Top Ten Stories: Careers Looking for Simpler Life, Lawyer Burns Harvard Law Diploma Oct 28, 2008, 03:11 pm CDT Law Firms Thelen Leaders Seek Vote to Dissolve, Hope to Close By Dec. 1 Oct 28, 2008, 03:08 pm CDT Law Firms Chadbourne & Parke Freezes Hiring of Laterals, Nonlawyers Oct…
The e-newsletter of the American Library Association (ALA): Selected Higllights: Kareem PSA generated $900,000 in library publicity Throughout Library Card Sign-up Month in September, NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar could be seen and heard speaking out about the value of owning a library card. As honorary chair, Abdul-Jabbar donated his time…
The EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research (ECAR) Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, 2008 is available at http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERS0808/RS/ERS0808w.pdf. Although this study was done with undergraduate students, it provides useful information relevant to all students in all fields at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Of particular interest to lawyers…
From: Quinlan Law Enforcement, October 23, 2008. Question: Commander Davis received a tip that Conlenzo-Huffman would be in Calvert, Texas that day driving a blue Buick Park Avenue with a missing hubcap, and that Conlenzo-Huffman would be in possession of a substantial amount of cocaine. That tip was provided by…
Top Ten Stories of the Week: Layoffs Jenner & Block Asks About 10 Partners to Leave Oct 21, 2008, 10:52 am CDT Law Schools Law School Free for UC Irvine’s Entering 2009 Class Oct 22, 2008, 09:34 am CDT Judiciary Qwest CEO Judge Nottingham Resigns Amid Misconduct Probe Oct 21,…
FROM THE OFFICES OF LESLEY ELLEN HARRIS Copyright, New Media Law & E-Commerce News NOTE: THIS CONTENT IS BEING REPRODUCED FOR NON-COMMERCIAL PURPOSES ONLY. __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ Vol. 12, No. 6, October 19, 2008 ISSN 1489-954X Contents: 1. Studies, Legislation and Conventions: WIPO Study on Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries…
The fall issue of the State Court and County Law Libraries (SCCLL) Newsletter has been published at: http://www.aallnet.org/sis/sccll/pdfs/news/2008fall.pdf There is an inoperable hyperlink on page 12. The link to the article “Law Libraries Keep FOL in $titches” is: http://www.friends-library.org/about/footnotes2008/footnotes-0808.pdf
“The Colin Powell endorsement was one of the best addresses I’ve heard in years. It’s worth listening to the entire speech–about 5 minutes. use the link below to hear it” http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/19/powell-endorses-obama/?hp
PC World has named its ‘5 Sites That Will Boost Your Political Awareness.’ Included on this list are some very useful Web sites that many of you are probaly familiar with. Here is their list as posted by the American Association of Law Libraries Washington Blawg along with some helpful…
Kelly Sonora of the bestcollegeonline blog recently sent us an article by Jessica Merritt recently posted on their site and invited us to post it here we thought our readers would be interested. We do think it will be of interest to many of our readers, particulary those law librarians…