Bonnie Shucha

Associate Dean, Library & Information Services

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Contact

bonnie.shucha@wisc.edu
+16082655513
Room 6358, Law School

Curriculum Vitae

Websites:
Personal Web Site

@Shucha

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Education

J.D., UW Law School
Master of Library & Info. Science, UW-Milwaukee
M.A. History, UW-Milwaukee
B.A. History, UW-Eau Claire

Biography

Bonnie Shucha is the Associate Dean for Library and Information Services and Director of the Law Library at the UW Law School. She oversees library operations and guides the Law Library team in fostering research and learning across the Law School community and beyond. She received her J.D. from the UW Law School, a Masters of Library & Information Science and M.A. in History from UW-Milwaukee, and a B.A. in History from UW-Eau Claire.

Dean Shucha has presented and published on numerous topics including legal research, legal technology and generative AI, scholarly visibility, Tribal law, and women’s history. She is also the creator and author of the UW Law Library blog, WisBlawg, which provides legal research and tech information with an emphasis on Wisconsin.

She is an active member of the American Association of Law Libraries where she served as special interest section and caucus leader. She is also a past president of the Law Librarians Association of Wisconsin. She is a member and former chair of the State Bar of Wisconsin’s Communications Committee and Wisconsin Lawyer editorial board.

Dean Shucha co-teaches Advanced Legal Research. In this simulation course, students gain practical, hands-on experience in approaching, conducting, and presenting research in a practice setting.

Scholarship & Publications

Law Repository

Research Interests

Legal research
Library and law-related technologies
Scholarly visibility
Accessibility of tribal law
History of prostitution & public policy

Activities

Multiple UW Law faculty were honored at the Association of American Law Schools 2026 Annual Meeting in New Orleans on January 6-9: Bonnie Shucha, Law Libraries and Legal Information Section Award; Elizabeth Mertz, Judith Welch Wegner Award (Section on Empirical Study of Legal Education and the Legal Profession); and Scholarly Papers Competition finalists Christopher Lau, for “Shadow Forensics: Uncovering 911 Call Analysis,” and Lisa Washington, for “Beyond the Carceral Frame” (forthcoming).
Bonnie Shucha was the coordinator and also a panelist, presenting "Teaching the Ethical and Effective Use of Generative AI to Students, Faculty, Practitioners, Judges and Beyond" during a joint Mid-America Association of Law Libraries/Ohio Regional Association of Law Libraries Annual Meeting in Cleveland, Ohio, on Oct. 23, 2025.
Kris Turner and Bonnie Shucha presented "Prompting Success for Law Firms: Tips for Engineering Effective Prompts to Get the Most Out of AI" during the Wisconsin Solo and Small Firm Conference on Oct. 17, 2025.
Bonnie Shucha and Amanda White Eagle presented "Artificial Intelligence: Generative AI in the Law & in Tribal Courts" during the National American Indian Court Judges Association Annual Conference in Phoenix, Arizona, on Oct. 15, 2025.
Bonnie Shucha and Kristopher Turner presented the full-day workshop "GenerativeAI: What it is, What it does, Its Effect on the Legal Profession, and What Appellate Judges Need to Know," for the Wisconsin Court of Appeals and Supreme Court judges & staff on September 30, 2025.
Bonnie Schucha was appointed to the Wisconsin Court System Artificial Intelligence Committee in October 2025.
The article "Integrating Tribal Law into the Legal Research and Writing Curriculum,” co-authored by Bonnie Shucha, received two awards from the American Association of Law Libraries: the Outstanding Article - Long Form Award and the Paul Gatz RIPS-SIS Publication Award.
Bonnie Shucha co-authored "Integrating Tribal Law into the Legal Research and Writing Curriculum: Benefits, Challenges, and Strategies," published in Perspectives on May 28, 2024.
Bonnie Shucha was elected vice chair/chair elect of the Mid-America Law Library Consortium. Her two-year term began Jan. 1, 2025, and will be followed by two years as chair.
Bonnie Shucha published "Getting Started with GenAI in Legal Practice" in Wisconsin Lawyer. Read the article.
Bonnie Shucha presented "Integrating Tribal Law into Legal Research and Writing" during a webinar for the Perspectives Author Series on Nov. 1, 2024.
Bonnie Shucha presented "Ethical and Practical Applications of AI in Legal Research" during the 2024 Technology and the Bench Seminar hosted by the Wisconsin Office of Judicial Education on June 13, 2024.
Bonnie Shucha presented "Artificial Intelligence Research, Practice and Policy in Higher Education" during the National Association of System Heads panel on Nov. 30, 2023.
Bonnie Shucha presented "Increasing Awareness of and Access to Tribal Law" during the 2023 American Association of Law Libraries Legislative Advocacy Training on Dec. 4, 2023.
Bonnie Shucha coordinated and spoke during "Recognizing the Third Sovereign: Promoting Awareness of, Respect for and Access to Native American Tribal Law," which took place during the American Association of Law Libraries Annual Meeting in Boston on July 17, 2023.