Justice Ann Walsh Bradley of the Wisconsin Supreme Court has written a piece for the International Judicial Monitor describing her experience at the first Sir Richard May Seminar on International Law and International Courts at …
Year: 2006
"I Do This Every Day, I Should Do It Better Than Other People"
Reuters has a nice story on the value librarians – this time it’s the information professionals at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center who provide searches for cancer patients. 95% of patients surveyed indicated …
Happy 2nd, WisBlawg!
On Saturday, WisBlawg celebrated its second birthday. No one brought in a birthday cake, but – hey – there was some coffee cake in the staff lounge this morning. I’ll take it.
Google Blog Search Adds Date Restrictors
Google has revved up it’s blog search engine with the addition of date restrictors. Go to the Advanced Blog Search page to search posts written within a specific date range. While Google blog search is …
A Blog as a Source for Legislative History?
If you’ve ever compiled a state legislative history, you know that determining legislative intent can be difficult. It looks like researchers may have another source from which to draw, a blog – at least in …
Lawbby – MySpace for Lawyers
“If MySpace is where teens and college students meet and mingle, Lawbby says it is “where lawyers mingle,” whether for business or pleasure. Like MySpace, users can create their own profiles and groups, post photos …
"Cookie Therapy Works Again"
From The Third Branch: Dodge County Judge Andy Bissonnette reports on the remarkable effect of a plate of treats in small claims court. Check out the P.S. – too funny.
Hmong Legal Glossary
From the Wisconsin Court System’s The Third Branch: The Director of State Courts Office in April published the first Hmong-English legal glossary in the United States. It defines more than 800 common court terms and …
LexisNexis U.S. & Canadian RSS Feeds
It seems that LexisNexis has unveiled some Canadian RSS feeds, including new Butterworths Titles, The Lawyers Weekly (headlines from the weekly legal newspaper), Supreme Court of Canada Service (case digests) and more. U.S. feeds are …
PC to Phone Calls Free on Skype Until Year's End
I’ve been a Skype user for a while. Skype (rhymes with “type”) is a proprietary peer-to-peer Internet telephony (VoIP) network. Basically, it allows you to call people for free using your computer to connect to …