Media Law Resource Center has compiled a list of libel and related lawsuits against bloggers. Source: Depraved Librarian
Month: November 2005
A Dialog with the Audience
On Friday, I had the pleasure to talk with some librarians from the Southwest Wisconsin Library System on the topic of Blogging @ Your Library. Although the talk was centered around my Powerpoint presentation, it …
DCLRC to Sell Discarded Law Books
The Dane County Legal Resource Center is having a moving sale. From librarian, Paula Seeger: Does your office or firm library need law books? Take advantage of discarded sets from the Courthouse. In the upcoming …
Milwaukee County Board Restores Some Court Funding
From Burning Ears Blawg: The County Board overrode the County Executive’s budget amendment vetoes and the future of the Milwaukee Legal Resource Center looks much brighter. Story from Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
BlinkxTV Creates a "Virtual Lecture Space"
BlinkxTV, a search engine for audio and video content, has unveiled what SearchEngineWatch’s Gary Price has coined a “virtual lecture space.” From Netimperative: Search engine blinkx has formed agreements with several universities and an educational …
WI State Bar's Fillable Forms Bank to Launch in December
Next month, the Wisconsin State Bar will be releasing the first practice area library (real estate) of its new online Fillable Forms Bank. According to Inside the Bar, November 2005, the Forms Bank will incorporate …
Juror's View of the Chai Vang Trial
In another one from The Third Branch, Eileen Kilbane, deputy clerk in the Dane County Clerk of Courts Office, shares her experiences as a juror in the Chai Vang trial. “I have seen how the …
Small Claims Assistance Program Volunteers Talk
This month, The Third Branch takes a look at the experiences of Dane County Small Claims Assistance Program (SCAP) volunteers. “This is a walk-in program where unrepresented small claims litigants can get legal information - …
Wex – A Legal Research Wiki
Wex, a collaboratively built, freely available legal dictionary and encyclopedia. I heard about this at BlawgThink this weekend. Looks to me like Cornell has developed a legal research wiki. Excellent idea! But unlike the anyone-can-say-anything-variety …
Madison Premier of Documentary Film After Innocence & Exoneree Discussion
From Keith Findley, Co-Director of the Wisconsin Innocence Project: The Wisconsin Innocence Project is hosting the Madison premier of the award winning documentary film After Innocence on Thursday, November 17th at 7:00 p.m. After Innocence …