Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
“Facing Life: The Retrial of Evan Zimmerman,” a new true-crime documentary involving the University of Wisconsin Innocence Project will be broadcast on the A&E cable television network on Monday, June 5 from 8-10 p.m. central time. From the Innocence Project press release: “Facing Life” documents Zimmerman’s decision to face the possibility of life in prison …
From InterAlia: Here’s another extension of the Web 2.0-type Office products we’ve seen a lot of lately — Create a Graph is a product of the National Center for Education Statistics — so it’s for kids and students, but that doesn’t mean we can’t use it, too. You can create 2-D, 3-D, or drop-shadow graphs, …
This past semester, CALI (Center for Computer Assisted Legal Instruction) has conducted the Legal Education Podcasting Project where over 30 law faculty used podcasting in their courses. They’ve followed up with a series of interviews with faculty about their experiences and their thoughts on how podcasting affected their students and their own teaching. To listen, …
In the wake of Sue Center’s retirement as Assistant Director for Public Services, the UW Law Library staff is undergoing some major structural changes. In essence, we are moving from three departments (Technical Services, Public Services & Information Services) down to two (Technical Services & Public Services). Many of our staff, including me, will be …
Last Thursday was a very special day for the Law Library. We held a celebration in honor of Sue Center, Assistant Director of Public Services, as she retires from the library after 35 years of service. Yep – you read right – 35 years of service. After an open reception here in the library, the …
My family and I are gearing up for an annual Madison tradition – Bratfest! Once again, this year’s fest will be held on Willow Island at the Alliant Energy Center. You just can’t beat $1 for Brat (meat or veggie) or Hot Dog.
Need a speaker for your next meeting? Why not try a law librarian. The American Association of Law Librarians has launched a Speakers Directory. So far there aren’t too many speakers listed, but I suspect that numbers will quickly increase. Any AALL member can suggest a speaker. The main page has an alphabetical list, but …
Justice Ann Walsh Bradley of the Wisconsin Supreme Court has written a piece for the International Judicial Monitor describing her experience at the first Sir Richard May Seminar on International Law and International Courts at The Hague, Netherlands last September. “It was simply the best judicial education opportunity that I have ever experienced,” she writes. …
Reuters has a nice story on the value librarians – this time it’s the information professionals at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center who provide searches for cancer patients. 95% of patients surveyed indicated that the librarian had provided them with some new information. From the article: “This demonstrates,” said [Librarian Ruti] Volk, “that …
Google has revved up it’s blog search engine with the addition of date restrictors. Go to the Advanced Blog Search page to search posts written within a specific date range. While Google blog search is still my most often used blog search tool, I agree with ResearchBuzz that it could benefit from some of the …