Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
UPDATE: Da Vinci judge’s secret code revealed The judge’s secret message was: “Jackie Fisher, who are you? Dreadnought” … Judge Smith is known as a navy buff, and Fisher was a Royal Navy admiral who developed the idea for a giant battleship called the HMS Dreadnought in the early 20th century. ————————– From Reuters: Three …
Reuters reports that the Los Angeles Times has suspended the blog of a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist who posed as an Internet reader to defend his own column and attack his conservative foes. Source: TVC Alert
From the Capital Times: UW-Madison journalism students will present a panel discussion about blogging and the ethics of blogging at 5:30 p.m. Thursday in Room 2195 of Vilas Hall. The discussion will be titled “Connect or Compete: How do bloggers fit with traditional media?” The panel will discuss ethical issues related to blogging and take …
Evening and Weekend Reference Librarian, Eric Taylor, was honored last week by members of the Wisconsin Law Review. In recognition of his enthusiasm and willingness to help and his extensive and invaluable knowledge of the discipline of legal research, Eric was awarded the first annual Most Valuable Faculty/Staff Member award. Eric really does a phenomenal …
Looking for a map of median house values for Dane County? a family demographic profile for DeForest? or a table of major crops harvested in Wisconsin? These and many more customizable tables, profiles and maps are available free on WisStat from the UW Extension Applied Population Laboratory. WisStat is a very powerful database for compiling …
Think tearing up those unwanted credit card applications is good enough? One man documents his adventures with The Torn-Up Credit Card Application. Find out what happened when he tore an application into small pieces, taped it back up, and mailed it in. Oh, and he changed the address and listed a cell phone number, too. …
According to the Boston Globe, blogs are essential to a good career. In a nutshell, the article advises that blogging helps a professional stand out among her peers. Employers regularly Google prospective employees to learn more about them. Blogging gives you a way to control what employers see, because Google’s system works in such a …
The other day, my husband and our toddler were comparing feet. “I wearin’ socks,” she said. “Yes, you are wearing socks,” he responded. Barefoot, he asked her, “Is Papa wearing socks?” “No,” she said, “Papa wearin’… toes.”
Last week, the Law Librarians Association of Wisconsin sponsored two events for library school students interested in learning about a career law librarianship. Thursday’s session was held in Madison and Friday’s was in Milwaukee. In addition to tours of a firm, court, and academic law library, students met with librarians over lunch to discuss the …
From EurekAlert (American Association for the Advancement of Science): Child pornographers will soon have a harder time escaping prosecution thanks to a stunning new technology in development at Binghamton University, State University of New York, that can reliably link digital images to the camera with which they were taken, in much the same way that …