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Month: October 2016

New Site Aims to Make Every CRS Report Publicly Available Online

Posted on October 26, 2016

If you’ve ever tried looking for a CRS Report, you know that they can be very difficult to track down.  A new site called everyCRSreport.com is hoping to make them more publicly accessible online. Currently …

Posted in Data & Databases, Legislation & Regs, Public Information

The University of Wisconsin Law School announces the Bhopal Digital Repository

Posted on October 25, 2016

Last week, the UW Law School hosted a symposium on the Bhopal Disaster, which killed thousands of people in the Bhopal region of India, left a long legal trail, and is still controversial to this …

Posted in Digitization, Libraries & Librarians, Presentations & Workshops, Tools, UW Law School, Web

WI State Law Library Named in Honor of Justice Prosser

Posted on October 20, 2016

In a ceremony on October 19, the Wisconsin State Law Library was officially named the David T. Prosser, Jr. State Law Library. From the State Law Library blog: The event, attended by a number of …

Posted in Libraries & Librarians

UW Law Library Celebrates 35th Anniversary as US Government Documents Depository

Posted on October 17, 2016

This month, the UW Law Library celebrates its 35th anniversary as a Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) Selective Depository. As a Selective Depository, the Law Library receives certain classes of federal government documents free of …

Posted in Legal Publications, Libraries & Librarians, UW Law School

Latest on the Pacer Litigation

Posted on October 14, 2016

There is a good piece on the latest in the Pacer litigation on Quartz.  Several non-profits claim that fees charged by Pacer, an online database of papers filed by litigants in the US federal courts, …

Posted in Courts, Data & Databases

Head of Reference position open at the UW Law Library

Posted on October 11, 2016

The UW Law Library invites applications for the position of Head of Reference. The Head of Reference is responsible for overseeing the reference and instructional service programs of the Law Library. The position directly supervises …

Posted in UW Law School

UW Law Library featured in ELLE Decor as one of The 50 Best Libraries In The United States

Posted on October 5, 2016

ELLE Decor has featured the University of Wisconsin Law School Library as one of The 50 Best Libraries In The United States.  A lovely photo of our Habush, Habush, and Rottier Reading Room is included …

Posted in Libraries & Librarians, UW Law School

Florida 1st State to Mandate Technology CLE for Lawyers

Posted on October 3, 2016

The Florida Supreme Court has approved a rule requiring state lawyers to take technology-related CLE courses. From Ambrogi’s LawSites: The rule change, ordered by the Supreme Court of Florida on Thursday, added a requirement that …

Posted in Legal Professionals

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