Year: 2006

The Gargoyle UW Law Alumni Magazine Online

The Gargoyle, the University of Wisconsin Law School alumni magazine, is now available online. Currently, the Spring 2006 and Winter 2005 issues are available.

Badger RSS Feeds

Are you a Badger fan with a RSS reader? Check out the UWBadgers.com RSS Feeds. Follow you favorite team by choosing top headlines, or pick an individual sport.

Computer Recycling Roundup in Madison This Saturday

From What’s New from the Madison Public Library: The next computer recycling roundup is this Saturday, November 11, from 9 AM until 1 PM at the City Transfer Station, 121 E. Olin Ave, between the Alliant Energy Center and Goodman Field. This event is limited to home electronics ONLY. No computers from businesses. For more …

It's OK to Use Hidden Metadata Says ABA Ethics Opinion

According to a recent press release form the ABA: Lawyers who receive electronic documents are free to look for and use information hidden in metadata – information embedded in electronically produced documents – even if the documents were provided by an opposing lawyer, according to a new ethics opinion from the American Bar Association. It …

When is Employee Blogging Protected?

There is an interesting article in the October issue of the Duke Law & Technology Review entitled, When is Employee Blogging Protected by Section 7 of the NLRA? (2006 DUKELTR 17) From the article: Blogs present courts with a new context in which to strike the balance between employee and employer rights. This iBrief focuses …

UW Law's Public Interest Law Foundation Students Reach Out at the Library

Spotted on the Madison Public Library What’s New blog: Law School Students Reach Out to People at the Library On Saturday, November 11 from 9:30 a.m. -12:00 p.m., law students from the UW Public Interest Law Foundation will be available at the Central Library with information about general legal issues. The law students can 1) …

View of Bascom Hall, 1907

There are a lot of interesting images in the University of Wisconsin Collection from the UWDC. Here is a view of Bascom Hill circa 1907. Note the old law school building half way up on the left. For a larger view, see the original from the UWDC collection (link removed – see below). A larger …

State of the Blogosphere, October 2006

Some data from the latest State of the Blogosphere, October, 2006 from Technorati. Technorati is now tracking more than 57 Million blogs. The blogosphere is doubling in size approximately every 230 days. About 100,000 new weblogs are created each day About 55% of all blogs are active, which means that they have been updated at …

Automated Web Surfing for Lawyers – Article on RSS

Tom Mighell and Dennis Kennedy have compiled a good list of RSS Resources You Can Use: Automated Web Surfing for Lawyers in November issue of Law Practice Today. The article begins with an introduction to RSS and how to monitor information via RSS feeds using a newsreader (a.k.a. feed reader or aggregator). For the more …

The Curmudgeon's Guide to Practicing Law on How to Fail as a New Associate

Highly recommended for law students is The Curmudgeon’s Guide to Practicing Law. This funny guide is dead-on with its tips for new associates. From Chapter Two, How to Fail as a New Associate: Pt 6, Who Needs Books? This Handy Computer Will Give Me a Case On Point If I ask you to help with …