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Oregon Laws Remixed by L&C Law Student Robb Shecter

Posted on April 28, 2009
OregonLaws.org We’ve been remiss in not posting about the great work done by one of our own. Robb Shecter, a second year law student here at Lewis & Clark Law School and also Communications Officer for the school’s New Media department, has crafted a new, very-much improved Oregon Revised Statutes OregonLaws...

Prepare for Finals With Free CALI Lessons

Posted on April 21, 2009
With finals approaching, don’t forget that CALI lessons provide a free way to help you prepare for exams! If you’re unfamiliar, CALI lessons are interactive, computer-based tutorials distributed by the non-profit Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI, www...

Campus Lock Down Drill Set for Wed, April 15

Posted on April 14, 2009
A drill to simulate a campus lock down scenario will take place on Wednesday, April 15 at 2:15 p.m. This post from The Source briefly describes how the drill will work and the reasons behind it. It also includes a link for registering for emergency notification text and/or voice messages, a video on using our [...

Campus Safety Bulletin About Sex Offender Known to Visit College Campuses

Posted on April 14, 2009
The Campus Safety office has posted this notice about a sexual predator known to visit college campuses and pose as a professor. He may be in Oregon, but Campus Safety has no reason to believe that he has ever been on the Lewis & Clark campus. Read the bulletin for more information, picture and physical description.

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Food for Fines, April 13 - May 15

Posted on April 13, 2009
Time again to clear out your record and your conscience with our annual Food for Fines program. Between April 13 and May 15 we will waive your fines if you bring in an equivalent amount of non-perishable nutritious food. If your fine is $50.00 or more, you can purchase a gift card from Fred Meyer for [...

United Nations Law Collection Now Available

Posted on April 06, 2009
The Lewis & Clark Law School community now has access to HeinOnline’s latest digital library, the United Nations Law Collection. The United Nations Law Collection presents searchable, exact reproductions of major United Nations legal publications, including: United Nations Treaty Series (UNTS) All texts of treaties and international agreements registered with the Secretariat of the United Nations and published [...

Lawlib Twitter Hits 100 Followers

Posted on April 06, 2009
Lawlib Twitter, our new online update service, now has over 100 followers. We feel pretty good about that, especially as Lawlib Twitter is not yet one month old. In the few weeks that Boley has been in the Twitter business we have posted over 240 ‘tweets,’ providing links to the full gamut of legal research tips, [...

Webcast Server Down for Upgrades and Repairs

Posted on March 30, 2009
The Lewis & Clark Law School Webcast service is down due to repairs to our server. We have recently upgraded our service that will bring added player options, faster streams, and a catalog interface for searching our archive of webcasts. We will also be offering an MP3 podcast service that will be available through iTunes [...

Spring Break Hours

Posted on March 13, 2009
The Law Library will be open during Spring Break ‘09 for all of your research and study needs, Mar. 21 - 29, albeit with altered opening, closing and reference hours. Check our Spring Break Law Library Hours. You can also see when the Watzek Library will be open...

Introducing Lawlib Twitter

Posted on March 10, 2009
We are please to introduced our newest online service, the Boley Law Library Twitter feed, bringing you the freshest legal resources available. It is available to enjoy in two flavors: On our homepage in the Lawlib Twitter column (comfortably between our Library Updates and Law in the News blogs); and Directly at twitter...

Westlaw & TWEN Troubles

Posted on March 02, 2009

New Natural Resources Legal Database

Posted on February 12, 2009
Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Digital Library The law school community now has access to the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Digital Library, providing full-text access to every natural resources law article published by the Foundation since 1955...

Law Library Closed for MLK, Jr. Day

Posted on January 13, 2009
The Boley Law Library will be closed for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on Monday, January 19, as will Lewis & Clark College, Law School and Graduate School. We will reopen for business and learning on Tuesday at our regularly scheduled time. Not sure what to do without your local law library? Nothing wrong with volunteering at [...

Spring Semester Library Hours Begin Jan. 11

Posted on January 09, 2009
Welcome back! The law library greets the spring semester with the return of our regular schedule. Spring hours begin Sunday, January 11. Check all of our library and reference desk hours at our thoughtfully titled library hours page.

Library Hours During School Closures

Posted on December 23, 2008
Here is a quick reminder that when the College and Law School are closed because of weather and road conditions, the Boley Law Library is likewise closed. This is the case even during those times when the school is closed but the Registrar’s office is providing final exams...

Library CLOSED Friday, Dec. 19

Posted on December 19, 2008
The Law School and the Boley Law Library are closed today, Friday, Dec. 19, due to weather and road conditions. The official notice, posted on the Law School homepage: Dec. 19: Campus closed The campus will be closed on Friday, December 19 due to inclement weather and hazardous road conditions...

Extended Exam Hours on Saturday, Dec. 20

Posted on December 18, 2008
Due to the weather-caused extra day of exams, the Boley Law Library will be open for extended hours on Saturday, December 20. Boley will now be open 8am - 6pm for Lewis & Clark Law School and College students, faculty, staff and the legal community...

Boley Library Is Open Thursday, Dec. 18

Posted on December 18, 2008
The Boley Law Library is open today on its regular schedule. Here is the official notice, posted on the Law School homepage: Inclement weather update: Campus to reopen The campus will reopen on Thursday, December 18 and operate under its regular business hours...

Tuesday, 12/16 Update: We’re OPEN

Posted on December 16, 2008
The Law School and Law Library are open today. But be sure to dress warm and use caution - the streets, parking lots and driveways are slippery. Probably not a bad idea to put off coming to campus until later, and public transportation is recommended...

Library CLOSING at Noon Due to Weather (Sun. 12/14)

Posted on December 14, 2008
The Boley Law Library is closing at noon on Sunday, Dec. 14 due to road conditions. In fact, the whole campus is closed for the day. Here is the official notice: Dec. 14: Campus closure information Lewis & Clark is closed for the day due to snowfall and hazardous road conditions...

Law School and Library CLOSED Monday, 1/15

Posted on December 14, 2008
The law school, and thus the Boley Law Library, will be closed on Monday, Jan. 15, due to weather and road conditions. The official notice, sent Sunday night via e-mail: The law school will be closed on Monday 12/15. All exams that were scheduled for Monday 12/15 will be rescheduled to Tuesday 12/16 at the same time and [...

Winter Break Library Hours and Closures

Posted on December 09, 2008
Yes, exam season will come to an end. And though school will be out the Law Library will be open during much of the holiday and winter break - but with abbreviated hours and some closures. Check out our Holiday and Winter Break Hours (Dec. 20 - Jan. 11) before making the trek to Boley’s front [...

Prepare for Finals With Free CALI Lessons

Posted on December 03, 2008
With finals approaching, don’t forget that CALI lessons provide a free way to help you prepare for exams! If you’re unfamiliar, CALI lessons are interactive, computer-based tutorials distributed by the non-profit Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI, www...

Special Thanksgiving Library Hours

Posted on November 20, 2008
The Boley Law Library will be open during the Thanksgiving holiday with altered opening and closing hours. Lewis & Clark Law School and College students, faculty, staff and the legal community Thursday, Nov. 27 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Friday, Nov...

New Summit System for Borrowing Books and Media

Posted on November 12, 2008
Summit, the system you use to borrow books and media from 36 academic libraries in the Northwest, is upgrading to a new system and a new look on December 1st. Summit is an extremely popular service because books and media requested through Summit are delivered to the Law Library within a few days...

LexisNexis & Westlaw 1L Training Schedules

Posted on October 01, 2008
Training for first year law students on LexisNexis and Westlaw begins October 6. LexisNexis training will be the week of October 6, with Westlaw the week of October 13. All sessions are being led by the companies’ account managers. Dates, Times, Rooms and Registration Instructions: LexisNexis Account Manager: Aaron Myers E-Mail: aaron...

How to Open PDFs in Westlaw

Posted on August 29, 2008
Westlaw is a wonderful resource, but printing and opening PDFs on it are a real pain. Now it turns out that opening PDFs on Westlaw using Internet Explorer 7 (we’ll go with IE7 from here on) is often defeated by a default setting in the browser...

Curing the LexisNexis Login and Registration Blues

Posted on August 29, 2008
LexisNexis is having a few start-of-the-term difficulties. Here are cures for the two bugs affecting some users: 1. Logging In to LexisNexis Folks have been having difficulties logging into LexisNexis via their new law school portal. Here is an alternative entry to LexisNexis that should be free of those problems: www...

Library Closed for Labor Day

Posted on August 28, 2008
The Boley Law Library, very much like the rest of Lewis & Clark Law School, will be closed for the Labor Day holiday on September 1, 2008. Any reserve items may be checked out before the library closes on Sunday, August 31 and returned the morning of Tuesday, September 2...

Reference Desk Closing at 5pm on 8/28

Posted on August 28, 2008
The reference desk will be closing one hour early today, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008, at 5pm. We’ll reopen tomorrow at our normal time. View the law library hours.

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