Legal Research

Interview with Author of " Zimmerman?s Research Guide"

Posted on August 12, 2008
In a column in the August,2008 LexisNexis InfoPro newsletter, Rachel Baarz, LexisNexis Librarian Relations Consultant and member of AALL (American Association of Law Libraries) and SLA (Special Library Association), has a short interview with librarian Andrew Zimmerman, author of the...

Justia Creates A Federal Reports Site

Posted on August 08, 2008
Has anyone looked at Justia lately? The site now features public domain copies of the Federal Reporter going back to 1950, or 178 F2d. What's more remarkable is that the opinions are in citation order, making it a relatively free...

DePaul Law School Receives $100,000 Grant to Research Bio-Terrorism

Posted on August 08, 2008
DePaul University, College of Law has received a grant of $100,000 to support legal analysis and policy research to reduce biological weapons dangers. ( Recent Grants ( International Peace and Security) MacArthur Foundation ) "With MacArthur Foundation support, three projects...

Professor Lyon Helps Get Commutation of Sentence for Michigan Woman

Posted on August 07, 2008
Law Professor Andrea Lyon played an important role in getting a commutation of sentence from Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm, for a woman, Kylleen Hargrave-Thomas, who was convicted of murder in 1991. In 2001 Professor Lyon, had re-investigated her case with...

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Legal Skills - Putting Best Practices Together

Posted on August 05, 2008
An excellent follow-up to the July 2008, AALL Spectrum article, "The Missing Lawyering Skill" , by Richard Lieter, can be found in a Town Hall program presented by Thompson West Publishing, at the recently concluded AALL (American Association of Law....

"Law Firm Blogs: What Works? What Doesn?t"

Posted on August 01, 2008
From a tip in the July 2008, Law Technology News, a very instructive power point and screencast directed at practicing lawyers to promote the value of legal blogging as a marketing vehicle that can enhance the visibility and reputation of...

DOJ Inspector General Testifies Re: Political & Ideological Discrimination in Hiring

Posted on July 31, 2008
From the statement of Glenn A. Fine, Inspector General, U.S. Department of Justice before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary Hearing concerning ?Politicized Hiring at the Department of Justice,? July 30, 2008 : The first report, issued on June 24,...

EPA Union Negotiates Agreement Over Re-opening EPA Libraries

Posted on July 29, 2008
As reported in a previous blog posting, "What Part Of ?Restore? Doesn?t EPA Understand ?, Congress has mandated and provided funds for the restoration of the EPA libraries that had been closed by the EPA administrators. But from the response...

Background on the International Criminal Court, If You Missed the ICC Conference

Posted on July 28, 2008
On Friday, April 25, 2008, IHRLI ( International Human Rights Law Institute) hosted the "Midwest Regional Conference on International Justice: The International Criminal Court 10 Years After The Rome Conference". The event looked at the achievements in creating and building...

New Online Government Resource Available To DePaul Users

Posted on July 24, 2008
The Center for Homeland Defense and Security (CHDS) has been providing free automatic access to the Homeland Security Digital Library (HSDL), for all federal, state, and local government agencies, research institutions, and U.S. military instillations...

Fugitive From War Crimes Tribunal Arrested in Belgrade After 13-year Manhunt

Posted on July 22, 2008
A previous blog posting described the contribution of law Professor Cherif Bassiouni and the DePaul International Human Rights Law Institute to the initial work of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia at the Hague (ICTFY). Yesterday, a key...

The Missing Lawyering Skill - Legal Research

Posted on July 22, 2008
Law professor and law library director, Richard Leiter, has an article in the current AALL Spectrum magazine, entitled "The Missing Lawyering Skill - New book on legal education demonstrates the lack of attention paid to legal research training". Mr. Leiter,...

HeinOnline User Support Now Includes YouTube Channel

Posted on July 08, 2008
HeinOnline has developed multiple types of user support for subscribers to their products. The HeinOnline Weblog at www.heinonline.blogspot.com has relevant news, information about enhancements, content releases, tips, tricks and much more. Check out the HeinOnline Main Page on their wiki...

Selected May 2008 Law Library Acquisitions

Posted on July 08, 2008
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Harvard Law Makes Scholarly Articles "Open Access"

Posted on July 03, 2008
"The Harvard University Law School (HLS) faculty last month followed the lead of their colleagues in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) ( See previous blog post " Harvard Faculty To Make Articles Open Access") by voting unanimously to...

Harry Potter and the Law ??

Posted on July 02, 2008
The AALL ( American Association of Law Libraries) conference to be held next week in Portland,Oregon has many sessions on such issues as information technology, library management, research services and government documents. But along with these more serious issues there...

Former DePaul Law Professor Chemerinsky to Head New "Dream Law School"

Posted on June 30, 2008
Nationally known professor of Constitutional law and federal civil procedure, Erwin Chemerinsky, who taught at the DePaul Law school from 1980 to 1983, is assuming the post of dean at the newly created the Donald Bren School of Law at...

What Should We Mean by "Judicial Accountability"

Posted on June 24, 2008
The issue of "judicial accountability" seems to have generated much media coverage and public interest. A recent article from a state court publication in California, "What Does It Mean to Be Accountable?", takes a broad conceptual view of how judicial...

George Carlin Dies - His "7 Bad Words" Led to Supreme Court Case

Posted on June 23, 2008
George Carlin who went from a career as a clean-cut comedian to the irreverent voice of the 1970's counterculture and who was still doing shows, died of heart failure on Sunday at age 71. "Known for his edgy, provocative material...

Intelligence Community Legal Reference Book

Posted on June 18, 2008
From the INTRODUCTION : "On behalf of the Director of National Intelligence, I am pleased to make available the Fall 2007 Intelligence Community Legal Reference Book. The Intelligence Community draws much of its authority and guidance from the body of...

The Kucinich Impeachment Articles & The Presidential Election

Posted on June 18, 2008
On June 10, U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D., Ohio) introduced articles of impeachment against President Bush in the House of Representatives. Mr. Kucinich had previously tried to bring Vice President Cheney to trial for lying about why the U.S. was...

Law Professor Cavise Quoted on Changes in Closing Arguments

Posted on June 17, 2008
Law Professor Len Cavise is quoted in a June 16 article from The Daily Herald Newspaper (Suburban Chicago) that examines the possible impact that courtroom dramas and thrillers may be having on juror expectations and in turn how these may...

Consumer Tip: How to Block Cellphone Spam

Posted on June 16, 2008
If you haven?t gotten any spam text messages on your cell phone, you?re lucky. But it?s only a matter of time before you do. The spammers thinks that we are at their mercy. But a very useful article by David...

What Part Of ?Restore? Doesn?t EPA Understand ??

Posted on June 13, 2008
A previous posting on this blog, EPA Report To Congress On Re-opening EPA Libraries, warned that the EPA administration might not atually be committed to carrying out the restoration of EPA library services that Congress ordered after a multi-year public...

Celebrate "Loving Day"

Posted on June 12, 2008
This day is not yet a "Hallmark Card" holiday and the "Loving" refers to the last name of a couple who were plaintiffs in a very significant U.S. Supremen Court case,Loving vs the State of Virginia (1967). Although the connotation...

Professor Shaman's New Book on State Constitutional Law

Posted on June 11, 2008
In the May issue of the DePaul ?Public Interest Advocate? newsletter , Susan DeCostanza reviews law Professor Jeffrey Shaman?s new book, ?Equality and Liberty in the Golden Age of State Constitutional Law". She relates that after many years of teaching...

Access To Legal Documents - A Tale of Two States

Posted on June 11, 2008
A previous posting on this blog, State statutes: copyright vs. public access,reported how the Oregon's Legislative Counsel Committee was demanding that Justia, a provider of publicly accessible legal resources,take down its copies of the Oregon Revised Statutes, claiming copyright in...

Notice: Construction in Law Library during June and July

Posted on June 06, 2008
For most of June and July, construction will take place within the library to install a fire sprinkler system. This work is necessary in order to bring the building into compliance with local and state ordinances. Since there may be...

Mary Dempsey to chair DePaul's Board of Trustees

Posted on June 06, 2008
A few days ago university president, Father Holtschneider, informed the university community about the election of Chicago Library Commissioner, Mary A. Dempsey, a College of Law graduate (JD 1982) and member of DePaul's Board of Trustees for the past decade,...

New Museum Acquisition Guidelines Released - But Not Uncontested

Posted on June 06, 2008
Law Professor Patty Gerstenblith has been quoted in a New York Times article examining the new guidelines for how art museums should collect antiquities. ?The Association of Art Museum Directors, whose 190 members also include leaders of Canadian and Mexican...

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