On Friday, October 8th, 2010 the Law Librarians Association of Wisconsin will host an all-day educational institute for librarians at the new Marquette University Law School building, Eckstein Hall, in Milwaukee, WI. The theme for …
Month: March 2010
Wisconsin Diploma Privilege Challenge Dismissed
From WKOW TV news: State attorneys have settled a lawsuit challenging Wisconsin’s policy of allowing in-state law students to practice without passing the bar exam. The state has agreed to pay Corrine Wiesmueller $7,500 to …
US Supreme Court Launches New Website with New URL
Yesterday the US Supreme Court launched a new website – complete with a new look and new URL. The Court will now be hosting the site in-house at www.supremecourt.gov. Previously, it had been hosted by …
Bubbl.us Helps You Visually Organize & Brainstorm Ideas
Bubbl.us is a simple, free web application that lets you create mind maps for organizing and brainstorming ideas. Mind maps are great for visually laying out ideas and seeing the connections between them. Here is …
PACER Fee and Access Changes
The Judicial Conference of the United States has approved some changes to the PACER system to “improve public access to federal courts by increasing the availability of court opinions and expanding the services and reducing …
C-SPAN Video Archive Now Available Online
From Et Seq, The Harvard Law School Library Blog: Can’t get enough of Congress? Is Book TV your idea of Must-see TV? If so, you’ll be excited to learn that “virtually every minute” of C-SPAN’s …
PACER's U.S. Party/Case Index is Now PACER Case Locator
PACER’s U.S. Party/Case Index has been replaced by a new search tool called PACER Case Locator. It appears that the underlying data is the same – Case Locator just offers improved search and display capabilities …
CLE Books will Soon be Available Online through State Bar's Books UnBound
On April 15, the Wisconsin State Bar will launch a new product called Books UnBound. This subscription database will contain content from CLE books published by the State Bar. Primary law links will point to …
UW Law Prof Asifa Quraishi Delegate to UN Commission on the Status of Women
Asifa Quraishi, UW Law School professor and founding member of the National Association of Muslim Lawyers and the California group American Muslims Intent on Learning and Activism, is part of the U.S. Delegation attending the …
Justice Walsh Bradley Gives Delightful Talk on Wisconsin Women's Legal History
Last evening I had the treat of hearing Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Ann Walsh Bradley speak at a meeting of the Law Librarians Association of Wisconsin. Her topic was Wisconsin women’s legal history. Not only …