Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
The latest edition of the Wisconsin Law Journal has several articles about the challenges facing persons exonerated of crimes and released from prison. A number of the cases highlight students and faculty from the Wisconsin Innocence Project. After the Door Opens Exonerees Hope to Find Strength in Numbers Putting Broken Lives Back Together
Ever wanted to share the results of a Google search with someone? Look.fo makes it easier – well, shorter anyway. Say I want to share the results of a Google search for WisBlawg. I could send you a long, ugly search string that looks like this: http://www.google.com/search?q=wisblawg&sourceid=navclient-ff&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1B3GGGL_en___US216 Or, I could just send you this one: …
“Tough economic times means more people are checking out their local libraries, hoping to cut down on the amount they spend on books, magazines and movies,” reports Channel3000. From the article: In Madison, libraries are getting busier as household budgets get tighter. “We’re seeing increases most frequently or more often in our more economically diverse …
Know any students who write a great blog? Direct them to The Blogging Scholarship from Collage Scholarships.org. Or nominate them yourself. Last year’s $10,000 scholarship winner was a law student from Loyola.
On Oct. 14, the Wisconsin Supreme Court adopted in principle Judicial Council petition 08-02 to amend Wis. Stat.
CiteGenie is a new extension for the Firefox web browser that, as its website promises, “automagically” creates Bluebook formatted pinpoint citations when copying from Westlaw. Wow – this is really impressive. If you’re a Westlaw user, this could save you a lot of time when writing papers or briefs. I’ve created a quick video of …
The following is reprinted from a column in the UW Law School News. It was written by my colleague, Eric Taylor. In this week’s column, we review three free online resources of historical legal documents relating to the formation and development of the United States of America. For students, scholars, history buffs, and interested citizens …
The folks behind Foreclosure Alarm have expanded their offerings and now offer real-time notification of filings for all case types in the Wisconsin circuit courts. The new product is called CircuitCourtPro. Like Foreclosure Alarm, the data is derived from CCAP. Here’s how it works: You decide what types of new cases you are interested in …
SirsiDynix is offering two free webinars for librarians: Taming Technolust: Planning in a Hyperlinked World – Oct 22, 2008 | 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Eastern Michael Stephens offers ten steps for technology planning in our fast changing, ever-evolving information world. Tinkering in the Techie Toybox: Staying on Top of Consumer Technology – Nov 14, …
The next time you need to schedule a meeting, give Doodle a try. Doodle is free, although you may run into ads here and there. Here’s how it works: Create a poll – choose several possible times for the meeting Forward the link to the poll to the participants Follow participant responses online See the …