Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
The University of Wisconsin Law School is sponsoring a forum this evening on “The Role of Organized Labor in a Democracy.” It will be held Wednesday, March 30, 2011 from 6-8 pm in the Godfrey and Kahn Hall (Law School Room 2260). The forum is open to students, the legal and academic communities, and the …
UW-Madison is sponsoring a capstone event to bring the campus and community together around the important questions regarding race, research involving human subjects and the business of commercializing human-derived biomaterials raised in the book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Co-sponsored by the UW School of Medicine and Public Health, UW Law School, the UW-Madison …
Are you a Zotero user looking to contribute to the community? Need to make Zotero work for you? [What is Zotero?] On Monday, April 11th, join Zotero community developer Avram Lyon, the primary translator reviewer who’s helped to create many translators and has developed for Multilingual Zotero, to learn more about Translator Creation, Citation Style …
Here is the latest faculty scholarship from the UW Law School Legal Studies Research Paper Series via SSRN. The Sale of Patented Methods: Reconciling On-Sale Bar & Patent Exhaustion Doctrines in Light of In re Kollar & Quanta v. LG by Shubha Ghosh, University of Wisconsin Law School and Lucas Divine The 2006 Procedural and …
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 …