Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
According to a Wisconsin Department of Administration press release, WisconsinEye announced on Monday that it has reached agreement with the department to launch the WisconsinEye channel on the BadgerNet video network serving education and government sites throughout the state’s 72 counties. The partnership with BadgerNet will bring WisconsinEye into over 255 schools and 54 college …
The Wisconsin Court system has developed RSS feeds for the following: News releases Supreme Court opinions and dispositional orders Supreme Court rules Supreme Court oral arguments Supreme Court dispositional orders Court of Appeals opinions Court of Appeals certifications
From UW–Madison Libraries: Tobin Harshaw, senior staff editor for the Op-Ed pages of The New York Times, comes to campus Thursday, Oct. 18, to give a 4:30 p.m. lecture for the Friends of the Libraries and the School of Journalism. Harshaw’s talk, “The Pundits and the Power: Behind the Rise of Opinion Journalism,” will cover …
There is more video/audio footage from the Wisconsin Book Festival over at Wisconsin Eye. Here are some of the latest offerings: 10.14.07: “Odd Wisconsin: Amusing, Perplexing, and Unlikely Stories from Wisconsin’s Past” 10.13.07 “Provoking Democracy: Why We Need the Arts” 10.12.07: “Tranquility at any Price?” with Authors Matthew Rothschild and Chris Finan 10.11.07: Best New …
There is more video/audio footage from the Wisconsin Book Festival over at Wisconsin Eye. Here are some of the latest offerings: 10.14.07: “Odd Wisconsin: Amusing, Perplexing, and Unlikely Stories from Wisconsin’s Past” 10.13.07 “Provoking Democracy: Why We Need the Arts” 10.12.07: “Tranquility at any Price?” with Authors Matthew Rothschild and Chris Finan 10.11.07: Best New …
Davis & Kuelthau librarian, Bev Butula has written a very useful article in this month’s Wisconsin Lawyer entitled, Online Access to Circuit Court Dockets. The article explores Wisconsin’s online docket database (CCAP) and looks at the status of online access in some other states. From the conclusion: Searching circuit court dockets in Wisconsin is accomplished …
Proof and Hearsay reports on where to find Wisconsin’s tech-savvy juries. According to the statistics for twenty-nine counties’ jurors, just over 17 percent of prospective jurors surveyed in 2006 filed their jury questionnaire responses online at the court’s web site. A county break down shows that the highest percentages came from: Eau Claire County – …
Channel 3000 reports that the Tenant Resource Center is in danger of shutting down. For 30 years, the Tenant Resource Center has offered free rental housing counseling and legal advice to thousands of people across the state. In April, the center lost $55,000 of its funding from the University of Wisconsin student government. A phone …
I’ve been given the green light to announce that Wisconsin Legislative Drafting Records are now available online at the Wisconsin State Legislature Web site. Records from the 1999 through 2005 sessions are available. At this time, it seems that only the browsing function is working. My test keyword searches have produced no results. I’m told …
Last Thursday I had the pleasure of seeing the new documentary, The Hollywood Librarian. I truly enjoyed it and highly recommend it to both librarians and non librarians alike. Although, as the title implies, it did focus much on the image of librarians in film and popular culture, but it also delved into the role …