Registration is now open for the 2023 Wisconsin Law Review Symposium on Friday, November 3rd. This year’s symposium will focus on identifying national and international cases of “stategraft” which, according to USC Professor and symposium …
Recent UW Law Faculty Scholarship: The Right to Amend State Constitutions; State Constitutional Rights and Democratic Proportionality; Legal Responses to Techlaw Uncertainties; The Rise of Private Equity Continuation Funds
Here is the latest faculty scholarship appearing in the University of Wisconsin Law School Legal Studies Research Papers series found on SSRN. The Right to Amend State Constitutions Yale Law Journal Forum (forthcoming) by MIRIAM SEIFTER, UW …
UW Law Library’s Eric Taylor Named to AALS 2023 Pro Bono Honor Roll
Happy National Pro Bono Week! In celebration, the AALS Section on Pro Bono & Access to Justice has announced the inductees to the 2023 Pro Bono Honor Roll. UW Law Library is pleased that our …
AI Game-Changer: Lexis+ AI Launches Today Combining Power of AI with Trusted Legal Content
The wait is over: Lexis+ AI is now available for U.S. customers. This is a big deal. In the last year, we’ve been both dazzled by how powerful tools like ChatGPT are for research and …
UW Law Library Strategic Planning and Assessment Report
The University of Wisconsin Law Library regularly engages in strategic planning and assessment to ensure consistency with our mission, realization of our goals, and alignment with the research and learning needs of our students and …
Two New Interactive Websites Highlight the Uniqueness of State Constitutions
Last week, the State Democracy Research Initiative from the University of Wisconsin Law School launched two new interactive websites highlighting the uniqueness of state constitutions: The Democracy Principle & Tracking Constitutional Change. “State constitutions are unique …
Recent UW Law Faculty Scholarship: Regulation of the Legal Profession in China: A Historical Overview; Taxing Composite Transactions; Interpreting Ratification; Nonmarital Fathers in Family Court: Judges’ and Lawyers’ Perspectives; Litigating Precarity: Low-Wage Workers and Child Support Enforcement
Here is the latest faculty scholarship appearing in the University of Wisconsin Law School Legal Studies Research Papers series found on SSRN. Regulation of the Legal Profession in China: An Historical Overview China Law & Society Review …
New Legal Scholarship Ranking is More Transparent, Inclusive of Women, Newer & Non-Traditional Scholars
To rank well in most legal scholarship ranking systems which count “all-time citations,” scholars must have thirty to forty years of nearly continuous scholarly output. This leads to an undercounting of women and other time-limited …
Display Celebrates the 50th Anniversary of UW Law School’s William H. Hastie Fellowship
Since 1973, the University of Wisconsin Law School’s Hastie Fellowship has been a leader in guiding and increasing opportunities for lawyers of color and other underrepresented communities to become law professors. In celebration of its …
UW Law Launches Herman Goldstein & Problem-Oriented Policing Collection
The UW Law Library is thrilled to announce the launch of a new repository collection: the Herman Goldstein & Problem-Oriented Policing Collection. Longtime UW Law professor, Goldstein was an international leader in policing and criminology …