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 …
Year: 2005
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 …
Revisor of Statutes Web Site New and Improved
Kudos to the Wisconsin Revisor of Statutes for its new and improved web site redesign. The organization is intuitive and the layout is both attractive and consistent. In the handy features category, I especially like …
"Web Site of Shame" to Identify Delinquent Taxpayers
There’s nothing like the threat of public humiliation to get people to pay their back taxes – or so hopes the Wisconsin Department of Revenue, at least. From the front page of today’s Wisconsin State …
Disturbing Post of the Day: Books Bound in Human Skin
Anthropodermic bibliopegy – the technical term for books bound in human skin. Ok, I’m a librarian and this one is even new to me. And I took a class on book binding in library school. …
My Favorite Part of the Day
The other day, I asked my preschooler about his favorite part of the day. “Play time,” he responded. I smiled – not exactly the reply I was expecting. Then I thought – how little things …