Legal Research

DePaul Law Faculty Member Becomes Dean at Cleveland-Marshall College of Law

Posted on March 24, 2011
Just as DePaul University has selected Professor Gregory Mark from Rutgers University School of Law, as our new Dean for the law school, one of our law faculty members has been selected to become the Dean at the Cleveland-Marshall College...

Statistical Abstract of U.S. Going Away ?

Posted on March 23, 2011
In the doument, U.S. Census Bureau?s "Budget Estimates,Fiscal Year 2012", presented to Congress February 2011, the Census Bureau recommends terminating the well-know publication, the Statistacal Abstract of the United States and several other publications of the Federal Financial Statistics Program...

Internet Archive?s OpenLibrary Tries Old-School E-book Lending Model

Posted on March 18, 2011
A recent article from Information Today by Barbara Quint looks at a new project of OpenLibrary.org that was announced at the end of February that while a new initiative, looks to a very traditional ebook lending model. In a move...

Governor Quinn Signs Death Penalty Bill, Illinois Becomes 16TH State to Abolish

Posted on March 11, 2011
This past Wednesday, Illinois Governor Quinn signed the bill from the General Assembly that abolishes the death penalty in Illinois. It is now Public Act 096-1543. Senate Bill 3539 had been adopted by the Illinois General Assembly in December after...

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U.S. Goverment Printing Office & Library of Congress to Digitize Historic Documents

Posted on March 04, 2011
The Federal Depository program of the Government Printing Office (GPO) has recently announced that they will be beginning a joint project with the Library of Congeress (LOC) to digitze two important legal government documents. In Nov. of 2010, they received...

Check Out Free Online Tax Filing Options

Posted on February 24, 2011
DePaul Financial Fitness program is designed to help students manage their money by providing free services, resources and tools. But their tips can be of use to non-students as well. Recently, the site has posted some useful information to file...

The Harvard Law School/ Milbank Law Firm Program -- A "Johnny-Come-Lately" ?

Posted on February 21, 2011
The Harvard law School has announced a new multi-year training program for providing executive education to mid-level associates at the firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy. "The program, to be called Milbank@Harvard, will be offered on-site at Harvard and will...

"Iraqi Eyes" Photo Exhibit at The Chicago Photography Center

Posted on February 15, 2011
The International Human Rights Law Institute at DePaul University and The Chicago Photography Center welcome the public to the exhibit Iraqi Eyes, a photography exhibit featuring over fifty images of daily life in a war-torn country, which runs February 11...

Prominent Social Activist Sister Helen Prejean Donates Personal Archives to DePaul University

Posted on February 09, 2011
Sister Helen Prejean, social activist and anti-death penalty crusader has donated 30 years worth of her personal papers and artifacts to DePaul University. She is best known for her book "Dead Man Walking" which was made into Oscar-winning 1996 film....

Three Services That Can Enhance Your Legal Browsing

Posted on February 07, 2011
These free services have been available for months. But not all users of one, may be aware of the others. The first is from the LexisNexis, not generally associated with free products; the second is from the Government Printing Office...

Professor Bassiouni To Deliver Address At Atrocity Crimes Conference

Posted on January 26, 2011
DePaul law Professor M. Cherif Bassiouni will deliver a luncheon address entitled, ?The Contributions of International Tribunals to Post-Conflict Justice, from Nuremberg to the ICC.? at the Atrocity Crimes Litigation Year-in-Review Conference 2011. The conference is sponsored by The John...

Illinois Criminal Code Rewrite Nearing Completion

Posted on January 24, 2011
Back in April 2007, members of the CLEAR Commission, which has been reviewing the Illinois Criminal Code and Code of Corrections to make them more readable, understandable, consistent and just, met at DePaul. (See : CLEAR Commission Panel Discussion at...

Mary Alice Baish, Long Term AALL Member, Appointed Superintendent of Documents

Posted on January 20, 2011
Public Printer Bill Boarman, also newly appointed to his position, has named Mary Alice Baish Assistant Public Printer, Superintendent of Documents, for the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO). Baish will oversee GPO's Library Services & Content Management unit, Publication and...

"Paper Chase" Leaves Law Grads Chasing Phantom Jobs

Posted on January 12, 2011
In the recent New York Times article, "Is Law School a Losing Game?", about the value proposition of attending law school, both the indebted, unemployed graduates and the administrators and faculty of the law schools they attended, say that they...

New Professor Bassiouni Book Examines U.S. Torture Policies

Posted on January 07, 2011
A post on this blog from two years ago,"The Trial of Donald Rumsfeld", Book From The Center for Constitutional Rights , highlighted a book entitled "The Trial of Donald Rumsfeld A Prosecution by Book. It is "... a book that...

National Archives Debuts Redesigned Website

Posted on December 14, 2010
This December, as part of its OPEN GOVERNMENT PLAN, the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), is providing a newly redesigned website that is the result of surveys of many user constituencies. It will have five main sections : veterans,...

Human Rights Day, The Nobel Peace Prize & Wikileaks

Posted on December 10, 2010
Today Dec. 10 has been designated, Human Right Day, by the United Nations. The day commemorates the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. Yesterday was also the day that the Nobel Committee awarded Chinese pro-democracy activist,...

Stocking Stuffer For Your Favotite Illinois Attorney

Posted on December 07, 2010
The Illinois New Rules of Evidence become effective January 1, 2011. A pocket sized edition is now available from the Illinois Bar Association for only $9.99 for Members & $14.99 for Non-Members. Running 88 pages long, it could fit into...

"Metalib" - A New Federated Search Tool For Government Information

Posted on December 03, 2010
"Federated searching" or searching multiple databases at the same time has become the preferred approach for locating information in places that the user may not even know about. Not having to know where to look before doing a search, can...

DePaul Richardson Library Receives Scholarly Papers of Law Professor M. Cherif Bassiouni

Posted on November 29, 2010
On November 22, the DePaul College of Law sponsored a reception hosted at the DePaul Richardson Library, recognizing the donation of the scholarly papers of Professor Law Emeritus, M. Cherif Bassiouni and for his works and contributions to improving human...

Holiday ?Book Tasting? Showcases Latest Books By DePaul Faculty Authors

Posted on November 24, 2010
DePaul University?s inaugural ?Book Tasting,? which features some of the latest work by faculty authors, will be held Dec. 8 at 6 p.m. in the University Center Conference Chicago, 525 S. State St. In the spirit of a wine tasting,...

Thanksgiving - Giving Thanks & Seeking Justice

Posted on November 23, 2010
For many of us, the Thanksgiving holiday means sharing food with family and friends and giving thanks for what we may be fortunate enough to have. Our thanks should include those who have worked the hardest to put much of...

"Medill Innocence Project" Eavesdropping Incident May Be Opportunity For Improvement

Posted on November 19, 2010
The recent questions raised by Cook County state's attorney over eavesdropping by the students of the Northwestern University's Medill Innocence Project, in the murder case of Anthony McKinney, may actually serve to place the activities of their project on firmer...

International Human Rights Law Institute Program : Bosnia Looking Forward

Posted on November 16, 2010

Dedication M. Cherif Bassiouni Collection To Richardson Library

Posted on November 16, 2010

New "Desire To Learn" (D2L) Training For Students Helps Uncover STAFF Learning Resources

Posted on November 15, 2010
Following up a link in a current Depaulia newspaper story on the introduction of a new course management system, "D2L" to DePaul, "Throwing away the chalk with desire to learn", to training resources for students on the new system. I...

Honoring All Who Served - Veterans' Day 2010

Posted on November 11, 2010
ON THE LEGAL FRONT - "On July 25, 2009, Governor Pat Quinn signed into law a whole host of legislation designed to support veterans and to examine ways in which the State of Illinois could further support our state's residents...

Affordable Substitute for "Making of Modern Law" Being Undertaken

Posted on November 03, 2010
The Center for Research Libraries (CRL), headquartered in Chicago, announced that they "...will work with the Law Library Microform Consortium [LLMC] and the U.S. Agricultural Information Network to create a sustainable and scalable framework for cooperative archiving of important legacy...

"Rent-a-Law-Student" Program Helps Solos & Students

Posted on October 29, 2010
Career Services at at Georgia State College of Law has come up with a win-win initiative that provides solo practitioners and small firms with a pool of qualified and pre-approved Georgia State College of Law third years and recent graduates,...

Huffington Post Sheds Different Light On Would-be DePaul Student Organization

Posted on October 25, 2010
A posting on the Huffington Post blog tells about an open letter by 75 U.S. law school professors arguing "...to encourage a wholesale rethinking of marijuana policy in this country, and to endorse the Tax and Control Cannabis 2010 initiative?Proposition...

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