Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
According to UW Madison News, lawyer and best-selling author Scott Turow will give a free lecture, “Reflections of a Man with Two Heads,” at 5 p.m. Monday, April 9, in Room 1100 of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Grainger Hall, 975 University Ave. From the article: The lecture by Turow, author of “Presumed Innocent,” “The Burden …
Looks like the Wisconsin State Law Library has an excellent slate of workshops planned this spring and summer. From their Web site: National Library Week Special WSLL Web Tours Wednesday, April 18, 2007 9:00-10:00 a.m. OR Thursday, April 19, 2007 9:00-10:00 a.m. Take a guided tour of the information-packed WSLL website. Explore Wisconsin & Federal …
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AALL has conducted a State-by-State Report on Authentication of Online Legal Resources. The report presents the results of a survey of primary online legal resources and whether these resources are official and capable of being authenticated. In short, “How trustworthy are state-level primary legal resources on the Web?” The answer (from the executive summary): A …
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has created a handy guide to Filing a Petition for Review : A Guide to Seeking Review in the Wisconsin Supreme Court. The nine page document is dated October 2006. Abstract: This is a simplified guide to the Wisconsin Rules of Appellate Procedure with respect to filing petitions for review and …