Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
July 27-August 1is Madison Magazine’s Summer Restaurant Week. During these six days, Madison’s finest restaurants will offer three special, fixed-price, three course menus for just $25 per person. A list of participating restaurants is available at the Madison Magazine Web site. Thanks to my colleague, Cindy May for the tip. Many of these restaurants have …
The Milwaukee Public Library has recently made available a collection of historic Milwaukee photographs. The library’s collection consists of over 50,000 photographs of Milwaukee dating from the late 19th century to the present, although only a fraction of these are yet available online. For more historic images, see the collections of the Wisconsin Historical Society …
The Wisconsin State Journal has named the UW Law Library as one of the best “quiet” places in Madison. Searching for solitude? Nothing beats the void-like hush of UW–Madison’s Law Library. Open to the public, its five floors offer nooks, crannies and the kind of heavy silence that could make mimes squirm. Now before you …
The next time you need to take your car in for repair, check out RepairPal, a new site offering “independent and unbiased repair estimates and user ratings and reviews” of auto repair shops. For example, I learned that an AC recharge for our minivan should cost between $223 and $269. Go to know so that …
According to Wisconsin Technology News, Health and Human Services has named named Madison as one of 12 areas that will take part in five-year national Medicare demonstration project to evaluate whether electronic medical records really do improve the quality of health care. Read more from WTN.
Take a trip back in time with Penny Postcards, featuring scenes from every state. There are some great ones for Wisconsin, including this one of City Hall in Milwaukee. Thanks to Angela Henes for the tip.
Take a trip back in time with Penny Postcards, featuring scenes from every state. There are some great ones for Wisconsin, including this one of City Hall in Milwaukee. Thanks to Angela Henes for the tip.
This Saturday, Cinematheque is screening the legal classic, Anatomy of a Murder. Saturday, March 29, 7:30 p.m. Anatomy of a Murder USA, 1959, 35mm, b/w, 161 min. Directed by Otto Preminger With James Stewart, Ben Gazzara, Eve Arden The Cinematheque is located at 4070 Vilas Hall, 821 University Avenue, immediately South and East of the …
If you’re planning a little spring cleaning of your personal library, take a look at these clever uses for your old books: Make A Lamp Out of Books (from DIY) Artist and designer Alex Cobb makes a wonderful table lamp out of a stack of books. Look for books that have colorful lettering on the …
A while back I posted about a free telephone conferencing service called FreeConference.com. This free service supplies you with a dial in number and an access code with which all callers can connect. While this service worked great, I recently had a need to record a conference call. Although FreeConference.com does have recording capabilities, this …