According to a government documents listserv email from Judith C. Russell, Superintendent of Documents and Managing Director at the U.S. Government Printing Office, the Judiciary is considering a one year pilot project to assess the …
Year: 2007
Meta Search for Inside the Book Searches
Over the last year or so, several search engines have been released that let you search inside books (Google Books, Amazon Search Inside/A9 & MSN Live Book Search). But there has never been a way, …
Judicial Reports – Consumer Reports for NY Judges
Law.com’s Legal Technology section has a useful article by Robert Ambrogi entitled, Superior Legal Web Sites to Watch. There are a number of good sites listed, but one that struck me was Judicial Reports. Ambrogi …
Free Adobe Seminar and Security Flaw Fix
Free Adobe for Legal Professionals eSeminar: In conjunction with LLRX, Adobe is hosting a free eSeminar on Acrobat 8: Top Features for Legal Professionals. The eSeminar, to be be held on Thursday, January 25, 2007,1:00 …
Article: How to Go to M.I.T. for Free
From the Christian Science Monitor: How to go to M.I.T. for free By the end of this year, the contents of all 1,800 courses taught at one of the world’s most prestigious universities will be …
Articles by UW Law Profs Macaulay and Galanter Considered Top Works in American Legal Thought
The Wisconsin Law Journal has a nice article on UW Law profs, Stewart Macaulay and Marc Galanter, who each had an article included in the “The Canon of American Legal Thought,” an anthology looking at …
FirstGov is Now USA.gov
To better reflect it’s purpose as the official web portal of the U.S. government, FirstGov.gov has changed its named to USA.gov. A Spanish version is also available.
WI Ct of App Rules That PDF No Substitute For Database Access Under Open Access Law
TVC Alert reports: The Wisconsin Court of Appeals last week ruled that in accordance with the state’s open access law, PDF copies of information in a database do not substitute for access to the database. …
Legal Research Movie on YouTube
From Law Librarian Blog: A group of students in Stanford Law’s advanced legal research class created a short (3 minute) silent film, Legal Research: The Movie. Fantastic! I guess the movie isn’t a “talkie” because …
Add Chat to Your Web Site with Plugoo
The UW Law Library has recently upgraded our IM/chat reference service with a new tool called Plugoo. We’ve added a text chat box to our home page inviting our students, faculty, and staff to contact …