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Khan Academy Announces Free LSAT Test Prep

Posted on March 30, 2017

This post was authored by Eric Taylor, Evening Reference Librarian at the UW Law Library. Coming in 2018, all those aspiring to go to law school will be able to access online LSAT test prep …

Posted in Law Students, Research Strategies, Tools

CourtListener Frees the Law

Posted on March 9, 2017

The following blog post was written by Eric Taylor, Evening Reference Librarian at the University of Wisconsin Law School Library CourtListener is a powerful new free legal research website sponsored by the non-profit Free Law …

Posted in Legal Assistance, Public Information, Research Strategies, Search Engines, Web

Lexis.com retiring from Law Schools on December 31

Posted on December 13, 2016

It’s the end of an era as Lexis.com, the long-running and highly regarded database says its final goodbyes to the Law School community. With 100% of Lexis content now migrated to Lexis Advance, the small …

Posted in Data & Databases, Research Strategies, Web

UW Law Library Research Guides

Posted on January 5, 2016

Did you know that the UW Law Library offers research guides on numerous legal topics?  Here’s a quick infographic that I created with Easel.ly with a few highlights.

Posted in Libraries & Librarians, Research Strategies

Hein Online adds an email delivery option

Posted on October 9, 2015

  Good news for all you Hein-heads out there (I am certainly one of them). Hein Online recently added a great new feature to their interface where you can email a link to a Hein …

Posted in Data & Databases, Legal Professionals, Research Strategies, Tools, Web

Zimmerman's Legal Research Guide – and Blog

Posted on July 30, 2010

Zimmerman’s Legal Research Guide is a tremendous resource for discovering the best resources in specific areas of law. I often use the online encyclopedia when I’m presented with a research question on an unfamiliar topic. …

Posted in Research Strategies

Guides to Legal Research for the Layperson

Posted on November 25, 2009

The American Association of Law Libraries Legal Information Services to the Public SIS has recently published a new edition of its research guide, How to Research a Legal Problem: A Guide for Non-Lawyers. This guide …

Posted in Research Strategies

Student's Wikipedia Hoax Fools Journalists, Bloggers

Posted on May 12, 2009

From Yahoo Tech: When Dublin university student Shane Fitzgerald posted a poetic but phony quote on Wikipedia, he said he was testing how our globalized, increasingly Internet-dependent media was upholding accuracy and accountability in an …

Posted in Research Strategies

The Virtual Chase Comes to an End

Posted on July 29, 2008

Genie Tyburski has announced that she’s closing down The Virtual Chase. Wow – the end of an era. I will take down the site gradually over the next several months unless I find someone willing …

Posted in Research Strategies

Researching "Green" Issues

Posted on February 25, 2008

Bev Butula over at the Wisconsin Law Journal blog has put together a useful guide to researching “green” issues. The list also appeared in the print edition of this week’s Wisconsin Law Journal on page …

Posted in Research Strategies
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