Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
If you’re planning a little spring cleaning of your personal library, take a look at these clever uses for your old books: Make A Lamp Out of Books (from DIY) Artist and designer Alex Cobb makes a wonderful table lamp out of a stack of books. Look for books that have colorful lettering on the …
Due Process reports that law review articles from Hein Online are now being indexed by Google Scholar. I’ve always liked Google Scholar, but up until recently I haven’t found it particularly helpful for finding law review articles. Until today. I just noticed that Google Scholar now searches HeinOnline, which has one of the largest online …
Carol Bannen, Director of Information Resources at Reinhart, Boerner, Van Deuren, has compiled a useful list of Tips for Monitoring Cases in the March edition of the Wisconsin Lawyer. She describes a range of publications and alert services which will notify legal practitioners of new cases in their practice areas.
Boing Boing reports on Carl Malamud’s investigation of the exclusive deal in which the Government Accountability Office has contracted with Thomson West to provide complete federal legislative histories compiled by GAO law librarians. John Wonderlich of the Sunlight Foundation alerted me to a situation about a month ago that we’ve been pursuing (with EFF’s help) …
For the past few months, I’ve been involved with a project that I’m pleased to finally be able to officially announce: the Web 2.0 Challenge, an online course to introduce law librarians to social software and how to use it in their libraries. The course is sponsored by the AALL Computing Services Special Interest Section …
A recent study finds that children may offer more accurate court testimony than adults. The study was conducted by two Cornell University professors: Valerie Reyna, human development professor, and Chuck Brainerd, human development and law school professor. Science Daily reports: They say children depend more heavily on a part of the mind that records, “what …
The American Library Association has announced that Senator Russ Feingold has been awarded the 2008 James Madison Award which honors those who, at the national level, have championed, protected, and promoted public access to government information. “His work in the United States Senate to promote the public’s right to know has been extensive and effective,” …
From the Wisconsin Court System Headlines: The Wisconsin Supreme Court is historically among the most influential state supreme courts in the United States, according to preliminary findings of a study published in December by the UC Davis (University of California, Davis) Law Review. The study, which was highlighted in a March 11 column by New …
Per an email I received from developer Antonio Tomarchio, PreCYdent is reporting some new content: A collection of opinions from major states has recently been added with more to come Later this week, a GPO section will be added containing “all congressional records” I’m not sure what that means, but I’m eager to find out.
Steve Matthews over at Stem Legal has written a very useful article on managing your online reputation. He writes: Online reputation management isn’t a question of blogging gone badly, or someone posting drunken pictures in Facebook (although both are possible). It’s a business issue for every lawyer who practises, and it requires some form of …