Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
Would you like to know which are the top law journals in a specific area of law? Want to submit your article for publication to a law journal? Then check out the Law Journals Submissions and Ranking database from Washington & Lee School of Law.* With this deceptively powerful resource, you can retrieve a list …
I was disappointed to learn that Current Law Journal Content, from Washington and Lee Law School, ceased to be updated in May 2011. CLJC was a free service through which you could search and subscribe to current tables of contents from over a thousand law journals.
Last week, a faculty member asked me to compile a list of the 100 most cited law review articles in Constitutional law. It turned out to be much easier than I thought it would be, so I thought I’d share how I did it. In the Hein Online Law Journal Library, go to the advanced …
Effective July 1st, Illinois will join Wisconsin and about a dozen other states in using public domain case citation. Although the changes require official citation to the public-domain numbering and paragraph scheme, they continue to allow parallel citations to the unofficial regional reporters such as the North East Reporter and Illinois Decisions. For more, see …
Books UnBound, the database of online CLE Books from the State Bar of Wisconsin, has added some new features recently. My favorite new feature is the ability to search across your entire Books UnBound library from the home page. You can also now access Books UnBound from your mobile device. Other features include the ability …
The Wisconsin Law Journal has a thoughtful article on the challenges facing new UW Law School Dean, Margaret Raymond – specifically the issues of economics and autonomy.
Margaret Raymond has been named dean of the University of Wisconsin Law School. See the press release for more info.
The US Census Bureau has officially announced the termination of the Statistical Abstract of the United States and its supplemental products: USA Counties, State and Metropolitan Area Data Book, County and City Data Book, State and County Quick Facts, and MapStats. This is a sad, sad day. The Statistical Abstract and its supplements have been …
Stop by the Law Library this week and help us celebrate National Library Week! For our celebration this year, we have put together a number of activities including a book drive, Bluebooking workshop, and, of course, our faculty READ poster. READ Poster View this year’s poster featuring Meg Gaines – On display inside the library …
Will publishing your work in an open access publication generate more readership and citations? Yes and no, according to a Cornell University study. Using a sample of open access journals in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities, the authors found that such articles received significantly more downloads and reached a broader audience within the first …