Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
Steve Meili and the UW–Madison Consumer Law Clinic are featured in the latest issue of The Wisconsin Idea. Students gain an awareness of the life situation of the clients,” says Meili. “What might seem like a fairly simple legal problem is really much more complicated. It is important for students and lawyer to realize you …
A few weeks ago, I reported that the UW Law Library will be hosting on our web site Wisconsin Legislative Council documents back to 1996. According to our Head of Cataloging, Cindy May, these documents are now available via the MadCat Library Catalog. They can be searched in MadCat by author, title, subject, series, or …
JS Online reports that, according to a provision in the budget bill, …The director of state courts would be given authority to “establish and charge fees for use of the circuit court automated information systems created under this section.” Left unstated are who would be charged, how much they would be charged and how often… …
JS Online reports that, according to a provision in the budget bill, …The director of state courts would be given authority to “establish and charge fees for use of the circuit court automated information systems created under this section.” Left unstated are who would be charged, how much they would be charged and how often… …
From UW Libraries Head of Communication, Don Johnson: Alando Tucker, Wisconsin men’s basketball senior forward and National Player of the Year finalist, is the focus of the newest READ poster created by the UW–Madison Libraries, which is in press. The photo for the 18″ x 24″ poster, a promotion for the upcoming National Library Week …
From the UW Space Place: Total Lunar Eclipse Sat, 3-Mar-2007, 5:45 pm (3:00 hrs) The full moon of 3 March will rise in Madison at 5:45 p.m., but it will not be your typical full moon. The rising moon will be totally eclipsed by Earth’s shadow. Unlike a solar eclipse, there is no safety hazard …
There have been a couple of good posts recently about cool Google tips and tricks. Bates InfoTip, an email newsletter, shares four Little-Known Google Tools. One of these is Simply Google which gathers together on one page pretty much everything you can do with Google – which is a lot! Google Librarian Central explains Google …
If you haven’t heard yet, the Energy Policy Act of 2005 changed the start and end dates of Daylight Savings Time beginning in 2007. Clocks will be set ahead one hour on March 11, which is three weeks earlier than they traditionally change. Online calendars and computer clocks that have not been updated with patches …
So I send my husband the Law Librarian Hotties contest post because I think it’s fun, and he goes and nominates me. And, I’m floored to find that he wasn’t the only one. I don’t know whether to be flattered or embarrassed – both, I guess. Good thing I have a sense of humor because …
One of the Top Ten Lists You Don’t Want To Miss from Jim Calloway’s Law Practice Tips Blog caught my eye: Top 10 Largest Databases in the World. Number 1? the Library of Congress. The post didn’t give any sources for this information, however, which makes me wonder about its validity. I’m a librarian – …