Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
It’s time to nominate your favorite legal support staffer for the 2nd Annual Unsung Heroes Award. The Wisconsin Law Journal sponsors the award to honor the “‘Unsung Heroes’ whose efforts are essential to helping law firms and courts run efficiently.” Nomination forms, which are due August 10, 2007, are available on the Wisconsin Law Journal …
In addition to its coverage of the Wisconsin Legislature, WisconsinEye has also produced a series of programs about Wisconsin-themed books. Some are author interviews and others are appearances by authors at local bookstores. Archived audio and video is available. Some of the featured books so far include the Caf
Margaret Booth, our Documents Assistant, clued me into a fun site for Badger fans called Bucky’s Badger Den. It’s geared for kids, but I have to admit that some of the games looked pretty fun. Check out my paper doll Bucky. Can you tell I’m going on vacation in a few weeks? Update – turns …
Don’t forget that the new United States Postal Service rates go into effect today. The price of a first class stamp is now 41 cents. Looks like I’ll have to go get a bunch of make up stamps. From now on, I think I’ll buy the new Forever Stamps which are good for mailing one-ounce …
My colleague, Nancy Paul, shared this item of interest: This year the time and date three minutes and four seconds after 2 AM on the 6th of May will be 02:03:04:05/06/07. This will never again happen.
This Saturday, April 21st, the City of Madison will be hosting the spring Computer and Electronics Recycling Roundup. The event takes place from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. at the City Transfer Station, 121 E. Olin Ave, between the Alliant Energy Center and Goodman Field . For details visit the City of Madison Streets and …
beSpacific has a great tip for saving money on Amazon: RSStalker.com provides RSS feeds to track price changes of Amazon.com products. Generate a feed for a single product or for an entire wishlist. Add it to your favorite aggregator and you will be automatically notified when the price changes. Simply unsubscribe to the feed when …
From the Daily Cardinal: The U.S. Postal Service in Madison announced Monday it will be moving into the vacant building previously occupied by McDonald’s at 441 N. Lake St. According to Terri Bouffiou, spokesperson for Madison’s postal service, the post office will start renovations on the building once a contractor is chosen. She said by …
The Friends of the University of Wisconsin–Madison Library semiannual used book sale starts today. The sale will be held for the March 21-24, at Memorial Library, 728 State St (room 116) Today is the preview sale ($5 admission) which will be held from 5-9 p.m. The regular sale, open to the public at no charge, …
A Lawyer Walks into a Bar is the name of a new lawyer documentary from Camel’s Back Films. According to the web site, “the documentary explores the influence of law and its practitioners on American culture, while following six characters as they do whatever it takes to become lawyers themselves. WARNING: the film contains karaoke, …