Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
In celebration of Law Day, this Saturday, April 30th, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., the Illinois State Bar will hold its annual Ask-a-Lawyer telephone call-in program, with the cooperation of local bar associations. According to a flyer, any state resident can call and talk to a lawyer at no cost. See flyer for details …
Legal Affairs has posted a list of the Top 20 Legal Thinkers in America. The list was based on results of a survey of their readership asking them to identify the country’s most influential and important legal thinkers. They are: Academics: Akhil Reed Amar, Erwin Chemerinsky, Alan M. Dershowitz, Richard Epstein, Lawrence Lessig, Cass R. …
Legal Affairs has posted a list of the Top 20 Legal Thinkers in America. The list was based on results of a survey of their readership asking them to identify the country’s most influential and important legal thinkers. They are: Academics: Akhil Reed Amar, Erwin Chemerinsky, Alan M. Dershowitz, Richard Epstein, Lawrence Lessig, Cass R. …
As she does each year, Betty Karweick, Legal Research & Writing Instructor at the UW Law Library, has compiled a list of the “Top Ten Things Law Librarians Wish Students Would Know or Do in Their Legal Careers.” The list is based on suggestions received from members of the Law Librarians Association of Wisconsin. Ms. …
As she does each year, Betty Karweick, Legal Research & Writing Instructor at the UW Law Library, has compiled a list of the “Top Ten Things Law Librarians Wish Students Would Know or Do in Their Legal Careers.” The list is based on suggestions received from members of the Law Librarians Association of Wisconsin. Ms. …
Although it was published in November, I recently discovered the State Bar of Wisconsin’s 2004 Technology in Law Practice Survey Report. There were some interesting conclusions drawn which I’ve grouped by topic area: Research While nine in 10 members said they conduct legal research, two-thirds reported that other lawyers in the firm likewise do research. …
GoogSpy is a new tool that reveals what adwords companies are purchasing in Google. Search for your or your client’s name or product names to see who is using them as adwords. Or, enter in a competitor’s name to learn what adwords they have purchased. A search for “Harley Davidson” retrieved a list of companies …
It seems that Amazon.com has begun selling law review articles and some folks aren’t too happy about it. From a post at TaxProfBlog: As one who fights with law reviews to retain the right to post my articles on SSRN so they can be downloaded for free, I am worried that the new amazon venture …
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has an article about the UW Law School Wisconsin Innocence Project’s involvement in the retrial of Evan Zimmerman, a former police officer in the 2000 killing of his ex-girlfriend in Eau Claire. The trial will be covered by A&E’s “American Justice” and by Court TV.
The UW Law Library has recently added a Google search for our database of Wisconsin Legislative Drafting Records database. Browsing by session is also still available. Although the database contains drafting records from the 1999/2000; 2001/2002; and 2003/2004 sessions, the search doesn’t seem to include the 2003/2004 records because Google has not indexed them. We …