Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
This post was authored by Eric Taylor, Evening Reference Librarian at the UW Law Library. Coming in 2018, all those aspiring to go to law school will be able to access online LSAT test prep for free! In partnership with the Law School Admission Council (LSAC) creator of LSAT, the Khan Academy will bring unprecedented …
A team from Texas Tech University School of Law has recently released a very interesting study entitled, Will I Pass the Bar Exam?: Predicting Student Success Using LSAT Scores and Law School Performance. Here’s the abstract: Texas Tech University School of Law has undertaken a statistical analysis of its recent alumni, comparing their performance in …
One of the UW Law School’s clinics is making news, this time on WPR. The Law and Entrepreneurship clinic helped out over 300 clients in the past year, navigating tricky issues involving beginning new businesses. For more details and an interview with Anne Smith, check out WPR’s page on the L&E clinic here.
Return to normal view · Wider · Narrower Rebecca S. Trammell, Law Library Director of Stetson University College of Law has recently completed a dissertation on Technology & Legal Research: What Is Taught & What Is Used in the Practice of Law. Using data from three sources (the 2013 ALWD Survey; a review of syllabi; and the 2014 law …
The American Bar Association has announced that it will offer free membership to all students enrolled at ABA-approved law schools. The membership grants law students access to resources tailored to their interests and needs, opportunities to build their professional skills plus access to the ABA’s job listings, clerkships, internships and career events. Law students can …
Law School Transparency is a legal education policy organization. Their mission is to improve consumer information concerning the value of legal education and to usher in consumer-oriented reforms to the current law school model. They have recently released a graphical database of employment statistics for all ABA-accredited schools, including Wisconsin.
From the State Bar of Wisconsin News: A petition filed on Sept. 25 with the Wisconsin Supreme Court aims to extend the “diploma privilege” to graduates of all ABA-approved law schools or abolish it entirely. Petitioner Steven Levine, a past State Bar of Wisconsin president, and 70 other State Bar members seek to amend SCR …
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From WKOW TV news: State attorneys have settled a lawsuit challenging Wisconsin’s policy of allowing in-state law students to practice without passing the bar exam. The state has agreed to pay Corrine Wiesmueller $7,500 to drop the lawsuit. Wiesmueller and her husband, Christopher, alleged Wisconsin’s so-called diploma privilege violates the federal Commerce Clause by giving …
From WisBar InsideTrack: Reminding the federal district court of the need to develop an evidentiary record in the constitutional challenge to Wisconsin’s “diploma privilege,” the state attorney general criticized the plaintiffs’ motion for partial summary judgment and permanent injunctive relief as premature…. The attorney general criticized the plaintiffs for misunderstanding the rationale of the diploma …