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 …
UW Law Library Welcomes Scott Park as Digital Collections & Reference Librarian
The University of Wisconsin Law Library is very pleased to welcome our newest librarian – Scott Park! Scott joins us as the Digital Collections & Reference Librarian which is a new position at the Law …
BadgerLink Renews Contracts for Wisconsin+ Newspaper Databases
BadgerLink recently announced that it has renewed contracts for two newspaper collections featuring content from Wisconsin. These are great collections for researching local and state-wide issues and events. Almost 500 Wisconsin newspapers are available in …
Recent UW Law Faculty Scholarship: Spillover Tax Precedent; A Theory of Stategraft; The Not-so-great Transformation; The Content of the Hollow Core of Antitrust: The Chicago Board of Trade Case and the Meaning of the “Rule of Reason” in Restraint of Trade Analysis; Between Principles and Power: Water Law Principles & The Governance of Water in Post-Apartheid South Africa; and Why Do People Form Law-Abiding Attitudes Under Authoritarianism: The Case of Russia
Here is the latest faculty scholarship appearing in the University of Wisconsin Law School Legal Studies Research Papers series found on SSRN. Spillover Tax Precedent 2021 Wis. L. Rev. 657 (2021) by SUSANNAH CAMIC TAHK, UW Law …
Trio of Articles Explore Questions about the Use of AI in Legal Writing
Here’s a trio of articles about the use of generative artificial intelligence in legal writing: State Bar of Wisconsin president and ethics expert, Dean Dietrich answers the question: “Are there ethical issues if a lawyer …