Year: 2005

Earlier this week, The Washington Post ran an interesting story about “law readers”- people who study law in offices or judges’ chambers rather than classrooms. From the article: Fewer than 150 aspiring lawyers are getting their legal educations in programs that require no law school whatsoever, according to the bars of the states that allow …

Earlier this week, The Washington Post ran an interesting story about “law readers”- people who study law in offices or judges’ chambers rather than classrooms. From the article: Fewer than 150 aspiring lawyers are getting their legal educations in programs that require no law school whatsoever, according to the bars of the states that allow …

Paula Seeger of the Dane County Legal Resource Center has compiled a very useful guide to Wisconsin local legal resources. The guide, which appears in the September 21, 2005 issue of the Wisconsin Law Journal, offers tips on locating ordinances, court rules, forms, historical resources and more.

Paula Seeger of the Dane County Legal Resource Center has compiled a very useful guide to Wisconsin local legal resources. The guide, which appears in the September 21, 2005 issue of the Wisconsin Law Journal, offers tips on locating ordinances, court rules, forms, historical resources and more.

Law Librarian, Carol Bannen, has written about “A New Knowledge Management Tool for Law Firms.” The article, which describes Reinhart, Boerner, Van Deuren’s experience with West KM, appears in the Summer 2005 issue of Class Action, the newsletter of the Wisconsin Association of Legal Administrators.

Law Librarian, Carol Bannen, has written about “A New Knowledge Management Tool for Law Firms.” The article, which describes Reinhart, Boerner, Van Deuren’s experience with West KM, appears in the Summer 2005 issue of Class Action, the newsletter of the Wisconsin Association of Legal Administrators.

Kristian Knutsen over at The Daily Page has written a massive blog post on yesterday’s Madison Common Council meeting regarding the smoking ban issue and changes to the lobbying ordinance. Source: Dane 101

The Wheeler Report has long been an excellent source of information on Wisconsin bills and legislative activities. In addition to the subscription-based “print” edition, which is now fully electronic, a free online supplement is also available. The supplement features links to press releases from state officials, agencies, and organizations. Newspaper articles on legislative issues are …

Wisconsin Legislature In Session features live broadcasts of the Wisconsin Senate and Assembly proceedings. In Session Assembly (video and audio available) – In Session Senate (audio only) This excellent resource also includes links to related documents, voting records, calendars, and more.

Tom Mighell, of Inter Alia, has written a useful article on new tools for capturing your Internet research (pdf). The article, which appears in the Texas Bar Journal, offers advice on: Saving searches (Google’s My Search History, Yahoo!’s My Web) Sharing bookmarks (del.icio.us) Collecting content (Net Snippets, OnFolio) Desktop search products (Google, Yahoo!, Copernic Desktop …