Legal Research

"The Trial of Donald Rumsfeld", Book From The Center for Constitutional Rights

Posted on January 07, 2009
Many concerned US citizens tend to think of war criminals as being the people that the International Criminal Court or other International Criminal Tribunals, indict and attempt to capture and bring to trial, from places like the Democratic Republic of...

Congressional Report Highlights Bioterrorism

Posted on January 05, 2009
During the first week of December when most of us were either doing some holiday shopping or wondering whether we could do any holiday shopping, a special commission created by Congress in the aftermath of Sept. 11, released a report...

Responses to Illinois Governor's Situation - Some of the Legal Provisions Involved

Posted on December 12, 2008
After the recent surprise arrest of Illinois governor Blagojevich based on a criminal complaint by US Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald, state officials and lawmakers are considering several responses to deal with this situation.One of the options that has actually been considered...

Holiday Closing of DePaul Libraries

Posted on December 10, 2008
The DePaul Rinn Law Library & the DePaul University libraries will be closed from Dec. 23, 2008 through January 01,2009. This is part of a university-wide closing policy. During this time facility repair & maintenance are carried out. Mail is...

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Professor Landsman Presents Paper & Testifies re. Right To Counsel in Civil Cases

Posted on December 10, 2008
Dean Glen Weissenberger has informed the law school community about recent significant contributions by DePaul law professor Stephan Landsman :"Please join with me in congratulating Stephan Landsman. Stephan just concluded the organizing and presentation of an ABA Litigation Section Symposium...

Empirical Study of Supreme Court Clerk's Influence, in Current DePaul Law Review

Posted on December 09, 2008
Two political scientist have co-authored what they consider the first truly empirical study of the potential influence that the law clerks of the Supreme Court Justices may have on how cases are selected and decided by the Court. Todd C....

New Legal Magazine : "Women Legal"

Posted on December 09, 2008
Women legal is a new legal magazine with a focus on women in the legal field published by Ark Group Ltd., (London, UK ; Peoria, IL)"Researched and developed over the past 12 months by the editorial teams behind Managing Partner,...

11th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Posted on December 08, 2008

Wilson Myers's War For Legal Reform In Iraq

Posted on December 05, 2008
While The material for this posting is a bit less timely for a blog, its relevance to similar work undertaken by DePaul Law School's International Human Rights Law Institute (IHRLI) in Iraq, makes it worth providing it for our readers....

Amazing Free Portal For Worldwide Science Information

Posted on December 03, 2008
The increasing application of scientific knowledge to such areas of law as patents, intellectual property, health care & biotechnology, energy & environmental issues, and global commerce, places a premium on attorneys who are able to locate and use scientific information...

Recent & Forthcoming Faculty Books From Carolina Academic Press

Posted on December 02, 2008
"Art, Cultural Heritage, and the Law" by Patty Gerstenblith is one of the first legal casebooks to address the rapidly emerging fields of art and cultural heritage law, utilizing an interdisciplinary approach. This book addresses artists? rights ..., the functioning...

Public Safety Codes Now At Public.Resource.Org's "Code City"

Posted on November 25, 2008
Two previous postings on this blog reported on the efforts of the organization Public_Resource.Org to make federal court cases publicly available on their web site : Landmark Online Public Release of Federal Cases, Activist Carl Malamud Challenges Westlaw With Online...

Are Grammar Snobs Great Big Meanies ? - Guide to Style Guides

Posted on November 24, 2008
An article by Jill Koch Hayford, an associate professor of legal writing at Marquette University Law School, in the Nov. 2008 Wisconsin Lawyer Magazine, provides a useful overview of writing style guides. She covers general guides and also law-specific ones...

C.A.L.L. Meeting Hears From Dean VanZandt re. New 2 Year Law Program

Posted on November 24, 2008
This past Thursday at the Chicago Association of Law Libraries business meeting, Dean David E. Van Zandt of the Northwestern University Law School, was the guest speaker on their new 2 years law degree which is scheduled to start in...

Free Trial for DePaul Users: Lawinfochina

Posted on November 18, 2008
DePaul faculty, students, and staff interested in Chinese legal issues now have access to a free trial of Lawinfochina, China's counterpart to Westlaw and Lexis, through December 13, 2008. This includes access to English translations of major legislation, treaties, and...

Testimony of Dr. Eric Camayd-Frexias speaking at Symposium re. ICE workplace raid in Postville, Iowa

Posted on November 17, 2008
Tommorow the DePaul Center for Public Interest Law (CPIL) will be co-sponsoring the 3rd Annual Vincentian Public Interest Law Symposium: Immigration Raids, Due Process, and the Separation of Powers: Implications from Postville and Beyond One of the important featured speakers...

Rinn Law Librarian Mark Giangrande a Contributing Author to New Elsevier Book On Explosives Detection

Posted on November 14, 2008
A new book from Elsevier entitled, "Aspects of Explosives Detection", edited by Maurice Marshall and Jimmie Oxley, is mostly a detailed and sophisticated technical text aimed at law enforcement and homeland security professionals. Most of the chapter contributors are academic...

Plum Book Now Available Online From U.S. Government Printing Office

Posted on November 12, 2008
The 2008 edition of the United States Government Policy and Supporting Positions, commonly known as the Plum Book, contains information re.thousands of Federal civil service leadership and support positions in the legislative and executive branches of the Federal Government that...

Nonprofit Law Podcast - Guide to the Laws Impacting Nonprofits

Posted on November 12, 2008
"The nonprofit law podcast is a weekly show highlighting legal issues facing nonprofits. Hosted by Tim Mooney, an attorney with over a decade of experience in nonprofit law, this entertaining and informative program helps staff, officers and directors of nonprofits...

From the Baseball Diamond to the Corner Office - Sabermetrics in Recruiting

Posted on November 10, 2008
In a late Summer podcast of Lawyer2Lawyer , entitled "Recruiting at Law Firms: A Recruiter and a Law Student's Perspective, co-host J.Craig Williams interviewed two 3L law students and a recruiter from a large law firm. Among the issues discussed...

DePaul Law Grad, Judge M. Carol Pope Appointed to Illinois Appellate Court

Posted on November 04, 2008
Judge M. Carol Pope graduated with honors from DePaul University College of Law in 1979. While there, she was the Law Review lead articles editor. The Illinois Supreme Court has assigned the Eighth Judicial Circuit judge, to the Illinois Appellate...

Video Podcasts of Bar Skills Workshops,Now Available!

Posted on October 31, 2008
If you plan to take the Illinois bar exam this February and missed any of the recent Bar Skills Workshops conducted by Professor Alba, you can now view them at your convenience by clicking on the following link: https://itunes.depaul.edu/login.aspx. Log...

DePaul Senior Research Fellow, Jody Raphael, on CNBC Program

Posted on October 31, 2008
"Dirty Money: The Business of High-End Prostitution" will air on Tuesday November 11th at 10PM & 1AM ET. It's about the clandestine world of prostitution among the super rich. The program will feature interviews with two authors : Michael Bader,...

Law Professor on "60 Minutes" Show on "Credit Derivatives"

Posted on October 28, 2008
Sunday night the CBS news program "60 Minutes" had a segment on the role that credit default swaps play in the current economic crisis. It was a follow-up to a program three weeks ago on the crisis in the credit...

PACER Adds Audio to Docket

Posted on October 24, 2008
Pacer has added audio from selected District and Bankruptcy courts to the docket listings in the service. These recordings will be available for download for a fee of 8 cents aside from any fees associated with the docket reports. Some...

University "Legal Hold and Record Preservation" Policy

Posted on October 23, 2008
DePaul has recently communicated the policy on "Legal Hold and Record Preservation" to employees. [ accessible to DePaul staff ] It relates to the process of discovery in which relevant information is exchanged between parties in a lawsuit. It is...

Feds Catch Up With Burge - Indictment by US Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald

Posted on October 22, 2008
The US Attorneys Office for the Northern District of Illinois has indicted former Chicago Police Cmdr. Jon Burge for obstruction of justice and perjury stemming from statements that Burge made in the civil suit of Hobley v. Burge, et al.,...

Election Related Lawsuits - More to Come ?

Posted on October 21, 2008
An article in today's Chicago Tribune reports on the efforts of both the Obama and McCain campaigns to recruit a large number of volunteer attorneys to protect the integrity of the voting process. A spokesperson from the Obama campaign is...

Two Impressive Writing & Citing Add-Ons For Firefox Browser

Posted on October 20, 2008
The WisBlawg - From the UW Law Library , produced by Bonnie Shucha, Head of Reference, has two postings about free products that can greatly simplify the writing process for users of the Firefox browser : CiteGenie Creates Bluebook Citations...

Law Library Adds Records for "BNA-ALL" to Online Catalog

Posted on October 16, 2008
Almost a year ago, this blog alerted DePaul law users to the subscription that the law library has to over 130 databases from the publisher BNA ( Bureau of National Affairs), in areas like antitrust, corporate law, health care, IP,...

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