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Playoffs & Prizes

Posted on October 07, 2008
It's early October. And that can mean only one thing: the start of the baseball playoffs? True, but I'm actually referring to something else: the announcement of this year's Nobel Prizes. Yesterday, the Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded to...

Law School Ranking Nonsense from The Princeton Review, 2009 Edition

Posted on October 07, 2008
In the publishing industry, no law school ranking title trumps The Princeton Review in publishing nonsense. The 2009 edition of The Best 174 Law Schools is now available. The publisher has "surveyed more than 18,000 students at 174 law schools,...

SCOTUS as Public Policy Battleground

Posted on October 07, 2008
Interest groups pursue their goals in a variety of venues, including the courts. At the US Supreme Court, the predominant method of interest group participation is the amicus curiae brief. Since the 1960s interest groups participating as amici curiae have...

ASIL Launches i.lex

Posted on October 07, 2008
i.lex: The Legal Research System for International Law in U.S. Courts, is an online database of select U.S. court cases and related materials produced by the American Society of International Law to serve as a resource for identifing and understanding...

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AALL Creates New Annual Meeting/Workshop Grant Category

Posted on October 07, 2008
The AALL Grants Committee has created a new Annual Meeting/Workshop Granting category, beginning with the 2009 award year. The category applies to "experienced members (5 or more years) who have a proven record of professional accomplishment and service to AALL...

U.S. Government Manual, 2008-2009

Posted on October 07, 2008
The 2008-2009 edition of the United States Government Manual is now available on GPO Access. As the official handbook of the Federal Government, the United States Government Manual provides comprehensive information on the agencies of the legislative, judicial, and executive...

Opening: Circuit Librarian, Fifth Circuit, New Orleans

Posted on October 07, 2008
The Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit invite applications from qualified persons for the position of Circuit Librarian. The Fifth Circuit Library supports 225 federal circuit, district, bankruptcy, and magistrate judges throughout Texas, Louisiana,...

OJ Simpson Jury Press Conference Video

Posted on October 06, 2008
In an unusual move to get back to their regular lives, jurors in the OJ Simpson kidnapping trial held a press conference. Here's a snippet. [JH] See also CCN's coverage of the jury press conference and its video archive of...

SCOTUS Back in Business

Posted on October 06, 2008
This week's agenda thanks to SCOTUSBlog. According to the National Law Journal's 2008-2009 U.S. Supreme Court Preview, "following a blockbuster term involving guns, Guant�namo Bay and the death penalty, the U.S. Supreme Court opens its doors to a new term...

Where Are the Strong Female Voices in the Legal Blogosphere?

Posted on October 06, 2008
C.C. Holland assesses the apparent disparity in law blogger demographics and raises important issues in so far as the majority of high-profile legal blogs in academia or the practice of law are written by men. Yes, I was quoted in...

U.S. Courts RSS Feeds

Posted on October 06, 2008
RSS feeds now available from the U.S. Courts website include: Newsroom Video News Archive The Third Branch: Newsletter of the Federal Courts Federal Rulemaking Hurricane Season 2008: Court Status Updates Hat tip to AbsTracked. [RJ]

Tulane Law Review's Flawed Empirical Study

Posted on October 06, 2008
A flawed empirical study published in the Tulane Law Review has draw the ire of the blogging community as well as the Louisiana Supreme Court Justices. In, The Louisiana Supreme Court in Question: An Empirical and Statistical Study of the...

Final Report in DOJ Firing Scandal

Posted on October 06, 2008
The Office of the Inspector General has released its final report on the removal of nine U.S. attorneys from the Department of Justice. No charges are expected in the dismissal of attorneys, according to the NY Times. However, the investigation...

Opening: Associate Vice Chancellor for Information Technology and Director of the Law Library, Louisiana State University Law Center

Posted on October 06, 2008
The LSU Law Center invites applications for candidates for its Law Library and Information Services Director. The directorship is a tenured or tenure-track position with a rank and salary commensurate with the successful applicant's experience and competitive with those available...

New Report Identifies Most Capitalist-Friendly US States

Posted on October 05, 2008
The Pacific Research Institute (PRI) has released the U.S. Economic Freedom Index: 2008 Report, a ranking of economic freedom in the 50 states. Published in association with Forbes, the Index scores states based on 143 variables, including regulatory and fiscal...

Women and War Digital Resources

Posted on October 04, 2008
AHA Blog has put together an excellent list of free electronic resources on "Women and War" including: American Memory Project-Library of Congress Documenting the South Valley of the Shadow Duke Civil War Women University of Washington War Posters Historic Government...

Is Your Life a Blur of Social Media and Web 2.0 Tools?

Posted on October 03, 2008
Aliza Sherman's life is. Check out her Web Worker Daily post about her daily routine. [JH]

House Passes Bailout Bill on Second Try

Posted on October 03, 2008
From the Wall Street Journal: "The House voted 263-171 to pass the $700 billion financial-markets rescue bill, two days after the Senate passed the legislation. Several prominent members of the House who voted against the measure Monday announced their support...

Time to Nominate a Law Librarian for LJ's Annual Movers and Shakers Award

Posted on October 03, 2008
Library Journal is seeking nominations for its annual Movers and Shakers recognition. LJ's Movers and Shakers will identify some 50 emerging leaders in the field of librarianship. To submit a nomination, complete the online entry form or email the nomination...

Flexible Fred Underseige

Posted on October 03, 2008
The Delaware County Law Library in Ohio has been requested to take down a 5 foot tall plastic skeleton named Fred which is used by library patrons for medical case research because Fred was allegedly scaring a neighbors children according...

Who Won Last Night's VP Debate?

Posted on October 03, 2008
We probably should wait until fact-check reports analyze last night's debate, but what the heck. [JH] Online Surveys & Market Research

Friday Fun: Resources for Teaching Legislative History Using Schoolhouse Rock Videos

Posted on October 03, 2008
It's that time in the academic semester when ALR instructors launch into legislative history. Despite recent findings that video game playing teaches teens civics, the standard "how a bill becomes a law" lecture oftentimes requires a Civics 101 lesson first...

AALL Government Documents SIS Announces New State Bibliographies

Posted on October 03, 2008
Each bibliography costs $15 and can be purchased here. State Documents Bibliography: Washington, DC (series # 3-74) Selective Annotated Bibliography of Delaware State Documents and Other Resources Used in Delaware Legal Research (Series # 3-73) Kentucky State Documents: A Bibliography...

Conference on The Law Librarian?s Role in the Scholarly Enterprise

Posted on October 03, 2008
The Law Librarian?s Role in the Scholarly Enterprise is the theme for a conference sponsored by the Coleman Karesh Law Library and the University of South Carolina School of Law. Friday, November 21, 2008 University of South Carolina School of...

Is It a Copyright Violation to Display Book Cover Images on Library Websites?

Posted on October 03, 2008
Will you be receiving a cease and desist letter in the mail if you use book cover images on library websites? LibraryThing, a social network cataloging site, is offering one million user-uploaded book covers for use in OPACS so we...

Play Palin Bingo at Your VP Debate Party Tonight

Posted on October 02, 2008
VP presidential nominees Sen. Joe Biden and Gov. Sarah Palin will debate each other at 8 p.m. (CDT) tonight in the Washington University in St. Louis Athletic Complex ... athletic complex ..."let's get ready to rumble" ... or play Palin...

Video Gaming Teaches Teens Civics

Posted on October 02, 2008
"The stereotype that gaming is a solitary, violent, anti-social activity just doesn?t hold up. The average teen plays all different kinds of games and generally plays them with friends and family both online and offline," said Amanda Lenhart, author of...

A Curmudgeonly Law Librarian Suggestion: Read a Publically Distributed Bailout Bill Before You Vote and After We Get an Opportunity to Comment on It

Posted on October 02, 2008
I've been told that some blog readers turn to LLB because I'm the unoffical curmudgeon in the law librarian blogosphere. Me, a grouch? Well, if in the manner of Jack Cafferty, I'm honored. Sourpuss Alert. Last night, the Senate passed...

Supreme Court 2.0, a Re-Engineering Fantasy

Posted on October 02, 2008
The October 2008 issue of the ABA Journal features an article on rethinking the structure and operation of the Supreme Court. Proposals range from extreme or fanciful to modest or commonsensical. See Richard Brust's Supreme Court 2.0. [JH]

Cornell Law Library's InSITE Website Reviews

Posted on October 02, 2008
Reviews published in the September 22nd, 2008 issue of InSITE: Earmark Watch International Alert Lehman Collections: Lehman Special Correspondence Files Speechology Taxpayers for Common Sense

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