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Although it was published in November, I recently discovered the State Bar of Wisconsin’s 2004 Technology in Law Practice Survey Report. There were some interesting conclusions drawn which I’ve grouped by topic area: Research While nine in 10 members said they conduct legal research, two-thirds reported that other lawyers in the firm likewise do research. …

GoogSpy is a new tool that reveals what adwords companies are purchasing in Google. Search for your or your client’s name or product names to see who is using them as adwords. Or, enter in a competitor’s name to learn what adwords they have purchased. A search for “Harley Davidson” retrieved a list of companies …

It seems that Amazon.com has begun selling law review articles and some folks aren’t too happy about it. From a post at TaxProfBlog: As one who fights with law reviews to retain the right to post my articles on SSRN so they can be downloaded for free, I am worried that the new amazon venture …

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has an article about the UW Law School Wisconsin Innocence Project’s involvement in the retrial of Evan Zimmerman, a former police officer in the 2000 killing of his ex-girlfriend in Eau Claire. The trial will be covered by A&E’s “American Justice” and by Court TV.

The UW Law Library has recently added a Google search for our database of Wisconsin Legislative Drafting Records database. Browsing by session is also still available. Although the database contains drafting records from the 1999/2000; 2001/2002; and 2003/2004 sessions, the search doesn’t seem to include the 2003/2004 records because Google has not indexed them. We …

Staff of the Wisconsin Legislative Council have issued two new reports to the legislature: Special Committee on Wisconsin’s Transportation Network Infrastructure (2005 Senate Bill 162), April 11, 2005 Special Committee on Improving Wisconsin’s Fiscal Management (2005 Assembly Bill 271 & Senate Bill 143), April 19, 2005

Ok, this doesn’t have much to do with legal research, but I thought it was interesting. Team Marketing Report has created a Fan Cost Index which tracks the cost of attendance for a family of four to a MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL, or minor league baseball game. The FCI includes: two adult average price tickets; …

Like Weslaw’s Research Trail and LexisNexis’ History, Google has added a new service called My Search History which lets you view and manage your previous searches from any computer. To use it, you’ll need to register and sign in each time you run a search. A “My Search History” link will appear in the upper-right …

The National Association for Law Placement (NALP) has produced two useful sources for job seekers: The 2005-2006 Directory of Legal Employers (database) – Search or browse by employer (includes private practice firms and corporations and public interest organizations and government agencies). Contains contact info and employment statistics for each employer. The 2004-2005 Federal Legal Employment …

Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR) is the latest bibliography in the Tap The Power series from the Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau Theobald Legislative Library. This bibliography lists print and electronic resources on the Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR). Because Colorado was the first state to pass a TABOR amendment (in 1992), most states now considering …