WisPolitics.com reports on two new pieces of legislation proposed by State Representative Marlin Schneider. The first would open the deliberations of the State Supreme Court. From the article: Schneider believes the public should also have …
Year: 2008
Create a Form with Google Docs
Google recently announced that you can create forms using spreadsheets in Google Docs. Create a form in a Google Docs spreadsheet and send it out to anyone with an email address. They won’t need to …
UW Law Library Facebook Page
I’m pleased to announce that I’ve recently created a Facebook page for the UW Law Library. Stop by and check it out.
Printing Public Domain Books on Demand
Tom Mighell over at Inter Alia reports on a cool service called PublicDomainReprints.org whereby you can order a reprint of a book in the public domain. Here’s how it works: 1. You request any public …
Public Library of Law Gathers Free State & Federal Law – Cases, Statutes, Regs, Etc.
Wow – more big news today stemming from the availability of free federal case law. Fastcase has developed a new resource called The Public Library of Law which brings together a wide variety of free …
Free Federal Case Law (F 2d & F 3d) Available on Justia
I was using Justia yesterday and noticed something I hadn’t seen before – US Federal Court Appeals Opinions. It includes all US Federal appellate cases since 1950 browse-able by F 2d and F 3d citation. …
Confidential Court Records Mistakenly Released by Milwaukee County
JS Online reports that: Milwaukee County officials mistakenly released numerous confidential court records for a citizens group’s Web site that detail payments for tests and other costs linked to mental competency, paternity and guardianship cases, …
Wisconsin-Related Public Records Databases
The Appleton Post-Crescent has gathered together a number of Wisconsin-related public records databases, some useful, others, well, maybe more interesting than useful. They include: Banned Wisconsin license plates Delinquent Appleton accounts Disciplined doctors, dentists and …
Editorial on Bills Seeking to Limit Access to CCAP
The Beloit Daily News weighs in on the two pending Wisconsin bills which would limit access to court records via CCAP. AB 418 would restrict public access and allow only judges, court officials, police, lawyers …
Capital Times Suspends Print Publication and Goes Online
From Channel 3000: The Capital Times, Madison’s 90-year-old newspaper announced Thursday it will stop printing a daily newspaper, reduce staff and focus on Internet operations. For more, read the full article. Dane 101 also posts …