Legal Research

State Bar of Arizona to Provide Free Legal Research With Fastcase

Posted on April 07, 2008
The State Bar of Arizona has announced free access to the Fastcase legal research system as a membership benefit. The State Bar of Arizona is joining other state bars around the country to offer this service. Fastcase includes law from Arizona and all 50 states, as well as federal law, Boolean and natural language search [...

CALI Radio

Posted on April 04, 2008
CALI Radio has downloadable podcasts on legal topics by law professors from law schools around the nation. You can download them to your computer or your IPOD.  Just think you can listen to law professors while your at the gym or grocery shopping.  As exam time approaches you may want to lend an ear to this podcast:  Exam [...

CALI Can Help You Study for Exams

Posted on April 04, 2008
The CALI Library of Lessons is a collection of over 600 interactive, computer-based lessons covering 32 legal education subject areas. Each lesson focuses on a specific aspect of a legal topic and contains dozens of practice questions. A general lesson on exam writing technique is available at Writing Better Law School Exams...

Spring Break Law Library Hours

Posted on March 04, 2008
The Law Library will be open the following hours during spring break for your research and study pleasure. Friday, March 7th -  Sunday March 16th Friday, March 7th              7:00am - 5:00pm Saturday, March 8th          8:00am - 5:00pm Sunday March 9th           10:00am - 10:00pm Monday-Thursday             8:00am - 10:00pm Friday, March 14th            8:00am - 5:00pm Saturday, March 15th        8:00am - 5:00pm Sunday, March 16th        [...

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February 2008 New Acquisitions List

Posted on February 25, 2008
February 2008 New Acquisitions List The list of books the law library acquired in February is now available on the Law Library?s website.  New titles include: Freedom for the Thought that We Hate: A Biography of the First Amendment by Anthony Lewis   Economics of Law Practice in Arizona, 2007: Survey conducted by the Applied Statistics Laboratory State Bar of Arizona

Pet Photo Contest

Posted on February 15, 2008
The ASU Student Animal Legal Defense Organization (SALDO) is having a pet photo contest. The deadline is February 17. Here’s the announcement: Got an adorable photo of your pet that everyone should see? Have a pet that is “so ugly, it’s cute?” Want to get your pet’s modeling career started? Bring us a picture of your pet [...

Printing Statutes on LexisNexis

Posted on February 13, 2008
Yesterday I wrote about Printing Statutes on Westlaw. Today I will cover how to print, download, or email multiple sections using LexisNexis. LexisNexis gives you more flexibility in printing from its statutory codes. When doing research in a statutory code, it is always a good idea to go to the table of contents to see where [...

Printing Statutes on Westlaw

Posted on February 12, 2008
When doing research in a statutory code, such as the U.S. Code or Arizona Revised Statutes, you will frequently want to print, email, or download a range of consecutive sections. Statutory codes divide laws into sections, organized by topic, and a single statutory section rarely stands alone...

Finding Statutes on LexisNexis

Posted on February 05, 2008
Yesterday I wrote about Finding Statutes on Westlaw. Today I will cover some of the LexisNexis tools that can make it easier to find the statutes you need. LexisNexis segments Use the HEADING segment to search just the number and name of the topic under which a document has been organized...

Finding Statutes on Westlaw

Posted on February 04, 2008
Trying to find statutes in a full-text database can be frustrating, but Westlaw and LexisNexis have a number of tools to help you find what you need. Today I will show you some of Westlaw’s tools. Tomorrow I will cover LexisNexis. Westlaw fields Use the caption field (CA) to search just the section number and [...

Candy Sue Is Law Dog of the Week

Posted on February 04, 2008
This week’s Law Dog is Candy Sue, who has been a member of my family for almost four years. Last weekend Candy passed her Canine Good Citizen test. When reached for comment, Candy had this to say. Submit your ?Law Pet of the Week? photos.

Arizona traffic cameras

Posted on February 01, 2008
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has issued its latest Status Report, dated January 31, 2008 with a special issue dedicated to speed. Inside there is a report on the findings of a study on whether traffic cameras have contributed to the decrease in speeds along Arizona highways especially the Loop 101...

We LOVE HeinOnline!

Posted on January 23, 2008
HeinOnline provides electronic access to many publications that are frequently used by legal researchers, and its page-image format combines the benefits of print and electronic formats. Publications include law journals, Federal Register and Code of Federal Regulations, U...

Arizona Legislature Public Web Access

Posted on January 22, 2008
Did you know the Arizona Legislature Web site allows you to view live and archived committee meetings and floor sessions within 24 hours? Computer users have been able to view live proceedings since the late 1990s. But for the first time, the web site will feature an archive of all proceedings...

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Posted on January 16, 2008
Monday is Martin Luther King Jr. Day commemorating the birthday and life of Dr. King born in Atlanta, Georgia, January 15th, 1929. He would have celebrated his 79th birthday this week. In memory of Dr. King and the impact he made on the world visit the websites below...

Wylee and Haylee Are Law Pets of the Week

Posted on January 16, 2008
This week’s Law Cat is Wylee, who belongs to first-year law student Callie Parkinson. Wylee is shown here helping Callie study for finals. In the second photo, Wylee is joined by Callie’s dog, Haylee. See more pictures of Wylee and Haylee here, here, and here...

Become a Better Writer

Posted on January 15, 2008
If you would like to improve your writing, here are some easy ways to get started: 1. Read ?How to Write: A Memorandum from a Curmudgeon,? chapter 1 of The Curmudgeon?s Guide to Practicing Law, by Mark Herrmann. 2. Check out CALI lessons on legal writing...

Fundamentals of Legal Research Workshop Series

Posted on January 14, 2008
Do you need to improve your legal research skills? If so, we’d like to help. We’re offering all ASU law students (MLS and LLM students too!) the opportunity to participate in our Fundamentals of Legal Research workshop series. A bonus ? the workshops are free! Would you like to boast to your future employer that you [...

The Arizona State Legislature

Posted on January 14, 2008
As well as all the ASU students returning for second semester, the Arizona Legislature returns for the start of the second session of the forty-eighth legislature today. Included on the legislature?s website is information about the Senate, the House, bills, committees, the Administrative Code and the Arizona Revised Statutes...

Law Library Essentials for Law Students

Posted on January 10, 2008
The Law Library staff welcomes you to spring semester.  We hope you had a fun and relaxing break.  To help you get back into the swing of things we have created a web page of Law Library Essentials.  This page contains information about hours, study rooms, online exams and much more to help you make the most of your Law [...

Yikes! I got my grades, what do I do now?

Posted on January 10, 2008
For some guidance on how to make your second semester of law school more successful, take time to read the following articles. Learning from Experience: How to Interpret Your Exam Results and Plan Ahead from the Chicago-Kent College of Law Academic Support Program How to Change Second Semester: Reviewing Exams and Other Hints for Success from the St...

New Law Library Reserved Carrel Service

Posted on January 10, 2008
The Law Library is pleased to offer our new reserved carrel service to MLS & LLM students, 2Ls & 3Ls engaged in research projects, and faculty research assistants. The link below will take you to the reserved carrel web site which outlines the reserved carrel policies and procedures...

Puppies Are Law Dogs of the Week

Posted on January 03, 2008
Our first law dogs of the new year are these Siberian husky puppies born Dec. 18 at Orion Eckstrom’s home. Orion is a Technology Support Analyst Associate for the law school. Click on the picture above to see a larger version. See more puppy pictures here, here, here, here, and here...

New Year?s Resolutions?not again!

Posted on December 21, 2007
The web is loaded with sites on new year’s resolutions. There are websites and articles that describe how anywhere from 70 to 90% of people who make resolutions break their resolve within a few weeks of January 1st! The fed has come up with some help...

Lily is Law Dog of the Week

Posted on December 20, 2007
This week’s Law Dog of the Week was submitted by reference librarian Amy Levine, who says: This is Lily-pie Rose Levine aka The Queen of England. This photo shows her in her usual stance — protecting the palace from lizards. She is devoted to the cause of chasing and abusing the errant lizard that dares to [...

October/November 2007 New Acquisitions List

Posted on December 13, 2007
The lists of books the law library acquired in October and November are now available on the Law Library’s website.  New titles include: Bordering on Madness: An American Land Use Tale by Andrew F. Popper It’s Harder in Heels: Essays by Women Lawyers Achieving Work-Life Balance The Little Green Book of Golf Law: The Real Rules of the Game of [...

On a not so merry but important note?

Posted on December 13, 2007
Peter Lattman posts an interesting question on the Wall Street Journal Law Blog today. He asks “Why are So Many Lawyers Depressed?”. In previous related posts on the WLJ Blog the questions “Are Lawyers Emotional Wrecks? and “Are Law Students Emotional Wrecks?” have been discussed...

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