Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
The Wisconsin International Law Journal announces the 2007 Symposium open to all UW students, faculty and the legal community Islamic Law in a Globalized World: Implications for Contemporary Finance Law Friday, March 2, 2007 9:00 am -5:00 pm Godfrey and Kahn Hall (Room 2260) University of Wisconsin Law School Overview: Islamic law has become an …
According to the October ABA Site-tation, the ABA is now selling iPods preloaded with CLE content. Video iPods for the Business Law and Labor and Employment Law Editions include video CLE programs. iPod nanos include audio CLE programs in Litigation, Antitrust Law, Estate Planning, Health Law and Real Property Editions. ABA-CLE also offers audio downloads …
I give a lot of presentations and have learned that the receptiveness of the audience has a big outcome on the success of the presentation. This morning, it was my pleasure to speak at the Legislative Reference Librarians conference on the topic of Blogging in Libraries. They were a great audience who seemed genuinely interested …
This afternoon at the Legislative Reference Librarians conference we heard from Donna Scheeder, Director Law Library Services Library of Congress on Succession Planning and Workforce Transformation Foundation for the Future. She gave some excellent tips on planning for the intellectual capital needs of the organization over time. Five steps were identified: 1. Identify critical positions …
This morning I’m attending the Legislative Research Librarians’ Professional Development Seminar here in Madison. I’m excited about the great line up of presentations. First up was Chi-Shiou Lin doctoral student at UW Madison SLIS who spoke on Electronic Government Publication Preservation Programs. His research addresses the question of how selection and review of gov docs …
The 2006 Wisconsin Book Festival schedule, an annual Madison-area tradition, is now available online. Note the special category for law related events. From the festival Web site: Peruse nearly 150 free public events ranging from spoken-word poetry jams to a dramatic reading from Beowulf to a fashion show of wearable books. From hipster to highbrow, …
On October 18-21, 2006, the Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau library staff is hosting the fall professional development conference of the Legislative Research Librarians’ section of the National Conference of State Legislatures. For the first time ever, the conference is being opened to attendance by local librarians. Programs are scheduled for Thursday and Friday, October 19 …
AELR Blog points to ULCA law student’s harsh view of PowerPoint in the classroom. “Based on the best available data, [the student notes,] I’m prepared to theorize that Powerpoint-based classes are always boring.” He identifies several problems with using PPT in the classroom, including this one: “In all three of my Powerpoint experiences, the prof …
If you are interested in Online Dispute Resolution (ODR), you may wish to participate in Cyberweek 2006 (week of September 25th). Cyberweek is a free all-online conference featuring both asynchronous and real-time events related to ODR. Organized by the University of Massachusetts Center for Information Technology and Dispute Resolution (CITDR) and InternetBar.org, Cyberweek consists of …
Earlier this week, I posted about the Wisconsin Humanities Council’s statewide discussion series entitled, A More Perfect Union: To Establish Justice. It appears that the series’ authors will be also appearing at the Wisconsin Book Festival. From the Festival web site: The authors will read from books in the AMPU: Justice series and, along with …