Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
How is the current economic crisis affecting the law library profession? An e-newsletter from AALL President, James Duggan, shares the results from a recent survey of law library directors: Staff 23 percent of law libraries have experienced staff reductions, the overwhelming number ranging from one to five full-time employees laid off. Nearly 20 percent of …
The Daily Cardinal has a very thorough article on the Google Books initiative and its implications for the UW Madison campus. The article discusses: staffing concerns at campus libraries copyright issues and the status of the settlement how digitizing materials will increase access to important scholarly and historical works Look for quotes from Law School …
“A group of college reporters asked Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen on Wednesday for his opinion on whether Wisconsin’s open records and meetings laws apply to University of Wisconsin System student government.” Read more at the Oshkosh Northwestern. Source: The Wheeler Report
The complete Wisconsin Property Assessors Manual is now available online. The manual aids assessors in the interpretation of statutes related to classifying and valuing property, describes the property assessment cycle and deadlines, and defines the responsibilities of public servants charged with carrying out property valuation. The manual is developed and maintained by the Department of …
Steve Miller of the Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau informs me that the LRB now has a Twitter feed. They’ll be tweeting about recent acquisitions and new publications from the LRB.
In his blog, BYU Law professor, Gordon Smith, formerly of the UW Law School, responds to criticism leveled by several Seventh Circuit judges who question the state-focus of legal education in Wisconsin as related to the diploma privilege. The criticisms are in response to a case before the court which is “challenging the privilege as …
Happy National Library Week! Stop by the UW Law Library this week and help us celebrate. For our celebration this year, we’ve put together a number of activities including games, displays, and faculty/staff READ posters. READ Posters This year’s posters feature, Louis Butler, Justice in Residence, and the Law School IT Team, Eric Giefer, Darryl …
Wisconsin Radio Network reports that “a public hearing Tuesday from the Legislature’s Committee on Personal Privacy took up a bill that would require employers to annually notify their workers of email monitoring.” The bill in question is Assembly Bill 30. From the article: “An instructor of computer networking at Madison Area Technical College spoke in …
“Big firms across the country have dramatically cut the number of associates attending their 2009 summer programs, a sign that firms don’t expect to see a talent shortage in fall 2010,” reports Law.com. Many of California’s biggest firms have cut the number of associates in their programs compared to last year, some by 30 percent …
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 facts about our civil courts and litigation in them and examines some of the persistent myths about these topics.” It …