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Manage Your Library Transactions Using "My Library Account" -- Renew Items Online!

Posted on September 22, 2008
You just got home and remembered that you forgot to renew your library book. Don't worry. Renew it online from home with MY LIBRARY ACCOUNT. MY LIBRARY ACCOUNT provides access to your library patron record and allows you to see what materials you have checked out and renew them online...

Being a Research Assistant

Posted on September 21, 2008
For Research Assistants and prospective Research Assistants, a helpful article from Student Lawyer on whether to apply, how to get hired, and how to do well at it is linked to here.Ernster, the Virtual Library Cat

Election Cartoons from Harper's Weekly

Posted on September 20, 2008
If you enjoy political cartoons and would like a bit of perspective on the current campaign, check out The Presidential Elections, 1860-1912, a web site that documents American presidential elections during these years. For each election, the site provides a brief overview of the major issues and events of the period and candidate biographies...

Writing a Paper this semester?

Posted on September 19, 2008
Writing a Paper? Need to find a topic? Need to figure out where to start your research? Having trouble finding non-legal resources? If you answer yes to any of the above, or just want to get some advanced research skills, come to the Library's 21st Century Workshop on research for Paper Writing...

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Top Ten Law Songs

Posted on September 18, 2008
For a bit of near-the-end-of-the-week fun, have a look at the Law Librarian Blog's Top Ten Law Songs, and see whether your favorite is there.Ernster, the Virtual Library Cat

HofNews: New Parking Registration Procedure

Posted on September 16, 2008
NEW PARKING REGISTRATION PROCEDURETo all Faculty, Staff, Administrators and Students:Beginning in the 2008/2009 academic year, the Department of Public Safety will be implementing a new parking registration procedure. ALL persons with currently registered vehicles must obtain a rear view mirror parking tag, which is linked to the window sticker already on the vehicle...

National Organization of Bar Counsel

Posted on September 15, 2008
The National Organization of Bar Counsel is a good resource for finding information on legal ethics and professional conduct rules in the different states. The web site provides links to state disciplinary procedure rules, state ethics opinions, professional conduct rules, and state rules for admission...

Legislative Histories Online

Posted on September 13, 2008
Finding compiled legislative histories for federal laws can be a challenge, even though many are now available to law students on commercial databases like Lexis, Westlaw, and HeinOnline, and some are on free web sites of U.S. government agencies, libraries, and other organizations...

1L/Transfer Lexis Westlaw training

Posted on September 12, 2008
For all of you taking Legal Writing this semester, Lexis and Westlaw training will start on Monday. You will have the opportunity to learn just how much is available on these systems beyond cases and statutes and how to search time-efficiently and effectively...

Election Law Online Resource

Posted on September 11, 2008
Election Law is a Web publication of timely interest from the Moritz Law Library at the Ohio State Moritz College of Law.According to its Web site, Election Law ?covers developments in the law of election administration-- laws dealing with voter registration, voter ID, early and absentee voting, provisional balloting, poll workers and polling place procedures, recounts and election contests, and other related issues?...

George Stephanopoulos to visit Hofstra

Posted on September 09, 2008
This is an Educate'08 event. Take advantage of these opportunities. This is the announcement from the Educate'08 page:George Stephanopoulos is the Chief Washington Correspondent for ABC News and anchor of ABC?s Sunday morning program, This Week with George Stephanopoulos...

HeinOnline Wiki

Posted on September 09, 2008
If you would like some tips and tricks on using HeinOnline, take a look at the HeinOnline wiki. The wiki offers some really helpful things such as a faq, training guides, and a list of new content. I even have it bookmarked in my Diigo account.Ernster, the Virtual Library Cat

Shepard's in Print

Posted on September 07, 2008
This post is about something that doesn't come up too often in law schools now: using Shepard's Citations in print. Here are a couple of places with quick primers on how to use these red books. U. Delaware has a decent guide, with a picture, that goes over the basics here...

Landmark Voting Cases

Posted on September 06, 2008
Election law and the story of who has the legal right to vote in the United States has been marked by a key group of landmark court cases. These cases, brought together and summarized by the American Bar Association on its web site, are a good starting point for both law students and the general public...

Following the Money

Posted on September 05, 2008
With the campaign season now in full swing, we will all want to find a way to track the financial claims of both candidates and their campaigns. A great resource to do just that is the Sunlight Foundation - with its associated sites OpenSecrets.org and FedSpending...

Google U.S. Government Search

Posted on September 04, 2008
According to its Web site, ?Google U.S. Government Search offers a single location for searching across U.S. government information, and for keeping up to date on government news. You can choose to search for content located on either U.S. federal, state and local government websites or the entire Web -- from the same search box...

Library Audio Tour

Posted on September 03, 2008
If you missed the Law Library walking tours it is not too late! Take a self-guided tour of the Law Library by downloading our seven part Library Audio Tour to your MP3 player and listen at your leisure.Ernster, the Virtual Library Cat

Educate'08

Posted on September 02, 2008
Are you taking advantage of the Educate'08 activities on campus? Hofstra University is to host the third and final Presidential debate on October 15, 2008, and the University has taken this as an educational opportunity to engage in a year-long series of conferences, events and lectures...

Laptops in Class

Posted on August 31, 2008
Law students may or may not be aware of this, but the distraction that many law professors think is created by allowing students to take notes on laptops in class is an ongoing topic of discussion. One recent development in this discussion is noted here, with Eugene Volokh experimenting with a one-laptop policy, where one student in the class takes notes on a laptop and shares them with the other students...

Politico

Posted on August 30, 2008
Just as the academic demands of Fall Semester weigh in, the world of politics is heating up and changing fast. If you are looking for a smart, continuously updated web site to keep up with the latest political news, Politico may fit well with your schedule...

Factbites Search Engine

Posted on August 28, 2008
According to its Web site, Factbites is a search engine, currently in beta, that searches for matches on the basis of your entire topic area, and not just based upon the keyword that you use. This means that it can return relevant, informative results about your topic that do not necessarily mention the keyword that you used...

Democratic National Convention

Posted on August 26, 2008
The Democratic National Convention is August 25th through August 28th, 2008. Please take a look at how the Democratic Party is presenting their activities and the presidential nomination.Ernster, the Virtual Library Cat

Nolo Press Blogs

Posted on August 25, 2008
The Nolo Press web site links to a number of blogs written by Nolo editors and authors. One of my favorites is Nolo's Employment Law Blog . I read it to keep up with news and recent decisions in the employment law realm. Recent posts have discussed Supreme Court retaliation cases, amendments to the ADA, and EEOC guidance on religious discrimination...

New York Legislative History

Posted on August 24, 2008
The New York State Archives has put Bill Jackets for 2005 and 2006 online. (Those who have dealt with New York legislative history probably remember that bill jackets are about all the legislative history that exists for New York laws.) We can expect more years to follow...

CALI to the Rescue

Posted on August 23, 2008
Are you a IL feeling a little overwhelmed, or a returning law student finding a new class rather confusing? CALI, the Center for Computer Assisted Instruction, has a web site full of interactive computer-based lessons (over 700 of them, both IL and advanced) keyed to typical law school courses and texts...

Goodbye Lexis and Westlaw??

Posted on August 22, 2008
Will PreCYdent replace Lexis and Westlaw? Test it out and make your own judgment. PreCYdent is a search engine for legal materials - opinions, statutes, us government documents - which is available on the web FOR FREE!! On his YouTube clip, the founder claims that PreCYdent retrieves more relevant results than Lexis and Westlaw...

Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (E-CFR)--Update

Posted on August 21, 2008
The Electronic Code of Federal Regulations is out of the beta stage. According to its Web page at GPO Access,"The Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (e-CFR) is a currently updated version of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). It is not an official legal edition of the CFR...

Manage Your Library Transactions Using "My Library Account" -- Renew Items Online!

Posted on August 20, 2008
You just got home and remembered that you forgot to renew your library book. Don't worry. Renew it online from home with MY LIBRARY ACCOUNT. MY LIBRARY ACCOUNT provides access to your library patron record and allows you to see what materials you have checked out and renew them online...

Legal History blog

Posted on August 19, 2008
Legal History blog: Scholarship, News and New Ideas in Legal History is generally reviews of legal history scholarship (books/articles) but also provides some original commentary. It caught my eye as today's post (8/19/2008) is Muller on Hirabayashi discussing new evidence of the Japanese American curfew during World War II...

First Amendment Law Prof Blog

Posted on August 18, 2008
For news and scholarship on First Amendment rights, look to the First Amendment Law Prof blog.Authored by two law professors, the blog discusses First Amendment issues and current events, as well as scholarship in the field. Recent topics include; profanity, bullying on MySpace, and religious instruction in schools...

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