The recent release of Netflix’s “The Railway Men,” a series centered on the 1984 gas leak at the American-owned Union Carbide factory in Bhopal, India has reignited global interest in one of the most devastating …
“Reality Checkpoint” Returns to UW Law School
University of Wisconsin Law School alumni may remember that there used to be an area of the building affectionately known as the Reality Checkpoint. This stairway to nowhere became a landmark for a generation of …
Pfaff, Slava-Ross, & Ullrich Named to Pringle Award Roll of Honor
The University of Wisconsin Law Library is proud to announce that three members of our team have been named to the UW Madison Pringle Award Roll of Honor: Lisa Pfaff, Scout Slava-Ross, and C.J. Ullrich. …
Google Adds “About this Image” Tool to Address Misinformation
In an effort to address the problem of online misinformation, Google is now providing “about this image” information in Google image search results. This information will include when the image was first indexed by Google, …
2023 WI Law Review Symposium on “Stategraft”
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 …