Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
On April 15, the Wisconsin State Bar will launch a new product called Books UnBound. This subscription database will contain content from CLE books published by the State Bar. Primary law links will point to Fastcase which is available to State Bar members. The initial library will include 29 titles, i.e. the majority of the …
Asifa Quraishi, UW Law School professor and founding member of the National Association of Muslim Lawyers and the California group American Muslims Intent on Learning and Activism, is part of the U.S. Delegation attending the 54th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women. She is one of only five Public Delegates from …
Last evening I had the treat of hearing Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Ann Walsh Bradley speak at a meeting of the Law Librarians Association of Wisconsin. Her topic was Wisconsin women’s legal history. Not only was the subject on of particular interest to me but Justice Walsh Bradley is a wonderful story teller and really …
Each year, the UW Madison Libraries create a campus READ poster. This year’s features Bucky Badger on Bascom Hill with the Go Big Read book selection, In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto by Michael Pollan. Contact bucky@library.wisc.edu for copies. See the library web site for past READ posters. The project was paid for with …
Here is the latest faculty scholarship from the UW Law School Legal Studies Research Paper Series via SSRN. Horizontal Merger Guidelines: The Omitted Dimension of Buyer Power Comments Submitted to the FTC and DOJ by Peter Carstensen Taxation in a Time of Crisis: Policy Leadership from the OECD to the G20 by Allison Christians The …
From Novalawcity: GovPulse.us is a fantastic new app that puts “the Federal Register at your fingertips”. The front page gives you lists (with links) of comments closing and opened in the last 7 days, followed by rules taking effect and proposed within that time period. Also on the front page is a map of your …
3 Geeks and a Law Blog had created a nifty map of free legal resources provided by State Bar Associations. Looks like Casemaker and Fastcase top the list.
Barbara Fritschel at the US Courts Library has created a summary sheet of the many changes to the Eastern District of Wisconsin Local Rules. She includes changes to the General Local Rules, Civil Local Rules and Local Criminal Rules along with the citations to each. Update 3/10: A full copy of the rules is available …
A while back I did a post on some clever uses for old books. Since I’ve run into a few more, I thought I’d update the list. Kathy Kelly, an Erie law librarian, has developed a business called BookBags in which she makes purses and laptop computer cases from the covers of outdated law books …
Wow – this one just made my jaw drop. From Law.com: It may sound like a Hollywood pitch for a summer movie aimed at teens, but it’s taken directly from the pages of a federal lawsuit filed in Philadelphia that spins a tale of high school teachers secretly installing cameras in hundreds of students’ homes …