When researching a legal issue, local laws are an often overlooked resource. Municipal and county governments pass ordinances on a variety of topics, including administrative procedures, standards of conduct, and zoning. Although many of these …
How Does Your Garden Grow? With a Little Help from Madison Public Library’s Seed Library
Who knew that you could borrow seeds from the Madison Public Library? A lot of people, apparently. So far this year, the Madison Public Library’s Seed Library has given away nearly 2,000 seed packets, including flowers, …
Bluebook Revises Rule for Citing Cases Involving Enslaved Persons
In response to concerns raised by the Citing Slavery Project, the Bluebook has made a rare between-edition change to rule 10.7.1 on citation to cases. This change is reflected in the 2021 printing of The …
Google Will Soon Explain How It Found Search Results
Reuters reports that Google will soon show its search engine users more information about why it found the results they are shown. Users will be able to click into details such as how their result …
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 …
Recent UW Law Faculty Scholarship: Clinical Education at WI, Race-Based Remedies in Criminal Law, the Federalist Constitution, and the NCAA in the Supreme Court
Here is the latest faculty scholarship appearing in the University of Wisconsin Law School Legal Studies Research Papers series found on SSRN. “Clinics at Wisconsin: Comprehensive, In-Depth Pedagogy and Bottom-Up Innovation” 2021 Wisconsin Law Review 409 …
Wisconsin Expands eFiling to Appellate Courts
As of July 1, electronic filing is mandatory for attorneys who practice in the Wisconsin Court of Appeals. The Wisconsin Supreme Court will launch an eFiling pilot program on a select set of cases by …
Video Describes UW Law Library’s Program of Maximizing Scholarly Access, Impact, & Visibility for Law Faculty
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 …