Civil Justice in Wisconsin: A Fact Book, with Commentary is the title of a new report authored by Marc Galanter and Susan Steingass of the University of Wisconsin Law School. “This report presents the basic …
Month: April 2009
Recent UW Law School Faculty Scholarship
Latest faculty and staff scholarship from the University of Wisconsin Law School Legal Studies Research Paper Series on SSRN: Northeast Asian Development and the Problem of Rights: Challenges for a New Developmental State by John …
Courtship, Blogosphere Style
If you follow Althouse, you probably know that the UW Law professor recently became engaged to a man she met through her blog. The New York Times shares the story of their unique courtship.
NYT Editorial: With the Downturn, It's Time to Rethink the Legal Profession
The New York Times has an interesting editorial on the economic downturn and its implications for the legal profession – and they aren’t all bad, according to the author. The downturn will probably rein in …
Sealed Cases to Appear in Case Lists in PACER
From The Third Branch (newsletter of the federal courts): The Judicial Conference, in its continuing efforts to ensure appropriate public access to court files, has voted to make federal court sealed cases more readily apparent. …
Cost Effective CLEs
Jane Pribek of the Wisconsin Law Journal offers some advice for Cost-effective Ways to Meet CLE Requirements. See for example, programs offered by the Wisconsin State Law Library, Marquette University Law School and the American …
100 Law Related Twitter Feeds
Online Best Colleges has compiled a list of the Top 100 Twitter Feeds for Law Students. It is an interesting list of feeds from various legal folks and organizations, including law students, firms, attorneys, academics, …
Law Library of Congress Hosts Archive of Legal Blogs
Earlier this week, the Law Library of Congress released an archive of legal blawgs dating back to 2007. The collection includes more than 100 blogs categorized by topic covering a broad cross section of legal …
WisBar InsideTrack and Evernote Note Taking Tool
The latest edition of WisBar InsideTrack is now available. In this April 1st edition, I contributed an article on Managing your research: Create and search your notes with Evernote. Evernote is a free, versatile note-taking …
Wisconsin State Law Library URL Change
The Wisconsin State Law Library has changed their URL to http://wilawlibrary.gov. According to webmaster, Carol Hassler, “this change is made in anticipation of our redesigned website, which will launch this spring…. While you will still …