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I’m pleased to announce that I’ve recently created a Facebook page for the UW Law Library. Stop by and check it out.
Tom Mighell over at Inter Alia reports on a cool service called PublicDomainReprints.org whereby you can order a reprint of a book in the public domain. Here’s how it works: 1. You request any public domain book from the Internet Archive or Google Books. 2. The book is processed and submitted to Lulu, a no …
Wow – more big news today stemming from the availability of free federal case law. Fastcase has developed a new resource called The Public Library of Law which brings together a wide variety of free legal resources, including: State Law for All 50 States:
I was using Justia yesterday and noticed something I hadn’t seen before – US Federal Court Appeals Opinions. It includes all US Federal appellate cases since 1950 browse-able by F 2d and F 3d citation. Wow – how long has that been there? An email from Justia’s Tim Stanley confirmed that the 1950+ Fed is …
JS Online reports that: Milwaukee County officials mistakenly released numerous confidential court records for a citizens group’s Web site that detail payments for tests and other costs linked to mental competency, paternity and guardianship cases, officials acknowledged. The records obtained by Citizens for Responsible Government Network were part of a county database of 188,000 purchasing …
The Appleton Post-Crescent has gathered together a number of Wisconsin-related public records databases, some useful, others, well, maybe more interesting than useful. They include: Banned Wisconsin license plates Delinquent Appleton accounts Disciplined doctors, dentists and other licensed professionals Smoking cost calculator New businesses in Northeastern Wisconsin Wisconsin school salaries Fox Valley delinquent taxpayers Wisconsin sexually …
The Beloit Daily News weighs in on the two pending Wisconsin bills which would limit access to court records via CCAP. AB 418 would restrict public access and allow only judges, court officials, police, lawyers and “accredited” journalists to view the information. AB 754 would require that all records pertaining to a case be deleted …
From Channel 3000: The Capital Times, Madison’s 90-year-old newspaper announced Thursday it will stop printing a daily newspaper, reduce staff and focus on Internet operations. For more, read the full article. Dane 101 also posts their reaction.
Here’s another intriguing image from the Wisconsin Historical Society Image archive. This sketch of a revolving book stack circa 1900 is absolutely mind boggling. The caption reads: “Sketch of two huge round revolving book stacks with an elevator. This was apparently a ‘library of the future’ idea and was probably never actually built.” Check out …
The 2007-2008 Wisconsin International Law Journal’s Symposium entitled “Medical Tourism Meets Health Law: US-EU Dialogue” will be held at the University of Wisconsin on Friday, March 7, 2008 in the Health Sciences Learning Center. For more information, visit the symposium Web site. To register, e-mail WILJSymposium@gmail.com by February 29, 2008. The event is free and …