Top Ten Stories of the Week ending March 20, 2009: Law Practice Management Layoff ‘Herd Mentality’ Ignores Greater Savings of Pay Cuts, Prof Says Mar 17, 2009, 08:19 am CDT Pro Bono Situations Wanted: Laid-Off Lawyers Seek Volunteer Work–and Get Rejected Mar 16, 2009, 08:42 am CDT Law Practice Management…
Q\UESTION:: In a recent e-mail, someone from Canada asked asked how she could obtain an “official copy” of a Congressional Research Service report, “one from Congress,” not one from the website of an organization such as the Federation of American Scientists. The responses which follow are very interesting; they address…
The Legal Division Quarterly is the Newsletter of the Legal Division of the Special Libraries Association: The 2009 Winter/Spring issue of the Legal Division Quarterly is now online at: http://units.sla.org/division/dleg/Newsletter/LDQ%20Winter%20Spring%20v16n1&2.pdf In this issue: Get Your Intranet Engines Started David Whelan Editor’s Notes Liz Smith From the Board Room Martha Foote…
Stories about popular, exciting topics, often appear almost together , sometimes on the same day. On March 13 two stories published in the InformationWeek Daily Newsletter caught our attention and we wanted to pass them on to our readers: In “The Intruder Story: Man At His Best”, Michael Hickins writes:…
REVIEWED BY: THEODORE POLLACK* Title: Trial Advocacy: Planning, Analysis, and Strategy Authors: Marilyn J. Berger, John B. Mitchell, Ronald Clark Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Edition: Second Pages: 596 ISBN: 978-0-7355-7144-0 Publication Date: 2008 “Trial Advocacy: Planning, Analysis, and Strategy” and its companion volume of “Trial Advocacy: Assignment and Case Files” provide…
The Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO), the New York State reference and research library resource system serving New York City and its metropolitan area, has just released its Strategic Plan 2009-2014. This stragetic plan which was developed through a broad consultative and inclusive process (including input from law libraries),…
Top Ten Stories of the Week ending March 13, 2009: Layoffs Partner Ousters Double or Triple the Pace of Two Years Ago, Consultant Says Mar 12, 2009, 07:33 am CDT Law Firms 731 Lawyers and Staff Laid Off Monday at Morgan Lewis, K&L Gates and White & Case Mar 9,…
Book Review by David Badertscher* March 6, 2009. The Oxford Companion to International Criminal Justice Antioio Cassese, Editor in Chief Oxford University Press 2009 Book Review: The Oxford Companion to International Criminal Justice Antonio Cassese, General Editor. Oxford University Press, 2009. When Antonio Cassese, Professor of International Law at the…
March 6, 2009. To see the following articles recently published on LLRX go to http://www.llrx.com **Guide to International Refugee Law Resources on the Web This updated research guide by Elisa Mason directs readers to some of the key texts and resources available on the Web that can help shed light…
Top Ten Stories of the Week ending March 5, 2009: Law Practice Management March Mayhem: Law Firm Layoffs Top 1,400 Since Friday Mar 4, 2009, 05:59 pm CST Law Firm Cuts ‘Getting Deeper’ After Layoffs, Some Law Firms Have 1 Staffer for Every 4 Lawyers Law Firm Layoffs Alternative: 4-Day…