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 …
Year: 2008
80% of Legal Professionals Suffer from Information Overload, But You Don't Have to be One of Them
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 …
Wisconsin Journal of Law, Gender & Society, formerly the Wisconsin Women's Law Journal
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 …
Free Service for Recording (& Podcasting) Conference Calls
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 …
JD Supra Combines Business Networking & Document Repository
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 …
Really Useful Law-Related RSS Feeds
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 …
RSS for Law School Faculty & Staff
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 …
C-SPAN Video Archive of House and Senate Floor Proceedings
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 …
Article: Free! Why $0.00 Is the Future of Business
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 …
GPO to Digitize All FDLP Legacy Materials
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 …