October 20-26 is Free Speech Week ! "Established in 2005, Free Speech Week is a yearly event to raise public awareness of the importance of freedom of speech and of the press in our democracy- and to celebrate that freedom." The second li ...
Need a book, article, or media item that the Law Library, or any Library on campus, does not have? Interlibrary Loan (ILL) has you covered. This service, free for students and faculty, lets you borrow items (articles, books, or just a chapter fr ...
“You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.” This quote from Ray Bradbury perfectly encapsulates the simple violence of controlling what is available for the world to read and consume. ...
Bloomberg Law, Lexis+ and Westlaw Precision are powerful legal research tools, but when seeking information outside the scope of legal databases, did you know that you can browse the UW library's databases by subject? The databases listed on ...
Looking for a 19th century treaty between the United States and China? Or perhaps an Obscure treaty between Great Britain and Prussia in the late 18th Century? You may want to check out HeinOnline's World Treaty Library . If there is s ...
There can be no more important words than these. "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 secur ...
Help get your body ready for the upcoming cold weather and avoid missing any classes because of illness! The University Health Services (UHS) will offer no-cost flu shots to students and employees. All members of the campus community can signi ...
Welcome to the Law Library Badgers! With the start of the Fall 2025 semester, the Law Library is here for your research, reference, and study needs. How can we help you? Our recently updated website, http://library.law.wisc.edu , has ...
While law students may not feel like it, this semester has just flown by! It's already 70+ degrees outside, the flowers are stunning and students are lining up to get their photos taken on Abe's lap at the summit of Bascom Hill. Even as campu ...
Like many students, I entered law school as a voracious reader. I didn’t fear the long hours of reading ahead of me, it was already one of my favorite things to do! I read all types of books before law school: fiction, non-fict ...
Summer 2025 is almost here, and it’s a great time to think again about switching up your health and wellness routine. Here are five new suggestions to help you feel your best this summer. I've tried to gather resources that are backed by s ...
A recent case in the 10th Circuit Court has provided a much needed sigh of relief regarding access to vast tracts of public land, managed mostly by the Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service. Hikers, Campers, Hunters, and Anglers have now ...
Interested in Military Resources? New on HeinOnline is military material, including the Geneva Convention and War Crimes, JAG material and the Francis Lieber Collection. Below is information on the resource, a link to the HeinOnline libr ...
What’s the deal with tariffs really? Do they work? Who bears the burden? When did they begin? There has been much debate on this subject recently, with more takes than fish in the ocean, leaving many to wonder what to really be ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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