Legal Research

Security Reminder
As exams approach, pelase remember to not leave personal belongings unattended while in the library. Thefts of laptops, purses, and other valuables do occur, and it would be awful to lose your computer with a semester's worth of notes and outlines on it just before finals! If you see suspicious activity while you are in the library, please notify one of the library staff and/or security (612-624-2677)...

Drumroll, please!
We have a winner for the copy of 100 Words Per Minute: Tales from Behind Law Office Doors. My own personal independent prize distribution firm has selected a winner using a double-secret, proprietary sweepstakes technology...

The Super Bowl
Some legal commentators have had football on the brain recently. This blog post notes that the NFL is upset that some churches violate copyright law with their Super Bowl parties, and Nixon Peadody's Employment Law Alert cites the hundreds of millions of dollars in productivity America loses every year due to the big game...

Opening: Associate Dean for Library and Information Tchnology, Charleston School of Law Library
The Charleston School of Law seeks an experienced, creative, and innovative law librarian to provide leadership directing the Sol Blatt Jr. Library, a premier academic law library and a leader of the new generation of academic libraries, located in Charleston,...

LJ Academic Newswire's Top Ten Academic Library Stories of 2008
Details at The Library Journal Academic Newswire Year in Review but here's the ranking. [JH] Georgia State University Sued by Publishers over E-Reserves Harvard?s OA Mandate The Google Book Search Settlement The Launch of the HathiTrust NIH Public Access Policy...

Academic BCS Rankings
The second annual Academic BCS Rankings are out from Higher Ed Watch. The rankings measure the academic performance of the players on the football teams playing in this year's bowl games...

Building Academic Library 2.0
Great video of Meredith Farkas delivering her keynote at UC Berkeleys Academic Library 2.0 conference. Bookmark to:

Facebook for Academic Law Libraries
A academic law library Facebook page will not replace library websites or even library blogs but if your content is portable a Facebook destination might be a useful additional way to communicate with law school students...

Crawford's Academic Library Blogs: 231 Examples
A list of IHEs covered in Crawford's Academic Library Blogs: 231 Examples and sample entries are available in the February 2008 issue of Cites & Insights [PDF and HTML]. [JH] Academic Library Blogs: 231 Examples Walt Crawford 289 pages, 2008...

Finals Club
Finals Club is a new website that aims to provide an online space for college students to blog about class lectures as well as converse in forums on a range of academic topics. Students can form groups, invite their friends to join, and assign tasks all with the goal of a more comprehensive learning experience [...

Oscar Winner Sues Production Company
Ascendant pays Kevin Costner undisclosed amount in settlement.

Sunwest Management Inc.
allegedly misled residents about staff and daily care.

Restaurant Staff
Win Lawsuit Suit Against Employer for Infiltrating their MySpace Forum

Sun Mar Health Care Inc.
allegedly misrepresented nursing staff levels and training to elderly residents.