Due to a planned power outage, the UW Law Library will be closed all day on Wednesday, May 18th. We will reopen as usual on Thursday, May 19th. See the campus libraries website for a …
WI Attorneys Can Now Earn CLE Credit for Tribal Court Pro Bono Appointments
The Wisconsin Supreme Court recently approved an amendment to Supreme Court Rule (SCR) 31.01 (11) to allow tribal courts to appoint attorneys to provide pro bono legal services, and to permit the attorney to claim …
Recent UW Law Faculty Scholarship: The Legal Struggle for Rights of Nature in the United States; The Canon of Nature Rights; Progressivism in the Active Free Enterprise State: Fluidity, Fragmentation, and Stability: A Case Study in Law and Public Policy
Here is the latest faculty scholarship appearing in the University of Wisconsin Law School Legal Studies Research Papers series found on SSRN. “The Legal Struggle for Rights of Nature in the United States” 2022 Wis. L. Rev. …
Oldestsearch.com Retrieves Google results in Reverse Chronological Order
Looking for a blast from the past? Oldestsearch.com will retrieve Google results in reverse chronological order. beSpacific notes that “this is useful for many subjects including medical illnesses which return search results back to the …
WI Tax Index & Appeals Commission Decisions Available on Wisconsin.gov
I recently discovered that Wisconsin Tax Appeals Commission Rulings and Orders are now available in full text on Wisconsin.gov. The Tax Appeals Commission (TAC) is an independent state agency that was created by the Wisconsin …
5th Circuit Limits Use of “Wayback Machine” Archived Content without Additional Authentication
In an opinion issued earlier this year, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit placed a limitation on the use of content archived by the Internet Archive’s “Wayback Machine” without additional authentication. The …
WI Law In Action Podcast: Mark Sidel on Governmental Restrictions of NGOs in China
On the latest episode of the WI Law in Action podcast from the UW Law Library, host Kris Turner interviews UW Law School’s Doyle-Bascom Professor of Law and Public Affairs, Mark Sidel on recent trends …
Recent UW Law Faculty Scholarship: The Analytical Failures of the U.S. Beef Supply Chain; Corporate Board Gatekeepers; Appendix on Countermajoritarian Legislatures; What We Can Learn from the Literature on Sanctions and Ukraine
Here is the latest faculty scholarship appearing in the University of Wisconsin Law School Legal Studies Research Papers series found on SSRN. “Dr. Pangloss as an Agricultural Economist: The Analytic Failures of the U.S. Beef Supply Chain: …
New Work Offers Great Advice for Legal Scholars & Law Librarians on Capturing Impact: Telling the Story of Your Scholarship Beyond the Citation Count.
In her recent article, Ashley Ahlbrand offers great advice for legal scholars and law librarians on Capturing Impact: Telling the Story of Your Scholarship Beyond the Citation Count. She explores the shortcomings of citation metrics …
Legal Tune Up- Free Help for Wisconsinites with Common Legal Needs
Lift Wisconsin (Legal Intervention for Transforming Wisconsin) just announced the launching of a new tool to help Wisconsinites with common legal needs. The tool is called Legal Tune Up and it is “a mobile first …