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Tips for a Healthy ThanksgivingMany of you will have already finalized your Thanksgiving meal plans. Even so, this article offers some valuable tips on how to enjoy a healthy feast. Wishing everyone a fantastic holiday weekend!
Hello Law Students! It's that season again--FINALS! Those winter wonderland of exams that top off the fall semester. Would you like a brief rest from your studies and the opportunity to learn how to locate old exams and study ...
According to Black's Law Dictionary, Humanitarian Law is defined as: "The laws dealing with such matters as the permissible use of weapons and other means of warefare, the treatment of civilians, prisoners of war, civilian populations in armed ...
Elements Of An Action by Jay E. Grenig, West, 2023-2024 Law Library Reserve Collection: KFW2480 .W57 v.14 Part of the Wisconsin Practice Series Element. (13c) 1. A constituent part of a claim that must be proved for the claim to succe ...
Legal writing resources are essential for anyone who needs to produce clear, concise, and persuasive legal documents. There are a variety of different legal writings resources available, highlighted below are just a few of the resources that can ...
Welcome to the new semester, Law Badgers! We're sure you've noticed how we've spruced things up around the 5th floor in the library over the summer. We have a brand-new reference desk (and we've been so happy to see so many of you stopping by to ...
In recognition of National Law Student Mental Health Day (October 10th), the Law Library Wellbeing Committee would like to bring your attention to a few things: Stop by the Atrium over the noon hour (Tuesday October 10th) and learn abo ...
With another government shutdown looming in the not so far distance, now is a great time to learn more about them and their effects. There are some excellent resources available if you would like to research more in this area, most are fre ...
Welcome to the Law Library and the beginning of the 2023/2024 year at the University of Wisconsin Law School. Here are a few handy resources available at the UW Law Library that will support you throughout the semester. 1. ...
"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 Pos ...
Welcome back to the Law Library, or for all you first year law students, just plain welcome! We're excited to see you all again and look forward to a great year with you. The Law Library spent the summer working hard to be it's best self, w ...
The recent spate of bank failures may have you questioning the stability of the banking system. Media coverage can be biased and there are conflicting accounts about the seriousness of these closings. The only answer is to do your ow ...
Taking a break and prioritizing self-care during final exams can actually be a smart strategy for success.In that spirit, stop by one of the law library’s Wellness Pitstops today! “Take a Spin ” (fifth floor across from the wat ...
How do you create a professional identity after graduation? One excellent way to build a professional reputation and share your passion for an area of law is to write articles for a legal publisher. Consider submitting articles to ...
"Even so did we seize the fiery-pointed brand and whirled it round in his eye, and the blood flowed about the heated bar." Dare guess which case this stirring quote by Homer can be found? How about this one from Shakespeare: "Yes, tr ...
I may be a day late, but the Wisconsin State Supreme Court election made national headlines, with Janet Protasiewicz defeating Daniel Kelly for the open seat. As we know, Wisconsin holds nonpartisian elections for State Supreme Court judge ...
Our UW Law School Digital Repository is the one-stop-shop when you are looking for UW Law faculty scholarship. Our repository team has spent years (literally!) carefully collecting all of our faculty member’s works. However, the repo ...
Current day international law is a product of centuries of diplomacy, international relations, state practices, and war. If you are researching the development of international law in the 19th and 20th centuries, or perhaps attempting to ...
Treatises & Databases on Family Law There are several national and state specific family law treatises available in the library. Many familiar books on family law are now online on the major legal databases. Lexis fo ...
There's nothing like a good American Law Report (ALR) to get your research going! Whether it be for legal research in a client matter or a term paper, the American Law Reports will give you a sound start to your research. First appearing ...
Are you bummed that Valentine's Day has already passed? Are those flowers already wilting? Well, the Law Library can't quite help with that, but perhaps we can fill a legal research void with PowerNotes! PowerNotes is a great new tool that ...
The U.S. News & World Report’s statistical survey ranking the 188 law schools in the U.S. has long been a tool utilized by prospective law students, law schools, and the legal profession. Yet in recent months, more and more schools hav ...
If you are looking for quick and easy way to find foreign cases or statutes online, check out the World Legal Information Institute (WorldLII) . The law library offers many access points for foreign and international legal information, but wha ...
Welcome back to the Law Library Law Badgers! With the start of both the New Year and the new semester, the Law Library has resumed regular hours, https://www.library.wisc.edu/law/about-law/library-hours/. Reminders: On the Law ...
If you have a broad research question in international law, (e.g. the historical development of international asylum law), the Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law (online) is an excellent starting point.The database is organized ...
As we begin to head for the finish line of a busy fall semester, there's no time like the present to remind everyone of how the Law Library's space and services are here to support you as you wrap up your memos, study for your finals, and genera ...
Lexis has long offered an especially useful series titled the "Art of Advocacy." There are eight titles to the series. Broadly speaking, these titles cover the topics of trial preparation and practice. You can find all of them ...
The late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg will be featured on a U.S. Forever stamp in 2023 - the first Supreme Court justice to grace our postage since 2003 (Thurgood Marshall). She is also the first female justice to be featured on a stamp ( ...
RESOURCES TO BEGIN RESEARCHING WISCONSIN LAW When starting legal research, it's best to begin with secondary sources that will lead you to primary law on your issue. Listed below are just a few valuable resources on Wisconsin law ...
Are you looking for guidance on how to create a citation or a video practice tutorial on Bluebook citations? Listed below are books, tutorials and research guides on Bluebooking. Remember, you can also come to the Reference Des ...
"The more comfortable you are, the better you will be." This can be true for many things, but in this case, I'm quoting a recent National Jurist article focusing on legal technology. I am hard-pressed to think of a better situation in which thi ...
Hello Law Badgers both new and old- welcome to the Fall ‘22 semester! Whether you’re a returning Badger or brand new, we’re guessing that you’ve already done some exploring of the Law Library physical space- we&rsquo ...
"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 Pos ...
For several years now, the Wisconsin Supreme Court Rules have allowed Pro Bono work to be eligible for CLE credit. Under Chapter 31 , attorneys may claim one general CLE hour for every five hours of pro bono legal services provided in a qu ...
Library Tips: Getting your first assignment First, no one expects you to know everything, relax. Always have a pad of paper and pen on you to write down questions as well as make notes regarding the assignment. For bill tracking purpose ...
The snow has (mostly) melted. Birds are singing. The Law Library is currently limited to law students and legal researchers. It must be spring in Wisconsin! Like most people, I get a little antsy at this time of year. Finals are approaching, t ...
The new 2021-2022 Wisconsin Blue Book is here! First published in 1853 as a manual for legislators, the Blue Book's mission today "is to furnish the legislature and the public with information on state officers and governmental organization ...
It’s Opening Day for baseball! If you’re a fan like me, you watched the lock out with trepidation, speculating whether this day would ever come. As a strident White Sox fan, I still remember the heartbreak of the 1994 st ...
With the war in Ukraine more than one month old, you may be looking for sources that discuss the conflict--its history, causes and consequences--in some depth. To that end, below is a selective list of online materials and recent books held in t ...
The United States Supreme Court was established by the United States Constitution and the passage of the Judiciary Act of 1789, and had its first meeting on February 2, 1790. It handed down its first opinion on August 3, 1791 (West v. Barnes ). ...
We've had an unfortunate opportunity to learn more about a special area of international law in recent weeks. As the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues, there have been reports of war crimes, and probes by the International Criminal Court in ...
It's happening again, war in Europe, and with it possible human rights violations and war crimes . In this case, Russia's invasion of Ukraine may have included intentionally directing attacks against a civilian population, a possible viola ...
Federal Civil Rules Handbook , West, 2022 Law Library Reserve Collection: KF8816 .A193 Effective Dec. 1, 2021, new rules to the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure (FRAP) came into force. The rules affected are Rule 3 (Appeal as a Ri ...
In celebration of Black History Month, the Law Library has compiled the following links to UW-Madison and local community events and resources: UW Law School & Library Resources UW Law Library Celelbration of Black People in Legal Com ...
We’ve recently been hearing a lot about banned books in the news. Is it Banned Books Week? (No, that is coming up: September 18-24, 2022, so plenty of time to mark your calendars!) Unfortunately, the reason why banned books have be ...
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 ...
Welcome to the seemingly futuristic year of 2022! Sure, it isn’t quite what we were promised in the movies, but regardless of a lack of flying cars, the Law Library does have a top-of-the-line website that pretty much transports you to a ...
The fact pattern is familiar by now: an elderly adult man with a beard and a red suit performs hundreds of thousands of counts of breaking and entering into family residences in one single night. (We’ll leave out the flying reindeer.) His ...
We end the semester on an easygoing note. Seven books on display covering great spans of history and human knowledge for your reading and visual delight. Their titles alone give away a certain wanderlust to explore unknown realms, at ...
The calendar says December 1st. Fall classes will be wrapping up soon and exams will be upon us. As always, the Law Library is here to support you and help you excel as you progress through your law school career. To that end, we've already star ...
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