Hon. Janet Reno, former U.S. Attorney General, will receive the Justice Award, the American Judicature Society’s highest honor at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. on Friday, April 17, 2009. For more information click on the link below:
Media Release announcing Justice Award for Hon. Janet Reno
Currently we have an opening at the O’Quinn Law Library: the position of Special Projects Librarian. For detailed information please visit: http://www.law.uh.edu/libraries/job%20ads/SpProjLibrn-04-09.htm.
Applicants please send a cover letter, a resume, and the names of three references to: Mon Yin Lung, Associate Director, O’Quinn Law Library, University of Houston, 12 Law Library, Houston, TX, 77204-6054 or mlung@central.uh.edu. Official review of applications begins immediately and continues until the position is filled. The University of Houston is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Women, minorities, veterans, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
The new Information and Communications Index of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) compares developments in information and communication technologies (ICT) in 154 countries over a five year period from 2002 to 2007.
The Index combines 11 indicators into a single measure that can be
used as a benchmarking tool globally, regionally and at the country
A Report of the Violence Policy Center* authored by Senior Policy Analyst Tom Diaz
Introduction
Mexico is under siege, its democratic governance is at risk. This report examines the role of the U.S. civilian gun market in the drug-related violence in Mexico that is creeping northward into the United States.
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Exaamines in detail the legal relationships that link criminal justice, mental health, and disability discrimination law.
Co-sponsored by ABA Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law and the ABA Criminal Justice Section _____________________________
March, 2009 Volume 21 Issue 2
LEAD ARTICLES:
Strategies for Combating Anti-Gay Sentiment in the Courtroom by Sean Overland
The winter issue of SCCLL News has been published at:
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The Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO) is the largest of New York State’s nine reference and research systems, multi-type library organizations often known as “3R Cooperatives” METRO serves a region that includes the five boroughs of New York City and Westchester County.
METRO has a broad and expanding array of member libraries, including law libraries, METRO provides services to its members and assists them to work together and meet the reaearch and informational needs of the people in the region; it is committed to resource sharing, library professional development, and has one of the largest and most effective library advocacy programs in the region.
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