Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
From JS Online: Stay up to speed on what’s going on in the state Capitol with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Capitol bureau’s weekly podcast. Steve Walters, Stacy Forster and Patrick Marley discuss the top issues of the week and talk to the lawmakers, government officials and others making and shaping public policy.
Tony Chan, information specialist at Quarles & Brady LLP, Milwaukee and LLAW Government Relations Committee Chair, has written an excellent article on Gathering Competitive Intelligence for Litigators and Business Lawyers. In the article, which appears in the April 2007 Wisconsin Lawyer, Tony covers: Online Sources of Public Records Background Checks Finding Company and Industry Information …
The AALL Day in the Life of the Law Library Community photo contest is in the final stage of judging. From nearly 200 entries, two UW Law Library entries have made it into the finals. Ours are in the Librarians as Trailblazers in New Technology and Most Humorous categories. This week, April 16-23, AALL members …
Libraries Unlimited is providing free access to ARBAonline during National Library Week April 15-22, 2007. Derived from the trusted reference standard American Reference Books Annual, ARBAonline features about 17,000+ reviews of reference works published since 1997. Written by librarians for librarians, ARBAonline’s reviews cover reference sources from more than 400 publishers in over 500 subject …
In celebration of National Library Week, the UW Law Library is proud to unveil our second annual series of READ posters featuring UW Law School faculty members. This year’s posters feature Ken Davis, Allison Christians, and Jim Jones. We’ll also have contests and giveaways all week for our students, faculty, and staff. Looks like the …
It’s not very well advertised, but U.S. law school users may access Quicklaw at no charge. To register, call 1-800-387-0899. A .edu email address is required. Quicklaw, from LexisNexis Canada, is a Web-based resource that offers over 2,500 databases of law, news and information from Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Africa, Malaysia …
Kiplinger has named “librarian” as one of the 7 Great Careers for 2007. Forget about the image of librarian as mousy bookworm. Today’s librarian is a high-tech information sleuth, a master of mining cool databases (well beyond Google) to unearth the desired nuggets. Plus you’ll probably have regular hours and good job security. Source: The …
From LibraryBoy: Two professors in England have digitized the Proceedings of the Old Bailey, the digest of more than 100,000 trials that took place in the famous London criminal courts between 1674 and 1834. The website includes a publishing history of the Proceedings, a list of notable trials that reveal a lot of the context …
Coolexon is a dictionary and multi-language translation software providing results in over 60 languages. It offers users a variety of free dictionaries and translation tools in English, French, German, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese and other major languages in the world. And Coolexon is only 3.3MB. Coolexon has two key features: cursor translation and text translation. With …
Get geared up for next week’s Wisconsin Film Festival by watching your favorites from years’ past. Check out the Madison Public Library’s collection of film fest titles. Thanks to What’s New from the Madison Public Library for the tip. Did you know that if you have a South Central Library System card you can go …