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ABA LawInfo.org
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Information from the American Bar Association on legal topics affecting everyone: home, family, job, finances, finding a lawyer, buying and selling, the courts , criminal justice.
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Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation.
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From the Library of Congress, early Congressional journals, debates, bills and resolutions, Statutes at Large, and selected volumes of the Serial Set.
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Citizen Observer
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Organization which enables local law enforcement agencies to send crime alerts to individuals and businesses. Registration is required. Neighborhood watch groups can have their own page. Site includes crime prevention tips.
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Code of Federal Regulations
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This is the Web page with the interface for the Browsable Code of Federal Regulations.
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Common Council Files Online - Legistar
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Through its legislative tracking system called Legistar, the Milwaukee City Clerk's Office provides access to Common Council files from 1997 - present. Searchable by keyword, file number and other criteria, this database also contains a Council members directory as well as a meetings calendar with links to agendas and minutes.
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Directory of Government Officials
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Do you need to contact a government official? This Web page lists selected government officials that serve Milwaukee County residents. Federal, State of Wisconsin, Milwaukee County, City of Milwaukee and court officials are listed and maintained on this page by the staff of Milwaukee Public Library.
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Executive Orders Table Disposition
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List of Executive Orders from President Truman forward gives date of appearance in
Federal Register with amendments and status if applicable. Orders from President Clinton to date are full text and searchable. From the National Archives and Records
Administration (NARA).
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Famous American Trials
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This site details famous American trials: Leopold & Loeb (1924), Scopes "Monkey" Trial (1925), Rosenbergs (1951), Amistad Trials (1839-1840), Bill Haywood Trial (1907), Salem Witchcraft Trials (1692), My Lai Courts Martial (1970), Scottsboro Trials (1931-1937), Dakota Conflict Trials (1862), Mississippi Burning Trial (1967), Chicago Seven Conspiracy Trial (1969-70), and Johnson Impeachment Trial (1868).
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Federal Judges Biographical Database.
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Biographical information on judges who have served on the U.S. District Courts, U.S. Circuit Courts, U.S. Courts of Appeals and the Supreme Court since 1789. From the Federal Judicial Center Homepage
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Find a Lawyer
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From FindLaw, West Legal Directory, this site provides profiles of more than 1,000,000 lawyers and law firms.
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Findlaw Guide to Internet Legal Resources
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This comprehensive guide includes links to resources in over 30 practice areas, state specific, federal and international materials, case law and codes, legal associations, legal forms, law firms, law reviews and LawCrawler, a search engine directed to legal and government sources.
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Global Legal Information Network
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GLIN maintains a database of laws, regulactions, and related resources. The database consists of official texts contributed by governments of member nations, summaries or
abstracts in English, and thesauri in English and other official languages. The server is located at the Library of Congress.
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GPO Access
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The Government Printing Office offers this site for rapidly accessing many online federal databases such as the Code of Federal Regulations, Federal Register; CBDNet (government's free electronic version of the Commerce Business Daily); U.S. Code; core documents of U.S. democracy (Constitution, Public Laws, etc.); and many more.
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Guide to Law Online
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Guide to law and government sources worldwide prepared by the U.S. Law Library of Congress for the Global Legal Information Network, GLIN. Site links to the "most useful and reliable sites for legal information." In addition, links are available for U.S.
Background Notes, Country Commerical Guides, Area Handbooks, Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments, Travel Advisories, and other government publications
in the guide to other nations.
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Hieros Gamos
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COMPREHENSIVE legal site with over 20,000 original pages and more than 70,000
links.Contains information on over 6,000 legal organizations including every government in
the world.
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How to Research a Legal Problem: A Guide for Non-Lawyers
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A brief guide provided by the Legal Information Service to the Public,Special Interest Section of the American Association of Law Libraries.
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Internet Legal Research Group
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Comprehensive index serving as an information resource on law and the legal profession
with an emphasis on the U.S.
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Law Librarians Association of Wisconsin (LLAW)
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The legal links contain helpful sites for consumer advice and self-help information on how to research a legal problem, find legal material, pro se representation, finding an attorney, and specialized topics such as SpeedingTicket.net, tax assistance, etc.
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Law School Admission Council
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Site provides test dates and locations for the LSAT, information on choosing a law school,
law school links and free practice test.
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Lawguru.com
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Free answers to legal questions from a network of
attorneys once you have registered. Refer to the Q & A section to review past questions and answers.
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Legal (Consumer World)
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List of Legal Resources chosen for consumer use.
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Legal Action of Wisconsin, Inc.
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Provides civil legal services for low-income persons. Site gives income guidelines and
explanations of the types of cases that are taken. Offices in Milwaukee, Madison, Kenosha,
and Racine.
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Legal Forms (Wisconsin)
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This site from Attorney Ernesto Romero has divorce instructions and free legal forms. Also found here is information on Romero's law office and links to Wisconsin free legal clinics (including Wisconsin Family Justice Clinic) where volunteer attorneys provide legal information (not advice) to help with divorce, child custody, paternity and other family law matters.
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Legal Information Institute (LII)
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Sponsored by the Cornell Law School, this site links to information about federal, state, and international law, legal ethics, court opinions, codes, constitutions, etc. through use of the side menu bar. Click on Law About... to link to useful summaries of law topics.
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LegalExplorer: Legal information and educational resources
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State Bar of Wisconsin's public Web site explains the types of questions the lawyer hotline
answers and how to use the Lawyer Referral and Information Service. Also provides Q & A's and consumer alerts.
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Legislative Source Book
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The Law Librarians' Society of Washington, D.C. created this site which features a Q & A on legislative and regulatory research, status tables on selected legislation, GPO Congressional Publication Releases (weekly listings), and quick links to House and Senate Committee documents and hearings. The site also includes Congressional Research Service Reports on Congress and its procedures and links to other CRS reports.
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LexisONE
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Provides resources for small law firms for a fee and has free state and federal case law including U.S. Supreme Court cases from 1790. Registration is required.
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LLRX.com
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Free journal with up-to-date information on legal research and technology resources. Annotated guides on many topics.
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Loislaw.com (Wisconsin Law)
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The library subscription covers only the Wisconsin materials in this database. This database features essential legal resources for the state of Wisconsin, including the Wisconsin Statutes, Administrative Code, Acts, Supreme Court Published Opinions, Court of Appeals Published and Unpublished Opinions, Attorney General Opinions, and more. To enter, click on Continue on the upper left hand side. For suggestions on how to best use the database, click on this link.
Library subscription.
Only available for use within City of Milwaukee
libraries.
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Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer Search
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Included here are lawyers and law firms in private practice in the United States, Canada, and more than 150 foreign countries; corporate legal departments and in-house lawyers in the United States; and Federal government lawyers and US Law School Faculty. Find a list of State Bar Associations under the Professions heading.
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Milwaukee Bar Association
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Provides information on the Lawyer Referral and Information Service of the Milwaukee Bar and on the Association.
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Milwaukee City Charter and Code Ordinances
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Follow instructions to search words or phrases or to download a specific chapter
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Milwaukee County Code of Ordinances
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Use the Advanced Search to find more than one word or to limit the search to particular chapters of the Code. Click on Help for instructions.
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Milwaukee Legal Resource Center (MLRC)
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This public law library is operated by the Wisconsin State Law Library under a contract with Milwaukee County. The MLRC's collection emphasizes Wisconsin primary legal materials and State Bar of Wisconsin CLE practice books, but also contains federal statutes and case law, and other materials. Click on Pro Se Family Legal Forms for a list of form packets for sale. Packets developed by the Family Court Commissioner.
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Milwaukee Municipal Court
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This site provides case information searchable by name, court reports and statistics. Q & As explain what to do if you receive a ticket , how to challenge a parking ticket, how to pay a fine, etc.
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Multilaterals Project
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Project makes available the texts of international multilateral conventions and other instruments at the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, Tufts University. Originally started to improve public access to environmental agreements, the collection now includes treaties in many fields: laws of war, arms control, human rights, commerce and trade, and other areas.
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Municipal Code Corporation List of Codes
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Municipal Code Corporation's (MCC) list of municipal Codes of Ordinances.
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Nolo Self-Help Law Center
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Web site from Nolo Press, an established publisher of self-help legal books. Nolo Press provides good, reliable information to aid the average person in handling routine legal problems without hiring an attorney. One feature of this site is a legal encyclopedia.
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OSHA
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U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Web site contains information on workplace safety and health, including standards, statistics, and "Hot Topics".
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Regulations.gov
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Your one stop site to comment on federal regulations. On this site you can find, review, and submit comments on federal documents that are open for comment and published in the Federal Register, the government's legal newspaper.
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Revisor of Statutes Bureau
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This searchable state Web site contains updated Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations, Wisconsin Acts, Wisconsin Administrative
Code and Register, Opinions of the Attorney General and both the Wisconsin and U.S. Constitutions.
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State Bar of Wisconsin
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This site links to information about Wisconsin law, such as court rulings and statutes.
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Supreme Court of the United States
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Besides opinions, calendars, overview of the court and its traditions, this official site provides biographical information on current justices and historical list of appointments.
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The Founders' Constitution
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Documents chosen to reflect the thoughts, opinions, and arguments of the Founders are arranged by major themes and then by article, section, and clause of the Constitution. This edition made available from a joint project of the University of Chicago Press and the Liberty Fund.
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Theobald Legislative Library
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The Theobald Legislative Library collects and organizes state, local and federal government
information to assist legislators, state employees, and the general public. The library collection
contains over 85,000 items related to the lawmaking process and public policy issues. This is the link
to the Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau's online library catalog.
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THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet
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Since 1995, the Thomas Web site has been THE site for U.S. legislative information. This government site was designed to make Federal legislative information freely available to the Internet public. Accessible at this site are: the entire texts of bills or Congressional Record articles; the Résumés of Congressional Activity (workload statistics such as number of days the Senate was in session); the status of legislation; listings of roll call votes; public laws by
number, etc.
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U. S. Code
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The Office of the Law Revision Council of the U.S. House of Representatives publishes this subject consolidation and codification of the general and permanent laws of the United States.
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U.S. Bankruptcy Court Eastern District of Wisconsin
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Filing information, fees, forms, local rules and other information available at this site
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Uniform Commercial Code Locator
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This site links to state statutes that correspond to Articles of the Uniform Commercial Code. Made available through the Legal Information Institute (LII) which has links to other uniform locators.
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Uniform Law Commissioners
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Drafts of Uniform and Model acts are made available by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws in association with the Pennsylvania State Law School.
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WashLaw Web
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This legal research site is maintained by the staff of the Washburn University School of Law Library. The site contains links to law-related materials, such as court and legal news and guides to legal and governmental sources.
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WEX
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Wex is a collaboratively-created, public-access law dictionary and encyclopedia. It is sponsored and hosted by the Legal Information Institute at the Cornell Law Schoool. Wex includes definitions of legal terms as well as overview articles on a variety of legal topics. Both definitions and overview articles have links to case and statutory law and to other sources on the topic
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Wisconsin Administrative Code
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The Wisconsin Administrative Code files found at this Web site are reproduced in Adobe Acrobat format from the files used to produce the official (printed) Wisconsin Administrative Code. To search a file, use the Adobe Acrobat FIND once a file has been brought up. The files found at this Web site are unofficial.
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Wisconsin Briefs
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Includes published and unpublished cases from 173 2nd. (November, 1992).
Database consists of scanned images created by the Wisconsin State Law Library and made available from the University of Wisconsin Law Library.
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Wisconsin Circuit Court Access (WCCA)
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Provides access to those records of Wisconsin Circuit Court System that are open for public inspection. Search for civil, criminal, traffic, or family law cases statewide or by county using this Circuit Court Automation Program (CCAP).
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Wisconsin Court System Web Site
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Director of State Courts Office Web site which provides an overview and history of the courts along with Supreme Court and Court of Appeals opinions and schedules for oral arguments.
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Wisconsin Family Justice Clinic
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This clinic offers free volunteer legal assistance with forms and procedures and referrals for individuals (pro se patrons) who cannot afford representation in areas of family law. The volunteer facilitators provide legal information, but not legal advice. Site has links to other county programs and legal forms.
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Wisconsin Labor and Industry Review Commission
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The Wisconsin Labor & Industry Review Commission (LIRC) is an independent administrative agency which decides appeals in cases involving Unemployment Insurance (UI), Worker's Compensation (WC), and Equal Rights (ER). Decisions, case statistics, administrative rules, and procedures are listed on this site.
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Wisconsin Legal Blank
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Identify the legal form or business document you need by visiting this site from a local commercial form and printing specialist.
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Wisconsin Legislative Drafting Records
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1999/2000 & 2001/2002 sessions made available through the University of Wisconsin Law Library. Records contain material given to or created by legislative drafting attorney in drafting a bill. 1927 - 1997/1999 records available in microfiche at Milwaukee Public Library.
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Wisconsin Legislature
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State government Web site which provides access to legislative proposals and acts with subject index, Legislators' email addresses, composition of legislative committees, etc.
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Wisconsin State Law Library
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The Wisconsin State Law Library strives to serve the legal information needs of judges, attorneys, state employees, and the general public. The library provides reference and referral assistance, collection circulation, document delivery and interlibrary loan. Legal Research Guides and Legal Topics which include Wisconsin and other resources are listed along with other law links.
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Wisconsin Supreme Court and Court of Appeals Case Access
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Provides access to status of appeals filed with Wisconsin Supreme Court and the Wisconsin Court of Appeals that were considered open at the end of 1993 to date. Searches can be made in various indexes including attorney, party name, citation, appeal number, etc.
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Zimmerman's Research Guide
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An encyclopedia for legal researchers by Andrew Zimmerman with key word and subject
access. Available freely through LexisONE.
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