HeinOnline, a database of laws, law journals, and other legal texts, recently added a new feature called “Explore this Author” to author profiles. It allows readers to visualize how an author’s scholarship connects with the scholarly community. Look …
WHS Receives Grant to Digitize Early Citizen Petitions to WI Legislature
Congratulations to the Wisconsin Historical Society for receiving a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission to digitize citizen petitions submitted to the Wisconsin Legislature between 1836 and 1890. Here’s more information about the project …
Malamud Building Gigantic Journal Database for Data Analysis
The journal Nature has an interesting piece on public domain advocate, Carl Malamud’s project to “build a gigantic store of text and images extracted from 73 million journal articles” for data analysis. No one will be allowed …
Interview with Professor Miriam Seifter on UW Law’s Hastie Fellowship Program
PrawfsBlawg has an excellent interview with Professor Miriam Seifter on UW Law’s William H. Hastie Fellowship Program. “The Hastie Fellowship is an academic fellowship program aimed to help prepare candidates for the law teaching market. The program is …
More Recent UW Law School Faculty Scholarship
Here is the latest faculty scholarship appearing in the University of Wisconsin Law School Legal Studies Research Papers series found on SSRN. More Property Rules than Property: Revisiting the Right to Exclude in IP by BJ Ard What …
Recent UW Law School Faculty Scholarship
Here is the latest faculty scholarship appearing in the University of Wisconsin Law School Legal Studies Research Papers series found on SSRN. An Error and an Evil: The Strange History of Implied Commerce Powers by David S. Schwartz Understanding …
Tips on Stopping Scam and Robocalls
The FTC has put together a useful guide to stopping unwanted scam and robocalls. There are some tutorial videos and links to reputable call blocking apps. Hat tip to BeSpacific
Share Video Highlights of State Proceedings with WisconsinEye's Clipping Tool
Here in Wisconsin, we are fortunate to have our own non-partisan, state-wide public affairs cable network. WisconsinEye features coverage of the Wisconsin Legislature (floor sessions and committees), Governors’ addresses, Supreme Court oral arguments, as well as other …
New UW Law School Faculty Scholarship
Here is the latest faculty scholarship appearing in the University of Wisconsin Law School Legal Studies Research Papers series found on SSRN. Legal Realist Innovation in the Wisconsin Law School Curriculum 1950-1970: Four Influential Introductory …
A Book of Legal Lists: The Best and Worst in American Law with 100 Court and Judge Trivia Questions
By Eric Taylor, Evening Reference Librarian For ages, people have been putting together books of lists. Librarians love to catalog books making lists. Merchant marines make manifests. In fact, there is probably a list for …