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Here’s an interesting article – From Stark County Law Library Blawg: “Tech-Heavy Trial Turns on Animation” In the news: “When a Porsche-driving attorney struck a pedestrian in a California intersection, leading to sky-high medical bills and a lawsuit, it looked like a tough case to defend. The plaintiff’s side even had 3-D animation depicting the …

The September 2004 edition of WSLL @ Your Service is now available from the Wisconsin State Law Library at http://wsll.state.wi.us/newsletter/issue04sept.html. Constitutional law resources are highlighted this month.

This summer, the Law Librarians Association of Wisconsin (LLAW) was awarded the American Association of Law Libraries Excellence in Marketing Award at the 2004 AALL Annual Meeting in Boston. LLAW was chosen for the award based on its innovative publishing campaign which encourages law librarians to write articles for legal publications. By publishing these articles, …

The Dane County Clerk of Courts has recently enhanced their Web site. Additions include a substantial series of Frequently Asked Questions on many court functions and procedures, as well as links to downloadable Dane County-specific forms for Small Claims, Criminal/Traffic, and Family Court. Source: Paula Seeger, Dane County Legal Resource Center

The September 2004 edition of the DCLRC Docket (Dane County Legal Resource Center) is now available. Local court rules and local court forms are highlighted.

Sorry for the lack of posts lately. It’s orientation time at the UW Law School and I’ve been busy welcoming our new law students, teaching workshops and giving tours. Things have settled down a bit and I’ll be blogging again soon.

The Department of Defense is the latest government department to offer RSS feeds. DefenseLINK feeds are available in the following areas: AFPS News Articles DoD Press Advisories DoD News Releases DoD Contract Announcements DoD Transcripts DoD Speeches Source: beSpacific

From Blawg As has been widely reported throughout the blawgosphere, Judge Richard Posner is guest-blawgging at Lawrence Lessig’s blawg this week. You can check in on Judge Posner’s postings here.

Here is another law student blog project from the American Constitution Society. The ACSBlog, a team effort of the American Constitution Society, will combine frequent news-oriented posts from law student bloggers with in-depth analysis pieces by leading legal scholars. Interesting trend. I suspect that we will see more law student team blogs to come. Source: …

The Summer 2004 issue of The Third Branch is now available. The Third Branch is a quarterly publication of the Director of State Courts Office, providing news of interest to the Wisconsin Court System. I thought the following article was especially interesting: Wisconsin hires first Stenomask reporter – Court Reporter Mark Garvin may look like …