Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
The other day I walked into my office after lunch and was excited to find that someone had placed a brand new 20th edition of the Bluebook guide to legal citation on my desk. I realize that I may be revealing some major nerdiness admitting to that. I’ve always had a love – hate relationship …
Some colleagues and I were discussing some of the more interesting interview questions that we’ve heard along the “if you were a …, what … would you be?” vein. Here’s one that came up: If you were an ice cream cone, what flavor would you be? The question immediately brought to mind one of my …
Two Wisconsin county law libraries have been renamed. The Dane Legal Resource Center will now be known as the Dane County Law Library and the Milwaukee Legal Resource Center is now the Milwaukee County Law Library. From WSLL @ Your Service: These new names give our users a better understanding of the legal information services …
Copyright and it’s component Fair Use, are two of the stickiest and (at least for me!) most headache-inducing areas of law. There are so many shades of gray and changes that it can be difficult to follow whether the use of an image or video is allowed or not and under what circumstances something can …
Earlier this year, HeinOnline added a new author profile feature to their Law Journal Library that allows readers to view more information about authors and allows authors to showcase their work. See WisBlawg post. Hein has recently enhanced the service by adding a new e-mail alert option for authors. In addition to setting up a …
Sometimes I find it useful to take screenshots to capture various things for instructional or documentation purposes. I’ve used several different tools over the years but came across one today that I really liked. It’s called Nimbus Screen Capture and it’s a free Firefox add on. Nimbus has a lot of nice editing tools, but …
The American Bar Association has announced that it will offer free membership to all students enrolled at ABA-approved law schools. The membership grants law students access to resources tailored to their interests and needs, opportunities to build their professional skills plus access to the ABA’s job listings, clerkships, internships and career events. Law students can …
Looking to stay current on issues on of Wisconsin law? Check out the list of Wisconsin legal blogs in the latest Inside Track from the State Bar of Wisconsin. Blogs are arranged by title, affiliation, and subject area. I found several new ones that I’ve added to my subscriptions. And I’m pleased that WisBlawg is …
David Whelan, the former director of the American Bar Association’s Legal Technology Resource Center, has published a free e-book called Law Practice Technology: An Introduction for Law Students. Hat tip to Law Sites by Robert Ambrogi. From the preface: This book is for law students. It is one person’s view of technology and law practice. It …
Ok – this has nothing to do with law, but it was too good not to share. Headline from TIME: Someone Keeps Photocopying Their Cat at the University of Wisconsin Library. From the post: A staffer at the university’s Badger Herald newspaper stumbled upon the following photo while studying at the Steenbock Library Tuesday: I …