Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
Meg Kribble, a new law librarian at Nova Southeastern University Law Library in south Florida, has recently started blogging at All-Purpose BiblioBlawg. In addition to law, librarianship, and legal research, Meg also blogs about such things as Second Life, Macs, cool YouTube content, and sci fi TV shows. Yay – someone else to talk Star …
Material Information at Hamline reports that “according to the CRS Director Daniel Mulhollan, CRS reports cannot be distributed to ‘non-Congressionals’ without prior approval from CRS officials.” See Mulhollan’s memo. This is quite interesting and troublesome, given that “in 1998, the U.S. Senate Committee on Rules and Administration encouraged the publication of CRS Reports on the …
Check out Yahoo News for more on Justice Breyer’s entertaining interview on National Public Radio’s “Wait, Wait … Don’t Tell Me.” Being the funniest Supreme Court justice, he said, “is like being one of the shortest tall people.” Better yet, listen to the Show. Source: Findlaw’s Practice Paper
The ABA Journal E-report has an interesting article on the debate surrounding the diploma privilege in Wisconsin. Would-be lawyers who intend to practice in Wisconsin would be well-advised to attend one of the state’s two law schools. That’s because Wisconsin is the only state in the country that still allows graduates of its two law …
Justia just keeps getting better and better. The latest addition, Regulation Tracker allows you to search, browse, and track Federal Register documents. Not only is there a RSS feed for every agency, but you can customize them by type of document or keyword. I just had someone ask me whether a product like this existed …
Beginning with Weekly List 1 for 2007, the Library of Congress Subject Headings Weekly Lists and Library of Congress Classification Weekly Lists are now available as free RSS feeds. Thanks to my colleague, Cindy May for the tip.
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Just in time for National Library Week, Archie McPhee has a wicked selection of temporary tattoos for librarians. For a better view, check out Stupid.com. Source: Out of the Jungle
From the Daily Cardinal: The U.S. Postal Service in Madison announced Monday it will be moving into the vacant building previously occupied by McDonald’s at 441 N. Lake St. According to Terri Bouffiou, spokesperson for Madison’s postal service, the post office will start renovations on the building once a contractor is chosen. She said by …
An article in Monday’s New York Times opens with the provocative quote: “I haven’t opened up a law review in years,” said Chief Judge Dennis G. Jacobs of the federal appeals court in New York. “No one speaks of them. No one relies on them.” Judge Jacobs was explaining to a gathering of law professors …