May Edition of WSLL At Your Service
The May edition of the Wisconsin State Law Library’s newsletter, WSLL At Your Service is now available. Highlights include a profile of the rare books collection, upcoming classes and recent acquisitions.
Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
The May edition of the Wisconsin State Law Library’s newsletter, WSLL At Your Service is now available. Highlights include a profile of the rare books collection, upcoming classes and recent acquisitions.
The Dane County Legal Resource Center has started a new project called LDAP – Local Decision Access Project. According to librarian, Paula Seeger: The Project makes selected decisions of the Dane Co Circuit Court judges available to the public. The decisions are arranged by court branch number in binders and are located next to the …
Legal Affairs has posted a list of the Top 20 Legal Thinkers in America. The list was based on results of a survey of their readership asking them to identify the country’s most influential and important legal thinkers. They are: Academics: Akhil Reed Amar, Erwin Chemerinsky, Alan M. Dershowitz, Richard Epstein, Lawrence Lessig, Cass R. …
As she does each year, Betty Karweick, Legal Research & Writing Instructor at the UW Law Library, has compiled a list of the “Top Ten Things Law Librarians Wish Students Would Know or Do in Their Legal Careers.” The list is based on suggestions received from members of the Law Librarians Association of Wisconsin. Ms. …
GoogSpy is a new tool that reveals what adwords companies are purchasing in Google. Search for your or your client’s name or product names to see who is using them as adwords. Or, enter in a competitor’s name to learn what adwords they have purchased. A search for “Harley Davidson” retrieved a list of companies …
It seems that Amazon.com has begun selling law review articles and some folks aren’t too happy about it. From a post at TaxProfBlog: As one who fights with law reviews to retain the right to post my articles on SSRN so they can be downloaded for free, I am worried that the new amazon venture …
Ok, this doesn’t have much to do with legal research, but I thought it was interesting. Team Marketing Report has created a Fan Cost Index which tracks the cost of attendance for a family of four to a MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL, or minor league baseball game. The FCI includes: two adult average price tickets; …
The National Association for Law Placement (NALP) has produced two useful sources for job seekers: The 2005-2006 Directory of Legal Employers (database) – Search or browse by employer (includes private practice firms and corporations and public interest organizations and government agencies). Contains contact info and employment statistics for each employer. The 2004-2005 Federal Legal Employment …
The folks at TechnoLawyer are now blogging about legal technology and practice management issues, products, and services. According to blogger, Neil Squillante, here’s what you can expect to see: Coming Attractions Member News Quips, TechnoEditorials, and Industry News The Best Ads You may already be familiar with TechnoLawyer’s collection of free newsletters which are listed …
The National Center for State Courts has recently released their Survey of Judicial Salaries featuring judicial salary comparisons to other professionals and judicial compensation commissions.