Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
From Yahoo News: A 43-year-old Japanese woman whose sudden divorce in a virtual game world made her so angry that she killed her online husband’s digital persona has been arrested on suspicion of hacking, police said Thursday… The woman used login information she got from the 33-year-old office worker when their characters were happily married, …
I recently gave a short presentation to our students and faculty on the various course page options available at the UW Law School. I prepared a handout highlighting the pros and cons of the various tools, including LexisNexis Course Pages, TWEN, Moodle and Desire2Learn. My presentation was followed by a discussion of what the students …
The latest edition of the Wisconsin Law Journal has several articles about the challenges facing persons exonerated of crimes and released from prison. A number of the cases highlight students and faculty from the Wisconsin Innocence Project. After the Door Opens Exonerees Hope to Find Strength in Numbers Putting Broken Lives Back Together
Ever wanted to share the results of a Google search with someone? Look.fo makes it easier – well, shorter anyway. Say I want to share the results of a Google search for WisBlawg. I could send you a long, ugly search string that looks like this: http://www.google.com/search?q=wisblawg&sourceid=navclient-ff&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1B3GGGL_en___US216 Or, I could just send you this one: …
“Tough economic times means more people are checking out their local libraries, hoping to cut down on the amount they spend on books, magazines and movies,” reports Channel3000. From the article: In Madison, libraries are getting busier as household budgets get tighter. “We’re seeing increases most frequently or more often in our more economically diverse …
Know any students who write a great blog? Direct them to The Blogging Scholarship from Collage Scholarships.org. Or nominate them yourself. Last year’s $10,000 scholarship winner was a law student from Loyola.
On Oct. 14, the Wisconsin Supreme Court adopted in principle Judicial Council petition 08-02 to amend Wis. Stat.
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 user, this could save you a lot of time when writing papers or briefs. I’ve created a quick video of …
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 relating to the formation and development of the United States of America. For students, scholars, history buffs, and interested citizens …
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 data is derived from CCAP. Here’s how it works: You decide what types of new cases you are interested in …