Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
The ABA Journal has recently redesigned their web site. According to a post in the ABA TechShow blog, there are three main features: Law News Now: “The latest legal news stories, hand selected by our lawyer-journalists. It’s updated continuously every business day.” The Blawg Directory: “More than 1,000 blogs written by lawyers who are experts …
JS Online reports that the ABA is considering a resolution urging local, state and federal governments to seal the records of criminal cases in which convictions were not obtained. “It also calls for sealing the records of misdemeanor and felony convictions after a specified period of ‘law-abiding conduct.’ Only police and prosecutors would have access …
Looks like The New York Times may stop charging readers for online access to its TimesSelect service which features Op-Ed columnists and other content, says the New York Post. After much internal debate, Times executives – including publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. – made the decision to end the subscription-only TimesSelect service but have yet to …
I stayed up late last night reading The Book Thief: The True Crimes of Daniel Spiegelman which was written by fellow law librarian, Travis McDade. Here’s a good description that I found on Amazon: The Book Thief tells the real life story of Daniel Spiegelman, who took a turn stealing rare books and manuscripts from …
NewsGator, a company specializing in information delivery via RSS, is offering a free Webinar titled “Enterprise RSS for the Legal Profession” on August 21st, 2:00 ET. I expect they will be demoing NewsGator Enterprise Server which according to their Web site “helps organizations take news and updates from the Web, the blogosphere, premium content providers …
Law.com has an intriguing article on lawyering in Second Life, an online simulated universe with more than 8 million users. And while Second Life might initially seem like make-believe or child’s play, the firm [Greenberg & Lieberman] is filing real trademark applications, landing real clients and making real money through the virtual world. By Lieberman’s …
There is an interesting article in the New York Times about the Espresso Book Machine which can, on demand, print and bind a book in less than fifteen minutes. The machine will be at the Science, Industry and Business Library in New York until early September, producing free books from a small list. The two …
Over the last few years, I’ve featured a number of online collections produced by the UW Digital Collections Center, such as Wisconsin Blue Books, the State of Wisconsin Collection and the University of Wisconsin Collection. Now you can find out about new collections directly with the UWDCC’s new RSS feed. About the UWDCC: In the …
The Madison Public Library reports that it has expanded its online collection of Madison City Directories. Coverage now spans from 1850-1911. The collection also contains historical county plat maps from South Central Wisconsin. In addition to their usefulness for historians and genealogists, these plat maps and city directories are also an important resource for legal …
From Things You Never Knew Existed: Possessed Books Antique looking books seem perfectly harmless until someone walks by, then the middle book slides out toward the victim as if it will fall from the shelf. Books also emit spooky sounds for a totally haunted effect. 8″ x 8″ x 6.5″. And they can be yours …