Legal Research

What a Concept!

Posted on June 19, 2009
YouTube Contest Challenges Users To Make A 'Good' Video

THELAW.NET

Posted on June 17, 2009
This now-venerable tool for lawyers, found at TheLaw.net, looks like a useful, cost-effective research source for the practicing bar. It usefulness positions it as a low-cost rival to Westlaw and LexisNexis. Costs range from $575 annually for 1 lawyer to...

UK: Speaker Martin Resigns

Posted on June 17, 2009

Any Club that Would Have Someone Like Me as a Member

Posted on June 16, 2009
It's interesting, and somewhat cheering, to read that Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor is having to defend her membership in an all-female networking club. I was recently re-reading Simone de Beauvoir's The Second Sex, and it begins by identifying the...

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Customize Your Search Using Google

Posted on June 15, 2009
Google has a feature that lets you cut down on the sometimes overwhelming number of results you get from a query. It can be useful if yours is a specialized area of research and you want to exclude irrelevant sites...

USGovernment Channel on YouTube

Posted on June 13, 2009
Click refresh for a video on new media for the Federal Government.

Bing Has Lots of Microsoft Bling

Posted on June 12, 2009
I have to say that I began looking at Bing , Microsoft's attempt to become a search destination rather than an accidental tourist repellent ("Oh no, I'm using the MSN search function, what happened to my Google Search Bar?"), predisposed...

Kindle reviews

Posted on June 12, 2009
If you love your K2 like I do read this: Amazon.com Kindle DX | Wired.com Product Reviews Posted using ShareThis

Summer Travelers - Don't Czech Your Bags for Prague!

Posted on June 12, 2009
Prague's Franz Kafka International Named World's Most Alienating Airport

The Name Game

Posted on June 11, 2009
The view of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor that is emerging is a salutary reminder that the labels "conservative" and "liberal" often obscure more than they reveal. The videos she released to the Senate Judiciary Committee reveal her to be...

Bankruptcy and Hockey: The Phoenix Coyotes

Posted on June 09, 2009
The NHL Constitution and rules are cited in this article about the Bankruptcy Court Proceedings over the insolvent Coyotes. NHL.com

Chapter 11, General Motors, and Law Library Sightings in the News

Posted on May 29, 2009
Thanks to my C-SPAN addiction, I found myself in thrall to this morning's Washington Journal, most notably a fascinating segment (starting at 32:32) regarding the General Motor's bankruptcy announcement expected on Monday. Law Professor John Pottow from the University of...

Law Library of Congress Resource on Sonia Sotomayor

Posted on May 28, 2009
Law Library of Congress Legal Reference Specialist Emily Carr has announced a new resource for information on recent Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. This resource page includes "information on articles and books by Sotomayor, Congressional documents, cases, and web resources...

Florida State Attorney office tags Files and Personnel with RFID

Posted on May 23, 2009
The RFID Journal reports that using Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags on each of the 21,000 files in the State Attorney's Offices in the 15th Circuit Court results in improved case management and cost reductions. RFID Journal.

New Blog Tracking US Supreme Court Justice Nomination Process

Posted on May 23, 2009
The Ninth Justice blog focuses on the latest news and analysis in the search for a new Justice. Updated on an almost hourly basis. See: Ninth Justice.

CQ Video: Notorious Supreme Court Nomination Hearings

Posted on May 22, 2009

TCM movie clip: I Am the Law

Posted on May 20, 2009
Law Professor played by Edward G. Robinson lectures his class on the perils of the Sabbatical in the 1938 movie "I am the Law." Clip

Shepard Broad LLTC's Own Rob Hudson Assumes Interim Directorship

Posted on May 19, 2009
It's a pleasure to announce that Rob Hudson, LLTC Head of Public Services, will become Interim Director on June 5, when our current Director, Lisa Smith-Butler, leaves to become associate dean for Library and Information Technology at Charleston School of...

The Brits Bring Us a Treaty Index with FLARE

Posted on May 19, 2009
There is a new, free website called the FLARE Index to Treaties which indexes more than 1500 multilateral treaties, beginning from 1856. Launched in March, it is the work of the Foreign Law Research Group, based in Britain. It allows...

Law School Web Innovators

Posted on May 19, 2009
Some creative website projects from Law Schools around the country are examined in this National Law Journal article. Some favorites are the ABI Bankruptcy Case Blog at St. John's Law and the The Codicil at Texas Tech Law.

Want a Web Site that Does Calculus?

Posted on May 18, 2009
Have I got a site for you! Try Wolfram|Alpha . It's a whiz at math, and knows where all your genes are (handy if you habitually keep them in a pile on your bedroom floor). It can tell you the...

Entitlement

Posted on May 15, 2009
Thanks to Rob Hudson for this week's Friday Funny.

Designers of the New FDsys Site Open to User Input

Posted on May 15, 2009
The other day I blogged about FDsys and quickly received an email from Carrie Gibb, Market Research Manager from the Office of the Chief Information Officer. Her email solicited any specific feedback I might have about the new website. Spurred...

The Spirit of Anita Bryant's Anti-Gay Crusade Lives On

Posted on May 14, 2009
A group called the Liberty Counsel has filed suit against the Florida Bar Board of Governors disputing the Board's decision to allow the Florida Family Law Section to file an amicus brief. The brief is in support of Eleventh Judicial...

Confessions of an E-Book Reader

Posted on May 13, 2009
I have a Kindle, first generation. In many ways, I love it ? it?s light; Kindle books are often less than half as expensive as the print kind; it saves trees; and perhaps most importantly for the impulse buyer, you...

In Spring the Judicial Fancy Lightly Turns to Thoughts of...

Posted on May 08, 2009

A Rant on an Unlikely Subject

Posted on May 07, 2009
I'm not one given to casting stones at the efforts of the government to keep us informed electronically, but a change is under way that is very disturbing. GPO Access, one of the stars in the free electronic resources firmament,...

Professor Obama's view on the Court

Posted on May 06, 2009
A recent New York Times article on the President focuses on his days teaching law and his views on the Court by the people that knew him. NYT. HT: Faculty Lounge

Women in the Law 2008

Posted on May 05, 2009
The ABA's Commission on Women in the Profession has published A Current Glance at Women in the Law 2008. The pie charts and graphs give an overview of the percentage of women's involvement in all areas of the profession, from...

Who Would You Choose?

Posted on May 05, 2009
Today's New York Times has an interactive feature that lets you play President for the day by choosing your favorite from among the potential nominees to fill the spot on the SCOTUS that Justice Souter will vacate in June. After...

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