Staff of the Wisconsin Legislative Council have issued two new reports to the legislature: Special Committee on Wisconsin’s Transportation Network Infrastructure (2005 Senate Bill 162), April 11, 2005 Special Committee on Improving Wisconsin’s Fiscal Management …
Month: April 2005
What Will It Cost to "Take Me Out to the Ball Game?"
Ok, this doesn’t have much to do with legal research, but I thought it was interesting. Team Marketing Report has created a Fan Cost Index which tracks the cost of attendance for a family of …
Google Search History
Like Weslaw’s Research Trail and LexisNexis’ History, Google has added a new service called My Search History which lets you view and manage your previous searches from any computer. To use it, you’ll need to …
Legal Job Seekers Resources from NALP
The National Association for Law Placement (NALP) has produced two useful sources for job seekers: The 2005-2006 Directory of Legal Employers (database) – Search or browse by employer (includes private practice firms and corporations and …
TABOR Bibliography from Wisconsin LRB
Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR) is the latest bibliography in the Tap The Power series from the Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau Theobald Legislative Library. This bibliography lists print and electronic resources on the Taxpayer Bill …
Chief Justice Abrahamson Outlines History Sources Used by WI Supreme Court in Statutory Interpretation Cases
In a recent opinion of the Supreme Court of Wisconsin (2004 WI 58), Chief Justice Abrahamson has produced an excellent overview of extrinsic sources, including legislative history, used by the court in statutory interpretation cases. …
Wisconsin Lawyer Articles on Fair Use & Technology in Law Firms
The April 2005 edition of the Wisconsin Lawyer is now available on the WisBar site. Two articles are particularly interesting: Don’t be a Copycat: Reproducing Copyrighted Works by Bev Butula, president of the Law Librarians …
TechnoLawyer Blog
The folks at TechnoLawyer are now blogging about legal technology and practice management issues, products, and services. According to blogger, Neil Squillante, here’s what you can expect to see: Coming Attractions Member News Quips, TechnoEditorials, …
Survey of Judicial Salaries
The National Center for State Courts has recently released their Survey of Judicial Salaries featuring judicial salary comparisons to other professionals and judicial compensation commissions.
Use Badgerlink to Search & Create Alerts for Wisconsin Newspapers
Wouldn’t it be nice if you could be automatically alerted when articles about your clients or practice areas appear in Wisconsin’s newspapers. . . and receive a link to the full text articles. . . …