Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
So there I am on my lunch break reading a book, when I feel the ground tremble beneath me. At the time, I assumed that someone had dropped something heavy in the mail room next door, but later I learned the true cause: an ice quake emanating from Lake Mendota which geologists measured as 0.2 …
There is a new public-domain law search engine on the block and it’s a dandy. Content Like parallel projects, Public.Resource.Org and AltLaw, newcomer PreCYdent aims to compile public-domain cases and statutes for free availability on the Web. “We believe judicial opinions and statutes must be in the public domain, in practice as well as in …
On December 1, 2007, a revised and restyled Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (F.R.C.P.) became effective. The Style Project, as it is called, rewrote the rules using “plain language” with the purpose of making them easier to understand. This project, begun in 1992, resulted in the most extensive revision of the rules since their establishment …
From a City of Madison News Release: Beginning Monday, January 28, 2008, the Parking Utility will not charge for parking in cashiered sections of city garages between 9 p.m. and 7 a.m. on declared snow emergency days. Parkers will need to pay for parking before 9 p.m. or after 7 a.m. on those days. These …
A lawsuit questioning Wisconsin’s diploma privilege was reinstated on Tuesday by the Seventh Circuit, reports JS Online. From the article: U.S. District Judge John Shabaz dismissed the lawsuit last year. The rule exempting University of Wisconsin and Marquette University law graduates from taking the exam does not violate the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution, …
Have you seen the collection of photos that the Library of Congress has recently posted to Flickr? There are some pretty amazing photos, including a series of color photos from WWII era. It got me curious about whether there were any interesting Wisconsin photos. I didn’t find much from the Library of Congress collection, but …
From Libraries@UW Madison newsletter: UW basketball Head Coach Bo Ryan and several of the Wisconsin Badgers men’s basketball players are the subjects in the latest READ poster by the UW–Madison Libraries, which will arrive in early February.
Last week the UW Madison Libraries sponsored a Reference Retreat for our campus reference librarians. There were some really great sessions that I thought might have a broader appeal and which some WisBlawg readers might enjoy viewing. By way of full disclosure, I was co-chair of the committee that organized the retreat. One session though, …
OnMilwaukee had a funny post today in which the author is reminded of some long overdue books from the Milwaukee Public Library. “So, in the end,” he writes, “I unwittingly gave myself up, ending my life on the lam.” Too bad he didn’t have the cash with him to make good on the hefty fine. …
Bev Butula, law librarian colleague and blogger over at the Wisconsin Law Journal, shared with me a fun story she created to illustrate how useful blogs can be to legal professionals. The story is entitled Bella is Bewildered About Blogs. Think Wolf v. Pig, but about blogs. All silliness aside, this story is a great …