Commentary

Jul 11, 2011

BEV BUTULA: OneLook Dictionary

OneLook Dictionary is a website that searches numerous online dictionaries (both general and topical) at one time.

Jul 8, 2011

BLAWG LOG: Prosser gag makes its way to Capitol Square

The ongoing controversy over Justice Ann Walsh Bradley’s allegations that Justice David Prosser choked her during an argument June 13 ballooned to new heights Thursday.

Jul 8, 2011

LEGAL CENTS: Is LinkedIn Premium worth the investment?

OK, that’s a lot of capital letters, and Westrup and IBM’s CIO aren’t really that tight. But they are connected on LinkedIn, via a relationship Westrup fostered using LinkedIn Premium.

Jul 7, 2011

BLAWG LOG: Papke on the Anthony verdict; Federal Evidence Review on the Confrontation Clause

I don’t know if Casey Anthony killed her daughter or not, but I am confident that primetime television drama helped her to walk.

Jul 7, 2011

JOB CITES: Avoid the hangover from office parties

Summer has finally arrived in Wisconsin, ending both the tyranny of rainy, 60-degree days and my ability to joke that budgetary woes aren’t the only thing Wisconsin shares with Iceland. And along with the arrival of summer comes what is for many employers an annual tradition: the company picnic.

Jul 6, 2011

THE DARK SIDE: Lawyers need to be more like carnies

Hanging out with some of the carnies who came to town this year, I was astonished at how, in a mere 10 years, the carnival industry had become so professional. And they did it without even spending mandatory carnie dues on a public image campaign.

Jul 5, 2011

BLAWG LOG: Disrespect for judges a national trend?; U of M law school considering abandoning state dollars

If Virginia judges are feeling a lack of love, maybe they should consider the plight of their judicial brethren in New York.

Jul 1, 2011

BEV BUTULA: Consumer Credit Card Agreement Search

The website for the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System contains some very useful consumer credit information. The webpage is designed for the average consumer; however there are two items that may interest legal researchers as well.

Jun 30, 2011

BLAWG LOG: Cicchini on surplus graduates; O’Hear on the right to counsel

For the second time this month, the Court has granted certiorari in a case dealing with the right to counsel in collateral proceedings.

Jun 30, 2011

TRIAL TECHNIQUES: If you’re not objecting, you may not be protecting the client

A New Yorker cartoon has a young lawyer saying to an upset client, "Oh, I don't object much. As lawyers go, I'm pretty laid back."

Jun 29, 2011

ON APPEAL: Which writ depends on decision you want to challenge

Appellate and post-conviction practice is not just limited to direct appeals, §974.06 motions or motions to modify a sentence. Several decisions are reviewable in state court by either a petition for writ of certiorari or a petition for writ of habeas corpus. The question of which to do when depends on the type of decision you seek to challenge.

Jun 28, 2011

THE DARK SIDE: My lungs are full of asbestos and I’m fine

Back in the day, there was a tavern near 29th and Cleveland in Milwaukee called, “The Duke of York.”

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