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 …
Year: 2015
Interview question – If you were an ice cream cone, what flavor would you be?
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 …
Dane & Milwaukee County Law Libraries Renamed
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 …
Search for Fair Use Cases using the US Copyright office's new index
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 …
Track Citations to an Author's Works in HeinOnline
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 …
Nimbus – Free, Versatile Screen Capture Tool
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 …
ABA Offers Free Membership for Law Students
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 …
List of Wisconsin legal blogs
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, …
Free Ebook for Law Students on Law Practice Technology
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. …
Someone Keeps Photocopying Their Cat at the UW Library
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 …