With all of the sensitive and confidential information entrusted to attorneys, data security is an essential part of doing business. In Wisconsin, attorneys have an ethical obligation to understand the importance of computer security as …
Data & Databases
Search Full Text State Constitutional Documents
Interested in state constitutional issues? Check out the new state constitutional electronic collection from the Rutgers Law Library. The collection contains Constitutions, Constitutional Convention records, and other related documents for the constitutions of the 50 …
Milwaukee Bar Association 2019 Law & Technology Conference
In most states, including Wisconsin, an attorney’s duty to keep abreast of changes in the law and its practice now includes “the benefits and risks associated with relevant technology.” ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct, …
U.S. Congressional Reports & Documents back to 1817 to be Freely Accessible Online
The U.S. Government Publishing Office has announced that it is working with the Law Library of Congress to digitize and make freely accessible volumes of the U.S. Congressional Serial Set back to the first volume …
DoJ Announces Policy on Use of Data from Genetic Testing Kits like Ancestry.com & 23andMe
According to PC Magazine, more than 26 million people have taken DNA tests. Genetic testing kits from sites like Ancestry.com and 23andMe help individuals and their families dig into their ancestry and heritage – but …
New HeinOnline Feature Visualizes Author’s Connections to Scholarly Community
HeinOnline, a database of laws, law journals, and other legal texts, recently added a new feature called “Explore this Author” to author profiles. It allows readers to visualize how an author’s scholarship connects with the scholarly community. Look …
WHS Receives Grant to Digitize Early Citizen Petitions to WI Legislature
Congratulations to the Wisconsin Historical Society for receiving a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission to digitize citizen petitions submitted to the Wisconsin Legislature between 1836 and 1890. Here’s more information about the project …
Malamud Building Gigantic Journal Database for Data Analysis
The journal Nature has an interesting piece on public domain advocate, Carl Malamud’s project to “build a gigantic store of text and images extracted from 73 million journal articles” for data analysis. No one will be allowed …
CRS Reports to be Made Publicly Available
Under a provision of the 2018 omnibus appropriations act that was passed by Congress and signed by the President earlier this month, all non-confidential Congressional Research Service reports must be made publicly available online within …
All WI Attorney General Opinions Now on DOJ website
Earlier this month, Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel tweeted that every Wisconsin Attorney General opinion is now available on the DOJ website. The opinions are browsable by year since 1912 and available in PDF. Hat …