FedCtRecords is a iPhone/iPad app which allows registered PACER users to search and retrieve documents. It is free for a limited time. According to the support page, you can: * Search Attorney and Party names …
Year: 2011
Portage Co Joins CCAP to Complete Statewide Integration
Earlier this month, Portage County joined Wisconsin’s Consolidated Court Automation Programs (CCAP) electronic case-management system. Since it was the last of Wisconsin’s 72 counties to join, CCAP now has complete statewide integration. For more information, …
Index to Legal Periodicals No Longer Available via LexisNexis
According to the Law Library Directors’ listserv, Index to Legal Periodicals (ILP) will no longer be available through LexisNexis at the request of the publisher. It is unknown whether it will continue to be available …
CAPTCHAs Being Used to Help Digitize Books with Poor OCR Accuracy
CAPTCHAs are those distorted letters that you have to enter after some internet transactions to verify that you’re actually a human. I recently learned that some CAPTCHAs are being used to help digitize old printed …
Follow the UW Law Library on Facebook and Twitter
Did you know that the UW Law Library has both a Facebook page and a Twitter feed? Follow us to learn about library announcements, special hours, new publications, etc. Note that the Twitter feed is …
Zotero Mobile Apps Allow you Scan Books, Edit Library
I’ve mentioned several times how much I like and use Zotero, the “powerful, easy-to-use research tool that helps you gather, organize, and analyze sources and then share the results of your research.” Capturing citation information …
Restyled Federal Rules of Evidence Effective Today
On April 26, 2011, the U.S. Supreme Court approved restyled amendments to the Federal Rules of Evidence. The amendments became effective today, December 1, 2011. For more information about the restyling, see The Third Branch. …
2011-12 Wisconsin Blue Book Now Available – as well as All Prior Editions
The 2011-2012 State of Wisconsin Blue Book is now available in print and online from the Legislative Reference Bureau. According to the LRB, “the Blue Book is the primary one-volume reference source about the state, …
UW Law Prof Cagle Donates Lincoln Collection to the Law Library
Re-posted from a UW Law School news article by Eric Taylor: Recently retired Professor Ralph Cagle has gifted the library with his personal collection of materials chronicling the life and times of Abraham Lincoln. The …
Latest UW Madison Law School Faculty Scholarship
Here is the latest faculty scholarship from the UW Law School Legal Studies Research Paper Series via SSRN. The Meaning of ‘Enterprise,’ ‘Business,’ and ‘Business Profits’ under Tax Treaties and Domestic Tax Law: U.S. Report …