Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
A while back, I was contacted by Chick Markley, VP/Engineering of The Personal Bee, Inc. about a new site called Law Library Buzz, an aggregator for law library blogs. I agreed to sign on as the “Bee Keeper.” There are a couple of pretty neat features of Law Library Buzz. First, there is a single …
LISZEN is a new search engine devoted just to library blogs. It’s brought to you by the good folks at Library Zen. Although I don’t envision myself using it too often, it will be useful when I want to know what librarians think of something – like a database, a vendor, a way of approaching …
Kudos to the ABA for compiling a list of state public Library Databases. Many public libraries now offer extensive database collections free to their patrons. For most libraries these databases can be accessed from a remote computer with a library card ID number. Which means research can be conducted at home or at the office …
This month’s WSLL @ Your Service newsletter from the Wisconsin State Law Library centers around Wisconsin briefs. It contains tips on accessing briefs (including the UW Law Library’s Wisconsin Briefs database) and some interesting information on the history of briefs.
The library recently received a letter from the Wisconsin Legislative Council regarding their newly redesigned web site. It states: Due to fiscal and resource constraints, it is not feasible for this office to keep more than five years of publications on the site. All publications are kept permanently at the Wisconsin Legislative Council offices and …
Nerino Petro’s Compujurist reports that effective January 29, 2007, the Supreme Court of Wisconsin has approved On-Demand CLE for Wisconsin attorneys. Supreme Court Rule 31.01(6m) is created to read: “Repeated on-demand program” means an on-line program delivered over the Internet, repeating a program previously approved by the board, and given at a time of the …
Tune in to PBS tonight for the beginning of a four-part documentary on the Supreme Court. “It is a must-see series that takes the viewer back to the pitifully weak early days of the Court, then all the way forward to its current incarnation as a center-of-the-universe powerhouse,” writes Law.com. See the full article for …
On Their Honor is the title of a Milwaukee Magazine article about judicial conflicts of interest in Milwaukee County. From the article: The [Wisconsin Supreme Court] rule requires that judges disqualify themselves from any case when “a judge has a significant financial or personal interest in the outcome of the matter.” If, however, the financial …
Monday’s New York Times has a very interesting article on courts use of Wikipedia. More than 100 judicial rulings have relied on Wikipedia, beginning in 2004, including 13 from circuit courts of appeal, one step below the Supreme Court. (The Supreme Court thus far has never cited Wikipedia.)… [According to] Stephen Gillers, a professor at …
This Capital Times article entitled, Wikipedia payment: Why the big deal? was today’s Library Link of the Day. Abstract: Gregory Kohs last year launched MyWikiBiz, a service that offered to write Wikipedia entries for businesses for $49 to $99. But a few days afterward, MyWikiBiz’s account on Wikipedia was blocked. Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales called …