Today in Legal History

A collaboration between FindLaw and Justice Talking brings us Today in Legal History. This blog shares a daily legal history factoid along with links to related resources. Source: Law Dawg Blawg

Google Scholar Hacks

Wendt Library Blog has some good hacks for Google Scholar for UW-Madison users. By simply changing your preferences, you can beef up your search results by adding full-text links from UW-Madison library databases. And now, …

Bypassing Disclaimer Screen in CCAP

Proof and Hearsay, the blog from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel staff on legal issues, offers another handy CCAP search tip: how to look at individual case records without having to click on the disclaimer screen …

Comparing the State Budget Versions

The Legislative Fiscal Bureau has prepared a memorandum comparing 2007-09 budget recommendations of the Governor, Joint Committee on Finance, Senate, and Assembly. Comparisons are shown in the following areas: All funds appropriations General fund appropriations …

Wigs Off in Britain

From Reuters: Britain’s lawyers and judges are to break with centuries-old tradition and cease wearing white horse-hair wigs in non-criminal cases, the head of the country’s judiciary announced on Thursday. The Lord Chief Justice, Lord …