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Legal Resources News & Notes

Here are recent new or updated legal resources to note:

New PSLaw website
A new version of PSLawNet launched in July. It contains several upgrades for public interest law job seekers, including enhanced search functionalities and the ability to flag and store job postings. The new PSLawNet also contains a greatly expanded career resource library with sample resumes/cover letters, information on an array of public interest career paths, and much more. Visit the new site at : http://www.pslawnet.org/.

Westlaw's New Election Law Feature
A new Elections tab has been added to Westlaw. Free during the year's election season, users can customize their Westlaw interface to access information like voter identification, campaign financing laws, and election-related news. "Election-2008"? content within the Elections tab provides researchers with state and federal court filings relevant to election law, including court motions, memoranda, pleadings, trial briefs, non-expert depositions, discovery and non-expert affidavits, proposed court orders, agreements, verdicts, and settlements.

Another option: Election Law (at) Moritz, a OSU Moritz College of Law - Moritz Law Library joint project, a great resource for election law information and analysis.

State Laws Subject Compilations
Nyberg and Boast's Subject Compilations of State Laws is now on HeinOnline. Subscription options, quick reference guide and video demonstration are available at: http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/law_librarian_blog/2008/08/nyberg-and-boas.html

IDEA to Replace EDGAR for Company Filings
The Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman recently announced that EDGAR will be replaced with a new system called IDEA offering "investors far faster and easier access to key financial information about public companies and mutual funds." Read more at: http://www.law.wisc.edu/blogs/wisblawg/2008/08/idea_to_replace_edgar_for_comp.html

New Book: Importance of Being Honest
Steven Lubet has written The Importance of Being Honest: How Lying, Secrecy, and Hyposcrisy Collide with the Trust in Law. Lubet is a law professor at Northwestern. Lubet?s book provides short chapters that deal with the issue of honesty in the practice of law. The book is a provacative read for struggling with the ethics of being a legal professional.

Full post as published by LexLibris on August 30, 2008 (boomark / email).