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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

Bonnie Shucha published "Closing the AI Readiness Gap: A Framework for Law Schools" in Perspectives: Teaching Legal Research and Writing on June 19, 2026.
Kris Turner and Bonnie Shucha presented at the American Association of Law Libraries Annual Meeting in Cleveland in July 2026. Shucha was a panelist for a session entitled, "Value of Investment: Amplifying the Library's Strategic Impact in the Age of AI." Turner was the coordinator, moderator and panelist for "Choose Your Own Management Adventure: Stories from the Professional Trenches."
Kris Turner and Bonnie Shucha spoke at a Briefs and Bites luncheon organized by the Wisconsin Foundation and held at the Madison Club on May 27, 2026. Alumni and other members of the legal community attended the discussion, in which Turner and Shucha covered "AI and the Future of Legal Practice."
Bonnie Shucha published "AI Prompting for Legal Professionals: The Art of Asking the Right Question" in January 2026.
Bonnie Shucha published “NotebookLM for Lawyers: AI That Focuses on Your Documents” in December 2025. The paper examines NotebookLM, a document-grounded artificial intelligence tool developed by Google that helps users interact with and analyze texts they upload.
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); Lori Hickman, Heidi Johnson, and Abigail Rubeor, Financial Aid Change Maker Award (Section on Pre-Law Education and Admission to Law School) 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.