Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
The other day on my drive in to work I listened to a really touching StoryCorps interview on NPR. Judge Olly Neal shared the story of how a stolen book and a school librarian changed his life. Olly Neal grew up in Arkansas during the 1950s. He didn’t care much for high school. One day …
JSOnline reports that two judges have announced they will leave the state’s Court of Appeals in Madison next year: Burnie Bridge and Charles P. Dykman. See the article for more information. Governor Doyle has announced that he is seeking applicants for appointment as District IV Court of Appeals Judge. Source: The Wheeler Report
Congratulations to my UW Law Library colleague, JennyZook for her well written article in this month’s AALL Spectrum. In the article, “Buddy, Can you Spare the Time?,” Jenny explores the bright side of furloughs – something many of us may be able to appreciate.
Yesterday, the Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice held a public hearing at the Capital about the proposed bill that would mean big changes for CCAP access. See my earlier post for more info about the Assembly Bill 340. Today’s JSOnline offers a brief run down of the hearing comments from both privacy advocates in favor …
From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Louis B. Butler was nominated by President Barack Obama Wednesday for a federal judgeship. He is being nominated to serve as U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Wisconsin. He would replace U.S. District Judge John Shabaz, who took senior status in January. Butler …
Google has announced a nice Docs viewer which you can use to quickly view documents online without leaving your browser. PDF documents, PowerPoint presentations, and TIFF files are supported Simply enter a document URL to generate a link to view it. You can then either view the document right away inside of Google Docs, or …
Robert Ambrogi over at Law.com’s Legal Blogwatch discusses LegalTube, an interesting new video matching site for lawyers and clients: A new video site wants to play matchmaker for lawyers and clients. The idea behind LegalTube is to help potential clients find the right lawyer by letting them view videos of the lawyers discussing themselves and …
The 2009-2010 State of Wisconsin Blue Book is now available on the Legislative Reference Bureau website. Past editions of the Blue Book (1995-2008) are also available on the LRB sites. Older editions (1853-2004) have been digitized and made available by University of Wisconsin Digital Collections. From the UWDCC site: The State of Wisconsin Blue Book …
The ABA Journal has a great list of 70 Sizzling Apps to increase productivity. The list is grouped by categories: Word processing and office suites Research and Reference Accessibility Task Management Maps, Fun and Games
New faculty scholarship as appears in the latest UW Law School Legal Studies Research Paper Series via SSRN. Judging from a Guilty Conscience: The Chilean Judiciary’s Human Rights Turn by Alexandra Valeria Huneeus, University of Wisconsin Law School Hoffman v. Red Owl Stores: The Rest of The Story by William C. Whitford and Stewart Macaulay, …