Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
The Dane County Legal Resource Center is having a moving sale. From librarian, Paula Seeger: Does your office or firm library need law books? Take advantage of discarded sets from the Courthouse. In the upcoming weeks, as DCLRC and judges prepare for the move to the new courthouse, we will be discarding certain sets of …
From Burning Ears Blawg: The County Board overrode the County Executive’s budget amendment vetoes and the future of the Milwaukee Legal Resource Center looks much brighter. Story from Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Next month, the Wisconsin State Bar will be releasing the first practice area library (real estate) of its new online Fillable Forms Bank. According to Inside the Bar, November 2005, the Forms Bank will incorporate nearly 2,000 electronic forms, sample language documents, and checklists developed by State Bar CLE Books. This is a wonderful idea. …
This month, The Third Branch takes a look at the experiences of Dane County Small Claims Assistance Program (SCAP) volunteers. “This is a walk-in program where unrepresented small claims litigants can get legal information - but not legal advice, representation, or advocacy - from volunteer lawyers and paralegals,” explained Atty. Jennifer L. Binkley, co-chair of …
From Keith Findley, Co-Director of the Wisconsin Innocence Project: The Wisconsin Innocence Project is hosting the Madison premier of the award winning documentary film After Innocence on Thursday, November 17th at 7:00 p.m. After Innocence tells the powerfully moving stories of the exonerated — innocent men wrongfully imprisoned for decades and then released after DNA …
There’s nothing like the threat of public humiliation to get people to pay their back taxes – or so hopes the Wisconsin Department of Revenue, at least. From the front page of today’s Wisconsin State Journal: More than 7,250 delinquent taxpayers got especially bleak news this week, when letters were sent out notifying them their …
The other day, I asked my preschooler about his favorite part of the day. “Play time,” he responded. I smiled – not exactly the reply I was expecting. Then I thought – how little things change. Play time is one of my favorite parts of the day as a law librarian, too. The toys I …
Legal and business information can be very expensive. That’s why I’m a big believer in taking advantage of subscription databases available from your local public libraries. The library has already paid for them so you can use them for free. What a bargain! Don’t have time to trek all the way down to the library, …
From DCLRC Blawg: Reported Index crime decreased by 5 percent in 2004, including a 11.5 percent decrease in murder, according to the “Crime and Arrests in Wisconsin – 2004 Report” issued today. The report was prepared by the Wisconsin Office of Justice Assistance and is based upon monthly reports submitted by more than 370 law …
Despite pending lawsuits, Google Print has beta launched. As it’s name indicates, with Google Print, you can search the content of selected books. To see what it is all about, run a simple search for the word “blawg.” Your results will include a handful of books containing that keyword. The relevant page(s) will be displayed …