Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
I mentioned earlier that Bo Ryan & crew are featured on this year’s UW Madison Libraries READ poster. The photo for the poster was shot at College Library and includes, from left to right, players Joe Krabbenhoft, Jon Leuer, Marcus Landry, Brian Butch and Trevon Hughes. The project was paid for with private support. Copies …
A new study by LexisNexis reveals that 70% of American white collar workers suffer from information overload. That number rises to 80% among legal professionals. Other findings for legal professionals include: 90% of legal professionals agree that not being able to access the right information at the right time is a huge time-waster 70% say …
As of the first of the year, the Wisconsin Women’s Law Journal is now the Wisconsin Journal of Law, Gender & Society. From the announcement: The new name is more closely aligned with the Journal’s mission statement. For twenty-two years, the Journal has been seeking scholarship that, “examine[s] the intersection of law and gender with …
A while back I posted about a free telephone conferencing service called FreeConference.com. This free service supplies you with a dial in number and an access code with which all callers can connect. While this service worked great, I recently had a need to record a conference call. Although FreeConference.com does have recording capabilities, this …
Since its launch earlier this week, JD Supra is already creating quite a buzz around the blawgosphere. It’s a combination business networking site and shared document repository for legal professionals – quite ingenious actually. And it’s all free. As a Business Networking Site: JD Supra offers legal professionals and organizations a chance to showcase their …
Court Documents CCAP – Notification of new WI Circuit Court, Court of Appeals, and Supreme Court cases by party name and/or all filings for an individual case Wisconsin Courts – All new Court of Appeals and Supreme Court opinions, oral arguments, certifications, etc. Justia – Receive new full-text U.S. District Circuit Court opinions and filings …
Last week I gave a presentation to the UW Law School faculty and staff on the legal applications of RSS. I’ve posted my slides and handouts on Scribd and thought I’d share them here. Read this doc on Scribd: RSS for Law School Faculty & Staff Related handouts: Law-Related RSS Feeds RSS Readers: Thunderbird RSS …
C-SPAN has created a video archive House and Senate floor proceedings. The new C-SPAN Congressional Chronicle is produced through a automated matching of the video recordings with the Congressional Record soon after the Record is available in the day following the session. Browse by date, bill number, or person’s name. Looks like there is even …
With so many great resources available on the Internet at no cost, you may wonder how content creators can afford to offer them for free. Wired magazine has a very useful article which explains Why $0.00 Is the Future of Business. Source: Vancouver Law Librarian Blog
According to a GPO Request for Information: The United States Government Printing Office (GPO) plans to digitize the entire collection of legacy materials that have been disseminated through the Federal Depository Library Program. The estimated size of the collection is approximately 2.2 million documents, which amounts to about 90 million pages. Source: GOVDOCS-L list