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    April 05, 2005

    WisBar – your portal to 10 years of free Wisconsin case law – plus links to courts, personnel, and other legal research resources

    The next time you need to cite a court opinion or rule, or locate a court, an agency, or court personnel visit Legal Research on WisBar. The State Bar debuted its redesigned WisBar.org Web site in early April.

    WisBar – your portal to 10 years of free Wisconsin case law – plus links to courts, personnel, and other legal research resources

    April 29, 2005

    The next time you need to cite a court opinion or rule, or locate a court, an agency, or court personnel, visit Legal Research on WisBar. This is the second in a series of articles that guides members through the features on the State Bar’s redesigned Web site, which launched in April.

    Run your mouse over the Legal Research tab for quick navigation to specific content. For a detailed overview of the offerings in this area, click on the Legal Research tab.

    Case law. WisBar’s case law search, which also is accessible from the home page as a shortcut, has been enhanced to include the ability to pinpoint searches by keyword, jurisdiction, docket number, or an array of other combinations. In addition, WisBar now offers improved summaries that accompany your search result. The Wisconsin case law and administrative decision archive allows you to perform a simple or advanced search. This free archive includes 10 years of Wisconsin Supreme Court decisions (1995 - present) and Wisconsin Court of Appeals decisions (March 1995 - present), Wisconsin Tax Appeals decisions (1999 - present), and WERC decisions and awards (1989 - present).

    Wisconsin. Click on Wisconsin for links to supreme court, court of appeals, circuit court, and municipal court resources. Access various court directories to find the contact information you need for court personnel.

    The navigation index on the left side of the page gives you quick access to case law, court resources, statutes, acts, administrative code sections, circuit court rules, and ethics opinions.

    Federal. Here you will find links to federal courts, rules, laws, agencies, and additional related resources.

    Other states. This feature provides links to courts, governmental agencies, bar associations, and other research resources for several other states.

    Browse WisBar by topic. Want to know what WisBar offers on a specific topic? Choose from a listing of more than 50 topics for the most recent related news, articles, legislation, and State Bar events, books, and products.

    Practice & research links. Click here for an alphabetical listing of annotated links to Web sites that provide access to resources, publications, and organizations related to the legal profession. While in Legal Research the printer-friendly formatting feature and email-a-friend option are always available on the left navigation index.



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