A few months ago I posted about how you can search people’s Twitter posts for certain keywords and track future posts with a RSS feed. Now I’ve learned of a new service called Twilert which …
Download Audio Books from Your Public Library – Now to Your iPod
Courtesy of the Wisconsin Public Library Consortium, library patrons can download digital audio books to their mp3 players or burn the files to an audio CD. And just recently announced, the books are now available …
Monitor Web Content with Google Alerts – Now with Email and RSS Alerts
Google Alerts allow you to enter search terms and receive notification whenever it finds new content matching those terms. You can specify if you would like to search news, blog, web, video, or group content …
Wisconsin Court System Website Survey
If you ever use their website, The Wisconsin Court System wants your feedback. They are currently conducting a survey “to ensure it is useful for our customers.” Don’t worry – it’s a very short survey.
ALR Comes Back to Lexis
After almost a year’s absence, the American Law Reports are now available again on Lexis. Here’s the announcement from my Lexis rep: The following publications are again accessible on Lexis.com via the Legal menu > …
Blogs Increasingly Popular Among Law Firms
Blogging continues to increase in popularity among large law firms according to LexBlog’s, Kevin O’Keefe. His November 2008 State of the AmLaw 200 Blogosphere reveals the following: Growth highlights: Over 35% of AmLaw 200 law …
Free Access to English Reports, 1220-1873
Free access to the English Reports from 1220-1873 is now available from the Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII). The English Reports database contains 124,882 cases and the full text of the Reports are searchable. Users …
UW Law School Mock Trial Team Featured in Cap Times
The Capital Times has a nice article on the UW Law School’s Mock Trial team. The team finished second-place at a tournament in Los Angeles last month.
Planning for Black Friday Shopping
Black Friday will soon be upon us. The day after Thanksgiving is one of if not THE biggest shopping day of the year. If you’re planning to brave the crowds, it pays to do a …
Judge Disallows Electronic Legal Research Cost Recovery
A federal judge has disallowed attorneys to recover electronic legal research fees as part of a $31.5 million settlement against Coca-Cola. From Law.com: Among the expenses [U.S. District Court Judge Willis B.] Hunt disallowed was …