Legal Research

Mass Jury Duty Web Site

Posted on December 18, 2007
The Commonwealth launched a new web site devoted to jury duty services - http://www.massjury.com/. On this site you can find general information about juror service in Massachusetts, information about serving jury duty if you are summoned, and forms for jurors...

New Jersey Abolishes Death Penalty

Posted on December 17, 2007
Today Governor Jon S. Corzine of New Jersey signed a bill abolishing the death penalty in New Jersey. Passed last week by the New Jersey Assembly and Senate, the bill is the first legislative abolition of the death penalty since the Supreme Court reauthorized the death penalty in 1976...

Ask.com Now Allows Erasing of Searches

Posted on December 11, 2007
Ask.com unveiled AskEraser today. When it is enabled, "AskEraser will completely delete your search queries and data from Ask.com servers, including: your IP address, User ID and Session ID cookies, as well as the complete text of your search query--all within a matter of hours...

Gall v. US and Kimbrough v. US Resources (addressing federal sentencing)

Posted on December 11, 2007
The following are some resources for Gall v. US [opinion] and Kimbrough v. US [opinion], both of which addressed issues in federal sentencing:SCOTUSblog Posts: Commentary: Gall and Appellate Court Transparency, Commentary: A Justice-by-Justice Review of Gall and Kimbrough, Commentary: Winners and Losers in Gall and Kimbrough and Commentary: Gall Advances the Booker Revolution, But Also Leaves Fodder for the Court of Appeals Counter-Revolutionaries...

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Civil Procedure Changes

Posted on December 06, 2007
Civil Procedure will never be the same.First, the rewritten Federal Rules of Civil Procedure went into effect on December 1, 2007. Characterized as comprehensive "style-only" revisions, the changes make style and terminology consistent throughtout the Rules...

HeinOnline Offers Help

Posted on December 05, 2007
HeinOnline, one of the law schools legal databases, now offers live help through the "Help" button found in the upper right hand corner, on the welcome screen, and in the technical and training sections of the home page.HeinOnline offers access to full text of hundreds of recent and older legal periodicals, English Reports, Code of Federal Regulations, Federal Register, U...

Fakes and Counterfeits

Posted on November 19, 2007
Check out stopfakes.gov, a useful government web site focused on protecting intellectual property . Practical and business-oriented, it provides webinars, an IP Quarterly Update, a link to the Top 10 Ways to Protect Yourself, and country-specific toolkits containing how-to?s on protecting intellectual property rights in Brazil, China, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, Russia and Taiwan...

New Protections Against Identity Theft

Posted on November 19, 2007
Also worth checking out-- the Final Rules relating to Identity Theft Red Flags, recently published in the Federal Register. Requiring financial instututions and creditors to set up identity theft protection programs, the rules were adopted under the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA)...

House votes to prohibit employment discrimination based on sexual orientation

Posted on November 08, 2007
The U.S. House of Representatives just voted to pass H.R. 3685, a bill to prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. The bill now goes to the Senate for a vote.

Federal Circuit has a new Webpage

Posted on October 22, 2007
The Federal Circuit is relocating its web page. The notice from the court reads: "The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit is relocating its Internet Web page to its own in-house servers. As part of this process, the court's Web page address and domain name will be changed to www...

Supreme Court Year End Round-Up

Posted on July 13, 2007
Scotusblog is a great source of information on the Court all term long but at the end of the term, they post not-to-be-missed year end statistics. There are also some interesting posts about the Supreme Court decisions under the Commentary and Analysis tab.

Immigration Reform Bill Guide

Posted on June 20, 2007
Georgetown Law Library has put together a very informative, up-to-date guide to the The Immigration Reform Bill of the 110th Congress. It contains links to congressional documents and news and commentary.Source: Law Librarian Blog

New Guides on GlobaLex

Posted on June 20, 2007
There are new research guides available on GlobaLex, including one updating The Croatian Legal System and Legal Research Guide and another updating Swedish Law on the Internet. GlobaLex is a great resource for authoritative research guides on international, comparative, and foreign law.

Tips for Law Review Notes

Posted on June 12, 2007
See another great post by Betsy McKenzie focused on law review writing. Also, stop by the reference desk on the 6th floor of the law library for a handout on finding circuit splits.

Studying for the Bar this Summer?

Posted on June 12, 2007
Betsy McKenzie, the director of the Suffolk Law Library, has some really helpful tips posted at her blog, Out of the Jungle

SJC Opinions

Posted on May 17, 2007
You can now search opinions of the SJC and Massachusetts Court of Appeals from 2001-present on the web page of Office of Reporter of Decisions of the SJC. The opinions can be found in the opinion archive and you can search by party name, docket number, or keyword...

Massachusetts Trial Court Site on E-Discovery

Posted on May 08, 2007
The Massachusetts Trial Courts have posted a fairly new web page on E-Discovery: http://www.lawlib.state.ma.us/e-discovery.html. Check it out for print and online resources on this topic.

Justia Regulations Tracker

Posted on May 08, 2007
Justia has developed a new U.S. regulations tracker: http://regulations.justia.com/. You can search for regulations, orders, proposed rules, and notices for the last three years by keyword. You can also browse by federal agency (documents are in reverse chronological order using the browse feature)...

New FDS Website

Posted on May 08, 2007
The FDA has launced a new website geared to consumers: www.fda.gov/consumer. This website contains easy to read publications, information about medicine, vaccines, and food. It has a featured topic section, for example one of today's topics is about generic drugs and consumer updates, such as an update on the FDA's investigation of tainted animal food...

Latest Edition of the Law Library Newsletter

Posted on April 30, 2007
The latest issue of Legal Ease, the Suffolk Law Library Newsletter has been posted to our website.This issue has a lot of tips for graduating students and students working at law firms over the summer. For instance, seeMust-Know Sources for Associates for some tips on indispensable Massachusetts Legal resources...

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