From the Wisconsin State Journal:

Former UW Law School Dean George Bunn, a noted nuclear arms expert and negotiator, died of spinal cancer Sunday in Palo Alto, Calif., said his son Matthew Bunn. He was 87.

A more detailed obituary appears at Stanford University's Center for International Security and Cooperation site.

George Bunn served at the UW Law School from 1969 to 1986. He was dean of the from 1972-1975.

The Bunn family has a long ties with the UW Law School. Other family members include Judge Romanzo Bunn, who served as a lecturer in the 19th century; Charles Wilson Bunn, who received his bachelors and law degrees from UW; and Charles (Bob) Bunn, a long-time member of the Law School faculty from 1934-1962.

There is an interesting article about the Bunn family in the Autumn 1969 issue of The Gargoyle.

Posted by Bonnie Shucha at 8:13 AM to UW Law School | Permalink

Stop by the Law Library this week and help us celebrate National Library Week!

• READ Poster
  View this year's poster featuring Steve Barkan, Professor of Law and Director of the Law School Library
  - On display inside the library entrance on the 5th floor
  - View posters from previous years on our Facebook page

• Trivia Contest
  Law students, faculty and staff - Test your skills in sports, movies, history and more
  - Tues., April 16th at 5:00 pm in the Law School Atrium

• Make your own READ Poster
  Law students, faculty and staff - Bring your favorite book and be a literary star!
  - Wed., April 17th from 11:00-2:00
  - Thurs., April 18th from 1:00-4:00
  To reserve a time for a photo, email circ@law.wisc.edu or ask at the circulation desk. Walk ups also welcome.

Posted by Bonnie Shucha at 8:46 AM to UW Law School | Permalink

2013 WI Act 5, which modifies the establishment of a publication date for acts, quietly went into effect yesterday.

According to the Wisconsin Legislative Council the act does several things:

• Removes the authority of the Secretary of State to designate the date of publication
  
• Instead, under the Act, the date of publication of an act is the day after the date of enactment unless a different effective date is expressly prescribed
  
• The Act requires the Legislative Reference Bureau to publish each act on its date of publication
  
• An act's effective date is the day after its date of publication

Posted by Bonnie Shucha at 4:04 PM to Legislation & Regs | Permalink

The AALL Spectrum Online has a very interesting article examining advertisements from legal periodicals and bar publications published during the Second World War, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the Cold War.

"Due to the scale and scope of the conflict, every aspect of civilian life was affected. The American legal system, including legal publishing, was greatly transformed by the conflict."

Many very interesting ads are reprinted in the article. I think that my favorite is the one from Shepards pondering "Were the Pilgrims Communists?"

Posted by Bonnie Shucha at 2:26 PM to Legal Publications | Permalink

From the UW Madison Libraries:
Love the NCAA basketball tourney, but wish it was just a little more ... bookish? You're in luck. The UW-Madison Libraries are hosting our first annual Book Madness Tournament.

A brutal selection process resulted in a collection of 64 books - 8 divisions with 8 books each - going head-to-head to determine our favorite book.

Vote for your favorites in each round. Total votes will determine which books move on.

The eight divisions are:
Fantasy
Horror
Sci-Fi
Classics
Romance
Mystery
Contemporary Literature
Non-Fiction

Posted by Bonnie Shucha at 9:35 AM to Libraries & Librarians | Permalink

The Wisconsin Film Festival will be showing Gideon's Army, a documentary about the daily work lives of three present day public defenders, at the Marquee Theater in Union South on Thursday April 11 at 9:00p. Tickets are on sale now, $8.00 for the general public or $5.00 with a student ID.

Hat tip to my colleague, Lisa Pfaff.

Posted by Bonnie Shucha at 2:44 PM to Entertainment | Permalink

From the Law Library Directors email list, I hope you enjoy this short video demonstrating that Paper is not Dead! It certainly made me laugh.

Posted by Bonnie Shucha at 9:08 AM to Mobile Devices | Permalink