Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
The Milwaukee Justice Center, a service of the Milwaukee Bar Association and the Marquette University Law School, offers assistance to low-income self-represented litigants through court-based self-help desks and legal resources. Legal advice is not provided, but extensive guides with links to legal forms help users navigate issues such as divorce, child custody, child support, landlord/tenant …
As you may already know, Google Scholar offers an excellent collection of free federal and state case law for the following years of coverage. Sup. Ct. pre 1776? Fed. Circ. Cts. 1924? Fed. District Cts. varies States vary (most mid 1950s?) Using the advanced search page, you’ve always been able to limit your search to …
The State Bar of Wisconsin has compiled a handy list of legislative leadership and committee appointments for both the Senate and Assembly. A full list of 2011-12 Senate and Assembly members is available from the Wheeler Report.
The Wisconsin Digital Archives is a collection of state publications in PDF format from about 2000 to the present. The documents made available through the Wisconsin Document Depository Program whose purpose is to preserve and make available a record of major state government program and to assure the availability of state publications for use by …
The Wisconsin Digital Archives is a collection of state publications in PDF format from about 2000 to the present. The documents made available through the Wisconsin Document Depository Program whose purpose is to preserve and make available a record of major state government program and to assure the availability of state publications for use by …
City or county ordinances used to be very difficult to find, but more and more local governments are putting their laws online making access much easier. The Wisconsin State Law Library has compiled a very complete list of links for Wisconsin Ordinances and Codes. For other states, see the Local Laws entry in Zimmerman’s Research …
Unsure whether a work is protected under copyright or is available in the public domain? Check out the nifty slider in which tells you the copyright status by year and whether permission is needed. The slider is published by Michael Brewer & the ALA Office for Information Technology Policy Cornell University offers more detail in …
The UW Madison has released a free iPhone app called Mobile UW. Keep up to date on campus news, events and sports. Or find your way around campus on foot, car or by Madison Metro bus. Or watch campus video content, along with other handy features. Features: Campus map: Navigate the UW–Madison campus. View all …
From the John Marshall Law School Library blog: Examples and Explanations, the popular series of study guides, are available online via Google Books. Aspen Publishers has made extensive previews of the titles available for FREE. The full content of each title is not included in the preview, but you will find that a large majority …
Odd Wisconsin, from the Wisconsin Historical Society, is one of my favorite web sites. As a history buff, I love the quirky little tidbits they dig up from the archives. Last week it was a tale of some very creative detective work in an unsolved 19th century murder involving a rope, a barrel, and … …