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CourtListener Now Offering PACER Docket Alerts

Posted on September 6, 2018

By Eric Taylor, Reference Librarian The Free Law Project recently announced the availability of PACER Docket Alerts on CourtListener.com.  CourtListener is a free public access website tracking federal and state courts.  The Docket Alert tool …

Posted in Alerts, Courts, News, Public Information, Tools

It's Not Science Fiction, It's a New Way to Search

Posted on December 12, 2017

Here in law library-land, we’re all familiar with the concept of “citation chasing”- i.e., finding one good on-point article and then mining its citations, footnotes, and citing sources for other relevant articles. But what if …

Posted in Data & Databases, News, Research Strategies, Search Engines, Tools

Access LLMC Digital Remotely With Your Wisconsin State Law Library Card

Posted on September 14, 2017

LLMC Digital is a searchable archive of historical primary legal sources for Wisconsin, the United States, and other jurisdictions. Wisconsin materials included in LLMC’s collections include historical Wisconsin reports, session laws, and statutes. A large …

Posted in Data & Databases, Legal Professionals, Libraries & Librarians, News, Tools

Arrest Data Analysis Tool Available from Bureau of Justice Statistics

Posted on September 7, 2017

Established in 1949, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) is the United States’ primary source for criminal justice statistics. BJS publishes many reports such as the seminal Crime in the United States as well as …

Posted in Data & Databases, Public Information, Tools, Web

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

The University of Wisconsin Law School announces the Bhopal Digital Repository

Posted on October 25, 2016

Last week, the UW Law School hosted a symposium on the Bhopal Disaster, which killed thousands of people in the Bhopal region of India, left a long legal trail, and is still controversial to this …

Posted in Digitization, Libraries & Librarians, Presentations & Workshops, Tools, UW Law School, Web

The Indigo Book – a Free Legal Citation Guide Based on the Bluebook

Posted on May 25, 2016

A free alternative to The Bluebook legal citation guide is now available.  The Indigo Book, formerly called “Baby Blue,” is available online without charge in PDF or HTML. To make legal citation more accessible, the …

Posted in Books, Tools

Tips for Enabling and Completing Fillable PDF Forms

Posted on April 15, 2016

Have you ever been asked to complete and electronically submit a fillable PDF form only to find that you couldn’t save it after you’d finished completing it?  That all you could do was print it, …

Posted in Tools

Dive into Criminal Justice Data and Statistics with "Hall of Justice"

Posted on February 4, 2016

Stats and data about any aspect of the legal world have often been notoriously difficult to track down. I know that when I am asked a question about stats at the reference desk, I always …

Posted in Data & Databases, Public Information, Tools

Data Visualization Tools – Infographics, Timelines, Flowcharts, Maps, and Mindmaps

Posted on December 18, 2015

If you’re looking for creative ways to visualize your data, check out the following list of tools.  Most are free, web based, and relatively easy to use. Infographics Infographics are visual representations of information, data …

Posted in Tools
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