From the Dane County Legal Resource Center: Free Legal Information Sessions will be held monthly on various topics related to legal research or court procedures. Presented by DCLRC staff in Room 315 of the Courthouse, …
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Underneath Their Robes & Superhotties of the Federal Judiciary
A new blog called Underneath Their Robes has developed quite a following. “The mission of UTR is to get ‘underneath the robes’ of our federal judges, to find out what they are really like–not as …
Listen to Live WI Senate & Assembly Proceedings via the Web
Wisconsin Legislature In Session offers live broadcasts of the Wisconsin Senate and Assembly proceedings. Includes links to related documents, voting records, calendars, and more. – In Session Assembly (video and audio available) – In Session …
Enhancements to Wisconsin Statutes on LexisNexis
From LexisNexis Information Professional Update, June 2004: “LexisNexis Wisconsin Annotated Statutes are now available at www.lexis.com. LexisNexis annotations include tens of thousands of LexisNexis Case Notes — updated quarterly — plus links to Lexis® Search …
Finding Expert Witnesses via the Web
The February issue Wisconsin Lawyer has an excellent guide to finding expert witnesses on the Web. Author, Diane Duffey, member of the Law Librarians Association of Wisconsin writes: “Whether one is trying to locate the …
Search Google Like an Expert Via Soople
Did you know that Google offers many advanced search features such as an image search, movie review search, search for specific file type (pdf, doc, etc.) and more? NO?? Then check out Soople, the “Easy …
Reaching the Gen X Jury
Law.com has an interesting article about changing demographics in juries and how law schools are adjusting their curriculum. “Professor Steven Lubet, the director of Northwestern’s trial advocacy program, describes the use of high-tech trial techniques …
Workshop: Using the Internet for Case Preparation
New Workshop from the Wisconsin State Law Library: Using the Internet for Case Preparation Wednesday, July 28, 2004 10:00-11:30 a.m. Wisconsin State Law Library Computer Training Room 120 MLK, Jr. Blvd., Madison In this hands-on …
Need Info on a WI Corporation? Ask CRIS
Not new – but worth repeating: The Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions (DFI) offers a nifty free search tool called CRIS(Corporate Registration Information System) for locating information about corporations in Wisconsin. CRIS provides the official …
Shorten long URLs
Wish that Web page had a nice short URL that you could write down or share with someone? Fortunately, there are a number of free URL shortening services that do just that. One of these …