From Yahoo Tech: When Dublin university student Shane Fitzgerald posted a poetic but phony quote on Wikipedia, he said he was testing how our globalized, increasingly Internet-dependent media was upholding accuracy and accountability in an …
"In Defense of Food" Selected for "Go Big Read" Reading Program
This fall, the university will launch “Go Big Read,” a common reading program intended to engage students, faculty, staff, alumni and community members in a shared, academically focused reading experience. Students, faculty, staff, and community …
Lexis Offers Free Access for One Year to Grads Serving Public Interest
LexisNexis has launched a new program for deferred graduates which will enable students who pursue public service during the deferral of professional practice to access certain LexisNexis services free of charge. Initially, the LexisNexis ASPIRE …
WisBar InsideTrack and Finding Journal Articles on the Net
A new edition of WisBar’s InsideTrack was published last week. Highlights include: Counseling clients regarding a potential swine flu outbreak Genetic testing: Is best interest of the child ‘good cause’? This issue also features my …
Wisconsin State Law Library Redesigns Website
Update: The new State Law Library Website went live today, Monday May 11th. ———— Kudos to the Wisconsin State Law Library on their newly redesigned website. Note that this is just a sneak peek. The …
Judicial Council Petitions for Rules Changes on Electronic Discovery
The Wisconsin Judicial Council has presented petition to the state Supreme Court proposing “amendments to the Wisconsin rules of discovery in direct response to the unavoidable increase in the discovery of electronically stored information.” From …
A Fair(y) Use Tale – Copyright Explained by an Unwitting Cast of Familiar Characters
From Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society: Professor Eric Faden of Bucknell University created this humorous, yet informative, review of copyright principles delivered through the words of the very folks we can thank …
Interactive Statistics from Google
Google has recently launched a new search feature that makes it easy to find and compare public data. From the Google Blog: If you go to Google.com and type in [unemployment rate] or [population] followed …
Black's Law Dictionary for iPhone/iTouch
Earlier this month, West launched Black’s Law Dictionary for the iPhone/iPod Touch. The cost? A hefty $49.99, although that is still less than the print edition. This digital version of Black’s 8th edition offers audio …
ATL Career Center Offers Firm Profiles and Comparisons
Above the Law has developed a new site called Career Center for researching information about law firms. In Firm Snapshots, you can view profiles of individual firms, including Compensation, Associate Experience, Billable Hours, Face Time …