On Thursday, June 18th, I’ll be giving a talk at the CALI Conference for Law School Computing on Firefox Add-ons. Add-ons are extensions of the browser that add new functionality to Firefox or change its …
ProQuest Newspapers Will No Longer Be Available via Badgerlink
I recently received word that the ProQuest Newsstand will no longer be available via Badgerlink after June 30, 2009. Badgerlink, which is available free to all Wisconsin residents thanks to funding from the DPI, is …
How To Read The WSJ For Free Online
If you read the Wall Street Journal online, you’ve surely noticed that many of the articles are available in preview only. A subscription is required to view the full content. But, as The Business Insider …
Emerging Technologies & Law Libraries
Last Friday, I had the the pleasure of speaking at the Minnesota Association of Law Libraries Spring Conference. My presentation was entitled Emerging Technologies in Law Libraries: It’s Everyone’s Business. I was the keynote speaker …
Search and Compare Pending State Legislation with BillFinder
In her Wisconsin Law Journal blog, Bev Butula discusses a useful service called BillFinder which “helps you find any bill eligible for consideration in the current calendar year using either keywords and phrases or bill …
The Third Branch Articles on New Judges & Citation of Unpublished Opinions
The Third Branch newsletter from the Wisconsin court system has several interesting articles: Committee to study impact of allowing unpublished opinion cites Courts welcome 13 new judges; four incumbents re-elected over challenger
Legal Information Center Moves to University Square
Update 11/18/2010: Note that Legal Information Center has changed offices in the Student Activity Center. See the updated information below. The URL has also been corrected. ——————– The Legal Information Center (LIC) has moved to …
Happy 5th Birthday, WisBlawg!
Today marks the fifth anniversary of the creation of WisBlawg. Thanks to my faithful readers. I hope that you’ve enjoyed reading the blog as much as I’ve enjoyed writing it. (Image from Flickr)
Open Jurist Offers F. 1st, 2nd, 3rd & US Reports
Open Jurist is a new (I think) database of free US Supreme Court and Federal Appellate opinions. It joins a number of other sites which offer federal opinions, such as Altlaw, PreCYdent, Public Library of …
UW Law School Twitter Feed
The UW Law School now has a Twitter feed. Marquette University Law School has a feed as well. For a list of other law schools on Twitter, see the Social Media Law Student.