The Appleton Post Crescent has a nice run down of major bills passed and rejected by the Wisconsin Legislature since the beginning of the two-year session starting in January 2009. The list appears below – …
Year: 2010
Library of Congress to Archive Twitter
The Library of Congress has announced that it is archiving every public tweet made since the service went live back in 2006. Why you may ask? ars technica gives a pretty good explanation There’s been …
More Info on Searching CLE Books Unbound
Last week I posted about the State Bar of Wisconsin’s new Books UnBound product – a subscription-based online library of State Bar of Wisconsin CLE Books (the “brown binders”). I had some concerns about the …
WI State Bar Releases CLE Books UnBound
Earlier this week the State Bar of Wisconsin launched its new Books UnBound product – a subscription-based online library of State Bar of Wisconsin CLE Books (the “brown binders”). According to the State Bar, Books …
National Library Week Celebration and Events
Stop by the UW Law Library this week and help us celebrate National Library Week! For our celebration this year, we have put together a number of activities including drawings and giveaways, and, of course, …
Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel since 1890s Available on Google News
Archived news articles from the Milwaukee Journal and Journal/Sentinel are now available in Google News from the 1890s to the present. Unfortunately, there is no way to print the pages, but you can direct link …
LLAW Plans Educational Institute for Librarians
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 …
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 …