Jane Pribek of the Wisconsin Law Journal offers some advice for Cost-effective Ways to Meet CLE Requirements. See for example, programs offered by the Wisconsin State Law Library, Marquette University Law School and the American …
100 Law Related Twitter Feeds
Online Best Colleges has compiled a list of the Top 100 Twitter Feeds for Law Students. It is an interesting list of feeds from various legal folks and organizations, including law students, firms, attorneys, academics, …
Law Library of Congress Hosts Archive of Legal Blogs
Earlier this week, the Law Library of Congress released an archive of legal blawgs dating back to 2007. The collection includes more than 100 blogs categorized by topic covering a broad cross section of legal …
WisBar InsideTrack and Evernote Note Taking Tool
The latest edition of WisBar InsideTrack is now available. In this April 1st edition, I contributed an article on Managing your research: Create and search your notes with Evernote. Evernote is a free, versatile note-taking …
Wisconsin State Law Library URL Change
The Wisconsin State Law Library has changed their URL to http://wilawlibrary.gov. According to webmaster, Carol Hassler, “this change is made in anticipation of our redesigned website, which will launch this spring…. While you will still …
Dane Co to Redact SSNs from County Records
WKOW reports that Dane County is installing software to redact the social security numbers from county records. They are the only county in the state to do so. Register of Deeds, Kristi Chlebowski indicated that …
Federal Nominating Commission Recommendations for Vacancy at U.S. District Court -Western District of WI
On Monday, the Federal Nominating Commission announced its recommendations for the pending vacancy for the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin. The opening results from the retirement of Judge John Shabaz. …
Wisconsin 2009 Law School Applications High
Despite the downturn in the economy, or perhaps because of it, applications at Wisconsin’s law schools are high for 2009. According to WisBar, “applications for the entering class of 2009 are up 5
Wisconsin Law Journal's Best of 2009
In a reader’s poll, the Wisconsin Law Journal has announced the winners of its first “Best of” Wisconsin’s Legal Community. The full list of winners appears on their website.
Bill Would Disallow Caucus Exemption in Open Records Law
The Wisconsin State Journal reports on a new bill (Assembly Bill 143) which would remove the open meetings law exemption for partisan caucus activities. From the bill analysis: Currently, under the open meetings law, with …