Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
The June issue of Law Practice has an interesting article about the difference between Gen X and Gen Y jurors. In The Newer Generations in the Jury Box: Who Will Favor Your Cause? the author contends that: Generation X jurors tend to: Want more data and the source behind it but presented in a concise, …
The Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau has created an outstanding guide to Researching Legislative History In Wisconsin. Complete with illustrations, it offers step-by-step guidance on researching Wisconsin legislation. The steps include: Determine what session law created the language being researched; Examine the bill, its analysis, its amendments, and other associated documents; Review the drafting record for …
From BoingBoing: “To rid a park of hooligans in a Sydney suburb, the town council began playing Barry Manilow and Doris Day music at high volume from 9-midnight every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday evening. The tactic worked, but now the people who live near the park can’t sleep at night and are unhappy about it.” …
My toddler loves to ask questions. “Papa, are you big?” “Mama, are you dressed?” “You like broccoli?” The other night we were snuggling the in the rocker while settling down for bed. I was gently caressing her head and arms when she looked up and asked, “Mama, are you softing?” It’s pretty awesome being a …
Debbie Ginsberg, Electronic Resources Librarian at Chicago-Kent College of Law has created a wiki for law librarians interested in researching with wikis and creating wikis for their own libraries. LawLibWik offers a nice collection of links to library wikis, legal wikis, and more. And, of course, since it’s a wiki, law librarians are invited to …
“Lawyers in Wisconsin do terrific work. But where would they be without the members of their support staff who, behind the scenes, quietly make it all happen?” So asks the nomination form for Unsung Heroes of Wisconsin’s Legal Community award. The program is sponsored by the Wisconsin Law Journal. This is an outstanding idea. There …
Thanks to some great new blogs I learned about at the AALL Annual Meeting, the list of Law Library Blogs and Blogs by Law Librarians or Law Library Associations now stands at 102!
Once again, I’ve come back from the American Association of Law Libraries Annual Meeting energized and full of ideas. As always, I’m amazed at the dedication and creativity of my colleagues. I also had a great time exploring St. Louis between sessions and meetings. Here are just a few of the highlights: Attending the informal …
Kyle MacDonald has done it: traded a paper clip up to a house. Read more at Reuters Oddly Enough.
The Christian Science Monitor reports that Kentucky has blocked state employee’s access to “blogs as well as humor, religion, and online auction websites after it was deemed that [they] were spending too much time on the Internet.” This is a bad idea. Granted, there are lots of blogs that do nothing to advance work flow …