Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
Diane Murley at Southern Illinois University’s Law Dawg Blawg has written a nice summary of some of the blawg directories and lists available on the web. If you are looking for blogs on a specific legal topic, give Diane’s summary a try.
The Federal Judges Biographical Database provides information about all judges who have served on the U.S. District Courts, the U.S. Courts of Appeals, the Supreme Court and other life-tenured courts since 1789. You can create customized lists of judges based on multiple categories, including nominating president, type of court, dates of service, and demographic groups. …
The National Conference of State Legislators has compiled a list of links to state legislators’ Blogs and legislatures with RSS feeds. Wisconsin’s own Legislative Reference Bureau news feeds are listed.
beSpacific reports that the Progressive Government Institute has compiled a searchable database of the President’s appointees. Search by agency appointee name or title, appointee job function, and nominee name or background.
I recently discovered Pretrieve and consider it to be the best people/business finder freely available on the Web. Although it doesn’t offer the kind of detailed info available from fee-based services, it does gather an impressive array of free information. With a people search you can discover an individual’s address and phone, as well as …
The Legislative Fiscal Bureau has added two new Wisconsin Budget Bill impact studies: Statewide Impact — Assembly Compared to Governor (February 18, 2005) Statewide Impact — Joint Finance Compared to Governor (February 15, 2005)
Lawrence Lessig is trying his hand at podcasting. From lessig blog: Wired has encouraged me to podcast readings of my columns, and as that was an easy and deadline-related reason to get going, I’ve made that the beginning. The best of podcasting, I am told and have seen, is not read, but written. Writing in …
Update – 2/22/05: It appears that not only Californians were affected – all 50 states have had consumer data stolen. The Wisconsin State Journal reports that 830 potential victims in Wisconsin have also been notified. —————————————- Findlaw’s Cyberlaw Newsletter reports: A company that collects consumer data warned thousands of Californians that hackers penetrated the company’s …
Paula Seeger, librarian at the Dane County Legal Resource Center, has compiled a very useful guide to Essential Wisconsin Legal Resources Available for Free on the Internet. The guide appears in the Winter 2005 edition of “The Verdict,” a quarterly publication of the Wisconsin Academy of Trial Lawyers. Categories include: Statutes/Ordinances/Legislation Administrative Code and Register …
Popular Science recently ranked the top tech cities in the United States. Milwaukee came in 31st with an overall rating of 71 out of 100 possible. Madison was ranked 42nd with a rating of 69. For more, reach Techopolis Found. Source: Ohio Legal Research Blog