Legal Research

It's About Internet-Based Research for Lawyers

Posted on May 20, 2010
Carole Levitt and Mark Rosch have been very busy lately writing about Internet-based research for lawyers. Their most recent works have or are about to be published by the ABA (described below). Carol is President of Internet For Lawyers (IFL),...

Search EFF's FOIA Documents Archives

Posted on May 20, 2010
A big hat tip to the ResourceShelf's Gary Price for calling attention to EFF's searchable FOIA doument archives. EFF has added thousands of records obtained from almost 200 FOIA requests and over a dozen lawsuits according to its blog post....

Check Out Slaw.ca's Make-Over, More Than Just a New Look

Posted on May 20, 2010
In addition to a new look and added functions, Slaw.ca is publishing "a fresh column every day, written by experts on the topics ? Legal Publishing, the Practice of Law, Legal Information, Outsourcing, Legal Marketing, Justice Issues, Legal Technology, and...

LegalTube, Like YouTube, Just Not as Funny; Like Match.com, Just Not as, Well, I Don't Know...

Posted on May 20, 2010
Not as funny although there is a Legal Laughs sections in LegalTube (didn't see any Hitler video parodies). From the site's about page: LegalTube is the only legal directory where finding a lawyer or the answers to your law-related questions...

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LLB Poll: The Ellis Statement on Unsolicited Shipments from TR Legal

Posted on May 19, 2010
Rob Myers, Associate Director for Collection Management, Acquisitions and Planning, Case Western, CRIV vice-chair and incoming chair of the Committee took a jab at TR Legal's continuing practice of sending unsolicited shipments without consent and received a ham-fisted blow to...

Should Gen X and Y Law Firm Librarians Be Worried About Becoming Directors?

Posted on May 19, 2010
Apparently there is cause for concern. In Are Law Firm Library Directors Passé? Greg Lambert writes: As aging Baby Boomer law firm library directors retire, there seems to be a growing trend to eliminate the Library Director position and either...

Opening: Digital Content Services/Reference Librarian, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Library

Posted on May 19, 2010
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Library is pleased to announce an exciting new professional position ?Digital Content Services / Reference Services Librarian. The Digital Content Services / Reference Services Librarian will be responsible for: providing research, reference and instructional services to...

PACER Discovers Relatively Modern Web Design Aesthetics and Features

Posted on May 18, 2010
Finally! Let's quickly forget the old and very tired look? Hat tip to ResourceShelve. Check out ResourceShelf's review New PACER Web Site Now Online, A Completely New Look. [JH]

Wilko's Draft 50 State Survey of Copyright Claims in State Codes and Court Opinions

Posted on May 18, 2010
Details with a link to Kate Wilko's self-characterized "rough draft" are available on Legal Research Plus. The endeavor will contribute to the LAW.GOV project. Wilko writes "I obviously have a lot of work left to do, including cleaning up some...

Zillman's Annotated Guide to Selected Knowledge Discovery Resources and Sites

Posted on May 18, 2010
Marcus Zillman's guide, Knowledge Discovery Resources 2010 - An Internet MiniGuide Annotated Link Compilation (LLRX) provides researchers with a diverse set of resources for knowledge discovery via the Internet. The only one listed that I could wrap my small brain...

Opening: Reference Librarian, Stanford Law School

Posted on May 18, 2010
Stanford Law School is seeking a motivated, hard-working reference librarian for the Robert Crown Law Library. The reference librarians provide premier level reference desk service, and librarians receive a flood of requests for assistance from an accomplished faculty and student...

Your Browser Is A Blabbermouth

Posted on May 18, 2010
Your browser knows who you are, and it seems to be quite the tattletale to anyone who cares to listen. The EFF has a project called Panopticlick. It's designed to measure the uniqueness of a browser's fingerprint. Browsers are configurable...

Friday Fun on Monday: Feeling Left Behind, Play Some Vintage Video Games Online

Posted on May 17, 2010
Law school students have flown the coop. Law profs are hibernating. Many academic law library and IT staffers rushed out of the building Friday for vacation but those who drew the short straw were left behind. The summer break's silence...

1.1 Million Touch-Optimized Websites Forecasted by End of 2010

Posted on May 17, 2010
According to Taptu's April 2010 survey, there are now 440,100 websites with touch-friendly content, up from 326,000 reported in Taptu's January 2010 report. This represents a substantial quarterly growth of 35% and an annual growth of 232%. Taptu estimates that...

Is the New Edition of the ALWD Citation Manual Too Bluebooky?

Posted on May 17, 2010
In a recent Legal Writing Prof Blog post, Mark Wojcik (John Marshall-Chicago) writes that the new fourth edition of the ALWD Citation Manual "has almost become a monster." It weighs in at two pounds and four ounces and the page...

Opening: Associate Dean for Legal Information Resources, Univ. of Florida

Posted on May 17, 2010
The University of Florida Fredric G. Levin College of Law seeks applications and nominations for the position of Associate Dean for Legal Information Resources. The primary responsibility of the position is to lead the Lawton Chiles Legal Information Center (LIC),...

Your MFU (a/k/a photocopier-scanner) Holds the Secret(s) - of Everyone!

Posted on May 17, 2010
Those incredibly popular, useful multifunction units (MFUs) that are nearly ubiquitous in corporations, hospitals and schools have a dark side - their hard drives. I have always known that these units have hard drives, but I guess I never thought...

Louisiana Bill Targets Tulane Enviromental Law Clinic

Posted on May 17, 2010
The Louisiana Chemical Association (LCA) is attacking the Tulane University Environmental Law Clinic on two fronts. The first is a call to members to contact donors and lawmakers for the purpose of cutting off funding to the University. The second...

Nylink Phases Out Operations by June 2011

Posted on May 17, 2010
Nylink was founded in 1973 as the SUNY/OCLC network. As a regional service provider , its main purpose was to provide access and support to OCLC's cataloging and interlibrary loan services. Over the years, it grew into a member supported...

"Augmented Reality" Explained by Common Craft

Posted on May 16, 2010
This Common Craft video explains "augmented reality - a new and growing way to use smartphones to learn about the world around you." It introduces the technology and covers the basic applications. [JH]

Round-Up of Practitioner Law Blogs

Posted on May 15, 2010
Broward DUI Lawyer Blog http://www.broward-dui-lawyer.com http://www.broward-dui-lawyer.com/index.xml Provides insight on DUI cases, news and reports in Florida. Published by the Law Offices of Carlos A. Canet. In Your Defense: An Orange County Criminal Justice Blog http://blog...

40-Year US War on Drugs Has Met None of Its Goals

Posted on May 15, 2010
"After 40 years, the United States' war on drugs has cost $1 trillion and hundreds of thousands of lives, and for what?" See the AP story, AP IMPACT: US drug war has met none of its goals. Hat tip to...

Friday Fun: Printing from the iPad (and Other iPad Functionalities)

Posted on May 14, 2010
Hat tip to PC World's JR Raphael who writes in The Apple iPad Printing Secret, "The good folks at The Form Group, an Ohio-based visual design firm, have come up with a fantastic workaround that lets you print directly from...

AltLaw Shuts Down But Remains an Open Access Success Story

Posted on May 14, 2010
In November 2009, the AltLaw team announced that it would be shutting down its website and search service explaining that "[e]verything we have done or planned to do with AltLaw, Google [SLOJ] has does better. What else would you expect?...

Recent Legal Research Textbooks for Introductory and Advanced Legal Research Instruction: Time for Next Year's Adoption Review

Posted on May 14, 2010
On RIPS Law Librarian, Jason Sowards recommends Mark Osbeck's Impeccable Research: A Concise Guide to Mastering Legal Research Skills (West 2010) as a supplementary text for introductory legal research or advanced legal research courses. "It would also be a great...

Reference/Government Documents Librarian, Elon Univ. School of Law

Posted on May 14, 2010
Responsibilities: The Reference Government Documents Librarian reports to the Associate Dean for Library and Information Services. She/he will provide high-quality reference services to students, faculty and members of the practicing bar as well as participating in the teaching of Legal...

Kindle Doesn't Cut It As A Classroom Device

Posted on May 14, 2010
The preliminary results are in from a test at the University of Virginia's Darden Business School: 75% to 80% would not recommend the Kindle as a classroom device but 90% would recommend it as a personal reading device. None of...

Time for Casebook Writers to Unite: Rethinking Author Contracts Because the eBook is Coming

Posted on May 13, 2010
Some snips from UCLA law prof Stephen Bainbridge's blog post: Change is coming. The major law school casebook publishers are working on game changers like eBooks and textbook rentals, while trying to do so unilaterally within the confines of standard...

The App-Driven Internet

Posted on May 13, 2010
In Advantage Apple, Alan Kohler takes notice of potentially paradigm shifting changes that OS4, Apple's new iPhone operating system, may set into motion. OS4 will contain iAd, an an advertising platform that will allow app developers to put ads into....

Using an iPad in Jury Trials: Legal Skills Profs and Law Firm Tech Specialists Take Note

Posted on May 13, 2010
In iPad at Trial, Maclitigator explains how an attorney used an iPad as "the primary means of getting information in front of a jury" in his openings and closings, display admitted documents and display deposition transcripts during cross-examination during a...

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