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Election Maps for Political Junkies

Posted on June 25, 2008
CQ Politics features one of the most comprehensive online maps you will find for tracking 2008 election races. Go to the main map page, choose from the category tab at the top (House, Senate, Governors or President), click a state...

CDT Soliciting Comments on It's Draft Internet and Technology Policy Proposals

Posted on June 24, 2008
The Center for Democracy & Technology is working on a set of proposals for Internet and technology policy, including preserving free speech while protecting children online, protecting consumer privacy, keeping a balance between security and liberty, promoting global Internet freedom,...

New Features on OpenCongress

Posted on June 24, 2008
In addition to a site redesign, OpenCongress has added 13 new features, including several community-related ones like viewing articles and comments OpenCongress users has rated as useful. Read more about it: Donny Shaw's Thirteen Awesome New Feature on OpenCongress...

Protection of Classified Information by Congress: Practices and Proposals

Posted on June 24, 2008
New CRS Report via the Federation of American Scientists: "The protection of classified national security and other controlled information is of concern not only to the executive branch ? which determines what information is to be safeguarded, for the most...

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AALL Executive Board Candidates Named

Posted on June 24, 2008
The 2008 AALL Nominations Committee has submitted the following slate of AALL Executive Board candidates. The election will be held November 3 - December 1, 2008, and successful candidates will begin their terms of office in July 2009. Vice President/President-Elect...

A Very Short Reading List for Incoming 1Ls

Posted on June 24, 2008
There are two classics every incoming 1L should read before starting law school but my sense is that many turn them away because they are not written in a style that resonates with our younger students. I'm referring, of course,...

Opening: Reference Librarian, Univ. of Pennsylvania Law Library

Posted on June 24, 2008
Biddle Law Library is searching for a talented Reference Librarian to join its Public Services team in providing outstanding reference, research, and teaching support at a law school that prides itself on cross-disciplinary studies. This is a new position reflecting...

Can Google Trends Help Define Community Obscenity Standards?

Posted on June 24, 2008
Considering the accessibility of online pornography, how should communities shape local obscenity standards in the digital age? The New York Times is reporting that in the trial of a pornographic Web site operator, the defense plans to show that residents...

"Bore You To Death" Year Eliminated by Northwestern Law's New 2-Year JD Program

Posted on June 23, 2008
First year, they scare you to death; second year, work you to death; third year, bore you to death. Northwestern has joined Dayton and Southwestern Law School in offering an accelerated JD program that eliminates the third calendar year of...

Are You Driven to Distraction by the Same Communication Tools Intended to Make Us More Productive?

Posted on June 23, 2008
Distracted: The Erosion of Attention and the Coming Dark Age by Maggie Jackson List Price: $25.95 Hardcover: 327 pages Publisher: Prometheus Books (June 4, 2008) ISBN-10: 1591026237 ISBN-13: 978-1591026235 Book Description: Despite our wondrous technologies and scientific advances, we are...

New on LLRX.com for June 2008

Posted on June 23, 2008
From LLRX: The Art of Written Persuasion: The Rise of Written Persuasion, by Troy Simpson The Government Domain: Plain Language in Government Communications, by Peggy Garvin Keeping Up with Class Actions: Reports, Legal Sites and Blogs of Note, by Scott...

Liveblogging the 2008 CALI Conference

Posted on June 23, 2008
The 2008 CALI Conference may be over but there's plenty of great liveblogging posts in the blogosphere to read. Check out Professor Paul Maharg's (Glasgow Graduate School of Law) posts and CALI Fellow Gene Koo's posts. See also posts by...

Opening: Assistant Director for Faculty Services, Univ. of South Carolina Law Library

Posted on June 23, 2008
The University of South Carolina's Coleman Karesh Law Library is seeking an Assistant Director for Faculty Services. The Assistant Director for Faculty Services coordinates library services for full-time and visiting faculty of the School of Law. The person in this...

Play Budget Hero!

Posted on June 23, 2008
From American Public Media: "If you ever wanted to control where your tax dollars go, here's your chance to decide." Click here to play the game. Very cool. [RJ]

Politics and the Olympics

Posted on June 22, 2008
The modern Olympic Games began in 1896 in the hope that sporting events between nations could bring about a more peaceful world. But since then, the Olympics have often served as political showcases for nations, individuals, and ideologies. This interactive...

Foreign Policy for the Next President

Posted on June 22, 2008
New reports from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: Next January, the new U.S. President will be confronted with the longest list of severe challenges any president has faced in decades. Prioritizing among them will be even more important than...

From Wikinomics to Government 2.0

Posted on June 21, 2008
Interesting Web 2.0 article from WSJ.com: "You don't need to have a Facebook account, or to have edited a Wikipedia entry, to understand that the Web is in another highly disruptive period. Online tools under the rubric Web 2.0 are...

Library of Congress Country Studies: Iran

Posted on June 21, 2008
New report from the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress: "The profiles offer brief, summarized information on a country?s historical background, geography, society, economy, transportation and telecommunications, government and politics, and national security...

Real-time Stock Quotes on Google

Posted on June 21, 2008
From Google Blog: "We're very excited to tell you that real-time quotes on NASDAQ securities are now available on Google Finance. This is an important (and way overdue) development for everyone who consumes financial information. Historically, real-time stock data was...

Friday Fun: Poofy Judges

Posted on June 20, 2008
A classic from Monty Python. [JH]

Google's Joe Kraus on How to Make the Web More Social

Posted on June 20, 2008
Wharton legal studies professor Kevin Werbach interviewed Joe Kraus, director of product management at Google, recently about the increasing socialization of the Internet. Here's the transcript (or listen to the podcast for the provided link). [JH]

Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse Revisited

Posted on June 20, 2008
The Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse is a web repository of information and documents relating to civil rights cases, particularly injunctive and class-action cases. Sponsored by The Center for Empirical Research in the Law at the Washington University School of Law,...

2008 Country Reports on Advancing Freedom and Democracy

Posted on June 20, 2008
New report from the U.S. Department of State: "As President Bush has said: ?Freedom can be resisted, and freedom can be delayed, but freedom cannot be denied.? As long as men and women in countries around the globe cannot fully...

New Bookmarking Service Somewhat Better Than Most Currently Available Services

Posted on June 20, 2008
Check out LaterLoop, a new bookmarking service. What makes LaterLoop stand out from other bookmarking services is that LaterLoop has a desktop version that allows you to view saved websites offline, and the mobile version that provides mobile access to...

Bankruptcy Filings Up in March

Posted on June 20, 2008
From the US Courts: "Bankruptcy filings in the federal courts for the 12-month period ending March 31, 2008, exceeded 900,000, according to statistics released today by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. The 901,927 bankruptcy cases filed represent a...

Opening: Circulation Librarian, Pacific McGeorge School of Law Library

Posted on June 20, 2008
The Gordon D. Schaber Law Library seeks an enthusiastic candidate with an attention to detail to be our next Circulation Librarian. The Circulation Librarian provides outstanding customer service while supervising all aspects of the Circulation Department and related functions: circulation,...

Blogs and Wikis and 3D, Oh My!

Posted on June 20, 2008
Interesting article from Inside Higher Ed: Are academic blogs worthwhile or a waste of time? Is Second Life worthwhile or a waste of bandwidth? [RJ]

Just Released, Wittes' Law and the Long War: The Future of Justice in the Age of Terror

Posted on June 19, 2008
Law and the Long War: The Future of Justice in the Age of Terror by Benjamin Wittes List Price: $25.95 Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: Penguin Press HC, The (June 19, 2008) ISBN-10: 159420179X ISBN-13: 978-1594201790 Description: Six years after the....

Cornell Law Library's InSITE Website Reviews

Posted on June 19, 2008
Reviews published in the June 2nd, 2008 issue of InSITE: Alger Hiss Story Center for Health, Environment & Justice Podcasting Legal Guide Stop Violence Against Women Tax Foundation [RJ]

Trial Lawyers Inc.'s Asbestos Litigation Report, 2008

Posted on June 19, 2008
New report from the The Manhattan Institute: "When the Manhattan Institute?s Center for Legal Policy released its first Trial Lawyers, Inc. report, in 2003, we called asbestos litigation the ?longest-running mass tort in U.S. history and arguably the most unjust...

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