Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
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, you can export your search results to RefWorks.
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 for every new case that comes up. Installing a Firefox script using Greasemonkey is required. That may sound scary, but …
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 Tax and fee changes Bonding authorizations Structural deficits going into the 2009-11 biennium Source: The Wheeler Report
Wisconsin Union Blend is a new blog where “members of the UW–Madison teaching and instructional technology communities to come together and talk about the campus issues that impact our respective fields.” I learned about it this morning when my “ego feed” picked up a comment about WisBlawg. So far the posts have centered around Web …
From the JS Online Capitol Podcast: In the coming weeks, a conference committee of state legislators will sit down at the bargaining table — peace-treaty style — in an attempt to develop a compromise version of the next two-year state budget. What does a conference committee look like and how will it work? Listen to …
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 Phillips of Worth Matravers, said new dress rules would mean the wigs, which British legal professionals have worn since the …
Memorial Library on the UW–Madison campus has recently installed an outside book drop at the top of their loading dock area. Now patrons can temporarily park in the loading dock (on the corner of Langdon and Lake Street), walk up a small flight of stairs, and return their items without having to worry about finding …
Proof and Hearsay is a new blog from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel “devoted to law-and-order issues in Milwaukee and throughout Wisconsin, with occasional ventures farther afield for legal matters relevant to the way justice is carried out around here.” Check out yesterday’s post, CCAP hints and tricks #1: Mass searches made easy. Two tips are …
“Many political pundits have said the 2008 presidential race will be the election of YouTube,” says JS Online. “Local lawmakers are picking up on that trend…” The article explores how Wisconsin’s legislators are using video to communicate directly with the public via the web. Note the use of WisconsinEye. According to the article: State lawmakers …
It’s time to nominate your favorite legal support staffer for the 2nd Annual Unsung Heroes Award. The Wisconsin Law Journal sponsors the award to honor the “‘Unsung Heroes’ whose efforts are essential to helping law firms and courts run efficiently.” Nomination forms, which are due August 10, 2007, are available on the Wisconsin Law Journal …