Contrary to assertions that senior faculty tend to be less productive, Inside Higher Ed reports that a new study of academic productivity says that older professors publish as much as their younger colleagues.
These senior scholars do tend to publish fewer conference papers than younger colleagues but keep pace with them in terms of published articles, the paper says. Crucially, senior professors publish more chapters and books than their younger counterparts, reflecting the valuable synthesis of knowledge and insight
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Recent UW Law Faculty Scholarship: Alternative Model for the Islamic Marriage Contract and Environmental Justice & Sustainable Development
Here is the latest faculty scholarship appearing in the University of Wisconsin Law School Legal Studies Research Papers series found on SSRN.
- “A Meditation on Mahr, Modernity, and Muslim Marriage Contract Law” by ASIFA QURAISHI-LANDES (UW Law)
In this essay, I sketch an alternative model for the Islamic marriage contract. I propose the use of the partnership contract, rather than sales, as its background framework. I believe that applying the well-established (and recently re-energized) principles of Islamic partnership law
Plagiarized Articles Warn of the Evils of Plagiarism
Professor Brian L. Frye of University of Kentucky – College of Law recently published to SSRN an interesting trilogy of articles about plagiarism norms. Why so interesting? Because the articles themselves were completely plagiarized. In fact, that was the point.
Frye writes:
In 2020, I paid Alvin Emoodo of youressaymaster.com $100 to ghostwrite a law review article for me titled “Illegitimacy of Plagiarism Norms.” Emoodo wrote a 10 page article for me in about 3 days.
Here’s a
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Recent UW Law Faculty Scholarship: Corporate Governance Gap, Invisible Rules that Govern use of Force, Law Faculty Scholarly Impact, & Challenging James Madison as Father of the Constitution
Here is the latest faculty scholarship appearing in the University of Wisconsin Law School Legal Studies Research Papers series found on SSRN.
- “The Corporate Governance Gap” 131 Yale L. J. (Forthcoming) by YARON NILI (UW Law) and KOBI KASTIEL
A reliable system of corporate governance is considered an important requirement for the long-term success of public companies and for the good of society at large. After decades of research and policy advocacy, there is a growing sense that corporations
New Article Highlights UW Law’s Pioneering, Bottom-Up Innovative Clinical Education Program
A new article by Professors Keith A. Findley and Louise G. Trubek highlights the unique strengths of the clinical legal education program at the University of Wisconsin Law School. The article is entitled Clinics at Wisconsin: Comprehensive, In-Depth Pedagogy and Bottom-Up Innovation, 2021 Wisconsin Law Review 409 (2021).
Abstract:
The University of Wisconsin (UW) Law School has been a pioneer in clinical education. Experiential education, involving actual legal advocacy and practice, started at Wisconsin in the 1970s before
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“Paving the Way” Explores 1st American Women Law Professors, including UW’s own Margo Melli
Paving the Way: the First American Women Law Professors, the long-awaited book by Herma Hill Kay, former Dean of UC Berkeley School of Law who passed away in 2017, tells the stories of the first fourteen female law professors at ABA- and AALS-accredited law schools in the United States.
From Amazon:
Paving the Way is filled with details, quiet and loud, of each of their lives and careers from their own perspectives. Kay wraps each story in
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Hein Unveils New One-Box Searching
One-box searching has come to HeinOnline and it’s a very nice improvement. Now you can search all Hein content from a single box with drop-down options allowing you to specify your search intent. Previously, your search was limited to a specific tab (full text, citation, catalog, or case law).
According to the HeinOnline blog, this interface update retains all searching functionality. No previous searching capabilities have been removed. Here are the drop down options:
- Just search for: Functions
APIDA Heritage Month – Celebrating the Accomplishments of Asian, Pacific Islander, and Desi American Members of the Legal Profession
In celebration of APIDA Heritage Month, the UW Law Library has created a web display celebrating the accomplishments of Asian, Pacific Islander, and Desi American members of the legal profession. See the UW APIDA Heritage Month site for more information on campus-wide virtual events.
This display is the creation of the Law Library’s Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity subcommittee and is the latest in a series of displays recognizing and celebrating diversity in the legal profession. We’ve also celebrated Black
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New Study Offers Tips for Increasing Law Review Article Citations
82% of law review articles have zero citations within the first five years. 82%. This grim finding is from a recent study by Rob Willey and Melanie Knapp of George Mason University Law Library who reviewed nearly 250,000 law review articles published in HeinOnline from 2015-2019.
Some articles, however, are cited significantly more often. What makes these articles so special? According to Willey and Knapp, there are several article characteristics that correlate to increased citations in legal scholarship. Here
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Google Research Sites & Tools
Here’s a list of some of the many research sites and tools available from Google:
- Google Advanced – https://www.google.com/advanced_search
- Google Alerts – https://www.google.com/alerts
- Google Books – https://books.google.com
- Google Finance – https://www.google.com/finance
- Google Flights – https://www.google.com/flights/
- Google Images – https://images.google.com
- Google News – https://news.google.com
- Google Patents – https://patents.google.com/
- Google Scholar – https://scholar.google.com
- Google Shopping – https://shopping.google.com/
- Google Social Search – https://www.social-searcher.com/google-social-search/
- Google Translate – https://translate.google.com
- Google Trends – https://trends.google.com/
- Google Videos – https://www.google.com/videohp
ScholarSift & JStor Text Analyzer Use AI to Identify Law & Multidisciplinary Articles that You Might Have Missed
ScholarSift is a new resource that legal scholars and law librarians should keep an eye on. Using artificial intelligence, it analyzes the text and citations of law journal articles to find other relevant law journal articles. You can either search for articles already in the database or upload your own draft. It’s designed to identify scholarship that you might otherwise have missed in the course of your research. It’s currently in beta but is expected to publicly launch on
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Virtual Symposium on Citation and the Law
The Lillian Goldman Law Library at Yale Law School is hosting a free Virtual Symposium on Citation and the Law on April 22 and 23, 2021. Registration is now open.
The symposium will highlight the scholarship of law librarians and faculty interested in issues ranging from the US News and World Reports rankings for scholarly productivity, to link rot, to empirical research in the use of citations, and more. Keynote speaker Fred Shapiro will set the stage with his
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UW Law Ranked 29th Among the Nation’s Law Schools by U.S. News
From UW Law School News:
U.S. News and World Report has ranked UW Law School 29th among the nation’s law schools (tied with five other schools), the magazine announced today. The school was ranked 38th last year.
“This ranking reflects the outstanding value that the University of Wisconsin Law School offers, as well as the excellent career outcomes of our recent graduates, the reputation of our faculty, and the credentials of our students,” says Dean Dan Tokaji. “Equally important –
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Hidden Gems: Under-appreciated UW Law Library Resources
As the calendar winds its way toward spring and the end of the semester approaches, Assistant Director for Public Services, Kris Turner recommends the following underutilized or overlooked gems to help law students finish the year on a high note:
1. Are you focused on Wisconsin-specific laws and procedures? Then without a doubt, you should check out Books Unbound, the digital collection of treatises and ‘brown binders’ that are relied on by practitioners across the state. You have free
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Clearbrief MS Word Add-in Uses AI to Evaluate the Strength of a Brief
Clearbrief is a new brief analysis tool that uses AI to evaluate the strength of the arguments in a brief, identifying how well each sentence is supported by the cited source. It functions as an add-in to Microsoft Word.
From the website:
Clearbrief automatically pulls up every factual and legal source you cite to in your draft, side by side with your writing, and points out mistakes in what you said vs. what your source says. [It] instantly
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Representing Law Faculty Scholarly Impact: Strategies for Improving Citation Metrics and Promoting Scholarly Visibility
For the last few years, I’ve been following the issue of legal citation metrics and scholarly impact and visibility very closely. I’m pleased to share that my new paper entitled, Representing Law Faculty Scholarly Impact: Strategies for Improving Citation Metrics and Promoting Scholarly Visibility is now available via SSRN. I will be presenting the paper at the Yale Virtual Symposium on Citation and the Law on April 22 and 23, 2021. Registration opens soon.
Here’s the abstract:
In February
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