University of Wisconsin–Madison

Need Help Researching Law in a Foreign Jurisdiction? Check out UW Law Library’s Country-specific Legal Research Guides

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Need Help Researching Law in a Foreign Jurisdiction?  The University of Wisconsin Law Library maintains a growing collection of country-specific legal research guides designed to help you get started. Each guide provides an introduction to a country’s legal system and government structure, and directs you to key primary and secondary sources — including constitutions, legislation, …

From WisBlawg to the Chronicle of Higher Education: A Closer Look at AI-Generated Media for Promoting Scholarly Work

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Last summer, I received an email from Academia.edu with a link to an AI-generated podcast it had created based on an article I wrote about law faculty scholarly visibility. I listened, and I wasn’t impressed. The AI narrator mischaracterized my arguments and even fabricated a plug for Academia.edu’s platform as though I had said it. …

BookBub: A Free Tool for Finding Discounted Ebooks

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I recently discovered BookBub, a free service that sends daily personalized emails featuring discounted and free ebooks. After a quick signup, you select the genres that interest you—legal thrillers, science fiction, biography, history, fantasy, whatever you prefer. Each morning, you get an email with curated book recommendations in your chosen categories, most priced at 99 …

WisconsinEye is Back while Legislature Considers Long Term Solution

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WisconsinEye, Wisconsin’s nonprofit public affairs network is back online for the month of February after going dark for about seven weeks due to a lack of funding. On Monday, the Joint Committee on Legislative Organization (JCLO) unanimously approved a $50,000 cash infusion for the short term as they continue to work on a longer-term deal. …

Joshua Braver Examines When Military Officers Should Disobey Orders on WI Law in Action Podcast

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The latest episode of the Wisconsin Law in Action podcast features Professor Joshua Braver discussing his research on a particularly thorny question: when should military officers disobey orders that are lawful but unethical? Braver’s recent paper, Disobeying Lawful But Unethical Orders in the Army, explores what happens when following the law conflicts with the military’s …

Elizabeth Manriquez Explores the Polarizing Legacy of Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kent Kuhn on WI Law in Action Podcast

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The latest episode of the Wisconsin Law in Action podcast features Elizabeth Manriquez, Head of Reference and Scholarly Communication at the UW Law Library, discussing her chapter in the book Attorneys in the Baseball Hall of Fame: A Collection of Biographical Essays. Liz’s chapter focuses on Bowie Kent Kuhn, who served as the fifth commissioner …

UW Law School Winter Ethics CLE Seminar Series Returns January 27-29

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Each January, the UW Law School offers a series of Ethics CLE seminars. Once again, I have the pleasure of presenting on GenAI with my Law Library colleague, Kris Turner. If you’re interested in attending this live virtual session or one of the other sessions in the series, you may register here. Session 1: Tuesday, …

NotebookLM for Lawyers: AI That Focuses on Your Documents

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Legal work runs on documents. Case files, contracts, discovery materials, correspondence – they accumulate. Whether you’re building a timeline from scattered dates, searching for contradictions in witness statements, or extracting key clauses from multiple agreements, the process is often slow, meticulous, and time consuming. In my recent Wisconsin Lawyer article, “NotebookLM for Lawyers: AI That …

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Monitoring Webpage Changes with Visualping

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Have you ever been frustrated that some important websites don’t offer email alerts or RSS feeds? Manually keeping track of changes can be very time-consuming. Fortunately, website monitoring tools solve this problem by automatically watching pages and sending notifications when changes occur. There are many website monitoring tools available, each with different features and capabilities. …

Spring Semester Planning? Explore UW Law’s Legal Hypothetical Archive

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While WisBlawg typically focuses on resources for practicing attorneys, this post highlights a tool that may be of interest to any readers who teach legal research and writing or know faculty members preparing courses. As spring semester approaches, law faculty face a familiar challenge: developing hypothetical assignments that effectively teach while engaging students. A well-designed …