From: News Release-March 3, 2009: Des Moines, IA – March 3, 2009 – In an editorial in the January-February 2009 issue of its journal, Judicature, the American Judicature Society has called on the new administration to make the restoration and reinvigoration of the Department of Justice a major priority. The…
The following link leads to the Spring 2009 list of new books that can be found on the new book shelf of the New York Appellate Division Fourth Department Library: http://www.nycourts.gov/library/ad4/datas/newbklst.pdf
BY:Lynch, C.G. CIO , February 19, 2009. Excerpt: “As potential employers or recruiters peruse your work experience on LinkedIn, recommendations from past and present colleagues can be one of the most helpful features to help communicate your value. Here’s five tips for doing the most good for yourself with LinkedIn…
The Future of Today’s Legal Scholarship: A Symposium in Honor of Bob Oakley July 25, 2009 Georgetown University Law Center Georgetown Law Library About The Future of Today’s Scholarship: A Symposium in Honor of Bob Oakley The time to debate the role of blogs in legal scholarship has passed. As…
The New York Appellate Division Fourth Department Law Library has just announced in the Spring 2009 issue of their Law Library Newsletter rolling the introduction of a new online catalog. It will be rolled out during the month of March. The move to a new system was prompted by the…
The American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) Research Committee is accepting applications for research grants from the AALL Research Fund: An Endowment Established by LexisNexis®. A single grant of up to $1,425, or multiple grants totaling $1,425, may be awarded. The committee will award one or more grants to library…
The Internet in 2009 is undergoing the most significant set of changes of its entire history, ccording to one of the men who helped create it, Dr. Vint Cerf. At the official opening of the Internet Society’s (ISOC) new offices in Geneva, on 26 February, Dr Cerf explained that technical…
Legal Information Systems & Legal Informatics Resources, http://home.comcast.net/~richards1000/LegalInformationSystemsBibliography.htm , has been updated with new content. This site aggregates resources of interest to those conducting research on legal information systems. Materials listed include the following: • Articles, Preprints, Journals, Blogs, and Indexes • Conferences and Conference Proceedings • Dissertations & Theses…
RICHARD ZORZA As you may know, the economic crisis is having a major impact upon courts, self-help programs, and indeed litigants. A major focus of selfhelpsupport in the next year will be working to make sure that courts and their access partners continue to innovate in access to justice, even…
Secret legal opinions issued by the Bush administration lawyers after the September 11, 2001 attacks were among the nine that were released and disclosed publicly by the U.S. Department of Justice on Monday March 2, 2009. In a Department of Justice Press Release announcing this action, Eric Holder the current…