Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
Zimmerman’s Legal Research Guide is a tremendous resource for discovering the best resources in specific areas of law. I often use the online encyclopedia when I’m presented with a research question on an unfamiliar topic. Zimmerman’s guide is well known among the law librarian community – and rightly so. With addition of a new Zimmerman’s …
Looks like the 2011 Conference for Law School Computing (CALI Conference) will be held at Marquette Law School next summer. I can’t wait to attend! From John Mayer posted to the Teknoids list: Just got back from a visit to the amazing new building that Marquette has built for their law school. I am delighted …
Wisconsin Attorney General Van Hollen recently issued a memorandum addressing the practical impact of the recent Wisconsin Supreme Court case, Schill v. Wisconsin Rapids School District. In Schill, the Court held that the Public Records Law (Wis. Stat. 19.31-19.39) does not require the disclosure of the contents of purely personal e-mails sent or received on …
From PC Magazine: The Copyright Office within the LOC on Monday ruled that jailbreaking a smartphone – particularly Apple’s iPhone – is permissible under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act’s (DMCA) fair use provisions. From Search Engine Watch: [The Copyright Office also] granted an exemption for people remixing videos on YouTube, declaring it is not a …
In celebration of its 75th anniversary, the Federal Register launched a new online edition this week. From the press release: Federal Register 2.0 features a new layout that organizes the content by topics similar to a newspaper Web site. The site displays individual sections for Money, Environment, World, Science and Technology, Business and Industry, and …
UW-Madison experts, including several Law School faculty and staff, have been appointed to 12 special committees the Wisconsin Legislature created to study emerging state issues and make recommendations for the 2011-12 legislative session. Law school appointees include: Criminal Justice Funding and Strategies: Ben Kempinen Judicial Discipline and Recusal: David Schultz Records Access of Circuit Court …
It’s time to nominate your favorite legal support staff for the 2010 Wisconsin Law Journal Unsung Heroes awards. Categories include: * Legal Secretary * Paralegal * Law Librarian * Firm Administrator * Human Resources * IT Specialists * Legal Marketing * Court Clerk * Court Reporter * Lifetime Achievement Download and mail the PDF nomination …
From The New York Law Journal via Law.com: Last April, a judicial hearing officer relied on a woman’s “sworn testimony” from an appearance on “The People’s Court” to determine that the woman had not lived with her recently deceased mother and therefore did not have succession rights to her apartment. In an order released this …
Are government employees’ personal e-mails considered public records? No, according to an opinion by the Wisconsin Supreme Court last Friday. From Schill v. Wisconsin Rapids School District: In the present case, the court is asked to decide whether the contents of government employees’ personal e-mails (that is, e-mails not related to government business) should be …
From the State Bar of Wisconsin News: A petition filed on Sept. 25 with the Wisconsin Supreme Court aims to extend the “diploma privilege” to graduates of all ABA-approved law schools or abolish it entirely. Petitioner Steven Levine, a past State Bar of Wisconsin president, and 70 other State Bar members seek to amend SCR …