Legal Research in Wisconsin

2010, Legal Education, Legal Profession, State Law editor

Second Edition
Edited by: Theodore A. Potter, General Editor
with Jane Colwin, William J. Ebbot, Mary J. Koshollek & Sunil T. Rao

A one-of-a-kind resource, this research guide continues the effort of the first edition by offering a comprehensive research tool about legal research in the state of Wisconsin. Potter’s work not only revises and updates chapters that appeared before, but also expands them to include electronic tools and many other new sources. In addition, Potter has included three new chapters:
  • Local Government Law
  • Analysis, Commentary & Practice Guides
  • Other Research Tools
Legal Research in Wisconsin, Second Edition serves as a guide for attorneys,

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State Practice Materials

2010, AALL Publications Series, Bibliography, State Law editor

Annotated Bibliographies
General Editor: Frank Houdek
Sponsored by the American Association of Law Libraries

Recently Updated!

Researching the law of a state is impossible without relevant and up-to-date resources, which a researcher can acquire only by first identifying those that exist for the jurisdiction in question. Unfortunately, while some research guides and bibliographies are available for individual jurisdictions, they often are difficult to find, out-of-date, or both. State Practice Materials: Annotated Bibliographies provides up-to-date, annotated bibliographies of the basic legal practice tools in a single, easily accessible source. Bibliographies are arranged alphabetically by state, individually paginated, and separated by tabs. This work,

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Legal Research in Wisconsin

2010, Legal Education, Legal Profession, State Law editor

Second Edition
Edited by: Theodore A. Potter, with Jane Colwin, William J. Ebbott, Mary J. Koshollek, and Sunil T. Rao

This second edition comes nearly 10 years after the first, Wisconsin Practice Materials: A Selective, Annotated Bibliography. A one-of-a-kind resource, this research guide continues the effort to offer a comprehensive research tool about legal research in the state of Wisconsin. The authors discuss primary resources such as the Constitution, legislation, court decisions, and administrative promulgations, as they are described in their various published forms. This second edition provides readers with more research strategies and a more thorough treatment of research tools. Legal Research in Wisconsin is a convenient source for locating valuable Wisconsin law resources.

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Hein’s Checklist of Statutes

2010, State Law editor

(State and Territorial)
59th Edition
Revised as of October 31, 2009

This unique bibliography of state and territorial statutory complications provides libraries with a checklist, which can be used for verifying the completeness of current statutory holdings. Based on information available as of October 31, 2009, the checklist provides both publication and publisher name, and a volume-by-volume list for each state with volume numbers, chapter numbers, title numbers, section numbers, subjects covered, and last revision date when appropriate.

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List Price, 1 volume (paper): $65.00
Published: Buffalo; William S.

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Illinois Legal Research Guide

2010, Bibliography, Legal Education, Legal Profession, State Law editor

Second Edition
By: Laurel Wendt

Since 1988, the nature and methods of legal research have changed substantially. Federal, state, and local governments are now putting important information on their web sites, providing greater public access than ever before. Taking this vast change into account, Laurel Wendt compiled the second edition of Illinois Legal Research Guide, creating a must-have resource for any research of Illinois law. The author greatly updated her 17 year old first edition, reviewing statutes, local governments, the court system, administrative law, and all other materials affecting legal research in the state of Illinois. This valuable second edition offers truly complete coverage of the state’s legal resources and is essential for students,

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AALL Government Document Special Interest Section State Bibliographies

2010, AALL Government Document Series, Bibliography, State Law editor

Now Including
State Documents Bibliography: Vermont
An Updated Guide to the Vermont Legal System, 3rd Edition

The AALL GD-SIS was established in 1974 to disseminate information on government documents to AALL members, to further the continuing education of law librarians in documents librarianship, to coordinate the activities of law librarians in representing their interest to public and private groups, and to work in cooperation with documents groups in other associations and organizations. William S. Hein & Co., Inc. has taken over the sale and distribution of the current GD-SIS state bibliographies, as well as standing order service for future bibliographies. All bibliographies are available at $30 per volume. To view a complete checklist of bibliographies,

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State Practice Materials

2010, AALL Publications Series, Bibliography, State Law editor

Annotated Bibliographies
General Editor: Frank Houdek
Sponsored by the American Association of Law Libraries

Recently Updated!

Researching the law of a state is impossible without relevant and up-to-date resources, which a researcher can acquire only by first identifying those that exist for the jurisdiction in question. Unfortunately, while some research guides and bibliographies are available for individual jurisdictions, they often are difficult to find, out-of-date, or both. State Practice Materials: Annotated Bibliographies provides up-to-date, annotated bibliographies of the basic legal practice tools for each state and the District of Columbia in a single, easily accessible source. Bibliographies are arranged alphabetically by state,

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North Carolina Legal Research Guide

2010, State Law editor

Second Edition
By Scott Childs and Nick Sexton

NEW from Hein!

Fifteen years have passed since the publication of the first edition of the North Carolina Legal Research Guide. The main goal of this second edition is to broadly explain the structure of North Carolina government and to provide researchers with a list of sources for more detailed information. The amount of legal information available on the Internet is staggering, although in many cases it is not comprehensive. Although there have been changes in the law and some structural changes in the organizations that produce legal information in North Carolina, the explosion of legal information available digitally,

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Hein’s Checklist of Statutes

2010, State Law editor

(State and Territorial)
59th Edition
Revised as of October 31, 2009

This unique bibliography of state and territorial statutory complications provides libraries with a checklist, which can be used for verifying the completeness of current statutory holdings. Based on information available as of October 31, 2009, the checklist provides both publication and publisher name, and a volume-by-volume list for each state indicates volume numbers, chapter numbers, title numbers, section numbers, subjects covered, and last revision date when appropriate.

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Pricing Information – Order Now
List Price, 1 volume (paper): $65.00
Published: Buffalo; William S.

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Researching Texas Law

2010, Legal Profession, State Law editor

Second Edition
By: Brandon D. Quarles and Matthew C. Cordon

Researching Texas Law focuses on the types of resources and research processes commonly encountered by modern-day practitioners. This work utilizes instructional materials from the authors’ courses in Legal Analysis, Research, and Communications and Advanced Legal Research and covers both the basic skills that are needed to perform legal research in the day-to-day practice of law and in more involved areas such as jury instructions, briefs and records, and attorneys general opinions. In addition, Researching Texas Law contains a guide to citation of legal resources and contact information for legal publishers and Texas law libraries to further assist the researcher.

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