Legal Research

Friday Fun: The Librarian Dialogues

Posted on January 11, 2008
The producers describe this video as "a short comical satire about a group of librarians who take their job very serious." OK, it reinforces librarian stereotypes ... but that doesn't mean the video isn't funny.[JH]

Friday Fun Extra: Librarians Play Discard Dominoes When They Get Bored on the Job

Posted on January 11, 2008
"effinglibrarian" took up my suggestion to post on YubeTube a video clip demonstrating what librarians do when they get bored on the job. This librarian wants everyone to know that no library books were harmed in this production because they...

A History of U.S. Presidential Primaries

Posted on January 11, 2008
Excellent resource from CQ Politics: "When it comes to electing the president, the modern campaign era has its roots 95 years ago when North Dakota held the first presidential primary. CQ Politics looks back and charts for you, election by...

Francisco Forrest Martin's The Constitution as Treaty

Posted on January 11, 2008
The Constitution as Treaty: The International Legal Constructionalist Approach to the U.S. Constitution by Francisco Forrest Martin List Price: $80.00 Hardcover: 228 pages Publisher: Cambridge University Press; (September 24, 2007) ISBN-10: 0521881935 ISBN-13: 978-0521881937 Book Description: The Constitution as Treaty...

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Bailey's Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography

Posted on January 11, 2008
Charles W. Bailey, Jr. has updated his The Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography (SEPB) again. SEPB presents selected English-language articles, books, and other printed and electronic sources that are useful in understanding scholarly electronic publishing efforts on the Internet...

Republicans Report Much Better Mental Health Than Others

Posted on January 11, 2008
From Gallup.com: "Republicans are significantly more likely than Democrats or independents to rate their mental health as excellent, according to data from the last four November Gallup Health and Healthcare polls. Fifty-eight percent of Republicans report having excellent mental health,...

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act

Posted on January 11, 2008
Two new CRS Reports on FISA via OpenCrs: The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: Comparison of House-Passed H.R. 3773, S. 2248 as Reported By the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and S. 2248 as Reported Out of the Senate Judiciary Committee...

Reminder: 2008 AALL/Thomson West Excellence in Marketing Awards

Posted on January 10, 2008
Have you conducted a successful PR campaign at your library? Had great results reaching your audience with a newsletter? Used technology to promote your library services and resources? Created a wonderful brochure? Or put a variety of marketing strategies to...

New & Improved InSITE and Legal Research Engine at Cornell

Posted on January 10, 2008
There are some new improvements and updates to InSITE and the Legal Research Engine at Cornell Law Library. From their announcement: The InSITE website has been revamped and now features a quick search on the home page, in addition to...

On Reforming Legal Education: Cheatsheets, Required Readings, etc.

Posted on January 10, 2008
It's a hot topic again, meaning in the long but sporadic history of law school reform talk therapy, legal education reform is being discussed again. The PowerPoint presentation Judith Wegner (UNC-Chapel Hill) used to review Educating Lawyers (the Carnegie report...

Biosecurity and Biodefense Resources

Posted on January 10, 2008
New resource from the Federation of American Scientists: "The Federation of American Scientists has created an internet resource for biosecurity policy, bioterrorism information, and biodefense research. The organizations listed here represent various perspectives on what actions individual scientists, research institutions,...

CU-Boulder Law School Launches Website Offering Environmental Problem-Solving Tools

Posted on January 10, 2008
From the press release: The Natural Resources Law Center at the University of Colorado at Boulder Law School has created a new information series for The Red Lodge Clearinghouse, a Web site project that provides tools for individuals or groups...

2007 Year-End Report on the Federal Judiciary

Posted on January 10, 2008
From the U.S. Supreme Court. [RJ]

Offshoring Legal Research and Writing

Posted on January 10, 2008
Tariq Hafeez, President of and General Counsel for LegalEase Solutions LLC, discusses outsourcing legal research on Legal Process Outsourcing. [JH]

Opening: Reference/Web Services Librarian, Southern Illinois University School of Law Library

Posted on January 10, 2008
The School of Law Library at Southern Illinois University is accepting applications for Reference/Web Services Librarian as an assistant professor in a tenure-track position. The library staff includes six professional librarians and ten civil service support staff...

Professional Reading: Popkin's Evolution of the Judicial Opinion

Posted on January 09, 2008
I can't wait to get my hands on this book. [JH] Evolution of the Judicial Opinion: Institutional and Individual Style by William D. Popkin List Price: $45.00 Hardcover: 304 pages Publisher: NYU Press (October 1, 2007) ISBN-10: 0814767265 ISBN-13: 978-0814767269...

Electronic Privacy Information Center's 2007 International Privacy Ranking

Posted on January 09, 2008
From the Report's overview: Each year since 1997, the US-based Electronic Privacy Information Center and the UK-based Privacy International have undertaken what has now become the most comprehensive survey of global privacy ever published. The most recent report published in...

A Quick Look at Best Practices for Legal Education Blog

Posted on January 09, 2008
Joining Law School Innovation in the blogosphere's U.S. law school reform space, The Best Practices for Legal Education Blog was created with two goals in mind: "(1) to create a useful web-based source of information on current reforms in legal...

Live Support Feature Now Available on HeinOnline

Posted on January 09, 2008
From the HeinOnline Weblog: "To further support your experience in HeinOnline, we are now offering a live support feature for users to seek immediate help from a HeinOnline Support representative. This feature allows you to talk live with one of...

Sunstein on the Internet and Political Polarization

Posted on January 09, 2008
"[A]s a result of the Internet, we live increasingly in an era of enclaves and niches -- much of it voluntary, much of it produced by those who think they know, and often do know, what we're likely to like....

Donald J. Dunn, Dean of University of La Verne College of Law, Dies at 62

Posted on January 08, 2008
Donald J. Dunn died Saturday at his home in Orange County of complications related to cancer. He is survived by his wife, Cheryl, son, Kevin, daughter-in-law and two grandchildren. Our sympathies go out to his family, friends and colleagues. [JH]...

Professional Reading: Is Open-Source the Future of eBook Legal Publishing?

Posted on January 08, 2008
Saint Louis University School of Law professor Matthew Bodie's The Future of the Casebook: an Argument for an Open-Source Approach has been published in the Journal of Legal Education. [57 J. Legal Educ. 10 (2007) Westlaw | SSRN] In it...

Is Health at the Very Core of the Global Agenda?

Posted on January 08, 2008
Theodore H. MacDonald is Professor (Emeritus) and Associate of Research Institute for Human Rights and Social Justice, London Metropolitan University and a consultant to the World Health Organization and the International Development Agency. For anyone interested in the question, "is...

Top Academic Workplaces

Posted on January 08, 2008
New report from the Collaborative On Academic Careers in Higher Education, Harvard University Graduate School of Education: "While the majority of junior faculty at America's colleges and universities are satisfied at work, some institutions are doing particularly well in this...

Check out Governmentattic.org

Posted on January 08, 2008
From the site: "Welcome to governmentattic.org - "rummaging in the government's attic" The aim of this web site is to make available materials unavailable elsewhere. There is no topic-oriented theme to our content. If we have a theme, it is...

Rethinking Legal Education for the 21st Century

Posted on January 08, 2008
Notes and comments on the AALS Friday afternoon plenary session, "Rethinking Legal Education for the 21st Century" featuring Edward L. Rubin (Vanderbilt University Law School), Vicki C. Jackson (Georgetown University Law Center), Robert Mac Crate, Esq...

Opening: Reference Librarian, William Mitchell College of Law?s Warren E. Burger Library

Posted on January 08, 2008
William Mitchell College of Law?s Warren E. Burger Library wants to hire one more great reference librarian to join its Public Services Team. The Burger Library is an active, well-supported library which prides itself on its deep commitment to excellent...

Young & Well Connected use Libraries More

Posted on January 07, 2008
NYTimes reports on a recent study by Pew & UIUC on who uses libraries most. Library use is far more prevalent among people who have a broadband Internet connection at home or at work, according to a new study. The...

Legal Profession Free Fall?

Posted on January 07, 2008
Well, not quite a free fall, but certainly a downward trend. The New York Times reports on the declining prestige and satisfaction associated with legal and medical careers here. As of 2006, nearly 60 percent of doctors polled by the...

2007 Law School Survey of Student Engagement Now Available

Posted on January 07, 2008
Here's the 2007 Law School Survey of Student Engagement (pdf). Produced by the Center for Postsecondary Research at Indiana University-Bloomington, this year's LSSSE is based on online surveys completed by 27,000 students at 79 law schools. Among the findings: More...

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