On September 22nd, the U.S. Postal Service will be dedicating four 44-cent stamps honoring Supreme Court justices Joseph Story, Louis Brandeis, Felix Frankfurter, and William Brennan Jr. Source: Et Seq.
Month: September 2009
Get an Anonymous, Auto-expiring Phone Number with inumbr
Thanks to my colleague, Mary Jo Koranda, for pointing me to a service called inumbr, which provides you with a free, auto-expiring anonymous phone number that forwards incoming calls to your home or mobile phone. …
"You Can't Say that on Facebook" – Lawyers and Social Media
Saturday’s New York Times has a thought-provoking article on attorney’s and social media and the dangers of opening up too much. Sean Conway was steamed at a Fort Lauderdale judge, so he did what millions …
Google Book Downloader
From Download Squad: Google Book Downloader is a free utility that lets you download any book that’s available in “full view” from Google Books. Of course, most of these books also feature download links right …
2009 Legal Educator Blog Census Results
Colin Miller at the EvidenceProf Blog has compiled the results of the 2009 Legal Educator Blog Census. Here are some of the findings: bloggers at law schools starting with A-M bloggers at law schools starting …
Barron's Law Dictionary for iPhone Reviewed
iPhone J.D. describes the new Barron’s Law Dictionary app as fitting “neatly” between the other two legal dictionaries available for the iPhone: Black’s Law Dictionary ($50) and Nolo’s Plain English Law Dictionary (free). Like the …
New Bibliography of Wisconsin State Documents Available
Barbara Fritschel, law librarian for the U.S. Courts Library for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, has compiled a new guide entitled, “State Documents Bibliography: Wisconsin”. The guide is part of a larger series of …
Does Public Records Law Extend to Government Employees' Email ? WI Supreme Court to Decide
There is a very interesting article in the latest InsideTrack regarding a case pending before the Wisconsin Supreme Court on “whether the public’s right to know what its government is up to extends to reading …
Alternative Search Engines – There's More to Life Than Google
In the latest edition of InsideTrack from the Wisconsin State Bar, Bev Butula introduces some powerful general Internet search engines – besides Google. “These alternatives often support different functionality, which can assist in a more …
WSLL Offers E-Filing Class
To assist attorneys who are now required to submit electronic copies of briefs and other documents when litigating matters at the Wisconsin Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, the Wisconsin State Law Library is offering …