Legal Research

Law School RA ?Do you Knows? for the summer.

Posted on May 24, 2010
Do you know . . . The RA?s have a cubical on 5th floor for doing work and printing? Just make sure you don?t lock the door on your way out!As an RA you need a special library card that will allow you to check out books and interlibrary loan as if you were the faculty member? Stop by the Circulation Desk for more information...

Carolina Blawg has Moved!

Posted on May 10, 2010
Carolina Blawg can now be found at: http://blogs.law.unc.edu/library/

CALI lessons are free!

Posted on March 22, 2010
Carolina Law students, faculty, and staff get free access to 800 interactive tutorials in 33 law school subjects written and edited by law professors.Student PasswordFaculty & Staff Password Follow CALI on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook

New U.S. Supreme Court Web site

Posted on March 18, 2010
On March 18, 2010 the Supreme Court will commence in-house hosting of its Web site, assuming site management responsibilities from the Government Printing Office (GPO), which had provided hosting services since the site's inception ten years ago. The Court received funding in its FY 2010 appropriation to make the transition from GPO to in-house management...

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Summer Success Intensive Legal Research Workshop

Posted on March 17, 2010
The Law Librarians are offering a hands-on workshop taking place Friday, March 26th from 1-5 pm. We will walk you through real-world research questions. You will learn how to tackle work assignments and brush up on your research skills before you start your summer job...

Talk with a North Carolina lawyer for FREE!

Posted on March 04, 2010
The North Carolina Bar Association Foundation is hosting its third annual 4ALL Statewide Service Day on Friday, March 5, 2010 from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. On that day, anyone in North Carolina can call and talk with a North Carolina lawyer for FREE! Lawyers will take calls from seven call centers around the state...

More Group Study Rooms in the Library

Posted on February 19, 2010
The Law Library has heard your requests for more group study space and over the next couple months we will be transforming the old ITS Lab into group study rooms. The Law Library appreciates your patience while the construction makes the third floor of the library much louder than normal...

Webcasts on "Obama at One Year"

Posted on January 28, 2010
is sponsoring a series of webcasts dealing with issues of government openness and accountability in the Obama Administration. More information.

Citation Finder

Posted on January 25, 2010
Take a look at the new tool available from the Legal Information Institute (LII) at Cornell Law School called Citation Finder. You select an area of text on a webpage and click a button. The program attempts to turn the text into a link and take you there...

Experts Debate Reader Privacy Issues in a Digital World

Posted on January 11, 2010
On Jan. 22, 2010, in honor of Data Privacy Day, the University of North Carolina School of Law, together with the University of North Carolina Center for Media Law and Policy, the Kathrine R. Everett Law Library, the University of North Carolina University Libraries, the University of North Carolina School of Information and Library Science, and The Privacy Projects will present a program titled Reader Privacy: Should Library Standards for Privacy Apply in the Digital World?The conference is free and open to the public; advance registration is recommended...

CCH Intelliconnect News

Posted on January 06, 2010
The CCH databases the law school and the University subscribe to, the Business and Finance Internet Research Network, Mergers and Acquisitions, Health & Human Resources Internet Research Network, and the Tax Research Database, are now all accessible via Intelliconnect...

Case Law now on Google Scholar

Posted on November 17, 2009
Google Scholar now searches legal cases and journal articles. Most of the cases appear to reside on Google's server while journal articles are materials available on law journal websites. How useful is it? The first posting I can find about it is available on the Blog Just in Case

LexisNexis 2L Career Sweepstakes

Posted on November 09, 2009
Your law degree can open any door you choose. Use LexisNexis® to discover exactly what?s next for you. This month a second-year law student at your school will win $500 to aid in career exploration. To win, all you have to do is learn about the career resources you can access through LexisNexis...

Westlaw Password Security Changes

Posted on November 06, 2009
In an effort to meet higher password security standards Westlaw is implementing a stronger password standard called OnePass. If your current username and password do not meet the stronger standard, you now have until January 31, 2010 to update your account...

Fall Semester Intensive Legal Research Workshop

Posted on October 16, 2009
Due to the popularity of last Spring's Summer Success Workshop, the Law Library has decided to hold, for the first time, this workshop in the Fall. This program is designed for 2L's and 3L's.This hands on workshop will take place on October 30th from 12-4 p...

Perspectives on Open Access Forum

Posted on October 16, 2009
The UNC Libraries Scholarly Communication Committee invites you to a panel on perspectives on open access. Come celebrate Open Access Week! Join us as notable members across the academic community comment on their experiences with open access publishing...

Early Closing October 22nd

Posted on October 15, 2009
On Thursday, Oct. 22, the Carolina Tar Heels will host the Florida State Seminoles for a nationally televised football game at Kenan Stadium, starting at 8 p.m. This Thursday night game, which will occur during students' Fall Break, is expected to attract a large crowd of fans on campus, beginning as early as 4 p...

"NOT" operator added to HeinOnline's Search Field

Posted on September 28, 2009
For those HeinOnline users who prefer to search using the Field Search, Hein has added a small but powerful option to this search page. The 'NOT' operator is now a selectable option in addition to the AND/OR operators you are used to using. The 'NOT' operator is used in a search the same way that you would use the AND/OR operators...

Congratulations to Jamie Hester!

Posted on September 22, 2009
Jamie won the Law Library raffle for students who participated in the online 1L survey. He received a $50 gift card to UNC Student Stores.

Hein's Federal Register Coverage Updated Daily

Posted on September 21, 2009
The Federal Register in HeinOnline just keeps getting better. Regular users of HeinOnline's Federal Register Library already know that with coverage starting in 1936, HeinOnline has the most comprehensive coverage of the Federal Register available online...

Law 101 Classes

Posted on September 18, 2009
1L's Join the Law Librarians for a quick refresher on the basic components of law.All Classes are in room 3031 at 3:45 p.m.Wednesday, September 23rd: Administrative LawThursday, September 24th: Study AidsWednesday, September 30th: Secondary SourcesThursday, October 1: Case LawFor more information contact Margaret Hall, mfhall@email...

HeinOnline Print/Download Option Has Moved !

Posted on September 09, 2009
Don't be alarmed when you go to click the printer icon in the upper right hand corner of the page toolbar and it's not there! The printer icon has moved from the far right to the middle of the page toolbar. Now the printer icon is the first icon to the right of the page forward button.

Football Parking

Posted on September 03, 2009
Certain lots are RESERVED for University of North Carolina home football games beginning this Saturday (September 5) and according to the following home game schedule: - Sept. 5 vs. The Citadel at 6 p.m. - Sept. 19 vs. East Carolina at 12 Noon - Oct...

Changes in Student Printing

Posted on August 27, 2009
The ITS Computer Lab in room 3045 of the Law Library has been closed by the University because of budget pressures. Students can continue to use the printers in this room and will continue to receive their $40 per semester printing allocation.Carolina Law is providing an additional $40 per semester of printing to the Carolina Law Student printers located in the rumpus room and on the upper level of the rotunda...

Law Students: Before Using CALI

Posted on August 27, 2009
Before creating a new account at cali.org, get Carolina Law's authorization code .Use the school's authorization code just one time. During your first cali.org registration/account creation process, enter it into the box entitled "Authorization Code." You'll never, ever type or even have to think about your school's CALI authorization code again after your new cali...

New HeinOnline Searching Feature

Posted on August 11, 2009
The new search tool allows HeinOnline users to easily search for words or phrases in the section, or the page they are currently viewing.The new search option is available throughout HeinOnline. When viewing a page, you will see a new magnifying glass icon located above the page image...

Library of Congress Sonia Sotomayor Resources

Posted on August 04, 2009
Here is a Library of Congress webpage with links to cases, articles, congressional documents, and other web resources related to Sonia Sotomayor.Sonia Sotomayor Resources

Disappearing Legal Materials

Posted on June 25, 2009
Nearly 14 percent, or approximately one in seven, of the online publications archived by the Chesapeake Project Legal Information Archive between March 2007 and March 2009 have already disappeared from their original locations on the Web but, due to the project?s efforts, remain accessible via permanent archive URLs...

Westlaw for Deferred Graduates

Posted on June 09, 2009
Westlaw has instituted a program to give limited Westlaw access to recent graduates whose employment has been delayed or deferred. The offer applies only to those graduates whohad offers of employment before graduation that have been either delayed or deferred, and provides limited access to Westlaw for pro bono research...

Emerging Issues Law Center

Posted on May 28, 2009
Check out the Opinions and Articles written by U.S. Supreme Court nominee Justice Sonia Sotomayer and much more on the LexisNexis Emerging Issues Law Center websiteURL: http://law.lexisnexis.com/practiceareas/Emerging-Issues

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