Legal Research

New Books in Law and Criminal Justice

Posted on April 01, 2011
The Law Library's Selected New Books list for March 2011 includes works on the civil rights movement, comparative law, constitutional law, corporate governance, courts, creationism, criminal law, data protection, dispute resolution, drug trafficking, financial institutions, hate speech, housing & immigrants, human rights, insurance, international law, judicial independence, judicial restraint, philosophy...

Bridge the Gap: Summer Associate Legal Research Program (Free Workshop)

Posted on March 15, 2011
The New Jersey Law Librarians Association (NJLLA) presents the 20th annual Bridge The Gap summer associate legal research program (Program Flyer). This free program is developed to assist law students in making the transition from school to practice. Topics include Internet resources, checklists, legal research skills & basic sources and...

New Books in February 2011

Posted on March 01, 2011
The Law Library's Selected New Books list for February 2011 includes works on copyright, fiduciary law, international law, legal ethics, state constitutional law, mass media empires, public health laws, property rights and neoliberalism, the history of the civil rights movement, two different kinds of insurance, three different courts of last...

Stolen Art: Litigating Holocaust-era Expropriation Claims

Posted on February 22, 2011
The Rutgers Law-Newark Art Law Society and the Institute for Professional Education presents Stolen Art: Litigating Holocaust-era Expropriation Claims by Raymond Dowd, Esquire. This event was moderated by prof. Carol Roehrenbeck. Video recording of this event is available here...

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New Books in Law and Criminal Justice

Posted on February 01, 2011
The Law Library's Selected New Books list for January 2011 includes multiple works on constitutional law, labor law, legal history, and philosophy of law, as well as single works on more than a dozen other topics. Also available is a separate list of New Books in the Criminal Justice Library...

LIBRARY CLOSES 4 PM because of snow

Posted on January 26, 2011
The Rutgers-Newark campus, including the Law Library, will be closed at 4P.M. Wednesday January 26 because of weather conditions....

Library Closed Due to Snow

Posted on January 11, 2011
The Rutgers-Newark campus, including the Law Library, is CLOSED on Wednesday January 12th because of inclement weather....

New Books

Posted on January 03, 2011
The Law Library's Selected New Books list for December 2010 includes works on constitutional law and history, criminal law, customary law, ethics, legal education, the legal profession in Asia, mental health laws, the law of ports, and the law of online virtual environments...

Weintraub Lecture on Sylvia Pressler

Posted on December 02, 2010
Video is now available on the Law Library website for the 28th Annual Chief Justice Joseph Weintraub Lecture, "Sylvia Pressler: Reflections on a Life in the Law" delivered November 30, 2010 by the Honorable Deborah T. Poritz, Chief Justice (Ret.), Supreme Court of New Jersey, Visiting Jurist Emerita‐in‐Residence, Rutgers School...

New Books in Law and Criminal Justice

Posted on December 01, 2010
The Law Library's Selected New Books list for November 2010 includes a work on human cadavers by our Professor Emeritus Norman L. Cantor; an autobiography of Dick Thornburgh; works on queer theory, collaborative divorce, pro bono work, virtual law practice, housing policy, feminist jurisprudence, U...

Governor Christie's Lecture Available

Posted on November 24, 2010
Video of the 2010 Paul S. Miller Distinguished Lecture, "Governing Responsibly In Times of Fiscal Distress," given by Governor Chris Christie at the Rutgers School of Law on November 8, 2010, is now available on the Law Library's website, at http://lawevents...

Librarians Offer "Frugal Researcher" CLE Program

Posted on November 10, 2010
On Tuesday, November 16, 2010, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Prof. Carol Roehrenbeck and other members of the Rutgers-Newark Library Faculty will present "The Frugal Legal Researcher: Ten Cost-Effective Tools and Strategies for Legal Research." The program will include coverage of case law on Google Scholar, tips for efficient...

New Books on Law and Criminal Justice

Posted on November 03, 2010
The Law Library's Selected New Books list for October 2010 includes works on the Founding Fathers, transformative mediation, male privilege, freedom of expression, insurance claims, the cultural commons, Islamic law in the U.S., property, torts, urban policy, and voting rights...

Friends of the Law Library

Posted on October 13, 2010
The Friends of Rutgers Law Library and The Friends of the Don M. Gottfredson Library of Criminal Justice Present "Human Trafficking and Modern Day Slavery; A National and International Perspective". Featuring: Penny M. Venetis, Clinical Professor of Law and Co-Director, Constitutional Litigation Clinic, Rutgers School of Law-Newark Galma Jahic, Assistant...

New Books in September 2010

Posted on October 01, 2010
Our Selected New Books list for September includes works on false confessions, cybercrime, race and the law, the law of "green buildings," estate planning for family entities, blasphemy, homeland security, inclusionary housing, law and the stranger, peer-to-peer music sharing, piracy, privacy, and prostitution...

Constitution Day Debate

Posted on September 28, 2010
The 4th Annual Constitution day program was held at the Baker Moot Court Room in the CLJ building on September 22, 2010. Professor Bernard W. Bell moderated the program. Professor Frank Askin, Bernard W.Bell, Ronald K. Chen, Michael W. Macleod-Ball and James Gray Pope debated the case Citizens United v...

New Books in August 2010

Posted on August 31, 2010
Our Selected New Books list for August includes works on the administration of justice, coffee law, the necessary and proper clause, educational opportunity, voter fraud, free expression, immigration, the antitrust counterattack in intellectual property cases, oceans governance, passports, and John Paul Stevens...

New Books in July 2010

Posted on July 30, 2010
Our Selected New Books list for July includes works on constitutional law, gender and law, human rights, international and transnational law, legal history, mental health laws, property rights, and torts. Of particular interest is the book The birthright lottery : citizenship and global inequality by Ayelet Shachar (Harvard, 2009)...

New Books in June 2010

Posted on June 30, 2010
Notable among the titles received in the Law Library in June 2010 is our own Professor Carlos A. Ball's new book, From the closet to the courtroom : five LGBT rights lawsuits that have changed our nation (Beacon Press, 2010), further described in a Law School press release...

New Books in May

Posted on June 01, 2010
Subjects most heavily represented in the Law Library's new acquisitions in May 2010 are constitutional law, international criminal law and procedure, human rights, and legal history. For the listings, click here....

Do Women Transform Politics?

Posted on May 11, 2010
The honorable Christine Todd Whitman gave the 2010 Elizabeth Blume-Silverstein Lecture on April 28, 2010. View recording here....

New Books in April

Posted on April 30, 2010
Among the books received in the Law Library in April 2010 are works on the governance of digital game environments, human rights in the American workplace, Franklin Roosevelt and the Supreme Court, the legal profession in China and America, the philosophy of property, the privacy rights of celebrities, the ethics...

Selected New Books

Posted on March 31, 2010
New books received in the Law Library during March 2010 include works on culture and law, elections, executive power, hate speech on the Internet, the human body as property, Harry Potter and the law, philosophy of law, race discrimination, slavery, torture, and wrongful convictions...

Samuel Foosaner Inducted into Freehold H.S. Hall of Fame

Posted on March 26, 2010
Samuel J. Foosaner, a 1934 alumnus of our predecessor Mercer Beasley School of Law, was inducted into the Freehold High School Hall of Fame in March 25, 2010. Mr. Foosaner was honored for his career of over fifty years as a lawyer specializing in taxation, estate planning, and life insurance;...

Inaugural Allan Axelrod Lecture

Posted on March 03, 2010
Richard H. Chused, Professor of Law at New York Law School gave the Inaugural Allan Axelrod Visiting Scholar Lecture at Rutgers School of Law-Newark on March 3rd 2010. His topic was "The Landlord-Tenant Reform Movement (1970s): Causes and Accomplishments...

New Books February 2010

Posted on March 02, 2010
For a list of selected new books received in the Law Library in February 2010, click here....

Law Library Closed

Posted on February 26, 2010
The Rutgers-Newark campus, including the Law Library, is closed today, Friday, February 26, 2010, on account of inclement weather....

Law Library Closing at 2:30 Today

Posted on February 25, 2010
The Rutgers-Newark campus, including the Law Library, will close at 2:30 today, Thursday, Feb.25th. Please check this evening at http://www.newark.rutgers.edu/campusstatus/ for the campus status for Friday, Feb.26th....

LIBRARY CLOSED WED.FEB.10

Posted on February 09, 2010
Because of predicted severe weather conditions, the Rutgers-Newark campus, including the Law Library, will be closed on Wednesday February 10th....

Dean Farmer on the Colbert Report

Posted on January 22, 2010
Dean John Farmer was interviewed on the Colbert Report on January 21st, 2010, about national security. To view the episode click here. The portion with Dean Farmer begins at about minute 15 of the program....

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