Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
TechnoLawyer Blog has posted Joe Hartley’s controversial piece, A Contrarian View of Legal Blogs, in which he warns firms not to jump to quickly on the blog bandwagon. Synopsis from TechnoLawyer: Legal blogs have become the latest rage, but are they worth all the time and effort? In this article, Joe Hartley explores the role …
These days, everyone’s favorite search engine seems to be Google – and for good reason. Hey, it’s my favorite, too. But I wonder if many people know how to maximize their search results. Do you? For example, the next time you want to search a for a phrase in Google, put it in quotes. This …
TIME magazine recently published their list of the 50 Coolest Web Sites for 2005 and this year the list includes blogs. It includes blogs on legal humor, technology, parenting, entrepreneurs, cars, sports, and more. Other “cool” sites are divided into categories: Arts and Entertainment – Lifestyle, Health and Hobbies – News and Information – Shopping …
The Stanford Law Library has recently published some very interesting results of their three year survey of law student’s online research habits. The study is entitled, Book Lovers Beware: A Survey of Online Research Habits of Stanford Law Students (Robert Crown Law Library Legal Research Paper Series, Paper #2, June 2005). The study found that …
If you’ve never tried a graphical search engine, give Grokker a try. It’s a very different search experience. Rather than the usual textual listing, search results are displayed in a map containing nested circles and squares. Circles represent categories into which results are grouped. Categories may contain many levels of subcategories. Larger circles contain more …
Today I received an email from Wisconsin Court of Appeals Judge Daniel Anderson who commented on yesterday’s post: Court Notes that Google Search Might Have Turned Up Missing Defendant. He reminded me of a CNET story on this issue (See WisBlawg post dated 5/24/04 for the link). The article raises concerns that judges are using …
MSNBC reports that the Los Angeles Times was forced to suspend their “Wikitorial” experiment after only three days. It seems that inviting users to edit the paper’s editorials resulted in a flood of foul language and pornography. The paper had posted on its Web site Friday an editorial urging a better-defined plan to withdraw troops …
The Wisconsin Briefs database from the UW Law Library has recently been updated. It now contains all Wisconsin Supreme Court and Court of Appeals published cases and all unpublished Court of Appeals cases from 173 Wis.2d (1992) to 275 Wis.2d (2004). The Wisconsin Briefs collection database is generated from scanned images created by the Wisconsin …
In Munster v. Groce, the Indiana Court of Appeals recently upheld a ruling that the plaintiff had not exercised due diligence in locating the missing defendant. The court noted that a simple Google search might have helped locate him. We do note that there is no evidence in this case of a public records or …
The 2005 TechnoLawyer Awards have been announced. The awards are based on votes received by TechnoLawyer members for their favorite blogs, products, services, and Web sites in a variety of categories. Award winners and finalist are posted at TechnoLawyer.