Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
Interesting press release from LexisNexis: Growing List of Prisons Installing Legal Research Kiosks for Inmates DAYTON, OH, August 02, 2004 – LexisNexis U.S. and Touch Sonic Technologies® today announced that prisons in Ventura County, California are the latest corrections facilities to select the companies’ new legal information kiosks to provide inmates with access to the …
Update: Seems there is some confusion on this one – yes, I know it’s not true! Come on now – I’m not that gullible. Just passing on a post from another blog, Inter Alia, about this story in The Onion that I thought was timely considering the big media coverage about blogs since DNC and …
The Wisconsin State Law Library is offering a wonderful slate of both free and fee-based workshops this fall. Schedule appears below: WSLL Web Tour (CLASS IS FULL) Wednesday August 4, 2004 8:30-9:30 a.m. Take a guided tour of the information-packed WSLL website. Explore Wisconsin & Federal legal resources, travel around the Legal Topics page, and …
The August 2004 edition of the Wisconsin State Law Library’s newsletter, WSLL @ Your Service, is now available. Highlights include resources on maritime law, a tech tip on what to do when you’ve spilled coffee on your computer keyboard, and a schedule of upcoming workshops.
It’s not big news that more and more people, including legal practitioners are turning to Google for research. But I was pleased to see the following quote in the East Bay Business Times article entitled Google’s Domain Even Takes in Law Offices : “They may help you focus what you’re looking for, but it all …
We librarians have been monitoring this one. About a week ago, the Department of Justice asked the Superintendent of Documents to instruct depository libraries to destroy all copies of several DOJ publications, mostly dealing with asset forfeiture. DOJ claimed that the documents were “training materials and other materials that the DOJ staff did not feel …
Findlaw has released a new lawyer / law firm directory called Thomson Legal Record. A unique feature of the directory is that it not only offers attorney profiles, but it also gives citations to select federal and state cases the attorney litigated. Search by legal issue and/or jurisdiction (you can specify circuit, court, and judge). …
Anyone that knows LLRX.com knows that they publish a lot of really great research guides. (And if you don’t know LLRX.com, I highly suggest that you take a look.) One of the latest is a Search Engine Comparison Chart from Diana Botluk. It is a very useful comparison of some of the more advanced search …
Law Dawg Blawg, a new blog from the Southern Illinois University Law Librarians, posted this list of blawg directories. (In case you haven’t made the connection yet – I didn’t right away – a blawg is a law-related blog.) The Blawg Channel is a group weblog or “blog” with contributions from several prominent legal bloggers. …
The Dane County Legal Resource Center has just published their August 2004 edition of DCLRC Docket. Highlights include sources of legal assistance & information and a schedule of upcoming free legal research workshops.