The Brennan Center has launched an online book review site with a focus soley on books about law and policy. The site (Just Books) includes book reviews, author interviews, and recommended reading from prominent legal figures.The site was spearheaded by Susan Lehman, the director of communications and strategy at the…
In March 2010 OCLC announced an important change to their FirstSearch content services. According to the announcement, OCLC is transitioning out of their role as reseller of vendor-owned content. Therefore they will transfer or discontinue sale of the vendor-owned databases on FirstSearch when subscriptions have ended. According to the announcement,…
“On January 21st, 2009, President Obama issued a Memorandum on Transparency and Open Government in which he described how: ‘public engagement enhances the Government’s effectiveness and improves the quality of its decisions. Knowledge is widely dispersed in society, and public officials benefit from having access to that dispersed knowledge.’ To…
Top ten stories for week ending April 2, 2010: Layoffs Lovells to Shutter 20-Lawyer Chicago Office Mar 30, 2010, 02:38 pm CDT International Law I Just E-Mailed a Friend, US Lawyer Charged in Dubai Corporate Info Case Tells ABA Journal Mar 31, 2010, 07:31 pm CDT Criminal Justice 9th Circuit…
@ the Center is the flagship e-newsletter of the National Center for State Courts (NCSC). It highlights major projects, publications and conferences related to the work of NCSC.. Even though this newsletter is of redcent vintage (still Volume 1) it has already caught the attention of many in the judiciary.…
Thanks to Carole Levitt, President of Internet for Lawyers, for alerting us to the “key steps to improve public access to feferal courts by increasing the availability of court openions and expanding the services and reducing the costs for many users of the Public Access to Electronic Court Records (PACER)…
Top Ten Stories for Week Ending February 5, 2010: Banking Law Lawyer Sues Sallie Mae Over ‘Unrelenting’ Student Loan Robocalls Feb 3, 2010, 06:53 am CST Legal Marketing & Consulting Thomson Reuters Buys Super Lawyers Feb 2, 2010, 02:42 pm CST Layoffs Howrey Lays Off 29 Associates and 65 Staffers…
Prepared by Michael Chernicoff http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/exclusive_inside_the_new_westlaw_lexis_bloomberg_platforms/#ecamp=t-n322 Despite coming out with new platforms of their own, the perceived‐legal research monopoly of “Wexis” – WestLaw and LexisNexis – is facing pressure from a newly rejuvenated Bloomberg platform. Benefits of the updated Westlaw platform includes the use of a powerful natural language search in…
BY: Michael Chernicoff President Barack Obama’s nominee to head the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) has promsed to make its statistical body free from political manipulation. In making an independent statistical body, James Lynch may hope to reverse that likelihood that the BJS and its official are, “inappropriately…
SigInt Technologies, LLC seeks a Senior Level Digital Library Programmer Analyst to support a US Government Agency. Salary range: $125,000.00 – $135,000.00 We are growing our hardcopy-centric collection to include a substantial amount of digital content. You will have the opportunity to chart the course as we incorporate a variety…