Wisconsin State Law Library

Sign up now for Lawyers and Social Media, presented on February 22nd. This class explores the basics of social media for lawyers and delves into marketing, research and ethical issues surrounding Web 2.0.

Registration is limited to 8 people, so register now - sign up online or print and send in a registration form.

Please tell us what additional classes we should offer! Contact Heidi Yelk, Reference/Electronic Services Librarian.  Spring classes will be posted soon.

Practice areas of law are becoming increasingly specialized. Sources of law for many of these special areas of legal practice often cannot be divided into the traditional classifications of cases, statutes, and regulations. The small sector of attorneys practicing in these emerging areas of specialization are likely well acquainted with the many non-traditional sources of law unique to their specialty.

Specialized Legal Research, by Penny Hazelton, is aimed at those attorneys and researchers who do not normally practice in these specialized areas of law. Updated annually, this handy, one volume treatise is an excellent resource in beginning research, and uncovering the "hidden" sources of law in any one of 13 special areas of law. These areas include:

• Securities Regulation
• Federal Income Taxation
• Federal Labor and Employment Law
• Admiralty and Maritime Law
• Military and Veterans Law
• Federal Patent and Trademark
• Customs Law
• Uniform Commercial Code
• Copyright Law
• Environmental Law and Land Use Planning
• Immigration Law
• Banking Law
• Federal Government Contracts

Are you looking for a form, case, brief, article, or copies from a book or database?  Ordering a document from the Wisconsin State Law Library has never been easier. 

With our newly simplified Order a Document online form, just enter your request and how you wish to pay.  Instead of filling out detailed billing information each time a request is made, repeat visitors only need to enter a few quick details.

If you've never requested a document from us before, take some time to check out the services we offer on our request fees and guidelines page.  In addition to our billing option, we also accept mailed checks and money orders, or credit cards over the phone.

Order a document today and tell us what you think!  Questions?  Call us at 800-322-9755 or send us an email.

The Wisconsin State Law Library, Milwaukee Legal Resource Center, and Dane County Legal Resource Center will be closed on Monday, January 17th in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

To submit a question to the Wisconsin State Law Library while we are closed, you may call us at 608-267-9696 or Ask a Librarian online. We will respond to questions and requests the following day.

Sign up now for Lawyers and Social Media, presented on February 22nd. This class explores the basics of social media for lawyers and delves into marketing, research and ethical issues surrounding Web 2.0.

Registration is limited to 8 people, so register now - sign up online or print and send in a registration form.

Please tell us what additional classes we should offer! Contact Heidi Yelk, Reference/Electronic Services Librarian.

The January issue of the library newsletter, WSLL @ Your Service, has been published. 

Highlights include: 

• What's New: Library closures; After Hours signup; Upcoming classes;
• Celebrating Our History: 175 Years and Still Going Strong!
• This Just In:  New and updated library materials; Monthly new titles list and RSS link;
• Tech Tip in Brief: Controlling folder view options in MS Windows;
• WSLL Recommends...: Legal information buyer's guide and reference manual;
• Odds ‘n' Endings: Notables for January