As of last week, PACER, the website of the U.S. Courts Public Access to Court Electronic Records program is featuring a new look. Note that the underlying PACER platform has not changed. According to LawSites: …
UW Law Library Materials Now Available for Pick Up by Appointment at Memorial Library
Starting today, June 25th, items from the UW Law Library collection may be requested for pick up by appointment at Memorial Library from 12-4 pm Monday-Friday. Materials from Art, Memorial, Music, and Wisconsin Historical Society libraries …
State Bar’s WisLawNOW Online Community Will Bring Together WI Legal Blog Content
This summer, the State Bar of Wisconsin is launching a new online community of Wisconsin legal bloggers, called WisLawNOW. This community, which brings together blog content written by State Bar of Wisconsin members under a …
Action Items for Increasing Scholarly Visibility: Curating Profiles in HeinOnline, Google Scholar, & ORCID
Many databases and professional networking sites feature author profiles that compile an author’s scholarship and provide impact metrics such as citations, downloads, views, etc. Among other things, these profiles can help authors engage with other …
Latest on U.S. News Scholarly Impact Rankings from Robert Morse
Last Friday, I attended a presentation by Robert Morse, Chief Data Strategist at U.S. News on law school rankings at the Texas A&M University School of Law’s virtual Conference for Associate Deans. Among many other …
WI Law In Action Podcast: WI Law Review Editors on its 100th Anniversary, Recent Articles & Award, New Voices Issue, & Upcoming Articles
In a special, remote-recorded episode of the WI Law in Action podcast from the UW Law Library, we talk with the outgoing and incoming editors-in-chief of the Wisconsin Law Review which celebrates its 100th anniversary …
Badgerlink for Lawyers & Legal Professionals Online Training
If you’ve been following WisBlawg, you know that I’ve periodically blogged about Badgerlink, a collection of amazing resources available for free to all state residents via Wisconsin’s libraries through funding from the DPI. Badgerlink databases contain …
Daniel P. Tokaji Named as Dean of University of Wisconsin Law School
Daniel P. Tokaji has been named dean of the University of Wisconsin Law School. From UW Law School News: He has been a professor at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law since 2003, serving …
New Legal Matters Dropped by 30% per Clio COVID-19 Impact Research
According to a new study by Clio, law firms have seen a drastic deceleration in new matter creation due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the start of 2020, the number of new legal matters being …
Law in Action and the Modern Criminal Justice Paradigm
By Eric Taylor, Evening Reference Librarian The UW Law School has long been noted as a pioneer in the field of criminal justice research, reform, and practice. Professors such as Frank J. Remington, Herman …