Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
My colleague, Jenny Zook, has written a great piece on Water Law in Wisconsin for the latest Inside Track from the State Bar of Wisconsin. Here’s the abstract: The Great Lakes Region, at about 20 percent the world’s surface fresh water, stands to play an important role in the world’s global water market. Jenny Zook …
The UW Law Library is happy to announce that Kris Turner, our Reference and Technology Services Librarian, has been selected by the Wisconsin Library Association’s New Member Round Table as the recipient of its 2014 Rising Star Award. Kris jointed the library staff in 2012. He has become a skilled guide for students, faculty and …
There is an interesting article on SSRN about whether including an abstract and/or table of contents in your law review article can have an impact on your scholarly influence. The authors observed that “on average both abstracts and tables of contents associate with large increases in scholarly influence. Compared to articles that use neither document …
On November 4th, Wisconsin voters will decide whether to adopt a constitutional amendment relating to a transportation fund and a department of transportation. From the Brief prepared by the Legislative Reference Bureau: Currently, the revenues generated by use of the state transportation system may be deposited into any fund as provided by law. This proposed …
Starting on September 1st, the US Code added a new Title. Sections concerning the voting and elections that were previously found in titles 2 and 42 are now being moved to a new Title 52. The idea behind the addition is to both simplify the existing sections of 2 and 42 and make a more …
As Thomas.gov continues to evolve into Congress.Gov, more features are being added. Recently, In Custodia Legis, the Law Library of Congress Blog, announced some of most recent bells and whistles that were added: *You can now search for presidential nominations back to 1981. *Congress.Gov also allows you to create an account so you can save …
A recent article available on SSRN examines the question, “Is Confidentiality Really Forever — Even If the Client Dies or Ceases to Exist?” Here’s the abstract: The law firm of Lizzie Borden’s lead attorney continues to maintain her client files in a confidential manner. In contrast, the trove of notes kept by another attorney on …
Legislative Explorer is a new tool to visually trace the progress bills and resolutions as they move through Congress. This tool help researchers observe large scale patterns and trends in congressional lawmaking without advanced methodological training. At first view, it’s a little confusing, but this tutorial explains its value:
Want to brush up on your copyright? Coursera is offering a free web course on Copyright for Educators & Librarians. The course is taught by faculty members from Duke University, Emory University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Here’s the course description: Fear and uncertainty about copyright law often plagues educators and sometimes …
If you’ve ever had to research an issue related to Native American law, you know how difficult locating tribal law sources can be. An article that I wrote, which was just published in Law Library Journal may help you track down those elusive tribal law materials. The article, entitled ‘Whatever Tribal Precedent There May Be’: …