Federal Judiciary Redesigns Website
The Federal Judiciary has recently redesigned their website. It incorporates a host of emerging web technologies, such as RSS, podcasts, and multimedia. Read the press release for more info.
Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
The Federal Judiciary has recently redesigned their website. It incorporates a host of emerging web technologies, such as RSS, podcasts, and multimedia. Read the press release for more info.
From WisBar’s Inside Track: The Wisconsin Legislature has passed and sent to Gov. Doyle Senate Bill 383, a comprehensive revision of Wis. Stat. chapters 755 and 800. These chapters regulate the creation and operation of the state’s 252 municipal courts. Most changes will take effect Jan. 1, 2011. Read the full article for more information. …
Yesterday the US Supreme Court launched a new website – complete with a new look and new URL. The Court will now be hosting the site in-house at www.supremecourt.gov. Previously, it had been hosted by the Government Printing Office (GPO) at www.supremecourtus.gov. The GPO URL will redirect users to the new site through July 1, …
The Judicial Conference of the United States has approved some changes to the PACER system to “improve public access to federal courts by increasing the availability of court opinions and expanding the services and reducing the costs for many users.” One change is regarding fees. Users will now not be billed “unless they accrue charges …
PACER’s U.S. Party/Case Index has been replaced by a new search tool called PACER Case Locator. It appears that the underlying data is the same – Case Locator just offers improved search and display capabilities including the ability to: request lists of cases for a specified date range by court type; conduct searches based on …
Barbara Fritschel at the US Courts Library has created a summary sheet of the many changes to the Eastern District of Wisconsin Local Rules. She includes changes to the General Local Rules, Civil Local Rules and Local Criminal Rules along with the citations to each. Update 3/10: A full copy of the rules is available …
From The Third Branch by the Wisconsin Court System: Judge John DiMotto, who has served on the Milwaukee County Circuit Court for 20 years, started a blog on Dec. 3, 2009. It’s called “Bench and Bar Experiences/A blog to record and convey the daily experiences of a Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge.” The blog can …
From The Third Branch by the Wisconsin Court System: To help judges address electronic communication during trials, the Wisconsin Criminal Jury Instructions Committee recently developed a jury instruction that was disseminated to judges at the Judicial Conference and is also available on CCAP (the Consolidated Court Automation Programs). Professor David Schultz, chief staff member of …
Governor Jim Doyle addressed CCAP access last week at the Wisconsin Newspaper Association’s annual convention. From the Wisconsin Law Journal: Judges should decide whether to erase innocent people’s cases from online court records, Gov. Jim Doyle said….[adding that] easily accessible electronic records make life a nightmare for people who are charged but later exonerated. The …
From USCourts.gov: At its December 2009 meeting, the Judicial Conference Committee on Court Administration and Case Management (CACM) endorsed a set of suggested jury instructions that district judges should consider using to help deter jurors from using electronic technologies to research or communicate about cases on which they serve.