Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
Beginning with the 110th Congress, the Public and Private Laws on GPO Access have been digitally signed and certified. GPO has signed and certified the PDF files to assure users that the online documents are official and authentic. “To help meet the challenge of the digital age, GPO has begun implementing digital signatures to certain …
In the March 2008 NIJ Journal (National Institute of Justice), felony trial judge Donald Shelton explores The ‘CSI Effect’: Does It Really Exist? Based on findings from a survey of jurors in Ann Arbor, Shelton concludes that it does not. Many attorneys, judges, and journalists have claimed that watching television programs like CSI has caused …
From MakeUseOf.com: FreezePage lets you take snapshots of web pages and store them for later reference. What makes FreezePage different from other screenshot capture tools is that in addition to screenshots it also saves the exact date and time, page size and more. Thus it can be used as an independent third party tool to …
If you’re planning a little spring cleaning of your personal library, take a look at these clever uses for your old books: Make A Lamp Out of Books (from DIY) Artist and designer Alex Cobb makes a wonderful table lamp out of a stack of books. Look for books that have colorful lettering on the …
A recent study finds that children may offer more accurate court testimony than adults. The study was conducted by two Cornell University professors: Valerie Reyna, human development professor, and Chuck Brainerd, human development and law school professor. Science Daily reports: They say children depend more heavily on a part of the mind that records, “what …
The American Library Association has announced that Senator Russ Feingold has been awarded the 2008 James Madison Award which honors those who, at the national level, have championed, protected, and promoted public access to government information. “His work in the United States Senate to promote the public’s right to know has been extensive and effective,” …
Per an email I received from developer Antonio Tomarchio, PreCYdent is reporting some new content: A collection of opinions from major states has recently been added with more to come Later this week, a GPO section will be added containing “all congressional records” I’m not sure what that means, but I’m eager to find out.
Steve Matthews over at Stem Legal has written a very useful article on managing your online reputation. He writes: Online reputation management isn’t a question of blogging gone badly, or someone posting drunken pictures in Facebook (although both are possible). It’s a business issue for every lawyer who practises, and it requires some form of …
Out of the Jungle reports that “Westlaw has removed all Dialog content with the exception of the copyright databases.” Worse yet, it seems that there was no prior notification. It’s uncertain whether this affects all Westlaw accounts or just academic ones. I’ve asked my Westlaw Librarian Relations rep about it, but haven’t heard back yet. …
Google has added a new feature in which a secondary search box that appears within some of the search results themselves. See, for example, the search results for a “NASA” search. Note the “Search nasa.gov” search box below the link. According to Google, This feature will now occur when we detect a high probability that …