Criminal Law Library BlogTop Stories of the Week:
Layoffs Sonnenschein Acknowledges Layoffs of 37 Lawyers, 87 Staffers
May 28, 2008, 05:29 am CDT
Articles Posted in Commentary and Opinion
New York Unified Court Law Librarian Association Newsletter
May 2008 issue:
The May 2008 Pro Se Newsletter, the newsletter of the New York State Unified Court System Newsletter, is being distributed because it contains at least two articles of possible interest. One article “Web-Based Services at the Supreme Court Criminal Term Library New York County” by me describes various web-based services to improve library service including access to online subscriptions to library materials. This article also mentions the backup support provided by the Public Access Library for public patrons.
A second article by my colleague Julie Gick at the Supreme Court Civil Term Library at 60 Centre St. discusses the use of records and briefs.
Chorley Lecture 2008: Self-Subservice Justice: Contingency or Transcendence Formula of Law?
CHORLEY LECTURE 2008
The 37th of a series of annual public lectures given under the auspices of The Modern Law Review, in honour of the late Lord Chorley of Kendal
GUNTHER TEUBNER University of Frankfurt Professor of Private Law and Legal Sociology London School of Economics Centennial Visiting Professor
Report: 2008 Internet Security Trends
“For a time, security controls designed to manage spam, viruses, and malware were working. Loud, high-impact attacks abated. But, as a result of this success, the threats they protected against were forced to change. In 2007, many of these threats underwent significant adaptation. Malware went stealth, and the sophistication increased.”
Computerworld Resources, May 26, 2008
To highlight and address these threats and related issues in 2008 and to offer suggestions as to how to cope with them, Cisco and Ironport, two specialists in these areas, have recently published a comprehensive report: 2008 Security Trends: A Report on Emerging Platforms for Spam, Viruses, and Malware.. According to the Introduction to the Report: “This report is designed to help highlight the key security trials in 2008 and suggest ways to defend against the sophisicated generation of internet threats certain to arise in the future.”
John Baldoni: Don’t Lead With Your Ego
“A big ego can be a bad thing when it comes to leadership. Here’s how to keep yours from getting in the way”
To see John Baldoni’s complete May 21 posting on the CIO Insider Newsletter, click here.
ABA Journal Weekly Newsletter May 23, 2008
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Legal Ethics U of C Law Grad Accused of Submitting Phony Grades to Sidley Austin
May 20, 2008, 03:30 pm CDT
New York Senate Bill S7995 Would Limit Office Of Court Administration (OCA) Use of Court Recording Devices
“Legislation being carried by the chairman of the [New York] state Senate’s Judiciary Committee would set limits on the Office of Court Administration’s now unfettered authority to allow the mechanical recording of proceedings in any state courts in New York….”
To see complete article, New York Senate Bill S7995 and Sponsor’s Memorandum Click here
From: Stashenko, Joel. “Senate Bill Would Limit OCA’s Use of Court Recording Devices,” New York Law Journal. (May 19, 2008). p. 1,8.
ABA Journal Weekly Newsletter May 15, 2008
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Harvard Law School Faculty Approves Open Access Policy for Scholarly Publications
The May 13, 2008 issue of the Library Journal Academic Newswire reports that Harvard University Law School (HLS) has adopted an open access policy for making its scholarly publications available online. Quoting from the Academic Newswire report:
“The Harvard University Law School (HLS) faculty last week followed the lead of their colleagues in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences by voting unanimously to make their scholarly articles available online for free, making HLS the first law school to commit to a “mandatory open access policy” via an institutional repository. ”
“Under the new policy, HLS will require that articles authored by its faculty members be placed in an online open access repository. The measure comes just months after the Harvard FAS approved its landmark mandate, after which, university librarian Robert Darnton, an architect of the policy, said he would be talking to Harvard’s professional schools immediately about adopting similar measure. HLS is the first professional school at Harvard to approve the measure. “That such a renowned law school should support Open Access so resoundingly is a victory for the democratization of knowledge,” Darnton said.”
ABA Criminal Justice Section 2008 Spring Conference
Click here for highlights, audio and photos related to the Conference.