Here is the latest faculty scholarship appearing in the University of Wisconsin Law School Legal Studies Research Papers series found on SSRN. Food Sustainability in the Age of Complex, Global Supply Chains by Steph Tai, University of …
WisconsinEye Adds Online Transcription Tool – Cool but Not “Official Transcripts” Level Cool
I noticed today in WisconsinEye’s Morning Minute email that they have introduced a transcription tool for their archived programming. According to WisconsinEye, “the online transcription tool allows users to read and follow a transcript while …
Lavinia Goodell, WI’s First Woman Lawyer, Wins State Bar Lifetime Innovator Award
Recently the State Bar of Wisconsin announced the winners of the Wisconsin Legal Innovator awards. This year, the Lifetime Innovator Award was posthumously awarded to Lavinia Goodell – and I mean really posthumously. Lavinia Goodell …
Free Workshop on Researching Patent & Trademark Information
On November 13th, the Madison Public Library Central Library is offering a free public workshop on Researching Patent & Trademark Information: Essential Information You Need to Protect Your Intellectual Property It looks like an excellent …
Prof Michele LaVigne Discusses “Under the Hood: Brendan Dassey, Language Impairments, and Judicial Ignorance” on WI Law in Action Podcast
Join us for the latest edition of the Wisconsin Law in Action podcast from the UW Law Library for an engaging conversation with Michele LaVigne, Distinguished Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the Public Defender …
Milwaukee Bar Association 2019 Law & Technology Conference
In most states, including Wisconsin, an attorney’s duty to keep abreast of changes in the law and its practice now includes “the benefits and risks associated with relevant technology.” ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct, …
U.S. Congressional Reports & Documents back to 1817 to be Freely Accessible Online
The U.S. Government Publishing Office has announced that it is working with the Law Library of Congress to digitize and make freely accessible volumes of the U.S. Congressional Serial Set back to the first volume …
Your Tweets May Reveal More than You Think: Free Tool Analyzes Structure & Patterns of Any Public Twitter Account
It’s not just what you say – It’s how you say it. Your Twitter account may be revealing more about you than you realize. Of course, the contents of your tweets convey information about you …
First Monday: U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear UW appeal against Apple for patent infringement
By Eric Taylor, Evening Reference Librarian The first Monday of the new U.S. Supreme Court term saw the court issue an order denying the University of Wisconsin’s appeal against Apple for patent infringement. In denying …
How to Search Across Multiple PDF Files
Last week, someone asked me if it was possible to search the full text of multiple PDF files in the same folder at one time. Hmm – good question. No surprise, our Assistant Director for …