Legal Research

Webcast of Tomorrow's CFR Symposium: Religion and the Open Society

Posted on March 24, 2008
Tomorrow, starting at 9:00 AM ET, you can view a live webcast of Religion and the Open Society, a CFR symposium that examine how the different forms of Christianity and Islam may have helped, and sometimes hindered, the development of...

Web Conferencing in Law Firm Libraries

Posted on March 24, 2008
How often is web conferencing used by law firm libraries for training purposes? LawLibTech wants to know. [JH]

New Orleans Public Library Master Plan to Cost $650 Million

Posted on March 24, 2008
In the wake of the devastation of Hurricane Katrina the City of New Orleans has offered its 25 year plan for a "new" library system. The cost of $650 million would cover the building of 12 new libraries, the renovation...

The Quiet Revolution: The President?s Faith-Based and Community Initiative

Posted on March 23, 2008
New report from the White House: Letter From President Bush Executive Summary Chapter 1: A Determined Attack On Need Chapter 2: Transforming Government Chapter 3: Strengthening America's Nonprofit Sector Chapter 4: Measurement Matters Chapter 5: Taking Root Across America The...

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The Global War on Terrorism: An Assessment

Posted on March 23, 2008
New report from the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA): "CSBA has released a new report, ?The Global War on Terrorism: An Assessment,? authored by Senior Fellow Robert C. Martinage. Report concludes that US position in the GWOT has...

Operation Iraqi Freedom: Strategies, Approaches, Results, and Issues for Congress

Posted on March 22, 2008
CRS Report via Federation of American Scientists: "Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) was launched on March 20, 2003. The immediate goal, as stated by the Bush Administration, was to remove the regime, including destroying its ability to use weapons of mass...

President Bush's Legacy: A Reluctant Friend of Higher Education

Posted on March 22, 2008
Interesting article from the Chronicle: "With his 2009 budget proposal, the president shows a continued willingness to spend federal money on many of colleges' priorities." See also: The Feds Giveth, and Taketh Away, Inside Higher Ed. [RJ]

Friday Fun: Syd Kaufman, Plaintiff SuperLawyer!

Posted on March 21, 2008
What's your favorite complaint? [JH]

Samuel Adams American Homebrew Contest, A Great Library Staff Morale Project!

Posted on March 21, 2008
Jim Kock and the fine folks at the Samuel Adams® Brewery reminded Americans that beer is supposed to be flavorful some 20-plus years ago. For that, Jim Kock deserves the highest civilian award for distinguished Americans, The Presidential Medal of...

2007 IRS Data Book Now Online

Posted on March 21, 2008
Ever wonder what the IRS does after you have filed your 1040? Check out the the IRS Data Book, an annual snapshot of IRS activities for a given fiscal year. The 2007 IRS Data Book is now available. From the...

Spring Break Reading: Daniel Defoe and the Written Constitution

Posted on March 21, 2008
Bernadette A. Meyler (Cornell Law School) examines Daniel Defoe's contribution to the ideal of a written constitution and its enduring legacy in Daniel Defoe and the Written Constitution (NELLCO). Very interesting. Here's the abstract: Today, as constitutionalism spreads around the...

Reminder: AALL Scholarships Applications Due April 1st

Posted on March 21, 2008
Need money to support your educational goals? The AALL Scholarships Committee wants to give you that opportunity. Every year, AALL awards thousands of dollars in scholarships to law school and library school students and AALL members. The following scholarships are...

Statutes at Large: 109th Congress, 1st Session (2005)

Posted on March 21, 2008
Is now available from GPO. [RJ]

Opening: Reference Librarian, Wake Forest Law Library

Posted on March 21, 2008
Position Summary Provides reference services, research assistance and library instruction to all users of the library. Teaches in the mandatory Legal Research and Writing Program for first year law students and may teach in the Advanced Legal Research class for...

May I Have the Envelope ... YouTube Video Awards!

Posted on March 21, 2008
The Second Annual YouTube Video Awards just took place, honoring 12 Internet video creators and their body of work. Fellow users voted on twelve different categories; music, sports, comedy, instructional, short film, inspirational, commentary, creative, politics, series, eyewitness and "adorable...

Friday Fun: Protecting Those Who Can't Walk and Chew Gum Text at the Same Time

Posted on March 21, 2008
East London's trendy Brick Lane holds the record for cell phone texting injuries. To protect London pedestrians so preoccupied with emailing and text messaging on their BlackBerrys and cell phones that they can't make it down a city block without...

Marking the Fifth Anniversary of the Invasion of Iraq

Posted on March 20, 2008
The War in Afghanistan In Afghanistan, there have been 772 coalition deaths ? 483 Americans, four Australians, 89 Britons, 81 Canadians, two Czech, 12 Danes, 14 Dutch, two Estonians, one Finn, 12 French, 22 Germans, 11 Italians, three Norwegians, three...

How to Do Russian Legal Research

Posted on March 20, 2008
The Law Library of Congress has prepared a Legal Research Guide for Russia. The Russian Guide includes an introduction to the legal system, official sources of law, print resources, and web resources. Check it out. [JH]

ABA's Antitrust Handbook for Franchise and Distribution Practitioners

Posted on March 20, 2008
Antitrust Handbook for Franchise and Distribution Practitioners List Price: $169.00 Publisher: ABA Publication Date: March 2008 Page Court: 250 ISBN: 978-1-60442-048-7 Book Description: Franchising forms a major sector of the economy, and businesses engaged in selling goods and services through...

Public Comments on Proposed Revisions to Code of Conduct for US Judges Due by April 18, 2008

Posted on March 20, 2008
From the press release: "The Committee on Codes of Conduct of the Judicial Conference of the United States seeks public comments on proposed revisions to the Code of Conduct for United States Judges. The proposed revisions are based in large...

NABL and Thomson West Sponsor Seminar for Blind and Visually Impaired Attorneys

Posted on March 20, 2008
The National Association of Blind Lawyers (NABL) will be conducting a day-long training seminar for blind and visually impaired attorneys and law school students in Baltimore on April 10, 2008 as part of the 2008 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium:...

Opening: Library Associate Senior, University of Akron Law Library

Posted on March 20, 2008
Library Associate Senior - 4987 The University of Akron Law Library Conduct receipt, distribution and maintenance of library serials in on-line environment and provide administrative support for library. Required qualifications: minimum of two years experience with library policies and procedures,...

New Rules for Judicial Conduct and Judicial Disability Proceedings Take Effect Next Month

Posted on March 19, 2008
The Judicial Conference of the United States has approved the first-ever binding, nationwide set of rules for handling conduct and disability complaints against federal judges. The new 29 Rules for Judicial Conduct and Judicial Disability Proceedings, which take effect in...

Professional Reading: Reckoning the Future Business Plans of Copyright-Dependent Technology Entrepreneurs

Posted on March 19, 2008
Jane C. Ginsburg (Columbia Law School) has deposited Separating the Sony Sheep From the Grokster Goats: Reckoning the Future Business Plans of Copyright-Dependent Technology Entrepreneurs in NELLCO. Here's the abstract: U.S. and many other national copyright systems have by statute...

New Edition of Handbook for Bloggers and Cyber-Dissidents Now Available

Posted on March 19, 2008
Reporters Without Borders has published a new edition of its Handbook for Bloggers and Cyber-Dissidents (pdf). It offers practical advice and techniques on how to start up a blog, how to blog for anonymously, and how to circumvent censorship. [JH]...

New Service for Congressional Videos

Posted on March 19, 2008
From the site: "CapNews.Net is an Internet News Service covering Congress, the White House, the Supreme Court and executive agencies. In 2008 CapNews.Net will launch its full operations and begin offering news video syndication services to media organizations and others,...

Do you Use IM in Your Law Firm Library?

Posted on March 19, 2008
LawLibTech is conducting a poll of law firm librarians on IM practices in preparation for a presentation at TRIPLL next month. [JH]

Best and Worst Time Covers

Posted on March 19, 2008
Time is conducting a perfect hump-day diversion, a poll of their best and worst covers Vote for Best Covers | Vote for Worst Covers | View Poll Results (regularly updated) See also Time's Person of the Year, 1927-2007 Gallery of...

A Jury of One's Peers: Ranking Law School Reputations

Posted on March 19, 2008
Brian Leiter has just published Top Producers of New Law Teachers, 2003-2007, a ranking of feeder schools for the legal academy, on Brian Leiter's Law School Rankings [his blog post]. I thought it might be interesting to create a table...

Librarian fired for reporting porn viewing patron?

Posted on March 18, 2008
This story comes from the Visalia Times-Delta (CA) where a librarian, Brenda Biesterfeld, claims she was terminated for reporting to police a patron who was viewing child pornography. The library denies the reporting is the cause of her termination. Another...

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