Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
As co-chair of the Blawgs Committee of the American Association of Law Libraries Computing Services Special Interest Section (that’s a mouthful!), I’m pleased to announce a new Web site for law librarians with an interest blogging, both professionally and personally. The CS-SIS Blawgs Committee site, which features a blog, forums, and wikis, was developed using …
There’s not much posted yet, but Judge Richard Posner and Professor Gary Becker have launched The Becker-Posner Blog. Richard Posner is a Judge on the United States Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals and a Senior Lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School. Gary Becker is a Professor at the Graduate School of Business, The …
The December issue of the Dane Co Legal Resource Center Newsletter is now available. It includes an overview of new outreach programming for 2005.
From The E-LawLibrary Weblog: As ResearchBuzz reports, Business Wire is now offering an RSS feed in five categories. It is not available to the general public, but Ms. Calishain provides an alternative method to access Business Wire content via RSS. Below are links to some news sites that provide an RSS feed for business news. …
From the Stanford Law School Center for Internet and Society: In a Northern District of Illinois case, a judge held that the archived copies of a web site (taken from the Wayback Machine) “were not themselves statements susceptible to hearsay exclusion, since they merely showed what [plaintiff] had previously posted on its site. [The judge] …
It looks like THOMAS, the Legislative Info System from the Library of Congress is being redesigned. According to a press release, the updated site will be released on January 4th. Here are illustrations of the major changes: (Please note that the pages below are for information and illustration only. Searches and links on the pages …
The December issue of WSLL @ Your Service is now available. Online shopping resources and safety tips are highlighted this month.
If you were one of the early registrants for Wisconsin’s no-call list, your information may be about to expire. To re-register, go to the Wisconsin Dept of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection web site or call 866-966-2255. To be placed on the list before January 1st, you must register before Wednesday, Dec. 1st. Source: Wisconsin …
Starting in October, audio of Wisconsin Supreme Court rules hearings is now available on the Internet. The Wisconsin Court System site offers both live proceedings and an online audio archive. Rules petitions are also available in PDF format. Source: The Third Branch
It’s no secret that URLs sometimes don’t work. Maybe you wrote it down incorrectly or perhaps the URL has been changed since you received the link. Sometimes long URLs break when sent via email. Never fear. With a little knowledge of how URLs work, you can often deconstruct the URL to find the page you …