Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
Couldn’t make it to last month’s CALI Conference for Law School Computing in Seattle. That’s ok – the nice folks at CALI are making Webcasts of most programs available on their Web site. From CALI News: “Some 60 sessions dealing with topics from distance education to ABA standards to blogging are now linked through the …
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, no legal advice will be given at these sessions. The public is welcome to attend. Contact us for more information, …
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 impersonal guardians of the Constitution, or as disembodied legal minds analyzing complex legal disputes, but as human beings.” To get …
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 Senate (audio only)
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 Advisor and specialized Wisconsin sources to assist you in interpreting and applying the statutes. When you select LexisNexis Wisconsin Annotated …
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 least fallible expert for one’s case, or to unearth the weaknesses of an expert employed by the other side, there …
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 Expert Search.” Soople provides a single, easy to use, template for using many of Google’s advanced search features. Read more …
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 and their impact on case presentation to Gen X jurors as a fundamental shift, and he expects other law schools …
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 class, guest instructors Diane Duffey, Librarian at Habush Habush & Rottier S.C., Milwaukee and Theodore A. Potter, Associate Director at …
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 corporate name, registered agent address, principal office, state of incorporation, type of entity, prior corporate names, and notifications of merger …