UW Law Prof. Marc Galanter has a new book out called “Lawtalk: the Unknown Stories Behind Familiar Legal Expressions.” Like Galanter’s last book entitled “Lowering the Bar: Lawyer Jokes and Legal Culture,” this book looks …
Can't Print Because of Too Many Ads & Navigation Bars? Try CleanPrint
Want a clean printout without all the extra ads, navigation bars, and headers? There is a free tool called CleanPrint that can help. You install it on your browser and it strips all of the …
UW Madison Libraries Mobile App – Find Hours, Search Catalog, Etc.
The UW Madison Campus Libraries recently released a new mobile website at m.library.wisc.edu/s. Note that if you use a mobile device to go to our main home page URL, it will automatically redirect you to …
Some Law Firms Encouraging/Requiring Law Students to Violate Westlaw & Lexis Agreements
From the Legal Skills Prof Blog: The Utah Legal Ethics Advisory Committee considered whether an attorney who encouraged a student to breach her agreement by doing firm-related research had committed an ethical violation. The Committee …
Mobile App for PACER Access Free for Limited Time
FedCtRecords is a iPhone/iPad app which allows registered PACER users to search and retrieve documents. It is free for a limited time. According to the support page, you can: * Search Attorney and Party names …
Portage Co Joins CCAP to Complete Statewide Integration
Earlier this month, Portage County joined Wisconsin’s Consolidated Court Automation Programs (CCAP) electronic case-management system. Since it was the last of Wisconsin’s 72 counties to join, CCAP now has complete statewide integration. For more information, …
Index to Legal Periodicals No Longer Available via LexisNexis
According to the Law Library Directors’ listserv, Index to Legal Periodicals (ILP) will no longer be available through LexisNexis at the request of the publisher. It is unknown whether it will continue to be available …
CAPTCHAs Being Used to Help Digitize Books with Poor OCR Accuracy
CAPTCHAs are those distorted letters that you have to enter after some internet transactions to verify that you’re actually a human. I recently learned that some CAPTCHAs are being used to help digitize old printed …
Follow the UW Law Library on Facebook and Twitter
Did you know that the UW Law Library has both a Facebook page and a Twitter feed? Follow us to learn about library announcements, special hours, new publications, etc. Note that the Twitter feed is …
Zotero Mobile Apps Allow you Scan Books, Edit Library
I’ve mentioned several times how much I like and use Zotero, the “powerful, easy-to-use research tool that helps you gather, organize, and analyze sources and then share the results of your research.” Capturing citation information …