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Exploring Historical Scholarship in Foreign and Comparative Law: The Parker School of Comparative Law Publications

This collection from the Parker School at Columbia Law school , available on HeinOnline, is a rich repository of historical legal scholarship. You’ll find books, articles, and papers that are ideal for exploring the evolution of legal syst ...

Posted Mar 5, 2025 by Sunil Rao,

Exploring Historical Scholarship in Foreign and Comparative Law: The Parker School of Comparative Law Publications

This collection from the Parker School at Columbia Law school , available on HeinOnline, is a rich repository of historical legal scholarship. You’ll find books, articles, and papers that are ideal for exploring the evolution of legal syst ...

Posted Mar 5, 2025 by Sunil Rao,

Exploring Historical Scholarship in Foreign and Comparative Law: The Parker School of Comparative Law Publications

This collection from the Parker School at Columbia Law school , available on HeinOnline, is a rich repository of historical legal scholarship. You’ll find books, articles, and papers that are ideal for exploring the evolution of legal syst ...

Posted Mar 5, 2025 by Sunil Rao,

Exploring Historical Scholarship in Foreign and Comparative Law: The Parker School of Comparative Law Publications

This collection from the Parker School at Columbia Law school , available on HeinOnline, offers a rich repository of historical legal scholarship. You’ll find books, articles, and papers that are ideal for exploring the evolution of legal ...

Posted Mar 5, 2025 by Sunil Rao,

Exploring Historical Scholarship in Foreign and Comparative Law: The Parker School of Comparative Law Publications

This collection from the Parker School at Columbia Law school , available on HeinOnline, offers  rich repository of historical legal scholarship. You’ll find books, articles, and papers that are ideal for exploring the evolution of le ...

Posted Mar 5, 2025 by Sunil Rao,

Exploring Historical Scholarship in Foreign and Comparative Law: The Parker School of Comparative Law Publications

This collection from the Parker School at Columbia Law school , available on HeinOnline, offers  rich repository of historical legal scholarship. You’ll find books, articles, and papers that are ideal for exploring the evolution of le ...

Posted Mar 5, 2025 by Sunil Rao,

Connecting Google Scholar to Your UW-Madison Student Account

Google Scholar is a wonderful resource for quickly finding and connecting to articles as well as case law. You can search directly by entering a citation or you can use the more typical natural language search terms that you would use with regul ...

Posted Feb 26, 2025 by Park,Scott

Wisconsin Municipal Judge Benchbook

A Bench Book is a "guide to legal procedure, intended for use by a judge."  -Oxford English Dictonary A desk-book according to the OED is "a book for constant use at the desk, a handbook, vade-mecum." Today's title, Wisconsin Municipal ...

Posted Feb 18, 2025 by Eric Taylor, Evening Reference Librarian

Business Database Resources for Law Students

If you are researching transactional law, you'll have to develop a research stragegy to include locating information on a business, finding market data, and if it is a public company, you might want to chart the company's stock performance, and ...

Posted Feb 13, 2025 by Jenny Zook, Reference Librarian

Exploring Translation Tools: Google Translate and DeepL

If you're tackling legal translations, accuracy and context are crucial.  When looking for the right translation tool, two popular and options stand out: Google Translate and DeepL . Here's a comparison to help you decide which might best ...

Posted Jan 27, 2025 by Sunil Rao,

Why the start of the Spring Semester is so Chilly

Welcoming us back to the start of the Spring Semester is a chilly present from up north, but what exactly is a polar Vortex? The polar vortex is a large area of low pressure and cold air surrounding both of the Earth’s poles. It ALWAYS e ...

Posted Jan 22, 2025 by Park,Scott

Criminal Law Resources : Three Titles Worthy of Note

Rights of Prisoners 5th (print and on Weslaw) The Law of Probation and Parole 2d (print and on Westlaw) WI DOC Division of Community Corrections Client Handook (online) The first two of these titles in the Library's collection could ...

Posted Jan 13, 2025 by Eric Taylor, Evening Reference Librarian

Is the Law Library Open During Winter Break?

Yes, the Law Library is open during Winter Break, but the Hours are more limited and we will be closed Dec. 24th, Dec. 25th, Dec. 31st and Jan. 1st.  During the Winter Break we are close on Saturdays and Sundays as well. Here is a link to ...

Posted Dec 12, 2024 by Jenny Zook, Reference Librarian

Why is Thanksgiving on a Thursday in November

Many family fights on Thanksgiving start with politics, interestingly enough the Thanksgiving holiday date, the 4th Thursday of November, has its very own political fight just about which day it should be held on. On September 28, 1789, just ...

Posted Nov 29, 2024 by Park,Scott

Freedom of Speech: The Oxford dictionary of American political slang

"Raise your words, not your voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder." -Rumi Let us have some word fun then!  The book presented here contains a hodgepodge of jargon founded and forged inside the Beltway of our country.  Its ...

Posted Oct 29, 2024 by Eric Taylor, Evening Reference Librarian

Election Law Resources

Early voting began yesterday, October 22nd, in Wisconsin.  Here are a few resources if you are interested in election law. Locate your polling place in Wisconsin here: https://myvote.wi.gov/en-us/Find-My-Polling-Place In Madison, the c ...

Posted Oct 23, 2024 by Jenny Zook, Reference Librarian

Something Wicked This Way Comes...to the Courthouse!

Now that temperatures are finally falling, it’s starting to feel like autumn.  With autumn comes the spookiest time of the year, and what is spookier than witches, ghosts or vampires? Each of these creepy creatures have checkered lega ...

Posted Oct 19, 2024 by Manriquez,Elizabeth, Head of Reference & Scholarly Support

Important Dates for Upcoming Election

The election is coming up in just a few weeks and as the date fast approaches it is good to be aware of several deadlines for registering to vote and for early voting. Oct. 16: Last day for online voter registration in Wisconsin Oct. 22-Nov ...

Posted Oct 10, 2024 by Park,Scott

The History of MFA/Multi-Factor Authentication

You know the drill: you log in to your Wiscmail account, you get another buzz in your pocket from your phone- you have to tap a prompt that confirms that you are you. This feature (multi-factor authentication- MFA) was rolled out to the UW-Madis ...

Posted Sep 17, 2024 by Babler,Emma

Welcome Law Students

Welcome Back! Welcome to the Law Library Law Badgers!  With the start of the fall 2024 semester, the Law Library has resumed regular hours, https://www.library.wisc.edu/law/about-law/library-hours/. Reminders:  On the Law ...

Posted Sep 4, 2024 by Jenny Zook, Reference Librarian

Access to Bloomberg Law, Lexis and Westlaw

Reminder that if you are affiliated with the law school you will have access to Bloomberg Law , Lexis+ and Westlaw Precision throughout the summer for legal research, summer associate assignments and clinical work.  You also have access r ...

Posted May 6, 2024 by Jenny Zook, Reference Librarian

Stay Healthy This Summer

Summer is around the corner and  can be the perfect time to boost your well-being. Here are five tips, drawn from the governmental and professional health organizations listed below, for enjoying a fun, safe and healthy summer! : Protec ...

Posted May 1, 2024 by Sunil Rao,

History of the Hooding Ceremony

A special ceremony that many students have probably been looking forward to since becoming law students is the hooding ceremony. The hooding ceremony confers a special recognition upon those graduating, not just for law students, but anyone rece ...

Posted Apr 26, 2024 by Scott Park

Happy National Library Week 2024!

Happy National Library Week !  It does seem like every other day is a themed day of some kind (you can check on this website- for example, today is also National Hug Your Dog Day and National Siblings Day, so make sure to hug your pups an ...

Posted Apr 10, 2024 by Babler,Emma

Study Aid Guides for Exam Preparation...And Where to Find Them

Seeking help for exam preparation and want a study aid but don't know the title to ask for?  The Law Library has a quick guide that provides a list of all available study aids, Study Aids on Reserve, located at the circulation desk. The ...

Posted Apr 3, 2024 by Jenny Zook, Reference Librarian

Don't Shelve That Book!!

You've probably noticed signs within the library imploring patrons to not reshelve books.  But you may not know why the librarians prefer you place that book on the reshelving cart and the answer may surprise you. Many of our materials do ...

Posted Mar 14, 2024 by Manriquez,Elizabeth, Head of Reference & Scholarly Support


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