other Law School University Staff Honored
Each year, UW–Madison honors university staff members for their outstanding dedication and commitment to excellence. We are so pleased to share that our own Jay Tucker was one of the ten winners of the University Staff …
New Book Explores New Legal Realism and Wisconsin’s Law-in-Action Tradition
From UW Law School News: Wisconsin’s roots in the law-in-action tradition run deep, and the new Research Handbook on Modern Legal Realism could help that philosophy branch out at other law schools. Edward Elgar Publishing approached Beth …
Five Resources Every New WI Lawyer Should Know
Today’s Inside Track from the Wisconsin State Bar introduces recent law grads to 5 Resources Every New Lawyer Should Know. The article features resources from the WI State Bar and WI State Law Library and offers …
Wisconsin Jury Instructions Now Available via Westlaw
Following the announcement earlier this year that the Wisconsin Jury Instructions (Civil, Criminal, and Children’s) are now freely available online on the Wisconsin State Law Library website, legal professionals may now also access them via …
How to Securely Manage Hundreds of Passwords
In the US, the average email address is associated with 130 different online accounts, according to a study by DigitalGuardian. By my count, I have about 500. That’s a lot of passwords to manage. The …
WI Law In Action Podcast: Bonnie Shucha on Law Faculty Scholarly Impact & Visibility
On the latest episode of the WI Law in Action podcast from the UW Law Library, host Kris Turner interviewed me, Bonnie Shucha, Associate Dean and Director of the Law Library. I discuss my recent …
Senior Faculty Publish as Many Articles and More Books, Book Chapters than Younger Colleagues
Contrary to assertions that senior faculty tend to be less productive, Inside Higher Ed reports that a new study of academic productivity says that older professors publish as much as their younger colleagues. These senior …
Recent UW Law Faculty Scholarship: Alternative Model for the Islamic Marriage Contract and Environmental Justice & Sustainable Development
Here is the latest faculty scholarship appearing in the University of Wisconsin Law School Legal Studies Research Papers series found on SSRN. “A Meditation on Mahr, Modernity, and Muslim Marriage Contract Law” by ASIFA QURAISHI-LANDES (UW …
Plagiarized Articles Warn of the Evils of Plagiarism
Professor Brian L. Frye of University of Kentucky – College of Law recently published to SSRN an interesting trilogy of articles about plagiarism norms. Why so interesting? Because the articles themselves were completely plagiarized. In …