Legal Research

Practitioner Tools for Going Paperless

Posted on August 01, 2010
In Being a Virtual Lawyer Is All Mindset, Not Technology, Jay Fleischman lists a basic set of readily available and low-cost tools for going paperless. "If you want to be a virtual lawyer," writes Fleischman, "all you need to do...

Happy 30th Anniversary (with a Note on the Dark Side of) Post-It Notes

Posted on July 31, 2010
The New York Times recently reported on 3M's marketing campaign celebrating the 30th anniversary of Post-it Notes. However,Edward Tenner, a historian of technology and culture, reports in The Atlantic on the dark side of Post-It Notes and similar products: The...

Friday Fun: The 87th Annual Masters of Library Science Croquet Tournament

Posted on July 30, 2010
The brillance of this idea has left me speechless. Cart races, been there, done that. Three-hole putt-putt courses in the library, ditto. [JH]

Protecting Reader Confidentiality in the Private Sector Electronic Resources Marketplace Based on Library Privacy Standards

Posted on July 30, 2010
While librarians have been successful advocates for privacy in library-provided reading, the values for reader privacy are the same in individuals? subscriptions to Google Books, licensed access to e-reader books, reading on the Internet, and purchase of books through online...

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Senior Law Librarian, Northeastern University School of Law Library, Boston

Posted on July 30, 2010
The Senior Law Librarian will provide faculty research support, reference assistance, legal research instruction, database and web support and work on collection development. Candidates must possess a Master of Library and Information Science (?MLIS?) or Master of Library Science (?MLS?)...

Deeplinking, Westlawnext and the Father of Existentialism.

Posted on July 30, 2010
Prior to Westlawnext being rolled out to the faculty and staff and Duncan School of Law, for my class this coming semester, I created a libguide from which I provide links to a few different articles. For two of the...

A Day in the Life of a Law Librarian Who Blogs

Posted on July 29, 2010
See Valparaiso Law's Faculty Services and Outreach Librarian Sarah Glassmeyer's Library Day in the Life, Round 5, starting with her alarm clock waking Sarah up at 7:15 AM. Wish I had that two extra hours of sleep but my hunch...

On WEXIS Making Corrections to Court Opinions Every Year

Posted on July 29, 2010
In a comment to It May Be Just One Letter But ? When West Refuses to Correct Scopes v. Tennessee Because of ?Cost,? I Think We Have a Problem, KC wrote: Joe...do you have any idea how many errors West...

Electronic Resources Librarian, Alyne Queener Massey Law Library, Vanderbilt University

Posted on July 29, 2010
The Alyne Queener Massey Law Library at Vanderbilt University seeks applicants for the following position of Electronic Resources Librarian. The librarian in this position, under the direction of the Law Library Director and working collaboratively with the library staff, will...

Academic Printing Not (Yet) Available in WestlawNext

Posted on July 29, 2010
As we get closer to the academic year, we have presentations from Lexis and Westlaw as updates on their systems. Today was Westlaw and WestlawNext. Nothing new, except it is my understanding that the WestlawNext interface does not support printing...

Is the ABA Trying to Dilute Tenure for Law Faculty and Job Security for Legal Skills Profs?

Posted on July 28, 2010
The Standards Review Committee of the ABA Section of Legal Education & Admission to the Bar is considering two controversial subcommittee proposals: (1) to clarify that law schools are not required to offer tenure while still requiring law schools to...

Exploring Court Reengineering at the State Level: NCSC Releases Future Trends in State Courts 2010

Posted on July 28, 2010
Court reengineering is the central theme of Future Trends in State Courts 2010. From the Preface by Mary Campbell McQueen, President, National Center for State Courts: ?How Courts Are Weathering the Economic Storm? was the major theme of last year?s....

Openings: Two Reference Librarians, Moritz Law Library, OSU

Posted on July 28, 2010
The Moritz Law Library at The Ohio State University is currently seeking two reference librarians to join an active and innovative library team. This position offers an excellent opportunity for creativity and professional growth to an energetic individual who wishes...

Federal Judge Blocks Parts of the AZ Immigration Law

Posted on July 28, 2010
The New York Times reports that Judge Susan Bolton issued a preliminary injunction against key parts of the law, including the parts that officers check immigration status when enforcing other laws, and the requirement that immigrants carry papers with them...

It May Be Just One Letter But ? When West Refuses to Correct Scopes v. Tennessee Because of ?Cost,? I Think We Have a Problem

Posted on July 27, 2010
After reading LLB?s recent 1-800-FIX-THIS: Thorn v. Blanchard in Westlaw, Corrected Now?, Lawrence D. MacLachlan, Director of Research & Instructional Services, University of Missouri Kansas City School of Law, emailed me because it reminded him of an error he discovered...

The MBE Musical Mash-up

Posted on July 27, 2010
Tags applied to the YouTube video, "A, B, C, throw some D's vs. 99 Problems [oh crap I forgot] One - The Mind of the Multistate (MBE)," below, include multiple choice, law school, stressed, stress, study guide, practice test, study...

Faculty Services Reference Librarian, Lillian Goldman Law Library, Yale Law School

Posted on July 27, 2010
Faculty Services Reference Librarian Lillian Goldman Law Library CTRank: Librarian I-III www.yale.edu/jobs Schedule: Full-time (37.5 hours); Standard Work Week (M-F, 8:30-5:00) Position Description: The Faculty Services Reference Librarian at the Lillian Goldman Law Library is responsible for significant research, reference,...

Hey - You - Get Off of My Cloud

Posted on July 26, 2010
Sorry, I couldn't resist the headline. But if you need to get someone off your cloud, the latest edition of Educause Quarterly will be very helpful when you discuss it with your vendor, managing partner, CIO, dean, etc... Libraries have...

LLB Poll: Tell Us Your Opinion on AALL Special Interest Section (SIS) Fees

Posted on July 26, 2010
I stated my opinion on what should be done with SIS Fees. Some have suggested it would make a good topic for an LLB poll about the procedure for increasing SIS fees and who should get the SIS fees. So...

Federal Register 2.0 Beta to Launch Today

Posted on July 26, 2010
According to the National Archives' official press release FR 2.0 Beta will go live today at FederalRegister.gov to gather public feedback. It will remain an unofficial informational resource until the Administrative Committee of the Federal Register issues a regulation granting...

Librarian of Congress Issues DRM Exemptions Under the DMCA

Posted on July 26, 2010
The Librarian of Congress has announced exemptions to the prohibition on circumvention of DRM. The DMCA gives the Librarian the power to conduct a review every three years and grant these exemptions. This year's group has a few surprises in...

Happy 20th Birthday ADA

Posted on July 26, 2010
The Americans With Disabilities Act was signed by President George H.W. Bush on July 26, 1990. The ADA National Network, funded through five-year DBTAC grants from U.S. Department of Education, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, provides information, guidance...

Round-Up of Practitioner Blogs

Posted on July 25, 2010
Massachusetts Criminal Lawyer Blog http://www.massachusettscriminallawyerblog.com http://www.massachusettscriminallawyerblog.com/index.xml Reviews criminal law cases, reports and news in Massachusetts. Published by Lewin & Lewin. North Carolina Car Accident Attorney Blog http://www...

Mama Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be iPhone App Developers

Posted on July 24, 2010
Tomi Ahonen has produced an analysis on iPhone economics. The conclusion -- the vast majority of apps will lose money, only a very small number generate significant revenue. See Ahonen's very interesting Full Analysis of iPhone Economics - it is...

Friday Fun: Jenny Westlaw Cruises AALL Denver

Posted on July 23, 2010
Interviewing AALL President Catherine Lemann and others... Day One: Day Two and Day Three. [JH]

Linking eBooks to eCourse Management Systems: Which Very Expensive Legal Vendor is Going to Win the Market After the Hooding Ceremony?

Posted on July 23, 2010
Legal publishers take note. The Chronicle's Wired Campus columnist Jeff Young reports "It has been hard to get most professors excited about e-textbooks, but publishers continue to try new ways to sell them on the format. The latest strategy seems...

1-800-FIX-THIS: Thorn v. Blanchard in Westlaw, Corrected Now?

Posted on July 23, 2010
The Volokh Conspiracy is one of the most widely read law prof blogs in the US and the "prime mover' of this blog is UCLA law prof Eugene Volokh. Recent he noticed that the Westlaw version of Thorn v. Blanchard,...

Maryland Environmental Case at Heart of Clinical Funding Legislation Goes Forward

Posted on July 23, 2010
I wrote earlier this year about an attempt by members of the Maryland legislature to tie funding at the University of Maryland to disclosures about clients and expenditures of the Environmental Law Clinic at UM's law school. The bill that...

Answering Sarah's Question--What is my goal with all these Blog posts?

Posted on July 23, 2010
In a comment to my blog post yesterday Sarah Glassmeyer wrote "Speaking of wondering, I have been wondering what your end goal is in writing your series of posts about AALL." She went on to say "But all of this...

In Case You Were Wondering

Posted on July 22, 2010
Some librarians asked me why I didn't do more than ask a few questions at the AALL Members Forum. The answer is that its not really an opportunity for an open discussion. You get two minutes to speak and no...

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