Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
From The National Law Journal: Sen. Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., has asked the policy body of the federal judiciary why it continues to charge the public and lawyers for access to electronically filed documents and whether enough is being done to protect the personal data collected by courts. The senator, who is head of the Homeland …
Law librarians are a pretty tech savvy bunch. As evidence, take a look at some of the exciting tools my colleagues have created relating to the 2009 American Association of Law Libraries Annual Meeting. This year, the meeting will be held in Washington DC on July 25th – 28th. Official AALL 2009 Blog (not too …
The Social Media Law Student has launched a series called Social Media Best Practices for Law Schools. In part one, the author shares her frustrations about her school’s stance on social media: Like other law students, I was told not to blog about law school and to be careful what I posted on that evil …
The March 4 edition of InsideTrack is now available. InsideTrack is the new e-newsletter available from the Wisconsin State Bar. I contributed an article entitled Bluebook helpers: Tools for creating legal citations. In the article, I explore several new tools that can help attorneys create citations more easily: CiteGenie, Introduction to Basic Legal Citation, and …
“A couple in Pittsburgh whose lawsuit claimed that Street View on Google Maps is a reckless invasion of their privacy lost their case.” Read more from CNet News: Aaron and Christine Boring sued the Internet search giant last April, alleging that Google “significantly disregarded (their) privacy interests” when Street View cameras captured images of their …
Lots of good news from Zotero today! If you’re not familiar with it, Zotero is a free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, and cite your research sources. See my earlier post for further explanation. Zotero has announced the release of both Zotero 1.5 and the first release of Zotero’s web application. The …
Beginning on October 1st, Wisconsin will begin collecting a 5% sales taxes on Internet downloads of music, games, books, ring tones and other video entertainment. The District of Columbia and 15 states have similar laws. From JS Online: [Governor] Doyle has been fighting for the change for years. He and other state officials say it …
From the American Association of Law Libraries E-Newsletter: I’m pleased to announce that AALL is now providing members free access to the full set of online lessons hosted by the Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI). Written by expert law professors and law librarians, CALI lessons have long been a valuable supplementary learning aid for …
The American Association of Law Libraries has set up two Twitter feeds: One for general information and a second for updates on the 2009 Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. Recent Tweets: Wifi will be available in the meeting rooms, the general concourse, and the registration area in the convention center. $50 AALL Member Appreciation Discount …
Stimulus Watch has compiled a list of Wisconsin’s municipal “shovel-ready” projects for which mayors have requested federal stimulus funding. Click on a project to read (and add to) its description and vote on whether you believe it is critical or not. Thanks to my colleague, Vicky Coulter, for the tip