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UK Treaties Online

Posted on April 02, 2010
The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has launched a new service, UK Treaties Online, which allows users to access details of over 14,000 treaties involving the United Kingdom. These records reflect the information received by the FCO Treaty Section during the course of its operations...

State Bar Association - Members Legal Research Tools

Posted on April 01, 2010
Many state bar association provide free or low cost legal research tools to their members. The folks at 3 Geeks and a Law Blog have produced a nice map which identifies the specific research service that is provided by each state association. For example, Ohio State Bar Association members have access to Casemaker...

Peeps Diorama Contest

Posted on April 01, 2010
Easter is on Sunday and in the spirit of spring and celebration, the Washington Post has yet again sponsored its annual Peeps diorama contest. "Peeps Show IV" features clever works of art, all featuring everyone's favorite marshmellow Easter treat! Look through all the entries and vote for your favorite!

Zimmerman?s Research Guide

Posted on March 30, 2010
Available free online, Zimmerman's Research Guide is a great place to get started with your legal (and even non-legal) research questions. From University of Baltimore Law Library Blog

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CSPAN Archive on the Web

Posted on March 26, 2010
C-Span has uploaded "virtually every minute" of its video archives to its web site, C-SpanVideo.org. The archive coverage starts in 1987 and contains more than 160,000 hours of footage. There are about 10,000 hours of tapes from before 1987 (the network was established in 1979), which will be eventually added to the site as well...

New SCOTUS Web Site

Posted on March 25, 2010
The U.S. Supreme Court launched its new redesigned web site last week. [Read the Court's press release]. The new design is certainly more visually pleasing, and less dated, than the former site. Improvements include making recent Court decisions available directly from the homepage, an interactive Court oral argument calendar, and easier navigation...

Google Maps adds bike-friendly routes

Posted on March 12, 2010
It's looking like spring has finally arrived in Columbus, Ohio and, thanks to the new bike-friendly routes available from Google Maps, planning your bike trip around town has never been easier!From Barco 2.0

Attacking Lawyers From the Right and Left

Posted on March 10, 2010
Check out the latest discussion on the New York Times blog "Room for Debate." This week, the questions posed are: "Is it fair to criticize lawyers for the actions of their clients? And why is there always mileage to be gained from attacking lawyers (with the attackers often lawyers themselves)?"

Academy Awards Recap

Posted on March 08, 2010
Last night was the biggest night of the year in Hollywood - the 82nd Academy Awards! Complete with a theater full of glamorous movie stars, two hilarious co-hosts, an impressive list of nominees, and some heart-felt acceptance speeches, it was certainly a night to remember...

FDSys

Posted on March 04, 2010
FDsys.gov is the U.S. Government Priting Office's new online content management and delivery system. It is replacing the 15-year-old GPO Access website. Complete migration of content to FDsys.gov is expected to be complete in April, with a full switcher to FDsys expected this summer...

Archive-It

Posted on March 01, 2010
Archive-It is a project of Internet Archive, the non-profit behind the well-known Wayback Machine that allows users to locate older, archived versions of websites. The Internet Archive, while having an extensive collection of web pages, does not have the resources to archive everything that is currently on the Internet...

Netchoice's Top Ten Worst Proposed Internet Laws

Posted on February 26, 2010
Netchoice has released its updated iAWFUL List of Worst Internet Legislation. The top ten list includes the following:Expanding Rulemaking Powers of the Federal Trade Commission. Forcing Advertisers to become Tax Collectors (California, Colorado, Illinois, Maryland, Vermont, and Virginia)...

WestlawNext

Posted on February 26, 2010
Thompson Reuters unveiled the highly anticipated WestlawNext system this month. WestlawNext represents a dramatic change from the traditional Westlaw interface. The most significant change involves database selection. Database selection, an integral part of proper Westlaw use, is not required with WestlawNext...

Budget of the U.S. Government

Posted on February 24, 2010
Want to know how your tax dollars are going to be spent? Check out the U.S. government's budget for the 2011 fiscal year (pdf).From The Florida State College of Law Research Center Blog

You Can Catch More Than Just Germs From Your Friends

Posted on February 23, 2010
Here's an interesting podcast from ScienceNow that discusses whether a lack of sleep (and other things, like obesity and happiness) really can spread through social networks.

Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For

Posted on February 22, 2010
If you're a 3L still hunting for a job, be sure to check out this list of the 100 best companies to work for, from Fortune magazine.From Law Librarian Blog

Does Your Password Make the Top 10 List of Most "Hack-able"?

Posted on February 19, 2010
If you see your password on the following list, you may want to consider a change. According to one study, these are the most commonly chosen passwords and are easy to hack:123456 12345 123456789 Password iloveyou princess rockyou 1234567 12345678 abc123 From Law Librarian Blog

Fast and Furious Health Care Reform News!

Posted on February 17, 2010
Trying to keep up with all the progress of health care reform? Check out this list of great news sources.From Ross-Blakley Law Library Blog

Pregaming the Next High Court Nomination

Posted on February 12, 2010
Who would President Obama nominate to the US Supreme Court if Justice Stevens and Justice Ginsburg both retire? One blogger at the Wall Street Journal writes about some possibilities here.From WSJ.com

Magazine Cover Jinx

Posted on February 11, 2010
Many of us have heard of the Sports Illustrated cover jinx - that athletes who appear on the cover of that magazine meet unfortunate events soon after (the most recent incident appears to be skier Lindsey Vonn, who was on the cover of the Winter Olympics Preview issue and who just announced she is battling a deep bruise on her shin)...

Presidential Memorandum establishing a task force on childhood obesity

Posted on February 10, 2010
The White House is on a mission to get us healthy! Yesterday, First Lady Michelle Obama launched "Let's Move: America's Move to Raise a Healthier Generation of Kids" -- an initiative to combat childhood obesity through healthy eating and exercise. The President also lent his support to this important effort, establishing a taskforce on childhood obesity...

Top Six Super Bowl-Related Lawsuits

Posted on February 08, 2010
Check out this list of the top 6 Super Bowl-Related lawsuits.From Legal Blog Watch

The 3 Facebook Settings Every Facebook User Should Check Now

Posted on February 05, 2010
Privacy settings on Facebook have been a major issue for months now, but this article from The New York Times describes three settings in particular that all users should check immediately.From Law Librarian Blog

TIME's Best Websites of 2009

Posted on February 04, 2010
We're over a month into 2010, but this list of websites from Time Magazine is pretty good compliation of useful links - covering everything from online shopping, news, travel, and charitable organizations.From ZiefBrief

Headlines Around the World

Posted on February 03, 2010
Wondering what's making the front page news in Aberdeen, South Dakota? What about in Daytona Beach, Florida? The Newseum in Washington, D.C. has created a new interactive feature on their website that displays the front pages of over 800 newspapers from 77 countries.

Netflix Trends in Major U.S. Cities

Posted on February 02, 2010
This cool, interactive feature on The New York Times website allows you to "examine Netflix rental patterns, neighborhood by neighborhood" in several major U.S. cities.

The Way We Speak

Posted on February 01, 2010
Recently, The New York Times published an interesting article about regional and social dialects in the United States -- especially the strong New York accent portrayed in movies and on TV shows (the article specificly mentions MTV's "Jersey Shore" as exemplifying the use of a particular dialect by Italian-Americans)...

Annual Federal Judiciary Report at Year-End

Posted on January 29, 2010
What were the Federal Courts up to in 2009? Your answer is here, in the 2009 Year-End Report on the Federal Judiciary (pdf).From Legal Research Plus

Picturing the 1930s

Posted on January 28, 2010
The Smithsonian American Art Museum has created a fantastic interactive website called Picturing the 1930s. This site offers a comprehensive look at the decade and allows you to view pictures, listen to music, and learn more about the New Deal, the Great Depression and much more...

State of the Union

Posted on January 28, 2010
If you missed the State of the Union last night, don't worry, you can read a full transcript right here. For a side-by-side look at the video and text, the New York Times has you covered.

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