I am enjoying reading the current issue of the Journal of Legal Education. In particular, the second article, From Snail Mail to E-mail: the Traditional Legal Memorandum in the Twenty-First Century, authored by Kristin K. Robbins-Tiscione, has gotten me thinking about the documents we use to teach students in the first-year writing courses.
In a post earlier in the week, Jessica Price highlighted Fastcase, the online legal database that will soon be available to members of the Wisconsin State Bar at no additional cost. The Marquette Law Library explored Fastcase over the summer and is in the final integration stages of a subscription that will allow law students and law faculty access to the complete Fastcase database.
As the calendar switches to October, readers will note two new features of this Blog. First, Judi McMullen takes over from Keith Sharfman as the Featured Blogger of the Month. Judi teaches and writes in the areas of family law, trusts and estates, juvenile law, alternative dispute resolution, and social science and the law. Second, we will have a featured question of the month for faculty contributors: “What should be the highest priorities of the next President in the areas of law that you teach?” Look for a series of responses from several different bloggers to this timely question over the course of the month.