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Try Interactive CALI Lessons for Studying and Class Prep

Posted on September 05, 2019
The Moritz Law Library offers law students access to web-based legal tutorials and other resources provided by the Center for Computer-Assisted Legal

Request a Research Consultation with a Moritz Librarian

Posted on August 26, 2019
If you are writing a research paper for a seminar or a note for a law review or journal this semester, or if you are a research assistant and are working on a difficult project, now might be a good time to schedule an in-office research consultation with a Moritz Law Library reference librarian...

Wal-Mart v. Dukes

Posted on March 31, 2011
One of the most highly-publicized cases at the Supreme Court this term, Wal-Mart v. Dukes, had oral argument on Tuesday morning. The largest gender discrimination case in history, the issue before the Court was not whether Wal-Mart discriminated against women, but about the class-action of the lawsuit itself...

Google Book Settlement Info.

Posted on March 30, 2011
A federal judge in New York recently issued an opinion rejecting a settlement agreement between Google and the Authors Guild regarding the digitization of a vast amount of books still under copyright protection. The Public Index provides numerous resources on the recently rejected settlement and Google's controversial book digitization project...

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International Death Penalty Statistics

Posted on March 29, 2011
Hat tip to Sentencing Law and Policy... Amnesty International collects death penalty statistics from all over the world, and The Guardian recently summarized the information into charts and graphs, showing number of death sentences and number of executions...

Health Reform Quiz

Posted on March 28, 2011
It has now been over a year since Congress' passage of health care reform legislation. Test your knowledge of the law by taking a brief quiz created by the Kaiser Family Foundation. Also check out the foundation's timeline of changes showing when different portions of the health care law will be implemented over the next several years.

Tom Brady v. N.F.L.

Posted on March 25, 2011
As has been widely reported, a group of National Football League players has filed a class action lawsuit against the league and its teams. The complaint, filed in Minnesota federal district court, alleges that the league has violated federal antitrust laws as well as state contract and tort laws...

Settlement in Hurricane Katrina Hospital Deaths Case

Posted on March 24, 2011
A settlement was reached yesterday in a class-action case over deaths at a News Orleans hospital following Hurricane Katrina. About 2,000 patients and hospital workers were stranded at Memorial Medical Center (later renamed Ochsner Baptist Medical Center), with the hospital's lower level under ten feet of water...

Dog Therapy at Yale Law Library

Posted on March 23, 2011
Yale law library will soon allow law students to check out a dog named Monty from the circulation desk for 30 minutes at a time. The law library hopes that providing access to Monty will increase the happiness, calmness, and overall emotional well-being of often-stressed students...

What Is a Photocopying Machine?

Posted on March 22, 2011
Hat tip to the Wall Street Journal Law Blog:A deposition for a public records case at the Ohio Supreme Court went on for ten pages, trying to establish what the term "photocopying machine" really meant.Also: ABA Journal

NBA Ref Sues Reporter Over Tweet

Posted on March 21, 2011
The Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal reports that a veteran NBA basketball referee has sued an AP reporter for defamation based on the content of the reporter's tweet. According to the tweet, the referee told Minnesota Timberwolves coach Kurt Rambis he would "get it back" after making a call the Minnesota coach disliked, implying that he would later make a false call against the other team.

George Mason Student Cleared in Library Study Carrel Incident

Posted on March 18, 2011
George Mason University officials recently announced that all charges have been dropped against student Abdirashid Dahir in an incident involving a library study carrel. Campus police had arrested Dahir and charged him with abduction for allegedly locking a female student in a carrel during a dispute over who could use the carrel...

Preschool Lawsuit

Posted on March 17, 2011
A Manhattan mother has sued her daughter's preschool for the nonrefundable $19,000 tuition, claiming that the school was failing to adequately prepare the child for an Ivy League education.The New York TimesWall Street Journal Law Blog

Free e-Casebooks from CALI's eLangdell Project (eventually)

Posted on March 16, 2011
CALI has been at the forefront of a move toward e-casebooks compatible with smart phones and digital readers. As part of its eLangdell Stimulus Project, CALI is calling for law school faculty to send proposals for e-casebook chapters. If accepted, CALI will pay a $500 stipend per chapter...

Opinions...on the Justices

Posted on March 15, 2011
As a new crop of SCOTUS opinions comes out, commentary on the Justices, their writing, and their oral argument habits is also prevalent:PrawfsBlog: "Chief Justice Roberts and the Ostensibly Boring First Amendment"Opinionator at The New York Times: "Justice Scalia Objects"The National Law Journal: "Clarence Thomas Hits Five Years without Asking a Question"National Journal: "Sonia Sotomeyer on

The Facebook-Divorce Link

Posted on March 14, 2011
A recent article in the Wall Street Journal examines the often reported claim that Facebook contributes to 1 in 5 divorces. While some divorce attorneys see a connection, the article gives reason to doubt claims of a causal link.

Law Student Resources on OSBA Website

Posted on March 11, 2011
Law students may want to be aware of the resources available on the Ohio State Bar Association website including the OSBA Report Online. The report includes recent Ohio cases as well as classified advertisements and job boards. Law students can view jobs and upload their resumes to the OSBA's site for viewing by potential employers...

Googlization

Posted on March 09, 2011
Here is a recent interview of UVA Professor of Media Studies Siva Vaidhyanathan about his new book, The Googlization of Everything. In the interview, Vaidhyanathan calls Google "dangerous" and says that we have not yet come to terms with Google's effects on our "habits, perspectives, judgments, transactions, and imaginations...

Happy Birthday, Justice Holmes

Posted on March 08, 2011
Today is the birthday of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (1841-1935). Associate Justice of the Supreme Court from 1902-1932, he was the oldest Justice in the history of the Court (retiring at the age of 90), and known for his very concise and often-controversial opinions...

Ohio Local Court Rules

Posted on March 07, 2011
The Ohio Supreme Court has created a page on its website to access local court rules for all Ohio trial-level courts. The local rules for a majority of Ohio trial courts are now accessible, mostly via external hyperlinks to court websites. See the Ohio Supreme Court's recent announcement and the web page.

Baron Cut-and-Paste

Posted on March 04, 2011
Plagiarism is apparently not just an undergraduate problem. German Defense Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg recently resigned in the wake of claims that he lifted large portions of his 2006 Doctor of Laws thesis from others' works. A Bremen University law professor reportedly made the discovery after reviewing the thesis with the aid of the Internet...

iPad 2 Debut

Posted on March 03, 2011
For those of you interested in the latest in tablet news, the iPad 2 will be released next week.Here are some advance reviews:Computerworld: "Hands on with the iPad 2"Wall Street Journal: "What the iPad 2 Means for Your Wallet"The iPad Fan: "iPad 2: Thinner, Lighter, Faster, Available March 11"cnet: "Five Things the iPad 2 Didn't Get"

Foreclosing on Wells Fargo

Posted on March 02, 2011
In case you missed this recent story, here is a link to the details of a Philadelphia man's efforts to foreclose on a Wells Fargo bank branch. See also updates to the original story here and here.

Supreme Court News

Posted on March 01, 2011
Today, the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments in Alford v. Greene (combined with Camreta v. Greene), on the question of whether law enforcement and child welfare officials need a court order or parental permission before interviewing a child they suspect is being abused...

Banning Laptops in the Classroom

Posted on February 28, 2011
Temple University law professor Kristen Murray recently posted a paper on SSRN about the topic of banning laptops in the law school classroom. Read about her survey of law students and their laptop use as well as her discussion of five laptop myths. For a brief treatment of the topic, see also the recent blog post by John Mayer (no, not that one) of CALI.

Arizona and National Immigration Crisis Resources

Posted on February 25, 2011
UCLA law library has assembled numerous resources related to Arizona Senate bill 1070 and national immigration issues. In addition to news and analysis of the bill, the regularly updated site provides extensive information about responses to the bill such as lawsuits, copycat provisions in other states, protests, boycotts, and government resolutions.

Fourth Amendment Cases

Posted on February 24, 2011
Hat tip to The Volokh Conspiracy:The FourthAmendment.com site has a listing of significant Fourth Amendment cases with links. There are also lists of the most recent opinions from different courts, and cases most recently heard by the Supreme Court.

Prosecuting with an iPad

Posted on February 23, 2011
Click here to read about a Virginia district attorney's experience prosecuting cases using an iPad in the courtroom.

Presidents' Day Discovery

Posted on February 22, 2011
Hat tip to my mother for this one...Just in time for Presidents' Day, a remarkable discovery was made at Washington University in St. Louis: 74 volumes in the rare book room were once owned by Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson scholars have now confirmed that Washington University has the third-largest collection of Jefferson's books, after the Library of Congress and the University of Virginia...

Resources on Middle East Unrest

Posted on February 21, 2011
The BBC provides a frequently updated resource concerning the recent protests in the Middle East. Click here for a country by country description including the most recent uprisings against the Gaddafi government in Libya. See also the resources provided by the Brookings Institution.

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