Update 11/18/2010: Note that Legal Information Center has changed offices in the Student Activity Center. See the updated information below. The URL has also been corrected. ——————– The Legal Information Center (LIC) has moved to …
Year: 2009
Happy 5th Birthday, WisBlawg!
Today marks the fifth anniversary of the creation of WisBlawg. Thanks to my faithful readers. I hope that you’ve enjoyed reading the blog as much as I’ve enjoyed writing it. (Image from Flickr)
Open Jurist Offers F. 1st, 2nd, 3rd & US Reports
Open Jurist is a new (I think) database of free US Supreme Court and Federal Appellate opinions. It joins a number of other sites which offer federal opinions, such as Altlaw, PreCYdent, Public Library of …
UW Law School Twitter Feed
The UW Law School now has a Twitter feed. Marquette University Law School has a feed as well. For a list of other law schools on Twitter, see the Social Media Law Student.
WiLS Offers Digitization on Demand of Public Domain Materials
WiLS (Wisconsin Library Services) has recently announced a new Digitization on Demand service. This service will provide complete digital copies of works from UW Madison Memorial Library’s Special Collections and the Mills Music library that …
Zotero 2.0 Now Supports Citation Sharing with Groups
Zotero, a wonderful free resource for collecting, managing and citing sources, recently announced a major upgrade to version 2.0. “Most important among the new features is the long-anticipated ability to collaborate in groups and group …
Dickens & the Bookaneers: 19th Century Copyright Law
NPR has a very interesting interview with Matthew Pearl, author of The Last Dickens. The story centers around the 19th century U.S. copyright laws which did not protect foreign authors, such as Charles Dickens. As …
Law Library Blogs List Gets a New Home
For several years now, I’ve maintained a list of Law Library Blogs on the UW Law Library web server. I’m pleased to share that this list of blogs written by law librarians or law library …
Tomorrow's UW Law School Commencement Ceremony to be Webcast Live
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 …
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, …