Criminal Law Library BlogPC 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 comments.:
Articles Posted in Publication Announcements and Reviews
Selections from Forthcoming Books in 2008: Criminal Law
A list of forthcoming books scheduled for publication in 2008 selected from a subject search of BIP Professional on October 9, 2008:
Enforcing the Law: Police and Society
Author: Publisher: Wadsworth ISBN or UPC: 0-534-62343-3 (Active Record)
Haworth Press Coming Soon to Informaworld
The following is from a letter announcing that Taylor & Franis Group has recently acquired the publishing portfolio of Haworth Press:
Taylor & Francis Group recently acquired the publishing portfolio of Haworth Press. I am writing to give you advance notification of our schedule for migrating the ejournals from www.haworthpress.com to www.informaworld.com to allow for a smooth platform transition for you and your users.
Timeline From November 2008 we will begin to load journal titles formerly published by Haworth Press to www.informaworld.com. From this point, no new content with a 2009 volume year will be added to www.haworthpress.com, nor will any new accounts be created on the site. We expect this load to be complete by mid-December, and for all Haworth content to be available on informaworld from this point.
New AALL SCCLL Resource Guide Number 3 is Available
State Court and County (SCCLL) is a Special Interest Group of the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL):
The SCCLL Resource Guide #3 is now officially published and ready to be sent out from AALL HQ. The guide to ordering is here:
Feature Articles from LLRX.Com, September 2008
Sabrina I. Pacifici Founder, Editor, Publisher:
**LLRX Book Review by Heather A. Phillips – We’re All Journalists Now: The Transformation of the Press and Reshaping of the Law in the Internet Age http://www.llrx.com/columns.bookreview11.htm
Heather A. Phillips highlights attorney John Gant’s contention that one’s title, income, and employer are at best side issues in determining who is a journalist in the day-to-day realities of issuing press passes as well as in larger policies such as the extension of shield laws.
ABA Journal Weekly Newsletter September 26, 2008
Top Ten Stories:
Legal Ethics Ex-Partner at S&C Gives up Law License over $500K in False Expenses
Sep 24, 2008, 05:56 am CDT
Law Library of Congress: Redesigned Global Legal Monitor Launched
The following is from an announcement received from Emily Carr, Legal Reference Specialist, Law Library of Congress, on September 24, 2008. It should be of great interest to all who need to follow foreign and international developments in the law.
Redesigned Global Legal Monitor Launched
The Law Library of Congress is pleased to announce the launch of the redesigned Global Legal Monitor [http://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?home]. The Global Legal Monitor has transformed from a monthly published PDF to a dynamic continuously updated website. The new Global Legal Monitor has the ability to view legal developments by topic [http://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?allTopics] (more than one hundred so far) and by jurisdiction [http://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?allJuris] (over one hundred and fifty). The content of the Global Legal Monitor can also be searched through its advanced search interface.
Publication Announcement: Marketing the Law Firm: Business Development Techniques
Published by Research and Markets Ltd.
” ‘Sally Schmidt’s book, Marketing the Law Firm: Business Development Techniques, is a bible, a must-read, and a springboard to law firm marketing for any new or seasoned marketing professional. Its frequent updates are easy to insert and the range of information is nearly exhaustive.’ -Rita Menz, former Director of Client Relations,
Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, LLP, New York
Book Review: Legacy and Legitimacy: Black Americans and the Supreme Court
TITLE: Legacy And Legitimacy SUBTITLE: Black Americans And The Supreme Court AUTHORS: Rosalee A. Clawson and Eric N. Waltenburg PUBLICATION DATE: December 2008 PUBLISHER: Temple University Press PAGE COUNT: 224 pp.
ISBN: 978-1-59213-903-3
PRICE: $23.95
New State Bibliographies from the AALL Government Documents SIS
The GD-SIS Publications Committee is proud to announce three new bibliographies ready for purchase.
1. State Documents Bibliography: Washington, DC (series # 3-74)
2. Selective Annotated Bibliography of Delaware State Documents and Other Resources Used in Delaware Legal Research (Series # 3-73)