Legal Research

Tell Me What You See

Posted on July 29, 2009
There's a controversy, chronicled in the New York Times, over the posting, on Wikipedia, of the famous Rorschach ink blots, along with the most commonly given responses. Opponents of the posting argue that this amounts to a virtual cheat sheet...

Bivens to Twombly to Ashcroft

Posted on July 21, 2009
The Supreme Court has changed the rules in the game of federal civil litigation, according to Justice Ginsburg. From merely requiring a "short and plain statement of the claim" Fed. R. Civ. P. 8(a)(2), the court in Ashcroft v. Iqbal...

Audio of bad Oral Argument in the 7th Circuit

Posted on July 21, 2009

Peek-a-Boo! Facebook, and 950,000 Others, See You

Posted on July 19, 2009
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, which has a strong mandate to protect the privacy of Canadian citizens under Canada's Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, has determined that Facebook impermissibly discloses personal information to third-party developers...

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Legislation News from the Onion

Posted on July 16, 2009

Examining Legal Issues In Michael Jackson's Will

Posted on July 15, 2009
Legal experts discuss the estate and will of Michael Jackson in this Lawyer2Lawyer Podcast.

Judge Sotomayor's Opening Statement

Posted on July 14, 2009

Peking University 'Law School' & Legal Research

Posted on July 14, 2009
Interesting report from the only Chinese law school seeking ABA accreditation. Legal Current

Laws & Legal Heritage of Florida

Posted on July 10, 2009
From the Scout Report: The Florida Law Collections document the laws and legal heritage of Florida through a wide range of texts digitized from the holdings of the University of Florida's Lawton Chiles Legal Information Center, the State Library, and...

An Interesting Twist on the States' Rights Argument

Posted on July 09, 2009
Considering who usually makes states' rights arguments, it's intriguing to read that the Attorney General of the State of Massachusetts has filed suit against the federal government. Her claim is that the federal Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutionally interferes with...

A Treat for Wills, Estates and Trusts Lawyers

Posted on July 07, 2009
Here is a link to Michael Jackson's will. Hat tip to Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog.

FAMU Law School closer to full accreditation

Posted on July 07, 2009
FAMU Law in Orlando is nearing full ABA accreditation. Story

LawCite - an emerging International Citator

Posted on July 06, 2009
LawCite takes cases and journal articles and provides citing reference with links in full text. The world-wide coverage enables a researcher to see where the case or journal article is being used in the world's courts. LawCite is sponserd by...

McNamara Dead at 93

Posted on July 06, 2009

Fit for the Fourth, Colbert Gets a Haircut

Posted on July 02, 2009

Another Day Older and Deeper in Debt, and Still Not a Lawyer

Posted on July 02, 2009
Finding that he had too much delinquent student loan debt, a five judge panel in New York has held that a New York Bar applicant is ineligible for bar membership. The court held that the would-be lawyer did not possess...

Just in Time for the Fourth, News from the SCOTUS

Posted on July 02, 2009
SCOTUSblog has released its report on October term, 2008. Among other things, the report shows how many times each Justice voted with the majority, how many decisions each justice wrote, the ideological alignment of each justice, the court's work load,...

Financial Institutions Fight Creation of Consumer Financial Protection Agency - Wonder Where the Money in Their War Chest Came From?

Posted on July 01, 2009
The White House has sent a plan to create a new agency, to be known as the Consumer Financial Protection Agency, to Congress. Whereas now, the enforcement of consumer protection measures is fragmented among the agencies which regulate the various...

24 days until the Annual Meeting!

Posted on July 01, 2009
 

West Discusses Summer Associates and Green Marketing

Posted on June 30, 2009

Free Alternative to ExpressO

Posted on June 26, 2009
LexOpus is a new service from Washington and Lee Law School which allows authors to electronically submit a work to a sequence of law journals they have selected. See the list of participating journals, which includes the Nova Law Review,...

Contractual Whimsy

Posted on June 26, 2009
Thanks, Courtoons!

IORG - Beginning to Deal With Information Overload

Posted on June 25, 2009
Is information overload a part of your daily work and home life? Then you'll be glad to know that someone's doing something about it! Several someones, as a matter of fact, have banded together to form the Information Overload Research...

Nonlawyer Participation in Legal Firms

Posted on June 25, 2009
Contrary to what Peter Lippe believes (see previous Novalawcity blog post), law faculty are not always focused on theoretical topics that are irrelevant to the practice of law. An article soon to be published in the Indiana Law Journal v....

Law School and Medical School - Apples and Oranges?

Posted on June 24, 2009
The AmLaw Daily has a thought-provoking piece about the illogic of the current pedagogical method used in law schools. That method, according to author Paul Lippe, results in graduates with a lot of debt but few skills that are useful...

Law School Contest

Posted on June 23, 2009
For the second year the Access Group is sponsoring a contest for law students. The One Less Worry Contest offers a grand prize of $10,000 for a law student willing and able to place a video on You Tube about...

All Sotomayor, All the Time

Posted on June 23, 2009
The Law Library of Congress has added material by and about Sonia Sotomayor, President Obama's nominee to the Supreme Court, to its website. Resources include PDFs of her two previous confirmation hearings, a pointer to the decisions she has written....

Student Loans Capped and Forgiven, if You Quailfy

Posted on June 22, 2009
July 1st new options for student loans come into effect. Many could save thousands of dollars under the new College Cost Reduction and Access Act. Horrah! Law.com

Need a Wake-Up Call?

Posted on June 22, 2009
Go to KuKu Klok online alarm clock, and use the 24-hour clock to set the alarm, which comes in Classic Clock, Cockerel, Electronic and Slayer Guitar. This could be useful to avoid dozing on the job on a rainy Monday...

Senate saves Cash for Clunkers, remains in war-spending bill

Posted on June 19, 2009
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