Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
The UW Law School has put together a new edition in its Legal Studies Research Paper series (via SSRN). The following papers are available: (Bloggers take note of the last one) “The New versus the Old Legal Realism: ‘Things Ain’t What They Used to Be'” STEWART MACAULAY University of Wisconsin Law School “A New Realism …
I recently learned of a new blog called Callinan the Librarian. The blog deals with the the challenges of balancing life and librarianship and shares the successes of all librarians pursing and achieving good. The blog is an off-shoot of a law librarian consulting practice developed by Ellen Callinan, a 20 year law librarian veteran. …
Court Webcasting is a new project weblog from WV Supreme Court Clerk, Rory Perry. For a list of courts who webcast their proceedings, see the list on the right hand side of the page. (Note that the link to the WI Supreme Ct is broken. Here’s the right one.) Why should legal researchers watch these …
MADreads reviews a pretty funny sounding book called Yes Man about a man that literally said yes to everything for a year. Here’s the review: Yes, yes, a thousand times yes! By Sarah – Alicia Ashman on Nonfiction Yes Man – Next time a telemarketer asks if you’d like to learn more about their fantastic …
If you are looking to brush up your Web-based legal research skills this summer, you might want to consider attending a one day seminar entitled, Internet Research in Wisconsin. The seminar, put on by Lorman Education Services, will be held in Brookfield on August 16th & again in Madison on August 17th. I’ll be presenting …
A herd of 101 painted, costumed, and whimsically transformed cows have invaded the Capitol City. They are part of CowParade Wisconsin 2006 and they will be on display throughout Wisconsin all summer. This week they’re in Madison, mostly downtown and around campus. Check out the Cow Locator for the exact locations. Or if you can’t …
Law.com has created a guide to Best Practices for Legal Blogging. Why should you care? From the article: As the use of blogs as a marketing tool proliferates among lawyers, differences in quality between blogs covering the same topic will become evident. There are only so many blogs that prospective clients can read on a …
Once again, the Wisconsin State Law Library has a great slate of workshops scheduled. Registration forms are available on their Classes & Tours webpage. – 25 Legal Tech Tips in 90 Minutes Wednesday July 12, 2006 10:00-11:30 a.m. During this fast-paced romp through technology tips for the law office, you’ll learn how to recover fast …
“Facing Life: The Retrial of Evan Zimmerman,” a new true-crime documentary involving the University of Wisconsin Innocence Project will be broadcast on the A&E cable television network on Monday, June 5 from 8-10 p.m. central time. From the Innocence Project press release: “Facing Life” documents Zimmerman’s decision to face the possibility of life in prison …
Judge Daniel Anderson responded to yesterday’s post Metadata: What You Can’t See Can Hurt You. He recommends using the Microsoft Office add-in that removes hidden data. With his permission, I’d like to share his comments: Metadata is a big problem in an appellate court because documents are circulated among a large group of people and …