Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
WisconsinEye, the statewide public affairs network that broadcasts Wisconsin capitol proceedings, will stop event coverage on December 15 due to lack of funding, according to a statement on their website. Their archive of more than 30,000 hours of footage will also go offline. Impact on Government Transparency and Legal Research For legal practitioners conducting legislative …
This post originally appeared in UW Law Library News and was written by Scott Park, Digital Collections and Reference Librarian. As we approach Thanksgiving, you might assume the fourth Thursday of November has always been the designated date for this federal holiday. The actual history reveals a more contentious story involving presidential proclamations, state resistance, …
For two decades, Wisconsin courts have followed the approach to statutory interpretation established in State ex rel. Kalal v. Circuit Court for Dane County, 2004 WI 58, 271 Wis. 2d 633, 681 N.W.2d 110. As noted in a recent blog post from Stafford Rosenbaum, that framework may soon change. Kalal established a two-step methodology for …
The November issue of Wisconsin Lawyer features a practical guide I wrote on using generative AI effectively in legal practice. “AI Prompting for Legal Professionals: The Art of Asking the Right Question” offers a framework for attorneys looking to improve their interactions with AI tools while maintaining professional standards. The central premise is straightforward: the …
Lawyers who fail to verify AI-generated content do so at their own peril – and now, potentially at the peril of fee awards. A California Court of Appeals decision adds a new wrinkle to the growing body of AI hallucination cases by asking: What happens when opposing counsel fails to detect an opponent’s fake citations? …
In case you missed it, the latest edition of the Bluebook has introduced a new rule on citing AI-generated content. While I agree that a rule addressing GenAI was needed, unfortunately, Rule 18.3’s approach misses the mark. University of Idaho law professor Jessica Gunder has published a thorough critique of the new rule titled “Yikes! …
The Wisconsin Compliance Initiative will host “A New Era of Corporate Compliance: Opportunities, Risks, and Ethical Dimensions of Generative AI and Emerging Technologies” on Wednesday, September 17, from 4:00 to 6:00 PM. The program is available virtually or in person at UW Law School and qualifies for 2 CLE credits. See registration information. The program …
The University of Wisconsin Law Library is pleased to announce that the J. Willard Hurst Collection is once again available through the UW Law School Digital Repository. The collection was temporarily offline while we enhanced the metadata to improve search capabilities, providing researchers with better access to the papers and materials of the scholar generally …
The University of Wisconsin Law Library recently received a remarkable historical gift: an original April 22, 1865 Chicago Tribune newspaper documenting President Lincoln’s funeral train journey. The framed newspaper was generously donated by Tonia Neustifter, wife of the late UW Law School Professor Ralph Cagle, who passed away in 2023. This historic newspaper provides a …
This morning, received an email from Academia.edu informing me that it had created an AI-generated podcast about an article that I authored a few years ago entitled, Representing Law Faculty Scholarly Impact: Strategies for Improving Citation Metrics Accuracy and Promoting Scholarly Visibility. If you’re not familiar with Academia.edu, it’s a commercial platform for sharing academic …