Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
The Wisconsin State Bar has recently published a newly updated edition of the Wisconsin Guide to Citation. The new eighth edition reflects recent changes made to The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, now in its 20th edition. New developments discussed in this edition of the Wisconsin Guide include: A new section on how to …
Late last night, Wisconsin’s Joint Committee on Finance passed a motion (motion #999) to the Wisconsin state budget that would exempt “deliberative materials” like legislative drafting records and legislative briefings from Wisconsin’s open records laws. From the Capital Times: Included in the 24-page motion were five sections of proposed changes that would severely restrict access …
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 …
Eileen Snyder of the Wisconsin Historical Society has put together a useful post on the new session of the Wisconsin Legislature. It includes information such as a list of state officers, salaries of state elected officials, a guide to the legislative process, and budget and informational papers. It also includes a link to the 2015-16 …
Legislative Explorer is a new tool to visually trace the progress bills and resolutions as they move through Congress. This tool help researchers observe large scale patterns and trends in congressional lawmaking without advanced methodological training. At first view, it’s a little confusing, but this tutorial explains its value:
The Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau has created a research bulletin providing an overview of the acts and joint resolutions of the 2013-2014 Wisconsin Legislative Session. Legislation is organized by topic with acts described under the appropriate subject heading or headings.
In the most recent attempt to give CCAP (Wisconsin’s online record system for circuit courts) a facelift, a new bill is being considered by the legislature. This time, the bill was introduced by Republican senator Glenn Grothman and Republican representative Mary Czaja and has initially found some support in both the Assembly and Senate. If …
Earlier this week, a new chapter in the ongoing debate about how to update or change CCAP was written. A bill was introduced that would limit access to civil case information after money judgments have been satisfied and eight years have passed to the Assembly. Two Republican representatives introduced the bill, and it has bipartisan …
The Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau has issued a notice indicating that printing and distribution of the Wisconsin Administrative Code and Register will end January 1, 2015 and the Code and Register will become electronic−only publications. According to the notice, code chapters will be published in the Register as PDF files in the exact format as …
The Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau has issued a notice indicating that printing and distribution of the Wisconsin Administrative Code and Register will end January 1, 2015 and the Code and Register will become electronic−only publications. According to the notice, code chapters will be published in the Register as PDF files in the exact format as …