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Year: 2011
Current Law Journal Content Has Ceased Updates
I was disappointed to learn that Current Law Journal Content, from Washington and Lee Law School, ceased to be updated in May 2011. CLJC was a free service through which you could search and subscribe …
Compiling Lists of Most Cited Law Review Articles
Last week, a faculty member asked me to compile a list of the 100 most cited law review articles in Constitutional law. It turned out to be much easier than I thought it would be, …
IL Moves to Public Domain Citation
Effective July 1st, Illinois will join Wisconsin and about a dozen other states in using public domain case citation. Although the changes require official citation to the public-domain numbering and paragraph scheme, they continue to …
Redaction Failures in PACER Documents
A few years ago, a survey by Carl Malamud revealed that PACER contained more than 1600 cases in which litigants submitted documents with unredacted Social Security numbers. Now Timothy B. Lee of the Princeton Center …
Non-legal Factors Affecting Judicial Decisions
From LegalMatch Law Blog: Lawyers frequently have to explain to clients the myriad reasons why their cases didn’t go as expected. In any given civil or criminal case, there are usually a range of legal …
New Features for WisBar's Books UnBound
Books UnBound, the database of online CLE Books from the State Bar of Wisconsin, has added some new features recently. My favorite new feature is the ability to search across your entire Books UnBound library …
Challenges Facing Law School's New Dean
The Wisconsin Law Journal has a thoughtful article on the challenges facing new UW Law School Dean, Margaret Raymond – specifically the issues of economics and autonomy.
UW Law School dean named
Margaret Raymond has been named dean of the University of Wisconsin Law School. See the press release for more info.
WI Briefs Database Turns a Page
Access to the appellate briefs and appendices in the Wisconsin Briefs database has been brought to you by the successful and collaborative effort of the staff at the State Law Library, who generates the scanned …