Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
Get ready for a trip down memory lane, Milwaukeeans. The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Special Collections department (my alma mater) has compiled an interesting collection entitled Greetings from Milwaukee. The collection contains digital images of the city – some quirky – produced by two Milwaukee-based postcard publishers, the L.L. Cook Company and the E.C. Kropp Company. …
The Machine-Assisted Reference Section of the American Library Association has released their 2004 picks for the Best Free Reference Web Sites. Of particular interest may be: Pew Internet & American Life According to its mission statement, the Pew Internet & American Life Project makes available “original, academic-quality research that explores the impact of the Internet …
Although it’s not new, I’ve recently learned about a service called Courthouse News Service (CNS). A news wire for lawyers, CNS employs a network of correspondents who file daily reports covering new appellate rulings, new legislation and new civil cases from the federal and state courts with the most prolific and weighty litigation. Much of …
Bloggers are on the cover of a recent issue of Fortune magazine. The full text of the article, Why You Can’t Ignore Bloggers is available online. From the article: But whatever the topic, the discussion of business isn’t usually too far behind: from bad experiences with a product to good customer service somewhere else. Suddenly …
Robert Ambrogi’s LawSites reports that Medina County (OH) Common Pleas Judge James L. Kimbler is using the Internet to enhance public access to his courtroom. Several months ago, Kimbler began videotaping the sentencing proceedings he presides over and posting them to his court’s Web site. (Follow the link to Inside the Court: Online Edition.) He …
Update 1/18/05: Jennifer Aleknavage, Communications Manager for LexisNexis alerted me that there are some additional differences between the LexisNexis AlaCarte product and LexisNexis by Credit Card. According to her, LexisNexis AlaCarte: is targeted for small- to medium-sized businesses has a new and simplified interface for easy navigation-significant difference offers simplified search functionality options. You can …
From an article appearing in Findlaw for Legal Professionals: No one took any notice of the tall, slim man who appeared Tuesday for jury duty. Had he worn his black robe, Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer no doubt would have drawn more attention. Even Marlborough, Mass., District Court Judge Thomas Sullivan Jr. didn’t recognize Breyer …
For those of you using a newsreader such as Bloglines to read this blog and other blogs via RSS, you might be interested to learn that Yahoo! Finance is now offering company news via RSS. Simply plug a ticker symbol into the Yahoo! Finance Company News RSS URL Generator and away you go. Source: beSpacific
LLRX.com has recently updated its excellent collection of links to court rules, forms and dockets. It includes links to over 1,400 sources for state and federal court rules, forms and dockets. You can browse to find the resource you need, or search by keyword. Of particular interest may be the collection of Wisconsin links. Source: …
The January 2005 issue of WSLL @ Your Service is now available from the Wisconsin State Law Library. Featured are librarian Julie Tessmer’s visit to Serbia as law library consultant for the National Center for State Courts’ (NCSC) Rule of Law project and a tech tip on Cell Phones, Telemarketing and Wireless 411 Service.