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Month: July 2010
President Obama Names UW Law School Professor Victoria Nourse to the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals
On Wednesday, President Obama nominated UW-Madison Law School professor Victoria Nourse to the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. From the White House Press Release: Professor Victoria F. Nourse is the Burrus-Bascom Professor of Law …
Law Librarians Association of Wisconsin Educational Institute
On Friday, October 8th, 2010, the Law Librarians Association of Wisconsin will host a day-long educational institute at the newly remodeled Marquette University Law School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The theme for the conference is The …
Foundations in Wisconsin Online
From Bev Butula’s Wisconsin Law Journal blog: The Milwaukee Public Library announced today that they now provide an online version of “Foundations in Wisconsin.” Many attorneys who work with nonprofits are very familiar with this …
Books UnBound Library Now Complete
According to the Wisconsin State Bar, the Books UnBound electronic library is now complete. See the full list of titles. The Books UnBound product launched in April, but not all of the titles were available …
WI Sec of State Hosts Digital Archive of Municipal Records
The Wisconsin Office of the Secretary of State maintains a digital archive of state municipal records – some more than 100 years old. Records from Wisconsin’s towns, villages, cities and counties include incorporation papers, charters, …
WisBlawg Twitter Feed
I’ve created a Twitter feed for WisBlawg. All WisBlawg blog posts will appear there as well as some additional shorter tweets.
Fastcase iPad App Coming Soon
Earlier this year, Fastcase released a free iPhone app which was named 2010 New Product of the Year by the American Association of Law Libraries. Now, Fastcase is set to release an app for iPad …
Moble Apps for Lawyers, Metadata & Redaction
There are a couple of noteworthy legal tech-related articles in this month’s WisBar InsideTrack. The first is part 2 of a series on avoiding ethical pitfalls with electronic documents by Nerino Petro and Bryan Sims. …
Acts and Joint Resolutions of the 2009 -10 WI Legislative Session
Research Bulletin 2010-1 from the Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau provides an overview of the acts and joint resolutions of the 2009 -2010 Wisconsin Legislative Session. Legislation is organized by topic with acts described under the …