University of Wisconsin Law School

The University of Wisconsin Law School is located on historic Bascom Hill in the heart of the beautiful UW–Madison campus. It boasts a renowned faculty, an extensive curriculum and a dynamic student body. As part of a world-class university located in the state’s capital, the Law School also offers an unparalleled wealth of experiences beyond its walls.

Our curriculum emphasizes the dynamics of the law—how the law relates to social change and to society as a whole—while at the same time stressing skill development. In addition to nationally recognized programs in several substantive areas, the Law School also has one of the largest clinical programs in the country. UW Law School offers many dual degree programs, concentrations and certificate programs.

With a focus on skills-based learning, our students graduate practice-ready and prepared for success. Most UW Law School students are pursuing a J.D. (Juris Doctor) degree, while many others are earning an LL.M. (Master of Laws) or the S.J.D. (Doctor of Juridical Science).

The UW Law School's nationally recognized faculty and staff work together to provide an outstanding learning environment for our students. Our faculty and staff come from a wide range of backgrounds and bring varying experiences, views and approaches to the Law School. They are inspired by the UW’s distinctive law-in-action approach, and they are committed to helping students develop into confident, successful lawyers.

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For a while now, HeinOnline has assigned topics to each article in the Law Journal Library database.  This allows researchers to get a general idea of the scope of the article before they dive in any further or to search or browse for additional articles on that topic.  Over 1,500 topics are available and are assigned using a combination of human curation along with natural language processing and machine learning,

Hein recently announced that they had broadened this topical…
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Today, legal publishers Casemaker and Fastcase announced their merger thereby creating the largest legal research platform by subscriber count – over one million.  According to the press release:
The two companies will combine their teams and technologies to innovate research, analytics, and workflow offerings that empower lawyers with powerful digital solutions for their clients.

The two companies have taken a similar trajectory in creating an affordable and widely accessible alternative to the global publishers that dominate American law,…
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The American Association of Law Libraries reports that academic librarians may now qualify for exemption from FOIA request fees as educational institution requestors.  From the AALL Washington Update:
The  Office of Management and Budget (OMB) accepted AALL’s recommendation that federal agencies should consider librarians at educational institutions, including academic law librarians, as eligible for fee exemptions under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
The FOIA requires federal government agencies to disclose government information upon request unless it falls under…
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Here is the latest faculty scholarship appearing in the University of Wisconsin Law School Legal Studies Research Papers series found on SSRN.

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On the latest episode of the WI Law in Action podcast from the UW Law Library, Professor R. Alta Charo, a leading expert in bioethics, discusses the development of COVID-19 treatments and vaccines and the procedural and legal issues that surround them.  She explores how vaccine distribution can be expected, how a vaccine gets approved, and how federal, state, and local laws and agencies come into play.
Professor Charo on the role of government in research:
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What really…
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From UW Law School News:
A new book showcases the work of Stewart Macaulay, the University of Wisconsin Law School professor known for pioneering the “law-in-action” approach to contracts.
“Stewart Macaulay: Selected Works“—edited by the leading British contracts scholar David Campbell—highlights Macaulay’s six decades of contributions to contract theory and to the sociology of law. The book contains some of Macaulay’s best-known research, as well as more obscure publications.
Stewart Macaulay: Selected Texts
Included in the book is Macaulay’s…
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Legal Tune Up Wisconsin from LIFT Dane is a new app that uses publicly available data (driver’s license, criminal, eviction, court, and child support records) to help people identify and address legal issues on their own.

From LawSites:
In its initial launch, the app enables users to see if they have past eviction or criminal records on Wisconsin’s online public records database that are eligible for removal.  If so, the app automates creation and filing of the appropriate…
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Today’s New Faculty Focus from UW News features one of UW Law’s newest professors, Franciska Coleman.  Coleman is an Assistant Professor of Law and Associate Director of the East Asian Legal Studies Program.
Coleman has her J.D. from Harvard Law School and Ph.D. in Literacy, Culture and International Education from the University of Pennsylvania. Prior to joining the faculty of UW Law School, she was a Visiting Assistant Professor at Washington University in St. Louis and also held…
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In celebration of Native American Heritage Month, the UW Law Library has created a web display celebrating the accomplishments of members of the Native community in the legal profession.  See the UW Madison Native November 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 Asian Pacific​…
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On the latest episode of the WI Law in Action podcast from the UW Law Library, Professor Cecelia Klingele discusses her work in the area of criminal justice reform, particularly on managing human behavior and conceptions of deviance.  She recently published two articles in this area: Labeling Violence published in the Marquette Law Review and Making Sense of Risk published in Behavioral Sciences and the Law.

Cecelia Klingele

Professor Klingele on the use of actuarial risk assessment tools in criminal justice…
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The year 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment, guaranteeing and protecting the constitutional right to vote for women.  In honor of the anniversary, the American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on the Law Library of Congress launched a traveling exhibit tracing the movement that not only secured passage of the 19th amendment, but also its influence on subsequent movements related to equal rights.

The UW Law Library is proud to host the 19th Amendment …
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Here is the latest faculty scholarship appearing in the University of Wisconsin Law School Legal Studies Research Papers series found on SSRN.

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Here is the latest faculty scholarship appearing in the University of Wisconsin Law School Legal Studies Research Papers series found on SSRN.

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“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”
With these words, We began our lasting experiment with Democracy 233 years ago.  On Thursday, Sept. 17th, Americans celebrate Constitution Day and Citizenship Day.  A federal day…
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The UW Law Library recently received an Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) National Leadership Grants for Libraries grant to improve access to tribal laws.  A recent news article from the UW Madison Libraries features our Digital Publication of Tribal Laws Pilot Project.

The project will develop an open platform that will empower libraries to improve access to tribal laws published into the public domain and more…
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