Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
With Iran’s nuclear sanctions in the news, Sunil Rao, Foreign and International Law Librarian at UW Law Library, has put together some helpful research sources covering the history, the sanctions framework, and the snapback mechanism now at the center of a dispute in the UN Security Council. The Council recently held an open briefing on the work …
Need Help Researching Law in a Foreign Jurisdiction? The University of Wisconsin Law Library maintains a growing collection of country-specific legal research guides designed to help you get started. Each guide provides an introduction to a country’s legal system and government structure, and directs you to key primary and secondary sources — including constitutions, legislation, …
Last fall, we reported that the UW Law School State Democracy Research Initiative launched a new resource called 50constitutions.org, which provides easy access to the text of all 50 state constitutions and allows users to search within and across states. One of the features, Tracking Constitutional Change helps visualize the many amendments made to state constitutions …
Business information can be an important source of intelligence for attorneys. Carol Hassler from the Wisconsin State Law Library has compiled an excellent guide to “Researching Private and Public Businesses, Specialized Industries” in the latest Inside Track from the State Bar of Wisconsin. She offers advice on: Requesting Annual Reports Finding Registered Agents and Officers …
Unlike federal and state law which is widely available, municipal law can be difficult to track down. In Wisconsin alone, there are 585 municipal (city and village) governments and 1,265 town governments and the availability and amount of information available from each varies greatly. Fortunately, there is a guide to searching municipal law in the …
Christopher Shattuck, Law Practice Assistance Manager at the State Bar of Wisconsin has compiled a useful list of tips for law school grads looking to maximize their experiences as new lawyers. They are: Do Not Be Afraid to Ask Questions Maximize Your Networking Boost Your Experience by Volunteering Attend to Your Own Wellness Explore Resources …
Legal blogs and law firm websites can be great sources of legal insight and current awareness, especially on local issues. However, this content is easy to miss if you’re not a subscriber. Fortunately, there are a couple of useful tools to help you find this content: WisLawNOW is a syndicated network of Wisconsin legal bloggers …
Last Friday, I attended an excellent CLE program on Ethics & Professionalism in Virtual Legal Environments – Judicial Perspectives sponsored by the UW Law School, Continuing Legal Education. Judge Jason Rossell (Kenosha County Circuit Court) and Judge John Anderson (Bayfield County Circuit Court) discussed how the move to virtual courtrooms has affected courtroom decorum and …
For a while now, HeinOnline has assigned topics to each article in the Law Journal Library database. This allows researchers to get a general idea of the scope of the article before they dive in any further or to search or browse for additional articles on that topic. Over 1,500 topics are available and are …
Have you ever tried to contact a specific person at a business or other organization but didn’t know their email address? Tracking down individual email addresses can be difficult, but there are a few tricks of the trade that can help. A recent LLRX article offers some good advice. Do a Google search for the …