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Standard and Poor’s has launched a free database called SchoolMatters which provides information and analysis about public schools in the United States. Data is available nationally, by state, or even by local school district. Articles about the database appear in both the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and Stateline.org. From the Stateline.org article: Ever wonder how much …

I used to get over a hundred emails per day. Thanks to a pretty good spam filter, that number is down, but not by as much as you would think. Harvard Business School has put together a useful list of Tips for Mastering E-mail Overload. It instructs emailers both how to send better emails and …

Between Lawyers is a new blog on the issues raised when technology, culture and the law intersect. It is a cooperative effort by a group of veteran blawgers: Denise Howell (Bag and Baggage) Dennis Kennedy (DennisKennedy.Blog) Tom Mighell (inter alia) Marty Schwimmer(The Trademark Blog) Ernest Svenson (Ernie the Attorney) According to a post in Ernie …

There is a new people finder on the Web called ZoomInfo and it’s pretty amazing. Rather than just providing links to a bunch of pages on which a person is mentioned, it synthesizes the information and presents it via a “People Summary.” I typed in Bonnie Shucha and received a surprisingly accurate summary of myself. …

LeapLaw has put together a useful list of tips for searching for and filing documents with secretaries of states for all fifty states, including Wisconsin. Although it is a blog, is it arranged by state, rather than chronologically. An RSS feed is available. Source: BoleyBlogs

“Covering the legal podcasting universe… “is the tag line of a new blog called, Blawgcast.com. A podcast, essentially, is a RSS feed that delivers audio instead of text. From a recent post: You can argue about the quality of podcasting content all day long. As with weblogs, there’s plenty of junk. But the revolutionary thing …

Come celebrate National Library Week this April 10-16 at your local law library! Here’s what’s happening in the Madison area: UW Law Library: We will be having daily games and contests – crossword puzzles, law school trivia, and more – which I’ll be sharing on WisBlawg. There will also be displays set up throughout the …

The Wisconsin State Law Library has recently purchased a subscription to WestPack which is a version of Westlaw designed for public use in libraries. It is available on four computers near the library’s reference desk. Contents of the subscription are summarized on the WSLL’s Electronic Resources page. Heidi Yelk, Reference/Electronic Services Librarian at the WSLL, …

Have a question about federal or state government information? Ask a government information librarian by live chat (virtual reference) or email via the Government Information Online project. A link to the service has been added to the main page at GPO Access (top right). Loretta Harmatuck, Government Services Librarian at the Wisconsin Reference and Loan …

In an upcoming CM/ECF release (Release 2.4), PACER users will be able to obtain written opinions at no charge from district courts. Opinions will be accessible via a separate Written Opinions Report and from a case’s docket report. See release notes. CM/ECF is a case management/electronic case files system that some courts use in conjunction …