Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
The Library of Congress has announced that it is archiving every public tweet made since the service went live back in 2006. Why you may ask? ars technica gives a pretty good explanation There’s been a turn toward historicism in academic circles over the last few decades, a turn that emphasizes not just official histories …
Earlier this week the State Bar of Wisconsin launched its new Books UnBound product – a subscription-based online library of State Bar of Wisconsin CLE Books (the “brown binders”). According to the State Bar, Books UnBound is not intended to replace the print books, but rather to provide greater flexibility for members to conduct legal …
Archived news articles from the Milwaukee Journal and Journal/Sentinel are now available in Google News from the 1890s to the present. Unfortunately, there is no way to print the pages, but you can direct link to an article. To access the archives, go to the advanced search page and enter Milwaukee Journal in the Source …
From WKOW TV news: State attorneys have settled a lawsuit challenging Wisconsin’s policy of allowing in-state law students to practice without passing the bar exam. The state has agreed to pay Corrine Wiesmueller $7,500 to drop the lawsuit. Wiesmueller and her husband, Christopher, alleged Wisconsin’s so-called diploma privilege violates the federal Commerce Clause by giving …
Bubbl.us is a simple, free web application that lets you create mind maps for organizing and brainstorming ideas. Mind maps are great for visually laying out ideas and seeing the connections between them. Here is an extremely simple map that I did. As you can see, you can also get much more complex. Bubbl.us is …
Last evening I had the treat of hearing Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Ann Walsh Bradley speak at a meeting of the Law Librarians Association of Wisconsin. Her topic was Wisconsin women’s legal history. Not only was the subject on of particular interest to me but Justice Walsh Bradley is a wonderful story teller and really …
Each year, the UW Madison Libraries create a campus READ poster. This year’s features Bucky Badger on Bascom Hill with the Go Big Read book selection, In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto by Michael Pollan. Contact bucky@library.wisc.edu for copies. See the library web site for past READ posters. The project was paid for with …
Here is the latest faculty scholarship from the UW Law School Legal Studies Research Paper Series via SSRN. Horizontal Merger Guidelines: The Omitted Dimension of Buyer Power Comments Submitted to the FTC and DOJ by Peter Carstensen Taxation in a Time of Crisis: Policy Leadership from the OECD to the G20 by Allison Christians The …
From Novalawcity: GovPulse.us is a fantastic new app that puts “the Federal Register at your fingertips”. The front page gives you lists (with links) of comments closing and opened in the last 7 days, followed by rules taking effect and proposed within that time period. Also on the front page is a map of your …
3 Geeks and a Law Blog had created a nifty map of free legal resources provided by State Bar Associations. Looks like Casemaker and Fastcase top the list.