Criminal Law Library Blog

November 9, 2007

Correspondence Related to the Nomination of Michael Mukasey for U.S. Attorney General

The links below are to primary source documents from members of the Judiciary Committee of the U.S. Senate to Judge Mukasey requesting clarification of his views. Documents included are from our subscription to GalleryWatch at http://www.gallerywatch.com

10/24/2007 Letter to Attorney General Nominee Michael Mukasey from Senate Judiciary Committe. (PDF 56 KB)

Letter Requests Further Clarification of the Nominee’s Position on Several Key Issues Including FISA, Interrogation Tactics and Signing Statements

November 8, 2007

American Law Institute (ALI) Elects 47 New Members

by David Badertscher

The folowing is from an American Law Institute Press Release:

(Philadelphia) –

“It is a great pleasure to welcome these distinguished and influential individuals to The American Law Institute,” said ALI President Michael Traynor. “Members are elected through a highly selective process that recognizes people for their significant professional achievements and a demonstrated interest in the improvement of the law. ALI’s membership consists of judges, practicing lawyers, and legal scholars from all areas of the United States as well as a growing number of foreign countries. Election is considered one of the highest honors in the legal profession.”

November 8, 2007

Review: Five Security Suites You May Not Know About

by David Badertscher

It seems everywhere we turn when it comes to information technology the topic sooner or later always turns to computer security. As mentioned below in this Review published on November 7, 2007 by InformationWeek, Norton and McAfee still dominate this field. The Review as posted consists of a major part of a piece writen by Serdar Yegulap. It does not however include many useful graphics included with the original piece. To see the entire article, including graphics, you will need to click on the URL listed below:

“While big-name security suites such as Norton and McAfee dominate the market, there are others out there that may be just as good — or better. We look at five alternative security suites.”

By Serdar Yegulalp, InformationWeek

November 7, 2007

ABA Publications: Focus on Criminal Law

by David Badertscher

Street Legal: A Guide to Pre-trial Criminal Procedure for Police, Prosecutors, and Defenders

This book provides specific guidance on pre-trial criminal procedure of all sorts, and explains in understandable terms “what you can do and what you cannot do” under 4th Amendment search and seizure law. From traffic checkpoints and forceful felony arrest, from Miranda warnings to inmate and cell searches, it is all covered in this concise reference. Search warrants, electronic surveillance, and use of canine search and seizure are also covered in great detail.

The Criminal Lawyer’s Job: A Survival Guide

November 7, 2007

American Law Institute-American Bar Association (ALI-ABA) and SAI Global Form Strategic Alliance

by David Badertscher

Alliance Enhances Understanding and Management of Key Compliance and Legal Issues

PHILADELPHIA, PA and PLAINSBORO, NJ, October 29, 2007. The American Law Institute-American Bar Association (ALI-ABA) and SAI Global have formed a strategic business alliance in a bid to help tens-of-thousands of business and legal professionals manage their legal and compliance requirements.

The alliance will provide ALI-ABA clients with customized access to SAI Global’s compliance and risk management solutions to train staff and manage the integration of compliance and risk information into core business processes. SAI Global clients will have access to ALI-ABA’s acclaimed CLE services and tailored portal solutions for legal professional development.

November 5, 2007

Northeast Regional Law Library Conference Proceedings

by David Badertscher

From Jim Garnet, Law Librarian U.S. Department of Justice National Place Library, November 2, 2007.

I’ve seen this posted a couple of other places, but I don’t think it’s been on the LLAM listserv. I think the MP3 (audio) files are available for all of the programs, and the Powerpoints are vailable for quite a few (including the program that LLAM coordinated, “Education without Borders,” with LLAM member Susan Herrick as a speaker):

Libraries Without Borders II – presentations available It was a common complaint at the recent meeting of the NorthEast Regional Law Libraries – “How do I decide which session to attend?”. Cross-border crime or HR strategies for managers? Copyright or Reinventing the Law Firm Library? Now you can go back to those sessions you missed. The organizing committee is pleased to announce that the presentations from our fantastic Toronto conference are now available on the web. Point your browser here.

November 5, 2007

Yes, They Do Laugh Occasionally

by David Badertscher

The Supreme Court may have its own police force, its own museum curator, and even its own basketball court, but unlike the courts of yore it has no Jester. As a result, the responsibility of delivering humor within the hallowed halls of One First Street falls squarely on the backs of the nine Justices themselves.” So, which Justice is the best at it? Well, before last year we had no way of knowing because the court reporter did not indicate which Justice asked a question or was speaking. But in the 2004-2005 that ended; now the Court Reporter reveals the names of the speaking Justices. And you might have guessed who won: Justice Scalia. He instigated 77 laughing episodes during the term. In last place was Justice Thomas; he instigated 0 episodes.

Justice Breyer was right behind Scalia with 45, Kennedy was third with 21, Souter had 19, Rehnquist had 12, Stevens 8, O’Connor 7, and Ginsburg 4.

[From an article entitled Laugh Track by Jay D. Wexler in “The Green Bag,” Vol. 9, No. 1, p.59]

November 5, 2007

Lois Ireland Profiled by SMR International

by David Badertscher

From an e:mail sent by Guy St. Clair. President and Consultation Specialist for Knowledge Services at SMR International:

Legal Division members will be interested in reading about Lois Ireland, who is the subject of the current SMR International e-Profile.

Ireland, Manager of the Corporate Information Resource Center (CIRC) at Freddie Mac in McLean, VA was selected because of her role in working with the company to develop a enterprise-wide knowledge hub, providing knowledge services for all Freddie Mac employees and stakeholders.

November 5, 2007

New on LLRX.Com for October 2007

by David Badertscher

The following are new articles and papers included in LLRX.com for October 2007:

**Cultural Challenges in Cross Border Mediation http://www.llrx.com/features/crossbordermediation.htm

Vikrant Singh Negi discusses how the role of cultural differences are crucial in cross border mediation. Although an individual’s nationality does not necessarily determine the attitudes and behavior brought to the table, it can provide valuable guidelines as to which negotiation strategies are likely to work and which are likely to end in failure.

October 31, 2007

Library Journal Talks to the Author Don Bochert

by David Badertscher

Source: LJExpress, Libraryjournal.com, October 30, 2007.

By Norman Oder — Library Journal, 11/1/2007 Don Borchert, a library assistant 1 and 12-year employee of the Torrance Public Library, CA, has written a memoir of his library life, Free for All: Oddballs, Geeks, and Gangstas in the Public Library, coming November 13 from Virgin Books. LJ’s Norman Oder asked how it came about.

DB: I’ve been writing since I was 16. I started out writing bad science fiction. I’ve written a couple of other books that didn’t get close to being published. [I thought] ‘I know the library.’ I’m not a professional, but I had all these anecdotes that I thought were kind of neat. Every night before I went to bed I’d sit and write a chapter. Some are anecdotes about people that come into the library, some are the events that occur, and other chapters are the bureaucratic goings on. I figured that wouldn’t see the light of day either but at least it was fun to write.