Get Ready for April 3rd Election with the Interactive Online Voter Guide
The Wisconsin State Journal has compiled an interactive online voter guide for the spring general elections in Dane County. It allows Dane County residents to type in their address and call up a ballot...
View ArticleThe Impact of Law Librarian Retirements
My UW Law Library colleague, Jenny Zook, has recently published a very well written article in this month's AALL Spectrum. The article entitled, Retirements in the Age of Economic Uncertainty, offers...
View ArticleA Day in the Life of UW Madison and the Law School
Take a look at what life is like at UW Madison and particularly the Law School. The Law School contributed a number of posts to the #UWRightNow campaign, a collaborative multimedia project coordinated...
View ArticleWisconsinEye Marks 5th Anniversary
Congrats to WisconsinEye on its fifth anniversary. WisconsinEye brings gavel-to-gavel, C-SPAN-style nonpartisan coverage of state government and politics to Wisconsin.
View ArticleDatabase of Law School Employment Statistics
Law School Transparency is a legal education policy organization. Their mission is to improve consumer information concerning the value of legal education and to usher in consumer-oriented reforms to...
View ArticleWI Sup Ct Recommends No Change to Rule Allowing Citation of Unpublished...
From WisBar's InsideTrack: A state rule of appellate procedure that allows attorneys to cite unpublished Wisconsin Court of Appeals opinions as persuasive authority will continue unchanged, the...
View ArticleStudy Reports that Westlaw Classic is Significantly Less Expensive than...
Emily Marcum of Lightfoot of Franklin & White, LLC recently conducted a study comparing the pricing models of WestlawNext v Westlaw Classic. Although the full study is not available, the abstract...
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UW Madison Unveils New Library Catalog
Today, the UW Madison libraries are releasing a new Library Catalog. It has been available for beta testing for some time, but today marks it's official debut. Here are some highlights: intuitive...
View ArticleChecklist for Filing Appellate Briefs in Wisconsin
According to the latest InsideTrack, the Appellate Practice Section of the State Bar of Wisconsin has created an Appellate Brief Filing Checklist outlining requirements to help lawyers during the...
View ArticleUW Law School Profs Appearing in The Most-Cited Law Review Articles of All Time
Two law librarians, Fred R. Shapiro from Yale and Michelle Pearse from Harvard, have recently compiled a list of The Most-Cited Law Review Articles of All Time. The article updates two well-known...
View ArticleNew Publication: Lawyers Who Shaped Dane County: The History of the Practice...
The Dane County Bar Association has announced publication of its book, "Lawyers Who Shaped Dane County: The History of the Practice of Law in the Madison Area." From the DCBA website: This 140 page...
View ArticleGuide to Searching on FDsys - basic search tutorial
GPO has recently released a new series of training video modules on its Federal Digital System (FDsys). The first video introduces the basic search in FDsys and I must say that I was quite impressed....
View ArticleThe Bluebook Goes Mobile
The Bluebook, a Uniform System of Citation, is now available via the rulebook app for iPhone and iPad. The app allows users to search, highlight, bookmark and take notes. Content is automatically...
View ArticleSlim Down Bloated Links from Google Search Results
Ever tried to copy a link from Google search results and ended up something messy looking like this:...
View ArticleStaffing Changes at the UW Law Library
Effective today, there are some staffing changes at the UW Law Library. Bill Ebbott, long-time Associate Director for Public Services, began full-time retirement on August 31st. I, Bonnie Shucha, will...
View ArticleLaw Library & Law Building Closed Thursday due to Presidential Visit
President Obama will be speaking on campus Thursday, October 4. This event is scheduled to take place on Bascom Hill from noon to approximately 6 p.m. To ensure security for the event, the Law Library...
View ArticleNew and Updated Research Guides Prepared by the UW Law Library
Here's a selection of some of the research guides that our staff has recently created or updated: International Commercial Arbitration: A Research Guide by Sunil Rao - Last Updated Oct 12, 2012 Native...
View ArticleSSRN App
SSRN, the Social Science Research Network, has recently launched a iPhone/iPad app. SSRN is a repository of scholarly research for social sciences and humanities scholarship, including law. Many of our...
View ArticleWisEye's Campaign 2012 Voter Guide
WisEye has created a Campaign 2012 Voter Guide with interviews and information on candidates in the November 6th general election. From their email announcement: WisEye's Campaign 2012 Voter Guide has...
View ArticleArticle About Law Library's Curry mural, "The Freeing of the Slaves"
UW-Madison News has posted a very interesting story about John Steuart Curry's mural "The Freeing of the Slaves" which is housed in the UW Law Law Library. From the article: "The Freeing of the Slaves"...
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