The UW Law School Commencement Ceremony will be held tomorrow, Friday, May 15, 2009 at 1:00 p.m. at the Monona Terrace. For the first time, the hooding ceremony will be webcast live on the Law …
Month: May 2009
Costs of Imprisonment Far Exceed Supervision Costs
From the U.S. Courts Web site: The daily cost of keeping someone imprisoned in a federal Bureau of Prisons facility was $70.75 in fiscal year 2008, and $65.25 in a community correction center. By comparison, …
Ex Parte Blogging and the Supreme Court
Social Media Law Student reviews a recent student note in the Stanford Law Review which claims that blogs can and eventually will influence the Supreme Court. In Rachel C. Lee’s article, she discusses the flaws …
Opinion Rules Third Party Facebook "Friending" Unethical
The Philadelphia Bar Association recently issued an advisory opinion stating that it is unethical to have a third party “friend” a witness on Facebook for the purpose of gaining information about that person. From the …
GPS Tracking by Police Reviewed by Wisconsin Court of Appeals
From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinellast week: The 4th District Court of Appeals on Thursday upheld the secret use by police of a GPS tracking device to gather evidence against a Dane County man accused of …
Article: Huge shortfall forces Legislature to push Department of Revenue to collect
From the Badger Herald: Wisconsin taxpayers would face more audits and revenue agents would pursue more of those who owe back taxes under a plan approved Tuesday to help close the state’s budget shortfall. The …
Student's Wikipedia Hoax Fools Journalists, Bloggers
From Yahoo Tech: When Dublin university student Shane Fitzgerald posted a poetic but phony quote on Wikipedia, he said he was testing how our globalized, increasingly Internet-dependent media was upholding accuracy and accountability in an …
"In Defense of Food" Selected for "Go Big Read" Reading Program
This fall, the university will launch “Go Big Read,” a common reading program intended to engage students, faculty, staff, alumni and community members in a shared, academically focused reading experience. Students, faculty, staff, and community …
Lexis Offers Free Access for One Year to Grads Serving Public Interest
LexisNexis has launched a new program for deferred graduates which will enable students who pursue public service during the deferral of professional practice to access certain LexisNexis services free of charge. Initially, the LexisNexis ASPIRE …
WisBar InsideTrack and Finding Journal Articles on the Net
A new edition of WisBar’s InsideTrack was published last week. Highlights include: Counseling clients regarding a potential swine flu outbreak Genetic testing: Is best interest of the child ‘good cause’? This issue also features my …