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Moving Towards Electronic Distribution of Bills and Resolutions in Congress: House Passes H.R. 292, Stop the OverPrinting (STOP) Act

Posted on January 24, 2011
On Jan. 18, H.R. 292, Stop the OverPrinting (STOP) Act passed in the House. Essentially, the bill would replace the mandatory printing of bills and resolutions for the use of offices of Members of Congress with on-demand printing under the...

Internet 2010 Statistics

Posted on January 24, 2011
Stats covering email, websites, web servers, doman name registration, number of Internet users, social media users, browser share, videos and images are published here. Here's a sample of the reported stats: 107 trillion ? The number of emails sent on...

Supreme Court Action Today

Posted on January 24, 2011
The Supreme Court released four opinions today. One of them clarifies the reach of federal habeas corpus review in the context of parole. That case is Swarthout v. Cooke (10-333). This case is a consolidation of two cases coming out...

Library Day in the Life Round Six

Posted on January 24, 2011
Starting this week, librarians all around the world are capturing their daily activities in the Library Day in the Life Project. I try to particpate in these every time they come up because law librarians are under-represented in the libraryland...

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Round-Up of Employment and Immigration Law Practitioner Blogs

Posted on January 23, 2011
Kansas City Employment Lawyer Blog http://www.kansascityemploymentlawyerblog.com http://www.kansascityemploymentlawyerblog.com/index.xml Covers employment law news, cases and opinions in Kansas. Published by Brady & Associates. New York Sexual Harassment Lawyer Blog http://www...

CCC Explores DRM with Entertainment and Media Industry Executives

Posted on January 23, 2011
CCC?s Chris Kenneally explores DRM challenges facing the entertainment and media industries in attempting to manage content and control distribution to an ever-larger customer base. One might say the viability of the entertainment and media industry?s future rests on its...

20 Things I Learned About Browsers & the Web

Posted on January 22, 2011
Cleverly created like a illustrated children's book by Google, 20 Things I Learned About Browsers & the Web covers HTML, CSS, JavaScript, cloud computing, apps, security and privacy issues. [JH]

Friday Fun: My Blackberry Is Frozen and I've Got a Problem with My Apple

Posted on January 21, 2011
One for tech support staff across this great land of ours. [JH}

An Analysis of Laughter's Function in Supreme Court Oral Arguments

Posted on January 21, 2011
NPR recently featured an interview with litigation consultant Ryan Malphurs at Which Supreme Court Justice Cracks The Most Jokes? The answer to the question is Justice Scalia. The interview covers some of Malphur's findings in ?People Did Sometimes Stick Things...

Solicition for Morris L. Cohen Student Essay Competition Submissions

Posted on January 21, 2011
AALL's Legal History and Rare Books Section (LH&RB), in cooperation with Cengage Learning, announces the third annual Morris L. Cohen Student Essay Competition. The competition is named in honor of Morris L. Cohen, late Professor Emeritus of Law at Yale...

Opening: Digital Collections Librarian, Univ. of Virginia Law Library

Posted on January 21, 2011
The University of Virginia Law Library invites applications for a newly created Digital Collections Librarian. The librarian will manage all aspects of digital content and delivery, supervise graduate students in their production of e-text, evaluate new technologies related to digital...

New Court Opinions Search Options for Google SLOJ

Posted on January 21, 2011
Hat tip to WisBlawg for calling attention to enhanced filtering for searching court opinions using Google SLOJ. Using the advance search option, you can now limit your search to specific courts and jurisdications and combinations of them. [JH]

Ohio Supreme Court Says Too Much Debt Is a Character and Fitness Issue

Posted on January 21, 2011
Did you hear the one about the Ohio Supreme Court denying a law graduate's bar application because he didn't have a plan to pay back his school debt, some $170,000? That amount included $20,000 of undergraduate cash and $16,500 in...

The State of Open Data in Europe

Posted on January 20, 2011
CSC's Unchartered Waters?The State of Open Data in Europe (2011) presents an analysis of the current state of the open data policy ecosystem and open government data offerings in nine European Member States (Germany, France, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Netherlands,...

Law Librarian Leaders Who Set an Example: Bill Murphy

Posted on January 20, 2011
In another stimulating 3 Greeks Elephant Post, Who Is Your Professional Hero? Tell Us Why, the question asked and answers by contributors was Who are the heroes in your profession that have changed how you look at your profession? Perhaps...

Opening: Head of Reference and Teaching Department, Univ. of Iowa Law Library

Posted on January 20, 2011
Employer Information: The University of Iowa Law Library is part of the University of Iowa Law School. The University of Iowa Law School, founded in 1865, is the oldest law school west of the Mississippi River. It is located in...

Reminder: AALL/LexisNexis 2011 Call for Papers is Underway

Posted on January 20, 2011
Have you been thinking of writing an article of interest to law librarians? Need a push to get started? Well, here it is. The AALL/LexisNexis Call for Papers Committee is soliciting articles in three categories: Open Division: for active and...

AALL's Director of Government Relations, Mary Alice Baish, Appointed Assistant Public Printer, Superintendent of Documents, GPO

Posted on January 20, 2011
From today's GPO press release: Public Printer Bill Boarman has named Mary Alice Baish Assistant Public Printer, Superintendent of Documents, for the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO). This position is the agency's lead in guaranteeing permanent public access to Government...

An OpenCongress Version for State Legislatures: OpenGovernment Launched

Posted on January 20, 2011
"OpenGovernment.org is a joint project of the Participatory Politics Foundation and the Sunlight Foundation. The beta version has launched with information for legislatures in California, Louisiana, Maryland, Texas, and Wisconsin. The nonprofit is actively seeking funding to expand to all...

From 10:30 AM to 10:44 AM on Jan. 12, 2011 CE from the law-lib list

Posted on January 19, 2011
Some time ago, I suggested that invoice-paying law librarians should continue their practice of posting to AALL lists issues and problems they are experiencing with vendors because it is the only timely way to inform members (and those vendors who...

Opening: Assistant/Associate Dean, Alyne Queener Massey Law Library, Vanderbilt Univ.

Posted on January 19, 2011
Description: The Vanderbilt Law School and the Vanderbilt University Libraries seek applications for the position of Assistant/Associate Dean for the Alyne Queener Massey Law Library. The Assistant/Associate Dean for the Alyne Queener Massey Law Library is responsible for the planning...

CJ Roberts Highlights Contributions of Senior Judges in 2010 Year-End Report on the Federal Judiciary

Posted on January 19, 2011
Calling attention to the persistent problem of judicial vacancies due in no small part to partisan politics in the Congress, the Chief Justice wrote: There is no better example of [selfless commitment to public service] than the work of our...

California Court Says Company Emails Can Waive Attorney-Client Privilege

Posted on January 19, 2011
There is a case out of the California Appellate Court for the Third District (Sacramento) that held that and employee's communication with a lawyer would not be covered by attorney-client privilege if the communication were made on a company computer...

Pew Internet's Wikipedia Usage, Past and Present

Posted on January 18, 2011
The percentage of all American adults who use Wikipedia has increased from 25% in February 2007 to 42% in May 2010. This translates to 53% of adult internet users, up from 36% of internet users the first time Pew Internet...

Is California "Governor Moonbeam's" Budget Cut Proposals, Including the Substantial Elimination of Funding for Public Libraries, "Like for Real, Man"?

Posted on January 18, 2011
Chicago's legendary newspaper columnist Mike Royko gave Jerry Brown the nickname, "Governor Moonbeam" back in the 1979. It orginated in Brown's girlfriend at the time, Linda Ronstadt, who was quoted in a 1978 Rolling Stone magazine interview humorously calling Brown...

Opening: Reference Librarian, Univ of South Carolina Law Library

Posted on January 18, 2011
The University of South Carolina's Coleman Karesh Law Library seeks a highly-motivated and service-oriented reference librarian to join the professional staff of an academic research library with the primary goal of supporting the work of the 45 faculty and over...

One Way to Commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Today is to Ask: Are we continuing our forward stride toward the city of freedom?

Posted on January 17, 2011
While the victory to end racial discrimination still remains to be won, I believe Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., if alive today, would also continue to be asking the collective conscience of our nation the following questions to engage us...

California Case Says Cell Phones Are Searchable at Arrest Without A Warrant

Posted on January 17, 2011
One of the cases that's creating a buzz on the Internet is People v. Diaz (California Supreme Court S166600, 01/03/2011). The issue in that case had to do with whether the police could search the contents of a cell phone...

What is the Ideal Blog Post Length?

Posted on January 16, 2011
On Concurring Opinions, Lawrence Cunningham asks "is there an optimal length for a blog post or an ideal depth?' "Can posts be too short and snappy or too long and laborious?" He notes that "some posts around the blogosphere are...

Federal Courthouses Lower Flags to Half-Mast in Memory of Chief Judge John Roll and All the Victims of the Tucson Shooting

Posted on January 15, 2011
Federal courthouses across the country lowered their flags to half-mast Monday in memory of Chief District Judge John M. Roll of Arizona, who was among those slain in a mass shooting in Tucson on January 8. Images from across the...

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