Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
Lift Wisconsin (Legal Intervention for Transforming Wisconsin) just announced the launching of a new tool to help Wisconsinites with common legal needs. The tool is called Legal Tune Up and it is “a mobile first web-based application that uses publicly available data (driver’s license, criminal, eviction, court, and child support records) to help people identify …
In response to concerns raised by the Citing Slavery Project, the Bluebook has made a rare between-edition change to rule 10.7.1 on citation to cases. This change is reflected in the 2021 printing of The Bluebook Twenty-First Edition was first published in 2020. According to the Bluebook’s Noteworthy Changes to the 2021 Printing: Rule 10.7.1(d) now …
Photographs can present powerful evidence, but beware of images that have been Photoshopped or otherwise manipulated. How to Geek, Electrons, and FindLaw offer some tips on spotting an altered image: Images that look a little too perfect may reveal use of airbrushing Look beyond the subject of a photo for signs of warping, which is …
The newest episode of the WI Law in Action podcast from the UW Law Library is a conversation with Richard Monette, Professor of Law and Director of the Great Lakes Indian Law Center at the University of Wisconsin Law School. In the episode, Prof. Monette discusses several initiatives he is involved in, including a recent …
We are currently facing an unprecedented time here in the law library, the law school, and the world. With the new COVID-19 virus and subsequent pandemic, we have been met with new fears, new challenges, and even new methods of learning (as we’ve all moved to video conferencing and distance learning). As doctors and healthcare …
On the most recent episode of the WI Law in Action podcast from the UW Law Library, Jefferson Burrus-Bascom Professor of Law at the University of Wisconsin Law School and Faculty Affiliate with the Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin, Tonya L. Brito, discussed her newly published article, “The Child Support …
By Eric Taylor, Evening & Weekend Reference Librarian Once the exclusive province of Congress, the CRS Reports are now available to everyone. Thoroughly researched and produced by the Congressional Research Service, the CRS Reports are nonpartisan briefing papers about current and emerging affairs of interest to members of Congress and their staffs. The core mission …
The State Bar has recently made the Wisconsin Ethics Opinions freely available on their website. The ethics opinions can be reached in two ways: Use the direct link to search the opinions by keyword or by type (such as Formal, Informal , Withdrawn or Memorandum Opinions): https://www.wisbar.org/formembers/ethics/pages/opinions.aspx If you are used to navigating the WisBar …
Formatting appellate briefs is tough- there’s no getting around it. Brief-writers, be they attorneys or pro se litigants, have to pay very close attention to specific formatting details like margins, font, citations, headings, etc. If briefs are submitted to the court of appeals clerk’s office and they do not meet the stringent requirements, they are …
The UW Law Library is pleased to announce our newest law librarian: Emma Babler. Emma will be our new Reference and Technology Librarian, where she will be tasked with assisting students, staff, and anyone who asks a question! Emma comes to us from the UNLV Law Library but received both her MLS and JD from …