Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
“Wouldn’t it be great if you could have your voice mail e-mailed or texted to you instead of having to call back in to your number?” “What if you could leave customized greetings for people in your address book?” These are the questions asked – and answered – by YouMail, a free external voicemail service …
New from the Milwaukee Public Library: 19th Century U. S. Newspapers Consisting of just under 17 million articles, 19th Century U. S. Newspapers from the Thomson Gale Company is a genealogy or history buff’s dream come true. Fully searchable by keyword, this database includes papers from across the U.S., and is particularly strong on the …
From Channel 3000: [Gov. Jim Doyle] vetoed a bill that would expand access to juvenile court records for police, judges and social workers. Current state law considers juvenile court records confidential. Law enforcement officers, judges and prosecutors must request permission from a judge to access them. The bill would have deemed the records open to …
I’m pleased to report that the 2005/2006 Wisconsin Legislative Drafting Records are now available on the UW Law Library Web site. Records from previous sessions back to 1999/2000 are also available. The 2005/2006 records have actually been up for a few weeks, but Google has only just indexed them, thus enabling our search engine. You …
CM/ECF Pacer Access is now available for the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals according to Legal Dockets Online. Along with the D.C. and Veteran Claims courts, it joins the 4th, 6th, 8th, 9th, and 10th circuit courts which already use the CM/ECF system. What does this mean? CM/ECF makes available online court case docket sheets …
Today only, Wednesday, April 2, over 3,000 Walgreens locations nationwide are offering a free printer cartridge refill for the following printer brands: Dell, HP, Lexmark, Okidata, Primera, Sharp and Xerox. Just bring your empty cartridge and this coupon. Source: OnMilwaukee
Pulitzer Prize wining journalist, Eric Lichtblau of the New York Times will be speaking at UW Madison next week. “How Much Does the Public Really Need to Know? A Reporter’s Perspective on the Post-9/11 Age” Tuesday, April 8 at 2:30 p.m. The Pyle Center University of Wisconsin–Madison 702 Langdon Street
“TimeMachiner is a new mini-app that lets you email people in the future. Use it to remind yourself to do something that you’ll more than likely forget, keep your future self on the straight and narrow, even wish your friends happy birthday…the possibilities are endless!” Source: MakeUseOf.com
Last month I reported that street views of Milwaukee were available in Google Maps. Well, now Madison street views are available as well. Check out the interactive view of the UW Law School below. View Larger Map Simply do a Google search for an address in Madison and click on the “Street Views” link in …
Take a trip back in time with Penny Postcards, featuring scenes from every state. There are some great ones for Wisconsin, including this one of City Hall in Milwaukee. Thanks to Angela Henes for the tip.