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National Security Letters, Internet Privacy and the First Amendment

Posted on May 08, 2008
Internet Archive, which runs the Wayback Machine, has successfully challenged the FBI's demand that they turn over the name, address and e-mail records of one of their subscribers. The Wayback Machine is an archive of 2 billion web pages that...

Property Rights on the Moon? Far out!

Posted on May 08, 2008
A new article in the SMU Journal of Air Law and Commerce argues that it's legal under international law to own lunar property, and that the establishment of property rights for the moon is necessary to provide the financial incentives...

Scalia to lawyers: read good literature!

Posted on May 07, 2008
Among other tips that come out of the ABA Journal's interview with Justice Antonin Scalia and Bryan Garner, authors of the new book Making Your Case: the Art of Persuading Judges, is this one: Scalia: ....the average practitioner is not...

CHEAP GAS!

Posted on May 07, 2008
Now that I have your attention, I'd like to give a shout out to Grace York, Political Science Librarian and Coordinator of the Documents Center at the University of Michigan Library, and her talented library staff who continue rocking the...

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Will We Need Passports to Drive North on 95?

Posted on May 06, 2008
The North Lauderdale City Commission wants to divide Florida into two states - North Florida and South Florida. See why here.

CA Swears in Lawyers from Online Law School

Posted on May 06, 2008
The completely online Concord Law School's four new attorneys are featured in the National Law Journal discussion of the school, online legal education, and its critics. NLJ

Mildred Loving has died

Posted on May 06, 2008
Mildred Loving, a plaintiff in the landmark case Loving v. Virginia that overturned the last segregation laws, died on May 2 at age 68. From the New York Times: By their own widely reported accounts, Mrs. Loving and her husband,...

UN Pulse: Audiovisual Library of International Law

Posted on May 05, 2008
Videos and audios of historic UN sessions and numerous lectures on International Law Topics are offered at this site from the United Nations. UNPulse

Video of the Week: Born to Lose

Posted on May 02, 2008
This week's video is the first to feature our own law students: check out Nick Seidule (lead guitar), Joe Reichert (bass guitar), Christopher Pezon (drums), and Kevin Kennedy (lead vocals) performing the Smashing Pumpkins' "Cherub Rock" at Rock Band Rock...

Help improve the Bluebook!

Posted on May 02, 2008
The editors of the Bluebook are seeking input as they embark upon revising it for the 19th edition. Visit their survey to provide your feedback and suggestions. Ten responses will be randomly chosen to win a free copy of the...

UM Dean Search Progresses, too

Posted on May 02, 2008
The National Law Journal covers the search for a new Dean for UM, now down to three finalists. NLJ

Remember 1984? Of Course Not

Posted on May 02, 2008
Nova's Law Library and Technology Center was a signatory on a letter to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), protesting the decision not to preserve a digital snapshot of public federal websites as they will appear at the end...

It's RSS Day!

Posted on May 01, 2008
RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is a type of web technology that makes it easy to keep up with regularly updated blogs and websites, including nearly all news sites, and to set up customized news alert with Google news or similar...

When I use a word...it means just what I choose it to mean

Posted on April 30, 2008
Nova Southeastern School of Law Professor Joel Mintz organized the registering of a highly critical response by professors from law schools across the country to the EPA's plan for how it will re-open agency libraries. The professors decried the lack...

Will Marry for Health Insurance

Posted on April 30, 2008
A Kaiser Family Foundation survey taken in April found that seven percent of Americans surveyed said they or someone in their family had married within the last year in order to have access to health care benefits. The survey points...

I knew there was something I intended to do April 15

Posted on April 26, 2008
Actor Wesley Snipes, star of the Blade movies, was sentenced to three years in prison by the federal district court in Ocala and ordered to pay $5,000,000 in fines. Prosecutors said that the sentence, the maximum possible for the misdemeanor...

What Voting Rights?

Posted on April 25, 2008
In early April, the Eleventh Circuit upheld Fla. Stat. § 97.053(6), which, a coalition of civil rights groups and voter registration groups contended, improperly deprives Florida residents of the right to vote based on clerical errors made on voter registration...

Where the Bill of Rights and Nigerian spam overlap

Posted on April 25, 2008
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American Lawyer Blog

Posted on April 24, 2008
New from American Lawyer is the AmLaw Daily blog, with a focus on practice and law firm news. Tip to LawBeat. See: AmLaw

Democracy to Blame for High Incarceration Rate?

Posted on April 24, 2008
The United States leads the world in the number of its citizens who occupy its prisons. We have 2.3 million inmates, .7 million more than China, which has four times our population. Among adults, one in one hundred Americans is...

Different Feelings on the End of the Law School Year

Posted on April 23, 2008
According to the Law School Academic Support Blog, 1L 2L & 3L law students have very different experiences in the waning moments of the law school year. Article.

Duke Redux - Back to the Court of Public Opinion

Posted on April 21, 2008
This story has its roots in the charges of sexual assault brought against members of the Duke University lacrosse team in 2006. Charges were eventually dropped, and Nifong, the district attorney who oversaw the case, was disbarred. In February, members...

Debating Laptops in the Classroom

Posted on April 18, 2008
Inside Higher Ed published an in depth examination of the recent effort of Chicago Law to inhibit internet access in class. Also a forthcoming article by Prof. Yamamoto of South Texas College of Law examines the issues and concludes by...

State Claims Copyright in Statutes' Arrangement and Subject-matter

Posted on April 17, 2008
The Citizen Media law Project has a nice post considering the State of Oregon's assertions of copyright over the state code. citmedialaw

Chicago Law Disables Internet Access in Classrooms

Posted on April 17, 2008
According to the National Law Journal, the University of Chicago Law School is suspending internet access in classrooms. Tip to OOTJ.

A Victory for the Deer

Posted on April 16, 2008
The U. S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has ruled that FEMA is bound by an injunction prohibiting it from issuing national flood insurance for new developments in the Florida Keys until it satisfies the requirements of the...

Blog Pick: b-screeds

Posted on April 15, 2008
Tom Bruce, the man behind Cornell's Legal Information Institute, authors a new blog enigmatically called b-screeds. The blog focus is on access to legal information, technology, and research. b-screeds

Nolocast: Podcasts on the Law and Legal Practice

Posted on April 14, 2008
The legal publisher Nolo focuses on practical legal issues and the Nolocast audio companion follows that formula. The latest podcast is on Library Law (a favorite of mine), but previous posts include Bicycle Law, Living Wills, Renter's Rights, and many...

Study Shows Supreme Court Justices Are All "Activist"

Posted on April 14, 2008
A study in the Spring, 2007, issue of Constitutional Commentary contradicts the supposition that only liberal justices are "activist." By analyzing the voting patterns of the justices on the Rehnquist court, researcher Ringhand found that both liberal and conservative justices...

Library of Congress Celebrates Thomas Jefferson's Birthday!

Posted on April 12, 2008
Sunday is Thomas Jefferson?s birthday, and the Library of Congress is celebrating! Read more about it here. You might also want to see the Library?s online exhibition of Jefferson?s library, and read the Washington Post?s article on the exhibition.

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