Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
Cougar, a Madison-based instrumental post-rock band, had sampled UW Law Prof and blogger, Ann Althouse’s voice on two songs from its debut album, Law, including the first track, “Atlatl.” From the Isthmus: “Atlatl” is available for listening on Cougar’s myspace profile, where it was uploaded in early February. The song is a moderately-paced guitar instrumental …
The blog for this summer’s American Association of Law Libraries Annual Meeting in St. Louis is already up. The AALL Gateway will feature news, announcements and informational pieces about the upcoming meeting (and birthday celebration), as well as stories, tips and other items of interest for conference attendees. AALL is recruiting “Gateway Bloggers” to report …
My colleague, Jenny Zook, has written a short article on click to donate sites for the UW Law School Newsletter. These sites donate part of their advertising revenue to charity whenever you use their search engine or click on an advertisement from their home page.
On Monday April 3 at 2:00 p.m., the Dane County Legal Resource Center is celebrating its move into a larger space in the new courthouse with a grand opening ribbon cutting ceremony and reception. DCLRC’s grand opening corresponds with National Library Week, April 2-8, and features week long events, classes, and door prizes. For more …
Google has beta launched a free Web page creation/hosting tool called Google Page Creator. A Gmail (Google email) account is required and you must be using either Internet Explorer 6.0 or Firefox 1.0, or higher, with JavaScript and cookies enabled. Up to 100MB of server space is available. Due to its popularity, however, there is …
From TVC Alert Ask.com soon will retire the name, Ask Jeeves, to become simply Ask.
In the recent edition of LLRX, Fred Faulkner has compiled a useful guide to Maximize Your Browsing Experience. In it, he explains how to make the most of toolbars, bookmarklets, and extensions. Very handy stuff.
There’s a new blawg in town – The Estrin Report, “created for professional paralegals — not of a certain level, specialty or firm — but of a particular attitude.” The author is Chere Estrin, CEO of the Los Angeles-based continuing legal education organization, Estrin LegalEd. Source: The Vancouver Law Librarian Link Blog
In any relationship there is a fine line between reminding and nagging. When does too much of the former turn into the latter? Are you once, twice, three times a nagger? I’m sure that my husband and I would disagree. But will he (and you) remember to do things without a few gentle “reminders”? Not …
The February issue of the Wisconsin Lawyer is now available. Highlights include: The Economics of Practicing Law Piercing the Corporate Veil Frivolous Sanction Law in Wisconsin