Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
Last week I posted on the Wisconsin Legislature’s new beta site for searching documents. Bruce Hoesly, at the Legislative Reference Bureau, informs me that they are very interested in getting feedback on the system, including some new changes that debuted yesterday. To facilitate this, notice that there is now a Feedback link in the top …
University of Wisconsin Law School has organized a forum on the legal and political issues raised by the Governor’s Budget Repair Bill. All are welcome. The forum seeks to provide insights into the dramatic developments that have followed the introduction of the Governor’s Budget Repair Bill from an historical, legal and political perspective The forum …
The Wisconsin Legislature has recently released a new beta site for searching documents. Currently available are statutes, administrative code, and new proposal info pages with enhanced bill history. I’m very impressed with the new site and agree with Bev Butula’s assessment that it is much more sleek and user friendly than the current one. In …
The Madison Public Library has recently subscribed to LexisNexis Library Express. Although this is not the full version of LexisNexis with which many legal practitioners are familiar, LexisNexis Library Express does provide access to thousands of full-text news, business, and legal publications. See the specific coverage information. LexisNexis Library Express is accessible at any Madison …
Today primary election day and I must admit, I wasn’t sure what all the races on the ballot were. Fortunately, with the State of Wisconsin Voter Public Access system I was able to view a sample ballot for my community. You can also look up your voter record to check your voter status and to …
If you’re considering submitting a law related article for publication, see Information for Submitting Articles to Law Reviews & Journals, recently available via SSRN. It was prepared by Allen Rostron and Nancy Levit, both from University of Missouri at Kansas City – School of Law. The guide contains information about submitting articles to law reviews …
There are so many legal and policy issues surrounding technology – many of which are completely unanticipated. Check out the latest issue of the ABA Journal for an interesting article on dress codes for workplace avatars. Hat tip to Mary Koshollek, Director of Information and Records Services at Godfrey & Kahn in Milwaukee.
From Information Today: Mobile Apps for Law is a just-released database on the web that covers all legal research and utility apps for all types of mobile devices. Whether you use an iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, BlackBerry, Android device, or a Palm PC, this is the place to find out which law apps are available …
Congratulations to CJ Ullrich, our Law Library Stack Manager, who has just had a short story published. The story is entitled “The Collector” and was co-authored by Paul McComas. The publisher is http://walkaboutpublishing.blogspot.com/ CJ’s work has earned high praised from acclaimed co-author McComas who writes: C.J. has studied fiction writing with me for four weeks …
Wisconsin Public Notices is a new site containing full text public notices as originally published in Wisconsin newspapers. The site was created by the Wisconsin Newspaper Association. The site features a robust search engine allowing users to search by keyword, date, location and/or newspaper title. The search results (see image below) show the full page …