University of Wisconsin–Madison

Recent UW Law Faculty Scholarship: Antitrust Market Evolution; Multiracial, Interclass Democracy; Race and Elections; and Corporate Misconduct Enforcement

Here is the latest faculty scholarship from the University of Wisconsin Law School Legal Studies Research Papers series vis SSRN. Decoding the Meaning of “Any Section of the Country”: The Pabst-Blatz Saga by Peter Carstensen, University of Wisconsin Law School, American Antitrust Institute Multiracial, Interclass Democracy by Franciska Coleman, University of Wisconsin Law School Racist Voting …

Sometimes You Need the Small Hammer: Using Google’s NotebookLM for Document Analysis

People often think of generative AI tools as systems that query vast universes of training data – like asking ChatGPT to draw from its broad knowledge base trained on billions of web pages, books, and articles. These large language models can answer general questions and provide information on virtually any topic.  Sort of like a …

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New 22nd Edition of The Bluebook Adds Tribal Law Citation Rules

The latest edition of The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation is hot off the presses.  Although this 22nd edition retains the same basic approach to legal citation, there are some notable changes, including one that I’m especially excited about: the addition of Tribal law citation rules. A new Rule 22 provides instructions for citing Tribal Nations …

Recent UW Law Faculty Scholarship: Tax Law (Mis)Information & Misimpressions, Environmental Protection in War, Monopoly Bottlenecks, Impeachment in US & South Korea, & Limits On Legislative Overrides in OH

Here is the latest faculty scholarship from the University of Wisconsin Law School Legal Studies Research Papers series vis SSRN. Channels of Tax Law (Mis)Information by Emily Cauble, University of Wisconsin Law School Non-Experts’ Impressions of Informal Tax Guidance by Emily Cauble, University of Wisconsin Law School Environmental Protection in War: Beyond Humans and Nature …

Is It Still Good Law? Free Law Project to Build Citator using AI

The Free Law Project recently announced its intention to build a citator using AI. If successful, the emergence of an open-access, open-source legal citator would be significant to both practitioners and the public.  Citators, such as Shepard’s and KeyCite, answer the foundational question of whether the case law you are using is good law, bad …

UW Law Library’s Kris Turner Named to Library Journal’s 2025 Movers & Shakers List

I’m so pleased to share that my colleague, Kris Turner, has been named to Library Journal’s 2025 Movers & Shakers list!  Kris is the Associate Director for Public Services at the UW Law Library. The Movers & Shakers award recognizes emerging talents in the library world who are making significant contributions as both leaders and behind-the-scenes …

Digitize Those Old Photos and Videos at Madison Public Library’s Personal Archiving Lab

Many of us have boxes of old photos, home videos on VHS tapes, or cassette recordings tucked away in closets or basements. Wouldn’t it be nice to digitally preserve them and make them more accessible for friends and family?  Thankfully, Madison Public Library has you covered. The Personal Archiving Lab at Madison’s Central Library provides …

Recent UW Law Faculty Scholarship: Antitrust Simplification, Care Labor Taxation, 911 Call Analysis, State Constitution Disenfranchisement, & Chinese Nonprofit Control

Here is the latest faculty scholarship from the University of Wisconsin Law School Legal Studies Research Papers series vis SSRN. Look at What Courts Do, Not What They Say by Peter Carstensen, University of Wisconsin Law School, American Antitrust Institute The EITC and Feminized Poverty by Nyamagaga Gondwe, University of Wisconsin Law School Steering a Restrictive …

Study Committee on the Regulation of AI in Wisconsin Issues Recommendations

Last week, the Wisconsin Legislative Council’s Study Committee on the Regulation of Artificial Intelligence issued a report outlining seven recommendations for legislation regarding the use and development of AI. Overall, I think the committee’s recommendations reflect a measured approach to AI regulation, but I also have some concerns. Recommendation: Instead of Regulating AI, Focus on …

New Legal Scholar Ranking Offers Insight on What Makes Legal Scholarship Impactful

A new study by Rob Willey and Melanie Knapp from George Mason University Law Library ranks The Top 100 Legal Scholars of 2024. The study continues their methodology that counts citations to law journal articles in HeinOnline, limiting to articles written in a recent, three-year period of time (2018-2020). By focusing on more recent scholarship, …