Starting in January 2011, Wisconsin legislative proposals (bills, amendments, and resolutions) will display a graphic code called a “matrix code” that contains a URL, or hyperlink. From the Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau: With an Internet-connected …
Year: 2010
Find Wisconsin Voter and Poll Information
From Found in Wisconsin The Elections Division of the WI Government Accountability Board provides information to look up voter registration and polling place location, look up polling place location for an address, and check provisional …
Conference – Legal Education Reform after Carnegie: Bringing Law-in-Action into the Law School Classroom
Next month, the University of Wisconsin Law School and the Institute for Legal Studies is hosting conference for faculty, staff, law students, and visiting scholars entitled Legal Education Reform after Carnegie: Bringing Law-in-Action into the …
Wisconsin Newspapers available via BadgerLink
From Wisconsin InfoLink: BadgerLink — the state’s online full-text library collections — now has access to five years of complete PDF pages from more than 250 Wisconsin newspapers, dailies and weeklies…. The collection goes back …
Butler Renominated for U.S. District Judge
From the Wisconsin State Journal: President Barack Obama has again nominated Louis B. Butler Jr. to replace John Shabaz as U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Wisconsin, the White House announced Monday. See …
Appeals Court Rules Counsel May 'Google' Potential Jurors During Jury Selection
A New Jersey appellate court found that a prohibition against “Googling” potential jurors to gain additional information about them was unreasonable. Read more at Legal Blog Watch.
UW Law School's Dean Davis to Step Down, Return to Faculty
UW Law School Dean Kenneth B. Davis Jr. announced yesterday that he will step down in September 2011 and return to the faculty. From the UW Madison Press Release: During his tenure as dean, Davis …
WI Public Records Opinions & Documents Available on DOJ Site
The State Bar reports that the Wisconsin Department of Justice website now offers access to information about Wisconsin Public Records Law. The site includes: Attorney General Opinions on Public Records Issues Sample Public Records Documents …
Make any PDF a Fill-in-the-Blank Form
In the September edition of WSLL @ Your Service, there is a useful Tech Tip in Brief by Heidi Yelk. She highlights a free tool called PDF X-Change which allows you to fill in the …
Juror Must Pay Fine and Write Essay for Posting Verdict on Facebook while Case Still Being Tried
From 3 Geeks and a Law Blog: You have to admire the punishment that Judge Diane Druzinski handed down to a juror that updated her Facebook status to say that it was “gonna be fun …