Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
By Eric Taylor, Reference Librarian The Free Law Project recently announced the availability of PACER Docket Alerts on CourtListener.com. CourtListener is a free public access website tracking federal and state courts. The Docket Alert tool will send you an email anytime there is a new court filing in a case you are following in PACER. …
511 Wisconsin is a website with up-to-date information about Wisconsin traffic, travel, road conditions, etc. According to the website, “We’re updating the 511 Wisconsin website with additional features that will help My 511WI users personalize travel planning needs. These enhancements mean that all My 511WI users will need to re-enroll when the new site goes …
Recently, Congress.gov launched several email alert services that allow you to track federal legislative information. First, the legislation alert allows you to track action on a particular bill. When viewing a bill in Congress.gov, click on the “Get alerts” link under the title to set up your alert. Next, you can get an alert when …
A few months ago I posted about how you can search people’s Twitter posts for certain keywords and track future posts with a RSS feed. Now I’ve learned of a new service called Twilert which allows you to receive such alerts via email. The the advanced options available in the following image. Now why would …
Carol Bannen, Director of Information Resources at Reinhart, Boerner, Van Deuren, has compiled a useful list of Tips for Monitoring Cases in the March edition of the Wisconsin Lawyer. She describes a range of publications and alert services which will notify legal practitioners of new cases in their practice areas.