The history of Wisconsin first female lawyers is represented well this Women’s History Month. This weekend, the Bartell Theatre in Madison is featuring a play about Lavinia Goodell, the first female lawyer in Wisconsin. I …
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Corrections data reveals prison demographics
The latest issue of The Third Branch, a quarterly publication of the Director of State Courts Office, offers an interesting look at prison demographics in Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Department of Corrections has analyzed some large …
Old Law School Building featured among other UW Madison campus buildings in On Wisconsin
The spring 2015 edition of On Wisconsin, the UW Madison alumni magazine, has a fascinating look at some of the original buildings on campus. The old Law School building, constructed in 1891, is one of …
GPO turns 154 today and celebrates with a new name and logo
From the FDLP News: The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) marks its 154th anniversary of opening for business today. Since March 4, 1861, GPO has seen many changes as the agency continually adapted to …
Lavinia, Play about First Female Lawyer in Wisconsin, Debuts this Month
This month, the Bartell Theatre is featuring a new play about the first female lawyer in Wisconsin. “Lavinia” debuts March 19-21 in Madison before moving on to Janesville, Wausau, and Superior. From the State Bar …
Article: Why digital natives prefer reading in print
There is a very interesting article in the Washington Post on Why digital natives prefer reading in print. Yes, you read that right. According to the article: Textbook makers, bookstore owners and college student surveys …
The ABA launches the collateral consequences of criminal conviction database
A great new addition the world of legal research is the recently launched Collateral Consequences database from the ABA. With it, legal researchers can search across all 50 states and federal jurisdictions to discover and …
Track Federal Legislation with Congress.gov
Recently, Congress.gov launched several email alert services that allow you to track federal legislative information. First, the legislation alert allows you to track action on a particular bill. When viewing a bill in Congress.gov, click …
ACI Scholarly Blog Index
Scholarly blogs can be a very good source for legal and other research but identifying them from among the multitude of web content can be difficult. A new search engine called the ACI Scholarly Blog …
HeinOnline's top 250 authors (according to ScholarRank)
Coming on the heels of Hein’s new Author Profile pages that Bonnie detailed last week comes Hein’s ScholarRank. This interesting tool gives users a glimpse at which Hein authors are not only cited the most …