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Month: October 2008
WI Courts to Allow Citation of Unpublished Opinions
On Oct. 14, the Wisconsin Supreme Court adopted in principle Judicial Council petition 08-02 to amend Wis. Stat.
CiteGenie Creates Bluebook Citations from Westlaw
CiteGenie is a new extension for the Firefox web browser that, as its website promises, “automagically” creates Bluebook formatted pinpoint citations when copying from Westlaw. Wow – this is really impressive. If you’re a Westlaw …
Legal History Resources Online: Avalon Project, A Century of Law Making & ConSource
The following is reprinted from a column in the UW Law School News. It was written by my colleague, Eric Taylor. In this week’s column, we review three free online resources of historical legal documents …
CircuitCourtPro Offers Customized Notifications of WI Circuit Court Filings
The folks behind Foreclosure Alarm have expanded their offerings and now offer real-time notification of filings for all case types in the Wisconsin circuit courts. The new product is called CircuitCourtPro. Like Foreclosure Alarm, the …
Free Webinars for Librarians on Tech Planning & Tech Toys
SirsiDynix is offering two free webinars for librarians: Taming Technolust: Planning in a Hyperlinked World – Oct 22, 2008 | 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Eastern Michael Stephens offers ten steps for technology planning in …
Doodle – Scheduling Meetings the Easy Way
The next time you need to schedule a meeting, give Doodle a try. Doodle is free, although you may run into ads here and there. Here’s how it works: Create a poll – choose several …
Recent SSRN Enhancements
The folks at Social Science Research Network have been kind enough to share with me info about some recent enhancements. These features include a completely revised Simple Submission process, a new sign in process, and …
Future of the Legal Course Book
Seattlepi reports on a the Workshop on the Future of the Legal Course Book at Seattle University Law School. Traditional publishers are confused about what professors want and where the industry is going…. Teachers want …
Why Learning Emerging Technologies is Every Librarians' Business
Kathryn Greenhill of Librarians Matter has put together an excellent presentation on finding the time and reasons to learn about emerging technologies. The presenation title comes from the two phrases I hear most when people …