The next time you receive a corrupted file from a student, you may want to think twice. Thanks to one of our faculty members for passing this one on: From Inside Higher Ed: Corrupted-Files.com offers …
LexOpus, a Free Online Law Review Submission Service
Washington and Lee Law School has launched a free online law review submission service called LexOpus. From the About page: The system allows an author to submit a work to a sequence of author-selected law …
Thomson Reuter's Lawsuit Against Zotero Dismissed
The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that “a Virginia Circuit Court judge dismissed a lawsuit this morning against George Mason University’s Center for History and New Media. Thomson Reuters Inc. had sued the university in …
Two New Search Engines – Bing and Google Squared
There has been a lot of buzz the last several days about two new search engines – Bing, from Microsoft, and Google Squared. Bing Here’s a good description of Bing from SearchEngineWatch More than just …
Madison Police Dept Offers Free Classes for Parents on Internet Safety
The Madison Police Department is offering free classes on Internet Safety, Text Messaging, MySpace, and Facebook. The classes are geared toward parents. Classes will be held at various locations in Madison. Dates, times and locations …
Reaction to Court-Appointed Attorneys Seeking Higher Pay
Carolyn Elefant over at Law.com’s Legal Blog Watch comments on Wisconsin Court-Appointed Lawyers Seeking Higher Pay. For more info about Assembly Bill 224 regarding the reimbursement rate for private attorneys appointed by the State Public …
Announcing the Web 2.0 Challenge 2009 – A Free, Online Course to Introduce Law Librarians to Web 2.0 Technologies
Last year the AALL Computing Services Special Interest Section sponsored the first Web 2.0 Challenge, an online course to introduce law librarians to social software and how to use it in their libraries. The course …
Fundamentals of Legal Research, 9th ed. Now Available
This morning I had the pleasure of reviewing the recently published, Fundamentals of Legal Research, 9th edition. This edition is of particular interest to me since it was edited by our UW Law Library director, …
WisBar InsideTrack Articles on Diploma Privilege & Managing Bookmarks
The new edition of WisBar InsideTrack is available today and there are several articles that I found particularly interesting. Constitutionality of ‘diploma privilege’ scrutinized in legal challenge Internet bookmarks getting out of hand? Tips for …
WI Admin Code to Go Paperless? Share Your Opinion
The Legislative Reference Bureau is considering changing to an Internet-based publishing system for the Wisconsin Administrative Code and Register. It may include RSS and alert features. They would be interested in hearing your opinion on …