From Heidi Yelk’s Tech Tip in Brief in the latest WSLL @ Your Service: In case you missed it (as I did), Wisbar.org, the State Bar of Wisconsin’s website, now provides full text searching of …
Year: 2009
Docket Number Searching Available via Justia Docket Search
Nicholas from Justia just let me know that case number searching is now available on Justia’s Docket Search. He was responding to an earlier WisBlawg post which indicated that case number searching was not available. …
Unsung Heroes 2009
It’s time to nominate your favorite legal support staff for the 2009 Wisconsin Law Journal Unsung Heroes awards. Categories include: Secretary Paralegal Law Librarian Administrator Human Resources IT Specialists Marketers Court Staff For more information, …
FreeCourtDockets Sets Limit on Number of Free Dockets per Day
In response to rising demand and rising cost, FreeCourtDockets has set a limit on the number of free dockets that users can obtain daily. From a recent email: The word has been quickly spreading about …
"Suggested Practices" for Federal Judges when Citing Internet Sources in Opinions
From The Third Branch, newsletter of the Federal Courts: The Judicial Conference has issued a series of “suggested practices” to assist courts in the use of Internet materials in opinions. The recommendations follow a pilot …
Recent UW Law School Faculty & Staff Scholarship
From the latest edition of the University of Wisconsin Law School Legal Studies Research Paper Series in SSRN. Administrative Procedures and Bureaucratic Performance: Is Federal Rulemaking ‘Ossified’? by Jason W. Yackee, University of Wisconsin Law …
Using LinkedIn and Twitter for Corporate Intelligence
3 Geeks and a Law Blog has a good post on using LinkedIn for competitive intelligence. An earlier post describes how Twitter can be use as well.
New Journal: International Free and Open Source Software Law Review
From the Press Release: London, 13 July 2009. Today sees the launch of a prestigious new legal Journal which aims to bring the highest standards to bear in analysis and comment on all aspects of …
UW Law Enrollments Up for Fall
From the Wisconsin State Journal: Applications at the UW-Madison Law School were up by about 5.5 percent this year, and more students than anticipated said they plan to enroll in the fall, said Mike Hall, …
Community Immigration Law Center – A New Clinic in Madison
There is a new Community Immigration Law Center (CILC) in Madison. Although the Center does not represent clients, it does offer the following services: Brief consultations on basic legal immigration issues provided twice a month …