Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
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 …
The Milwaukee Public Library has recently introduced a new Instant Messaging (IM) service. Hours for the IM service are Monday-Tuesday: 10 a.m. -8 p.m. and Wednesday-Saturday: 9 a.m.- 5:30 p.m. And don’t forgot that our reference librarians here at the UW Law Library also have an IM service. Just click on the Chat Now button …
In response to blizzard warnings for Madison and Dane County, Chancellor Biddy Martin has canceled classes and events for Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011 for the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The Law Library is closing at 9 pm tonight (Tuesday) and will not be open tomorrow (Wednesday).
Interested in keeping tabs on proposed legislation or regulations in your area of law? The State of Wisconsin offers free services for monitoring both legislation and administrative regulations. Legislation: The Wisconsin Legislative Notification System allows anyone the opportunity to follow legislation by receiving daily or weekly emails for specific legislative activities. You can choose items …
The UW Law Library hosts a collection of Wisconsin Briefs from Nov 1992 to July 2009. Note that the database will be unavailable for several hours between 8:00 and noon this Saturday, January 22nd as we migrate it to a new server. We apologize for the inconvenience.
The current issue of InsideTrack from the State Bar of Wisconsin has a useful video on estate planning for digital assets. Description: After death, will family members know how and where to access sentimental online family photos or other heirlooms? What about online bank, credit card, investment, and social media accounts? In this video, Nate …
From WisBar Inside Track: The 2009-10 Wisconsin Statutes and Annotations are available in hardcover and softcover versions. The hardcover book costs $72 plus $7 for shipping; the softcover book costs $58 plus $6 for shipping. Please add applicable tax. Unless exempt by law, all sales are subject to 5 percent state sales tax and, where …