Tenth Anniversary of the Bernard E. Witkin Memorial Symposium
Susanne Pierce Dyer, Reference/Devilopment Librarian, Bernard E. Witkin Alemeda County Law Library in Oakland, California has sent the following information and announcement regarding the tenth anniversary of the Bernard E. Witkin Memorial Symposium:
“How quickly a decade flies by! As we look back to the first Witkin lecture in May of 1998, it is hard to believe that our tenth anniversary event is coming soon. Now called the Bernard E. Witkin Memorial Symposium, it is co-sponsored the Bernard E. Witkin Alameda County Law Library and the Witkin Legal Institute.”
“This year’s topic is “Taking your Practice to New Heights with Effective Management Techniques and Cutting Edge Technologies.” We are very grateful for the assistance of members of the State Bar of California Section on Law Practice Management and Technology for their assistance in organizing the program and recruiting speakers.”
CLLB Information Security Newsletter. March 2008 Volume 1, Issue 2.
CLLB Information Scurity Newsletter
March 2008 Volume 1, Issue 2
Annual Maintenance For Computers
Tammy Raum’s Internet Research Tips for Women’s History Month, March 2008
BY TAMAR RAUM*
March is Women’s History Month, and a wealth of historical, social, political, and cultural knowledge is available on the internet. The following internet page of the NWHP (National Women’s History Project) highlights notable achievements of outstanding women.
Above the Law’s David Lat Booted From Facebook
The following was posted on the LAW.COM: Legal Blog Watch on March 3, 2008 by Carolyn Elefant:
“Everyone in the blawgosphere knows that David Lat is Above the Law. Everyone, that is, except Facebook, which apparently has its own laws that even a blogger of Lat’s stature can’t transcend. Facebook recently banished David Lat from its site, without explanation, according to Daniel Solove at Concurring Opinions. Fortunately, the suspension didn’t last long — as of this afternoon, Lat reports that Facebook responded to Lat’s appeal and reinstated his account.
Lat’s sudden suspension has triggered a discussion among legal bloggers over what type of process is due customers of Facebook prior to ejection from the site. This isn’t the first time that a user’s expulsion from a Web site has generated controversy. Last year, a Second Life user challenged the site’s suspension of his account, with the judge invalidating the Terms of Service as an unconscionable contract of adhesion. But given Lat’s status as an A-list law blogger, his experience has attracted more discussion from the legal blogosphere.
Wisconsin State Law Library Newsletter March 2008
The March issue of WSLL @ Your Service has been published at http://wsll.state.wi.us/newsletter/0803.html In this issue:
* What’s New: New Volunteer @ WSLL; Economic Stimulus Checks – A Heads Up * This Just In… : New & Updated library materials * Click To It! Legal Research @ Your Fingertips: finding law journal articles using the WSLL Catalog * The Story of a Great Classic: finding legal classics using HeinOnline * Tech Tip in Brief: “I Guess I Should Have Known That” – A Variety of Quick Tech Tips * Odds & Endings: St. Patrick’s Day 2008; Other March Notables
Internet Society (ISOC) Participates in the Open Consultations of the Internet Governance Forum
The following was contributed by Bill Graham*
The Internet Society played a significant role in the second meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Rio de Janeiro in December, 2007. ISOC hosted an Open Forum on ISOC’s work and worked with partners to organize or participate in nine other sessions, including the Opening and Closing Panels of the IGF itself.
Planning has now begun for the 2008 IGF, which will be held in Hyderabad, India from 3-6 December. ISOC Board of Trustees members, ISOC staff members, and a large number of ISOC members participated in the IGF Open Consultations held in Geneva on 26 February 2008. The meeting was convened in the United Nations headquarters and was attended by
HeinOnLine February 2008 Content Release
February Content Release
This month’s content release includes the following NEW content:
12 years added to the Congressional Record Bound
Top Ten
[From an article by Tony Mauro in the January 29, 2008 issue of Legal Times]
“One way to get a rise out of usually reticent federal judges is to ask them about the sentencing mess — and particularly, the Supreme Court’s role in muddying the waters with a series of difficult-to-follow sentencing decisions since the beginning of this century. Frustration and anger will often spew forth.”
“U.S. District Judge Richard Kopf of the District of Nebraska channeled that frustration into a remarkable David Letterman-style Top 10 list, just published along with articles by other judges in the inaugural online companion to the Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law. Kopf, a 1992 appointee of President George H.W. Bush, writes that he devised the list ‘with tongue partly in
Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire
[From “The History of an American Obsession: The Lie Detectors” by Ken Alder.]
“Despite this warning, the search for Momus’s window has continued down the centuries. The Greeks developed a science of physiognomy to assess people’s character from their facial features and gestures. On the assumption that anxious deceivers generated less saliva, uspected liars in ancient China were asked to chew a bowl of rice and spit it out. Judges in India scanned for curling toes. One pious Victorian physician suggested that God had endowed human beings with the capacity to blush so as to make their deceptions apparent. Today, you can pick up the basics of body language for a few bucks on almost any library resale
table – ‘Who’s Lying to You and Who’s Lusting for You!’ – along with guides for potting tricksters when you travel abroad. Popular manuals, updated with the latest findings of neuroscience, advise you how to track the eye movements and hand gestures of your spouse, boss, and stockbroker.