Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
Earlier this year, HeinOnline added a new author profile feature to their Law Journal Library that allows readers to view more information about authors and allows authors to showcase their work. See WisBlawg post. Hein has recently enhanced the service by adding a new e-mail alert option for authors. In addition to setting up a …
Sometimes I find it useful to take screenshots to capture various things for instructional or documentation purposes. I’ve used several different tools over the years but came across one today that I really liked. It’s called Nimbus Screen Capture and it’s a free Firefox add on. Nimbus has a lot of nice editing tools, but …
The American Bar Association has announced that it will offer free membership to all students enrolled at ABA-approved law schools. The membership grants law students access to resources tailored to their interests and needs, opportunities to build their professional skills plus access to the ABA’s job listings, clerkships, internships and career events. Law students can …
Looking to stay current on issues on of Wisconsin law? Check out the list of Wisconsin legal blogs in the latest Inside Track from the State Bar of Wisconsin. Blogs are arranged by title, affiliation, and subject area. I found several new ones that I’ve added to my subscriptions. And I’m pleased that WisBlawg is …
David Whelan, the former director of the American Bar Association’s Legal Technology Resource Center, has published a free e-book called Law Practice Technology: An Introduction for Law Students. Hat tip to Law Sites by Robert Ambrogi. From the preface: This book is for law students. It is one person’s view of technology and law practice. It …
Ok – this has nothing to do with law, but it was too good not to share. Headline from TIME: Someone Keeps Photocopying Their Cat at the University of Wisconsin Library. From the post: A staffer at the university’s Badger Herald newspaper stumbled upon the following photo while studying at the Steenbock Library Tuesday: I …
The history of Wisconsin first female lawyers is represented well this Women’s History Month. This weekend, the Bartell Theatre in Madison is featuring a play about Lavinia Goodell, the first female lawyer in Wisconsin. I posted about that a few weeks ago. Today, I call your attention to an article about another of Wisconsin’s female …
The latest issue of The Third Branch, a quarterly publication of the Director of State Courts Office, offers an interesting look at prison demographics in Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Department of Corrections has analyzed some large and complex datasets to reflect on trends and patterns of the adult prison population. The report includes demographics, offense types …
The spring 2015 edition of On Wisconsin, the UW Madison alumni magazine, has a fascinating look at some of the original buildings on campus. The old Law School building, constructed in 1891, is one of the featured buildings. Ever wonder why the gargoyle is the UW Law School’s mascot? It all has to do with …
From the FDLP News: The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) marks its 154th anniversary of opening for business today. Since March 4, 1861, GPO has seen many changes as the agency continually adapted to changing technologies. In the ink-on-paper era, this meant moving from hand-set to machine typesetting, from slower to high-speed presses, and …