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Key legal-education, research, practice, and law-library news, including but not limited to items of particular interest to Maricopa County and Arizona.
By Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law

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Last Entry: May 21, 2013 at 14:27:08

Library Resources for Bar Exam Prep

Posted on May 21, 2013
For many law graduates, studying for the July bar exam has commenced. We want to remind you that the Law Library is open to ASU law graduates studying for the bar and that there are a number of bar preparation materials in the Library collection that may be helpful to you in the coming months: [...

Library Intersession Hours

Posted on May 07, 2013
From May 8-May 26, the Law Library will be open Monday-Saturday, 8am-5pm. Have a great break!

Research Resources for Summer Employment

Posted on May 06, 2013
The final exam period comes to a close tomorrow, and many of you will soon be starting summer jobs. The Law Library has compiled a Resources for Summer Associates guide to help you successfully navigate your summer employment. The guide details how you can continue to use both your Bloomberg Law and LexisAdvance accounts this [...

From the Archives: Reading Period

Posted on April 24, 2013
While the seats are packed, it’s pretty quiet here in the Law Library, as students are taking full advantage of the Reading Period to prepare for final exams. Law students have long taken refuge in the library for quiet study. Before 1993, the ASU Law Library was housed in the basement of Armstrong Hall...

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Lily Yan ?13 and Tim Forsman ?14 Honored for Exemplary Student Research

Posted on April 19, 2013
The Ross-Blakley Law Library at the Sandra O?Connor College of Law is pleased to announce the inaugural recipients of the Ross-Blakley Law Library Award for Exemplary Student Research. Lily Yan is the first place award recipient for her paper Uncharted Domains and the New Land Rush: Indigenous Rights to Top-Level Domains, while Tim Forsman earned [...

Group Study Room Reservation Times Extended April 19-May 7

Posted on April 18, 2013
Group Study Room reservation times will be extended during the exam period, April 19-May 7, 2013. 3 to 4 person groups may reserve a room for a maximum of six hours per day 5 to 6 person groups may reserve a room for a maximum of eight hours per day Individuals and people studying in [...

How to Find Happiness in the Practice of Law

Posted on April 17, 2013
While searching the College of Law Archives for items to include in Professor Feller’s upcoming memorial service, I came across a gem in the Spring 1989 Forum (a former periodic publication of the College of Law): The Commencement Address, given by Paul F...

Finals Fun: 1L Peeps Study Group

Posted on April 15, 2013
In 2009 the Law Library won the ABA Journal?s Peeps in Law contest for our 1L Peeps Study Group. Our winning entry is below. The Law Library staff wishes you luck studying for your finals. A diligent group of law student peeps study for their upcoming final exams in the Arizona State University Ross-Blakley Library...

Real World Legal Research: Top Ten Tips Workshop

Posted on March 29, 2013
Beth DiFelice, Assistant Director of the Ross-Blakley Law Library, will be giving a workshop next week on the most important legal research strategies you need to know before starting your legal position this summer or embarking on your career. The hour-long workshop will be offered twice: Tuesday, April 2nd: 12-15-1:15pm in Library 119 Wednesday, April [...

Law Library Closing at 9:00 Tomorrow (Thursday)

Posted on March 27, 2013
Due to a planned power outage, the Law Library will be closing at 9:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 28, 2013 (tomorrow). The All Night Study Room will be unavailable tomorrow night. We apologize for the inconvenience. We will reopen at 7:00 a.m. Friday morning.

Library Faculty Display Case

Posted on March 24, 2013
There are two new items in the Library Faculty Display Case this week. First is the cover of Sandra Day O’Connor’s newest book, Out of Order: Stories from the History of the Supreme Court. The book itself is available for check out from the Law Library...

Library Reroofing Project March 18, 2013 ? April 12, 2013

Posted on March 17, 2013
We’re getting a new roof! Construction on the Law Library roof will begin Monday, March 18, 2013 and will be completed Friday, April 12, 2013. To minimize noise and disruption, the work will be done weekdays from 10:00 pm – 6:30 am. The largest part of the project will be the dome over the Treatise Collection [...

SCOTUSblog Interviews with Nina Totenberg

Posted on March 08, 2013
SCOTUSblog has conducted a five-part series of interviews with Nina Totenberg, NPR?s award-winning legal affairs correspondent and Dean of the Supreme Court Press Corps. The videos are excellent and provide a unique insight in to the Court from someone who has been reporting on it since the 1970?s...

Out of Order book reading and signing event with Justice O?Connor

Posted on March 05, 2013
Hopefully you signed up early to attend Thursday’s book-signing event for Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s book reading and signing event for her new book Out of Order: Stories from the History of the Supreme Court. This event is now sold out; Out of Order is out of tickets! If you’ll miss the event, you can [...

New Study Room!

Posted on February 26, 2013
Ever wish there was a study room on the first floor so you would be close to the Core materials and Reference Librarians? Well, now there is! Thanks to some creative repurposing of space and furniture by our staff, the Law Library is proud to bring you our newest 4-person study room...

New Books at the Law Library ? Manifest Injustice

Posted on February 19, 2013
Manifest Injustice: The True Story of a Convicted Murderer and the Lawyers Who Fought for His Freedom By Barry Siegel Law Treatises KF224.M18 S56 2013 Manifest Injustice, by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Barry Siegel, details the story of Bill Macumber and the efforts of the Arizona Justice Project, led by lawyer Larry Hammond and Sandra Day [...

West Elevator ? Out of Order

Posted on February 18, 2013
The West Elevator of the Law Library (the only one that goes to the 3rd floor) is currently out of order. It will be out of commission until tomorrow (Tuesday). We apologize for the inconvenience! We know a few Law Library staffers who will be skipping the Stairmaster at the gym tonight!

Bloomberg Law - Account Sign-up and Training

Posted on February 14, 2013
Have you signed up for your free Bloomberg Law student account yet? If not, simply go to https://www.bloomberglaw.com/activate and enter your information - no activation code is needed as Bloomberg will authenticate your account with your @asu.edu e-mail address...

Faculty Display Case Roundup

Posted on February 14, 2013
Our Faculty Display Case just got a new addition: the book International Trade in Indigenous Cultural Heritage : Legal and Policy Issues, which features an article by Professor Rebecca Tsosie titled "International Trade in Indigenous Cultural Heritage: An Argument for Indigenous Governance of Cultural Property...

Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Hours

Posted on January 18, 2013
The Law Library will be open 8am – Midnight on Monday, January 21, 2013. There will be no reference assistance available. Have a safe holiday!

Night of January 16th

Posted on January 16, 2013
Ayn Rand is famous for novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, but have you heard of her play, Night of January 16th? This courtroom drama, enlists audience members to play the “jury,” and has different endings depending on which verdict they reach...

Reference in the Rotunda

Posted on January 15, 2013
Beginning the week of January 14th, the Law Library will have a Roving Reference service available in the Rotunda of the College of Law twice a week. Librarians will be available from Noon to 1:30pm on Mondays and Tuesdays through March to answer your reference questions...

Faculty Display Case Roundup

Posted on January 14, 2013
2013′s first new item in the Faculty Display Case is a chapter by Professor Ira Ellman from Marriage at the Crossroads: Law, Policy, and the Brave New World of Twenty-First-Century Families entitled “Should Marriage Matter?” Professor Ellman co-wrote this chapter with Professor Sanford Braver of the ASU Psychology Department...

The Law Library Will Be Closed on Saturday, December 22nd Due to Construction

Posted on December 20, 2012
The Law Library will be closed on Saturday, December 22nd due to construction. Please visit the Law Library hours page for a full schedule of the library’s intersession hours.

Library Intersession Hours

Posted on December 19, 2012
During the Winter Intersession, Thursday, December 20 – Tuesday, January 8, 2012, the Law Library will be open: Monday – Saturday, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Closed on Sundays We will be closed Saturday, December 22 – Tuesday, December 26, 2012...

Top Legal Blogs

Posted on December 18, 2012
The ABA Journal has announced its 6th Annual Blawg 100, in which its lists its 100 favorite law blogs. Blogs included in the list focus on a variety of legal topics, from just for fun (Lowering the Bar) to criminal justice (Lawyerist). In between are blogs on specific topics such as IP, labor and [...

3Ls Can Now Take Arizona Bar Exam

Posted on December 14, 2012
The Arizona Supreme Court has allowed 3Ls to sit for the Arizona bar exam under a three-year experimental program that goes in to effect on January 1, 2013. You can read the Court?s order amending Rule 34 of the Rules of the Supreme Court here. Background information on this change is available in our March [...

New in the Faculty Display Case

Posted on December 09, 2012
This week saw a new addition to our Display Case: a book called New Global Frontiers in Regulation: The Age of Nanotechnology. This book features a chapter from Professor Gary Marchant, Dean Doug Sylvester, and Professor Kenneth Abbott. The chapter, ”Nanotechnology regulation: the United States approach,” is one of a number of articles these three faculty [...

Law School is Tough, Even for Super Bowl Champions

Posted on December 07, 2012
Exams are right around the corner and you may still be trying to work through all those hearsay exceptions for your evidence final, but you can take heart in the fact that law school is tough for everyone ? even two-time Super Bowl champions. Randall Gay, who won the Super Bowl while playing for the [...

Group Study Room Reservation Times Extended December 5 ? December 19

Posted on December 03, 2012
Group Study Room reservation times will be extended during the exam period, December 5-19, 2012. 3 to 4 person groups may reserve a room for a maximum of six hours per day 5 to 6 person groups may reserve a room for a maximum of eight hours per day Individuals and people studying in pairs [...

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