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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.
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President?s Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2012

Posted on February 15, 2011
President Obama’s budget for the 2012 fiscal year is now available online from the United States Government Printing Office (GPO). Budget documents are available in PDF, with many of the tables also available for separate viewing and downloading.

Two ASU Law Students Published in Jurimetrics

Posted on February 14, 2011
Two ASU law students have published articles in the Fall 2010 issue of Jurimetrics. Jane Christie, a J.D. candidate and Pedrick Scholar wrote an article entitled: “Disconnected: The Safe Prisons Communication Act Fails to Address Prison Communications” Michael Poulton, also a J...

Resource of the Week: Hein Online!

Posted on February 14, 2011
A prospective law librarian interviewed me at the beginning of the semester and asked me to name our most important electronic resource. Several resources came to mind but HeinOnline was the first. Westlaw and LexisNexis are no doubt important but for depth especially in the realm of law review and legal periodical holdings HeinOnline is my [...

Congress Forgets How To Pass a Law (Friday Fun)

Posted on February 11, 2011
Brought to you courtesy of The Onion. Congress Forgets How to Pass a Law

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Introducing Chat Reference

Posted on February 10, 2011
There is a new way to Ask a Librarian for help. In the past you have been able to call us, email us, and stop by the reference office if you needed reference help. Now you can chat with us via Meebo. The Meebo widget can be found on the Law Library?s website at the [...

Medical Marijuana Challenges for Colleges

Posted on February 08, 2011
The growing number of states legalizing marijuana for medical use has posed a challenge for university administrators who must find a way to balance the integration of state laws with university codes of conduct prohibiting drug use. The Chronicle of Higher Education ran an interesting article yesterday about the challenges facing colleges and universities in implementing [...

IP News: The Cooperative Patent Classification System is Coming!

Posted on February 07, 2011
The heart of the U. S. patent system is the U. S. Patent Classification Manual- the system the U. S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) uses to classify patents into topical areas.-the classification hierarchy. An inventor uses the classification system to conduct a patent or novelty search to determine if your idea is new and [...

A recent question in medicine and the law

Posted on February 06, 2011
In an article from the New York Times magazine, there’s discussion of the medical possibility that there are other problems that can be taken for shaken baby syndrome. Not only are some of the medical and social implications explored, but some of the implications on the judicial system are addressed as well.

Cost-Effective and No-Cost Legal Research

Posted on February 03, 2011
If the last blog post, A Law Student?s View: What You Do Not Know Can Be Costly, challenged you to think of ways to cut down on legal research costs you might want to take a look at the following guide the Ross-Blakley law librarians put together: Cost Effective and No-Cost Legal Research

A Law Student?s View: What You Do Not Know Can Be Costly

Posted on February 02, 2011
As law students, we rely extensively on Westlaw and LexisNexis for research. Thankfully, for the three years we are in law school, we have completely free access and can do as many searches as we would like. That all changes, however, once we either begin a summer associate position or graduate from law school...

State-By-State Surveys of Gun Control Laws

Posted on January 31, 2011
Gun control is back in the headlines with the media focus on the tragic shooting of Representative Giffords, Judge Roll, and others in Tucson. Where does one begin to survey the patchwork of gun laws in the fifty states and with the Feds. A recent posting on Law-Lib, a law librarian website, by Mary Margaret [...

Alumni Pens Memoir: The Lie about My Inferiority: Evolution of a Chicana Activist

Posted on January 18, 2011
The late Cecilia D Esquer, J.D. ?76, is the author of a memoir of her personal history and political career as a Chicana activist entitled The Lie about My Inferiority: Evolution of a Chicana Activist. It is a look into Phoenix and Arizona political environment of the 1960s and 1970s and includes a chapter on [...

Tip of the Congressional Iceberg - Law Librarians of Congress

Posted on January 13, 2011
It’s the beginning of a new, 112th Congress. Enquiring minds want to know: Where did the numbering system for Congresses come from? Why does Congress convene in January? Where do you find procedural rules from the House and the Senate? Where is the most current information about current legislation? Get the answers to these questions [...

Legal tools for bloggers

Posted on January 08, 2011
Its seems only fitting, when someone mentions that there’s a “Blogger’s Legal Guide,” to link to it on a law blog. It’s something for us to keep in mind, and something for any law students (or other readers) as well.

Law Professors awarded $2.5 million in suit against West Publishing

Posted on December 21, 2010
The legal community has been increasingly frustrated by the increased cost for West legal titles including those supplementations costing more and more but with less and less content. Here Nathan Gorenstein reports on a legal action over an update to a treatise on criminal procedure...

Library Intersession Hours

Posted on December 15, 2010
The Law Library will be open from 7 am - 8 pm Wednesday, December 15. From December 16 - January 16, the library is open Monday - Saturday, 8 am - 5 pm and closed on Sundays. Holiday hours: Friday, December 24: Closed Saturday, December 25: Closed Saturday, January 1: Closed

Don?t Use This Excuse to Get Out Of Finals

Posted on December 10, 2010
What’s the best exam-delay excuse you’ve ever heard? How about this?

A Book, Who Knew?

Posted on December 09, 2010
Something fun to watch if you need a break from studying. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhcPX1wVp38

Free Online Access to Examples & Explanations Series

Posted on December 06, 2010
Examples and Explanations, the popular series of study guides, are available online via Google Books. Aspen Publishers has made extensive previews of the titles available for FREE. The full content of each title is not included in the preview, but you will find that a large majority of the pages are available...

The right to DNA evidence

Posted on December 05, 2010
Did you hear that Attorney General Eric Holder ordered the Justice Department to drop the policy of requiring defendents to waive their right to DNA evidence if they plead guilty to a crime? This New York Times editorial waxes wordy on what this means for criminal justice, as did the Washington Post, the Cardozo School of Law’s [...

Helpful Study Aids

Posted on December 03, 2010
Check out these books for some exam taking advice: Getting to maybe : how to excel on law school exams How to do your best on law school exams / by John Delaney Law school success in a nutshell : a guide to studying law and taking law school exams / by Ann M...

Helpful Exam Time Study Tools & Services

Posted on December 02, 2010
As exam time approaches, we would like to remind you about the following helpful study tools and services the Law Library staff has produced to assist you in preparing for exams. Extended Hours The Law Library will be open the following extended hours during finals...

Extended Study Room Reservations for Finals

Posted on November 30, 2010
From Wednesday, December 1 - Wednesday, December 15, Law Library study room reservation times will be extended for groups of 3 or more. 3-4 person groups may use a study room for a maximum of 6 hours per day 4-6 person groups may use a study room for a maximum of 8 hours per day Individuals and people [...

Law Library Annual Donation Drive for Pets

Posted on November 29, 2010
It has been another tough year for our furry friends. We have all been hit by the tough economic times and pets are no exception. Many families have been forced to give up their pets and take them to animal shelters. Since so many of us at the Law School enjoy the company of our [...

Law Library holiday hours for Thanksgiving week

Posted on November 23, 2010
Date Library Hours Reference Hours Wednesday, November 24 7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. 8:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Thursday, November 25 - Thanksgiving CLOSED Friday, November 26 - University Holiday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. No Reference Saturday, November 27 8:00 a...

What are ?Green? Jobs and ?Green? Industries-BLS Defines in the FR!

Posted on November 22, 2010
The media is constantly referring to “green jobs” and “green industries.” What are green jobs and how are green industries classified? In the Federal Register this past spring, the U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) , solicited comments and issued a final rule...

Thanksgiving: The Legal History Edition

Posted on November 21, 2010
As much of an uproar as there has been over the policies of President Obama, he has yet to try to change the date of a traditional holiday. Franklin D. Roosevelt, on the other hand, has. In the throws of the Great Depression, he decided in 1939 that moving Thanksgiving forward a week, to the second to last Thursday of [...

Lawyer/Cranberry Connoisseur?

Posted on November 19, 2010
When you are sitting around your Thanksgiving table this year, be sure to give thanks to one Marcus Urann. Who? Marcus Urann was an attorney who is attributed with popularizing cranberry sauce in the early 1900s. Urann was one of the original founders of Ocean Spray and quite the cranberry enthusiast...

Do You Haiku?

Posted on November 17, 2010
Mid-November slump Finals are looming so near… Need a mental break? Last week the ABA Journal asked readers to share their haikus about life as a lawyer or law student. And we’d love to YOUR law haikus, too! [We love haikus around here - you may remember we held a haiku contest for National Library Week last year] Got haiku in you? Post it [...

2nd Annual Arizona Week for the Animals

Posted on November 15, 2010
Governor Brewer has declared November 13-21 as the Arizona Week for the Animals. Groups of all kinds are sponsoring events to help celebrate our furry, slimy, and feathered friends. Events include a salute to military and police dogs, adoption opportunities, and animal law events...

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