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Primer for the Sotomayor Hearing

Posted on July 13, 2009
David Ingram has written a brief primer for the Sotomayor hearing. See A Dozen Themes Frame Sotomayor Hearing (National Law Journal). [JH]

1,100-plus Law Profs Members of the Legal Academy Sign Letter Supporting Sotomayor Confirmation

Posted on July 13, 2009
The letter opens with the sentence "We the undersigned professors of law write in support of the confirmation of Judge Sonia Sotomayor..." but 1. Commenting on the letter on The Volokh Conspiracy, Jonathan Adler asks, "what percentage of the 1,100-plus...

Library of Congress Launches Facebook Page

Posted on July 13, 2009
Here it is. See the Library of Congress blog post for details. [JH]

Wisconsin Law School Privilege In Court

Posted on July 13, 2009
Wisconsin's diploma privilege to practice in that state without taking the bar exam for graduates of Wisconsin law schools is under attack. Actually, it's been under attack since 2007 with lawsuits filed, dismissed, reinstated on appeal and turned into a...

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Live Webcasting of Sotomayor Hearing

Posted on July 13, 2009
The Senate Judiciary Committee is providing live webcasting of its hearings for Judge Sonia Sotomayor's SCOTUS nomination. Here's the link. Hat tip to SCOTUSblog. [JH]

New Programs at AALL?

Posted on July 13, 2009
On All Things Considered (National Public Radio series), you can watch the winner of the Librarian's Book Cart Championship. The competition is sponsored by DEMCO and run by ALA. This year's competitors were: ?Oak Park Public Library Warrior Librarians,? Oak...

The Feds Are All A-Twitter

Posted on July 13, 2009
Just like libraries, the government is also taking advantage of Web 2.0 technology to get the word out. Dozens of federal agencies are already twitter prolific. Now we have a service that monitors their tweets. ?The Feed? is produced by...

When There's No Print Edition, Do Readers Flock to Newspaper Websites?

Posted on July 12, 2009
Editor & Publisher reports on its analysis of what happens to a newspaper's web traffic once the print edition is dropped on certain days or eliminated completely. Is there a spike in online readership? Is the print product a necessary...

Hey Prof, What's Your Cell Phone Number?

Posted on July 12, 2009
Sign of the Times: some FSU departments are removing office phones in a cost-saving move. [JH]

Rounding Up Some State Law Practitioner Blogs

Posted on July 11, 2009
Alabama DUI Lawyer Blog http://www.alabamaduilawyerblog.com http://www.alabamaduilawyerblog.com/index.xml Reviews DUI cases, reports and legislation in Alabama. Published by Steven D. Eversole. California Criminal Lawyer Blog http://www.california-criminal-lawyer-blog...

Oversight Report on Government Surveillance Released

Posted on July 11, 2009
The Federation of American Scientists web site is hosting a copy of the unclassified report that details the Bush administration surveillance program and the way it came about. The justification for the program was written by John Yoo. That has...

Speechifying Our Nation's Most Pressing Issues in Congress

Posted on July 10, 2009
From the Onion. [JH] Congressman Demands To Know Who Left Fish Sandwich To Rot On House Floor

Judge Aldisert on Opinion Writing and Opinion Readers

Posted on July 10, 2009
Opinion Writing and Opinion Readers (SSRN) was inspired in large part by the work done by Judge Aldisert, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, and two of his law clerks, Meehan Rasch and Matthew P. Bartlett, in...

Reminder: July 15th Webinar on HeinOnline's Code of Federal Regulations

Posted on July 10, 2009
Hein's webinar, "Using & Searching the Code of Federal Regulations" in HeinOnline, will focus on: Browsing by years, titles, bindings or browsing the indexes & finding aids How to quickly pull up a title, part or section using the Title/Part/Section....

Lend-a-Hand Outreach Initiative Launched by LexisNexis

Posted on July 10, 2009
LexisNexis has launched the Lend-a-Hand program for all U.S.-based attorneys who recently worked for a law firm with more than 50 attorneys and are currently unemployed. The program offers free marketing services, networking opportunities, and employment resources...

Opening: Reference Librarian, Univ. of Texas Tarlton Law Library

Posted on July 10, 2009
The Tarlton Law Library at the University of Texas at Austin invites applications and for the position of reference librarian. Tarlton supports the scholarship and teaching activities of a faculty whose interests range across disciplines and whose research often involves...

Caught in the Act: Elsevier Offers $25 Gift Card for 5-Star Reviews

Posted on July 10, 2009
Inside Higher Ed is reporting that Elsevier offered $25 gift cards for 5-star reviews on Amazon and Barnes & Noble to contributors of the publisher's new title, Clinical Psychology (On Amazon, note the 1-star review calling attention to the marketing...

End of SCOTUS Term, Colbert Style

Posted on July 10, 2009
Stephen Colbert comments on the three major cases that concluded the Supreme Court term at the end of June. He explains Coeur Alaska, Inc. v. Southeast Alaska Conservation Council way better than I ever could. [MG] The Colbert ReportMon -...

ALA Reports Mean Salary for Librarians

Posted on July 10, 2009
The ALA press release on July 7th, reported that the mean librarian salary for public and academic librarians was down less than one percent, from $58,960 in 2008 to $58,860 this year. The survey included responses from 1,179 public and...

Are Deadwood Blogs Monuments to Failure?

Posted on July 09, 2009
Blogging is first and foremost about regular posting. If you're not up to the task or have decided to call it a day, Scott Greenfield suggests you should take down your blog: Pull it. Remove it, once and for all....

On the Twilight of the West Paradigm for Case Reporting

Posted on July 09, 2009
I think most law librarians will agree with William Mills' (New York Law School) propositions that (1) the foundation of trust that underpins case law reporting has been undermined because Internet case law sources, other than Lexis or Westlaw, appear...

Wikipedia's British Cousin, Wikimedia UK, Ruled Not Tax Exempt

Posted on July 09, 2009
A recent UK determination letter has denied Wikimedia UK tax exempt status because dissemination of ideas "is not in itself a charitable object unless it is combined with teaching or education.". Check out Should Wikipedia Not be Tax Exempt? Its...

Clinton Library Releases Sotomayor Documents

Posted on July 09, 2009
The William J. Clinton Presidential Library has released about 5,000 pages of materials related to President Clinton's nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. They are available online here. From the description of the materials at...

Rush Limbaugh Impersonator Joins Senate Judiciary Committee

Posted on July 09, 2009
That's right, Al Franken has been appointed to the Senate Judiciary Committee less than one week ahead of the Committee's hearings for U.S. Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. According to Politico, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid defended his decision to...

Admissions on Corrupt Admissions: University of Illinois and College of Law Officials Testify They Tried to Get Jobs for Law School Grads and Additional Scholarships for Being Forced to Admit Clouted Students to Law School

Posted on July 08, 2009
Testifying before the Mikva Commission that is investigating corruption in University of Illinois admissions, Chancellor Richard Herman admitted he sought jobs for law school graduates after being forced to admit to the University's College of Law under-qualified students from political...

Guide to Negotiating Vendor Contracts

Posted on July 08, 2009
A veteran of vendor negotiations for law firm online and print contracts, Elaine Billingslea Dockens offers a detailed guide for vendor representatives (VRs) and law librarians inexperienced in the ways of vendor contracting in Vendor Pitfalls in Negotiating Large Multi-Year...

Casemaker vs. Fastcase for Caselaw Research

Posted on July 08, 2009
Bob Ambrogi offers a head-to-head review of Casemaker and Fastcase in Law Technology News. He concludes that in terms of coverage of federal and state libraries and the relative strengths of their search tools, "neither stands out as significantly superior...

IT Dashboard Provides Details on Federal Information Technology Spending

Posted on July 08, 2009
The IT Dashboard provides details of Federal information technology investments and provides users with the ability to track the progress of investments over time. The IT Dashboard displays data received from agency reports to the Office of Management and Budget,...

What's Old -- Legal Apprenticeships -- is New Again

Posted on July 08, 2009
On Legal Writing Prof Blog, Jim Levy (Nova) reports on how law firms are making up for the lack of adequate law school training by jumping on the legal apprenticeship bandwagon. Levy writes about this new trend, "at a time...

GAO and CRS Cybersecurity Reports

Posted on July 08, 2009
The news that various federal web sites were subject to a denial of service attack over the 4th of July weekend came as a bit of a surprise. North Korea is identified as the likely culprit. Surprise or not, it's...

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