Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
State Bar of Wisconsin recently launched an improved interface for their Books UnBound online digital library. The collection includes State Bar treatises, aka “the brown binders,” the Wisconsin Attorney’s Desk Reference, Wisconsin Judicial Benchbooks, and other books previously released in print only. The new interface is a definite step up over the previous one. It …
From the Wisconsin State Law Library: The Wisconsin Criminal Jury Instructions have recently been updated, with a 2021 release approved by the Wisconsin Judicial Conference’s Criminal Jury Instructions Committee. The fifty-ninth supplement to the Criminal Jury Instructions updates the publication on legislative actions and judicial decisions through August 2021. The update includes revisions of twenty-nine existing jury instructions, as …
Post written by Eric Taylor, Evening Reference Librarian: The 2015-2016 edition of the Wisconsin Blue Book is now available on the Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau website. What is the Wisconsin Blue Book? The State of Wisconsin Blue Book remains the primary one-volume reference source about the state, documenting the organization of the state’s three branches …
David Whelan, the former director of the American Bar Association’s Legal Technology Resource Center, has published a free e-book called Law Practice Technology: An Introduction for Law Students. Hat tip to Law Sites by Robert Ambrogi. From the preface: This book is for law students. It is one person’s view of technology and law practice. It …
There is a very interesting article in the Washington Post on Why digital natives prefer reading in print. Yes, you read that right. According to the article: Textbook makers, bookstore owners and college student surveys all say millennials still strongly prefer print for pleasure and learning, a bias that surprises reading experts given the same …
The 2013-2014 edition of the Wisconsin Blue Book is now available on the Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau website. What is the Wisconsin Blue Book? The State of Wisconsin Blue Book remains the primary one-volume reference source about the state, documenting the organization of the state’s three branches of government (legislative, executive, and judicial). Typically, each …
The Christian Science Monitor reports that ReDigi, a start-up based in Massachusetts which allows users to resell digital music on their site, was told by a federal judge that producer’s rights are violated by such a practice. According to the law, e-books are considered an original version of the author’s work. If you’ve already bought …
Google has filed a modified version of their controversial books settlement in federal court last Friday. From the New York Times: The settlement, of a 2005 lawsuit over Google’s ambitious plan to digitize books from major American libraries, outlined a plan to create a comprehensive database of in-print and out-of-print works. But the original agreement, …
The Wisconsin Public Library Consortium has recently added text eBooks to their Digital Download Center, which already contains digital audio books. See the screen shot below. No eBook reader is required to view the eBooks – any computer (Windows or Mac) will do. But they will also work with a Sony Reader, though unfortunately not …
Last week, West announced that a selection of its most popular law book titles are now available for the Kindle eBook reader. For a full list, see the press release. To purchase the West titles for the Kindle, search for them on Amazon. Source: Due Process: The Georgetown Law Library Blog