Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
Update: 10/23/07 RSS feeds will be added to “Court Record Events” by the end of the day according to Jean Bousquet over at Wisconsin Courts. And based on this post, they are also working on adding search terms to the feed titles, as well as, beefing up the RSS info page. A big thanks to …
As part of National Library Week, Marquette University Law Library will be hosting Laura N. Gasaway, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill School of Law to speak on “Amending the Copyright Act for Libraries” The event will be held at the Marquette University Law School, Friday, April 18, 2008, 12:00 …
HeinOnline will soon be enhancing title browsing. From the HeinOnline Weblog: We added the ability to browse volumes within a title without taking you to an entirely new page. On a collection’s list of titles you will now see a “+” to the immediate left of each title which indicates that when it is clicked, …
In doing some research for my upcoming presentation at the WI Solo and Small Firm Conference, I came across and interesting set of statistics. According to the Wisconsin Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company, fourteen percent of their legal malpractice claims arose from failure to know or properly apply law. Statistics like these underscore the importance of …
There is a wonderful story in today’s Capital Times about UW Hospital resident, Dipesh Navsaria, who measures his young patients’ development by putting a book in their hands and watching their reaction. From the article: Navsaria… says the child’s response speaks volumes. If the patient shows interest and curiosity, he can tell if books are …
According to a Wisconsin Department of Administration press release, WisconsinEye announced on Monday that it has reached agreement with the department to launch the WisconsinEye channel on the BadgerNet video network serving education and government sites throughout the state’s 72 counties. The partnership with BadgerNet will bring WisconsinEye into over 255 schools and 54 college …
The Wisconsin Court system has developed RSS feeds for the following: News releases Supreme Court opinions and dispositional orders Supreme Court rules Supreme Court oral arguments Supreme Court dispositional orders Court of Appeals opinions Court of Appeals certifications
From UW–Madison Libraries: Tobin Harshaw, senior staff editor for the Op-Ed pages of The New York Times, comes to campus Thursday, Oct. 18, to give a 4:30 p.m. lecture for the Friends of the Libraries and the School of Journalism. Harshaw’s talk, “The Pundits and the Power: Behind the Rise of Opinion Journalism,” will cover …
There is more video/audio footage from the Wisconsin Book Festival over at Wisconsin Eye. Here are some of the latest offerings: 10.14.07: “Odd Wisconsin: Amusing, Perplexing, and Unlikely Stories from Wisconsin’s Past” 10.13.07 “Provoking Democracy: Why We Need the Arts” 10.12.07: “Tranquility at any Price?” with Authors Matthew Rothschild and Chris Finan 10.11.07: Best New …
There is more video/audio footage from the Wisconsin Book Festival over at Wisconsin Eye. Here are some of the latest offerings: 10.14.07: “Odd Wisconsin: Amusing, Perplexing, and Unlikely Stories from Wisconsin’s Past” 10.13.07 “Provoking Democracy: Why We Need the Arts” 10.12.07: “Tranquility at any Price?” with Authors Matthew Rothschild and Chris Finan 10.11.07: Best New …