Santa Clara Law: Heafey Headnotes

The Roberts Court

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 06 May 2013 14:42:00 PST

New York Times article on pro-business decisions of the United States Supreme Court

Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 20:01:00 PST

Limits on use of the Alien Tort Statute

Tax Time

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 12:20:00 PST

Pew Research study on taxes

United Nations Research Guides

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 20:36:00 PST

The Dag Hammarskjold library has released new guides to UN documents and resources

Where the Jobs Are?

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 11:32:00 PST

South Dakota subsidy to recruit lawyers for rural areas

Time for a Break

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 09:38:00 PST

Take a Peep

Hollingsworth v. Perry

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 10:54:00 PST

Proposition 8 oral argument

Violence Against Women Act

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 11:24:00 PST

Bipartisan support for S. 47 Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013

Women's History Month

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 09:42:00 PST

Stanford's Women's Legal History Project

The Sixteenth Amendment

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 14:20:00 PST

One hundred years of income taxes

Immigration Reform

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 16:04:00 PST

Links to current proposals

Make Law School Earn a Third Year

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 08:46:00 PST

New York Times Op-Ed

Gideon v. Wainwright

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 11:48:00 PST

2013 is the 50th anniversary of landmark decision

European Court of Human Rights Decision on Extraordinary Renditions

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 10:44:00 PST

Multiple violations of the European Convention on Human Rights

The Emancipation Proclamation

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 15:17:00 PST

150th Anniversary

Law School Is Worth the Money

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 08:28:00 PST

New York Times op-ed

Hegar v. Panetta

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 15:17:00 PST

Lawsuit challenging the combat exclusion policy

The Reckoning- The Battle for the International Criminal Court

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 10:59:00 PST

Video online

Patent Models as American Art

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 11:20:00 PST

From the Smithsonian American Art Museum, patent models from the 19th Century

Need help creating a table of authorities?

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 11:20:00 PST

Many students are working on their Advocacy briefs which are due soon. If you need help creating a table of authorities consider using one of the following options. Creating a TOA by hand really isn't a skill and can be a huge waste of time.

Keeping Your Eyes on the Ball

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 11:07:00 PST

It is the bottom of the ninth, final game in the series for the law library's legal research sessions

All Eyes Still Open

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 11:46:00 PST

Legal research sessions continue through Thursday, October 25th

Quick tutorial in the library on legislative materials

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 10:57:00 PST

Come to the library at noon today for a quick series of tutorials on how to locate legislative documents and compile a legislative history. This is an important legal research skill that employers expect from recent graduates. The tutorials will cover how to find federal legislative materials (including pre-compiled histories) and what California legislative materials are available online. Learn this skill in law school rather than on the job! What- Learn the legislative process and how to find legislative documents When- Today at Noon Where- First floor computer lab in the library

Second Circuit Decision on DOMA

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 09:32:00 PST

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit finds the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional

Westlaw India Trial

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 13:52:00 PST

Law school access until November 3rd

Justis, JustCite Trials

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 09:45:00 PST

Law school access for the month of October

All Eyes on Legal Research Tutorial Series

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 15:03:00 PST

Beginning on Wednesday, October 10th, please join us in the Heafey Law Library at noon or 4-00 p.m., Monday through Thursday during the month of October, for legal research presentations and demonstrations. Check this site -- http-//lawguides.scu.edu/alleyes -- and the law library display case each morning for that day's schedule of 10-15 minute presentations in the TOSO Lab. Come for one, stay for more, ask questions before, during and after presentations.

The book scanner is working again

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 12:29:00 PST

The book scanner located in the Heafey Law Library has been repaired and is working again. If you have a cite-checking assignment due and need to scan bound materials (books, journal articles, etc.) you may now use the book scanner. It is much faster and easier than the flatbed scanners which are also available in the library.

DADT

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 13:04:00 PST

Studies on gays in the military

Happy Constitution Day!

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 08:05:00 PST

Two hundred twenty-fifth anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution

Election Law

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 11:08:00 PST

Links to some research guides on U.S. election law

LexisNexis eBooks now available via the Amazon Kindle Store

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 11:17:00 PST

LexisNexis ebooks are now available from the Amazon Kindle Store. Titles include the 'Understanding' and the 'Question and Answer' exam prep series.

Federal Rules available on mobile app

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 14:38:00 PST

For today only, the federal rules (including FRCP and FRE) are available for free via a mobile app (works on iPhone and iPad). The application can be downloaded here- http-//itunes.apple.com/us/app/rulebook/id454619081?mt=8.

CALI.org has banned all accounts with a Hotmail email address

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 14:00:00 PST

If you created a CALI account with a Hotmail email address please note that you will no longer have access. CALI has decided to ban all user accounts using Hotmail email addresses due to problems with spam. You can easily create a new CALI account using a different email address. Please email dholt@scu.edu to request the authorization code.

Online Privacy Laws

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 13:26:00 PST

Law Library of Congress web pages on data protection laws of the European Union and select countries

Apple v. Samsung

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 11:42:00 PST

Information about proceeding in San Jose

Law of the Sea Convention

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 14:25:00 PST

ABA favors ratification of the 1982 Convention

N.J. Supreme Court Ruling in Favor of Rutgers Law Clinic

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 13:50:00 PST

Clinical cases at public law school clinics are not subject to New Jersey's Open Public Records Acts

Title IX at 40

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 13:53:00 PST

June 23rd is the 40th anniversary of Title IX, Education Amendments of 1972

Death Penalty Worldwide

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 16:03:00 PST

Death penalty database from The Center for International Human Rights at Northwestern University

Immigration Policy Shift

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 08:52:00 PST

Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano announces relief for those brought to the United States before they were sixteen

NFL Concussion Litigation

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 13:45:00 PST

Today's filings in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Ninth Circuit Denial of Petition for Rehearing

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 11:19:00 PST

Proposition 8

First Circuit DOMA Opinion

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 31 May 2012 08:56:00 PST

Defense of Marriage Act found unconstitutional

Country Reports on Human Rights Practices

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 24 May 2012 09:22:00 PST

United States Department of State releases Country Reports for 2011

Ratko Mladic Trial

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 16 May 2012 09:04:00 PST

Information about the ICTY Trial

Cornell's Legal Information Institute

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 09 May 2012 11:37:00 PST

Release of the online C.F.R, and improvements to the online U.S. Code

University of Michigan Law School Refugee Caselaw Site

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 07 May 2012 09:09:00 PST

Cases from asylum countries

Charles Taylor Verdict

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:04:00 PST

Special Court for Sierra Leone convicts Taylor of planning, aiding and abetting war crimes

Supreme Court arguments

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 09:30:00 PST

Links for major cases

Career Importance by Gender

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 11:04:00 PST

Pew Research Center study on men's and women's views

ECHR Extradition Decision

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 11:05:00 PST

European Court of Human Rights rules in favor of extradition of terrorism suspects

FDsys.gov

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 08:13:00 PST

GPO completes move from GPO Access to FDsys

Guilty Verdict in the International Criminal Court

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:46:00 PST

Thomas Lubanga found guilty of recruiting and using child soldiers

Leginfo.legislature.ca.gov

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 14:42:00 PST

New California Legislative Information website

Bloomberg Law Access

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 16:25:00 PST

Access to Bloomberg Law begins on March 1

OSCE Documents

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 10:20:00 PST

Links to documents from and about the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

International Justice Resource Center

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:00:00 PST

New webpage for human rights research

There's a Bloomberg Rising

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:09:00 PST

It certainly appears that 2012 is going to be a very interesting year in the legal research industry.

Senator William Proxmire

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:01:00 PST

Collection of documents from the Wisconsin Historical Society

Conviction of Baltasar Garzon

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:31:00 PST

Spanish judge is found guilty of illegal wiretaps

Proposition 8

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:45:00 PST

9th Circuit decision at 10-00 this morning

Publishing in Law Reviews and Legal Journals

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:52:00 PST

Selected guides to legal publishing

Stanford's China Guiding Cases Project

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:26:00 PST

January 2012 launch of website containing selected Chinese cases from China's Supreme People's Court

Golan v. Holder

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 08:59:00 PST

Supreme Court decision on copyright

Domestic Violence in Gay and Lesbian Households

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:59:00 PST

San Jose Mercury News article refers to SCU Law paper on the topic

Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. EEOC

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:16:00 PST

U.S. Supreme Court finds a ministerial exception to employment discrimination law

CALI Lessons Offers New Feature

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:51:00 PST

Just in time for the new semester, CALI has added a feature that you are going to love- CALI Lesson resume. When you leaves a lesson now, you can now return to the spot you left off with the scoring details saved. For more detailed information, check out their FAQ- http-//www.cali.org/faq/9498

Domestic Violence Survey

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:22:00 PST

Centers for Disease Control on intimate partner violence

Houselive.gov

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:03:00 PST

Video coverage of proceedings on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives

The 13th Amendment

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 11:54:00 PST

Restoration of a Feb. 1865 commemorative copy of the 13th Amendment, signed by Abraham Lincoln

Exercise and Brain Power

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:41:00 PST

Exercising your body benefits your brain

Need a Break?

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:32:00 PST

The University of Chicago Library guide to turkeys

Law Library Fall Exam Hours

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:01:00 PST

Extended Hours begin Friday 11/18/2011

Top Twenty Tax Blogs

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:04:00 PST

From LexisNexis, by way of the Tax Prof Blog, a list of the top twenty tax blogs for 2011. The Tax Prof Blog is on the list. The Texas State and Local Tax Law blog, which also made the list, may be of limited interest outside the lone star state. The most recent posting is about out-of-state purchases of veterinary drugs and medicines.

Cuba- Sales of Private Property

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 10:49:00 PST

As of November 10th, the Cuban government will allow the sale of homes

HathiTrust

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 10:28:00 PST

The HathiTrust Digital Library

Wikipedia

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:17:00 PST

Two University of Pennsylvania researchers have been studying Wikipedia.

Trade Agreements

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:13:00 PST

Three trade agreements signed October 21st

International Investment Arbitration and Public Policy website

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:36:00 PST

New website focuses on investment treaties which allow investors to sue governments before international investment tribunals

FCC Publishes Net Neutrality Regulations

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 13:14:00 PST

Net Neutrality regulations finally published by the FCC.

Banned Books Week 2011

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 10:12:00 PST

The American Library Association's annual celebration of intellectual freedom

Charting Tax Breaks

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 15:13:00 PST

$1 trillion per year in tax breaks, by sector, with dates and details

Constitution Day

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 11:20:00 PST

September 17, 2011, is the 224th anniversary of the United States Constitution

International Religious Freedom Report

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 10:09:00 PST

State Department releases report on religious freedom throughout the world

Federal Rules Available for Download

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 10:49:00 PST

CALI's eLangdell Federal Rules Series ebooks are currently compatible with iPads and any device or software that accepts .epub Available at- http-//elangdell.cali.org/content/federal-rules-ebooks-legal-information-institute

Conviction of Momcilo Perisic

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 10:04:00 PST

Today's judgment from The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia

Predicting patent litigation

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 10:48:00 PST

Santa Clara Law Professor Colleen Chien has published a new article discussing the factors that lead to patent litigation. Professor Chien focuses not on patents' intrinsic characteristics but rather on characteristics acquired after the patent is born, such as changes of ownership, continued investment in the patent, and citations to the patent. Her research discovered that patents that end up in litigation possess markedly different acquired characteristics from patents that remain unlitigated.

Law libraries and digital institutional repositories

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 16:26:00 PST

This has been a very interesting year for institutional repositories among law schools. Over the last few years, there has been a trend for academic institutions to create digital repositories both for archival purposes and to provide greater access to their faculty's scholarship. Some solutions that have been in the market include Dspace and Fedora Commons. These systems, however, have proven to be difficult to use for most libraries which have affected their adoption rates.

The next generation of integrated library systems

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 16:25:00 PST

The library technology market is entering an exciting phase as libraries are finally moving past the ILS (integrated library systems) model that has been used for decades. Current ILS products, such as Ex Libris' Voyager, Innovative Interface's Millennium, and Sirsi's Symphony, are being slowly replaced by web- and cloud-based systems. These systems unify ordering, acquisition, cataloging, and even the discovery layer into one service. This will undoubtedly have profound effects on the work of library staff.

Santa Clara Law launches its new Digital Commons

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 16:23:00 PST

We are very excited at Santa Clara Law to be launching our new Digital Commons, based on software from BePress. Although we haven't yet begun our major digitization projects, we already have a number of 'born-digital' documents hosted on this digital repository. Some collections include published faculty scholarship, working papers, and some special library collections.

Immigration Policy Change

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 09:57:00 PST

Department of Homeland Security announces priorities regarding undocumented immigrants

oldbaileyonline.org

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 14:49:00 PST

What scholars have discovered searching digitized records from the Old Bailey

Death of Library Director, Mary Emery

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 13:37:00 PST

We are very saddened to announce that Mary Emery, Library Director at the Heafey Law Library, passed away over the weekend. She will be deeply missed by the entire Santa Clara Law community.

Budget Control Act of 2011

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 15:28:00 PST

Citation and links to online text

Death Penalty Repeal Bill

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 14:18:00 PST

Publicity about the cost of executions in the State of California provides impetus to reform

How to apply your legal research skills to the "real world"

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 09:39:00 PST

Law librarians do our best to prepare students for legal research in 'real world' settings. However, it is often difficult to truly duplicate the demands and expectations of a law firm environment either in the classroom or in the library. Fortunately, BYU law librarian Shawn Nevers has written a great article on how to transition from law school to legal practice and effectively apply the legal research skills you have learned. This would be a great read for students doing their summer externships or who are starting their first professional job.

Convictions at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 08:26:00 PST

Six are convicted of genocide and other crimes in Rwanda's Butare Prefecture

CRS Guide to Legislative History

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 15:41:00 PST

A selection of CRS Reports on federal law making

Summer access for Lexis and Westlaw

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 13:29:00 PST

Are you taking summer law classes or doing an internship/externship for credit? Are you wondering why you can't access Lexis or Westlaw? It's most likely because you didn't sign up for summer access with them. If you didn't sign up for summer access, then you'll be limited to 2 hours of use per month during the summer. To sign up for summer access, log in to Lexis and/or Westlaw. Then look for the news item about summer registration and click the link to find out more.

Library Closing early for University Commencement

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 16:29:00 PST

Due to the University graduate and undergraduate commencement activities, the law library will close Friday evening at 5-30. We do apologize for the inconvenience. The library will resume normal hours on Saturday, but please be aware that parking on campus may not be possible.

SmartPrint Funds for Summer School

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 12:35:00 PST

Students enrolled in summer will will have funds deposited on their Access cards for SmartPrint printing. We have been told by the Access Office that they are working on this right now. In the interim, you may need to add some money to your card if you need to print things immediately.

Summer Access at USF's Zeif Law library

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 12:27:00 PST

During the upcoming summer bar preparation period (June 6 - July 29), the USF School of Law Dorraine Zief Law Library will be restricting access to students from other law schools.

Statutes in U.S.C. Section Notes

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 26 May 2011 15:37:00 PST

A presentation on their origin and validity

Online treaty sources

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Sat, 07 May 2011 13:39:00 PST

Links to WorldLII's International Treaties Collection and the University of Michigan's World Treaty Index

Regulations.gov

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 11:38:00 PST

From the most recent Scout Report, a link to regulations.gov, a searchable website of proposed and final regulations across agencies

USA v. Arizona

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 16:58:00 PST

Documents from the Ninth Circuit case concerning the Arizona immigration statute (10-16645)

WestLawNext Printing Issues

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 15:47:00 PST

Search in WestLawNext but use regular Westlaw to send print jobs to the stand-alone printer.

Shutdown of the Federal Government?

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 10:47:00 PST

February 2011 CRS report available online

Please don't print with WestlawNext

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 16:48:00 PST

Printing from WestlawNext is EXTREMELY slow. We would ask you to please NOT use the WestlawNext print function. Instead, use one of our suggested alternatives.

Tax Time

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 14:48:00 PST

Whan that Aprill, with his shoures soote, The droghte of March hath perced to the roote?

Legal Information Institute of India

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 11:11:00 PST

Addition to the World Legal Information Institute

List of most cited authors within HeinOnline's law journal collection

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 13:33:00 PST

This may be an interesting list for some of our readers. HeinOnline, a legal publisher which specialized in PDF collections of law materials has published a list of the most cited authors in their law journal collection. The law journal collection on HeinOnline contains over a 1,000 law journals so this list should accurately reflect overall academic impact.

End of the death penalty in Illinois

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 12:42:00 PST

Governor of Illinois signs law ending the death penalty there

ASIL Insights- The Special Tribunal for Lebanon

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 15:04:00 PST

Commentary on the February 2011 decision from the STL Appeals Chamber regarding the definition of terrorism

Westlaw Next Lacks FCIL Content

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 09:03:00 PST

So far, classic Westlaw contains more foreign and international material than WestlawNext

Excellent review of WestLaw Next and its impact on academic legal research

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 18:24:00 PST

There is a new article available via SSRN that discusses the new features within WestLaw Next and how these may impact legal research in academia. Written by Ron Wheeler, the library director at the University of San Francisco School of Law, the article is a great discussion about this new legal research product and addresses some of its strengths and weaknesses.

Stanford v. Roche

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 15:57:00 PST

Intellectual property and research funded by the federal government

Be prepared for internet failure

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 10:32:00 PST

Having copies of assignments in more than one place can save heartache when the campus internet is down.

Reading for Presidents' Day

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 13:56:00 PST

Exhibits and books about American presidents and politics

New ebooks on the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Evidence available from Westlaw

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 16:18:00 PST

The new updated Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Evidence are not yet available from Westlaw in the print pocket-book format. However, Westlaw has made available e-books versions of both of these. You can't send these to an e-reader, such as a Kindle or Nook, but you can view them in their entirety on your web browser.

Need help submitting a law review article?

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 10:56:00 PST

Do you have an article to submit but don't quite know how the submission process works? If so, you may find this article helpful. It contains information about submitting articles to law reviews and journals, including the methods for submitting an article, any special formatting requirements, how to contact them to request an expedited review, and how to contact them to withdraw an article from consideration. It covers 202 law reviews.

SB 1070 - New research guide from UCLA

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 15:32:00 PST

The controversial immigration bill in Arizona, SB 1070, has received lots of media attention and has spurred a debate on how governments should confront undocumented immigrants. The librarians at Santa Clara Law have written a research guide on this topic. However, a research project at the law library at UCLA has developed an extensive and nearly comprehensive guide on SB 1070. If you are doing research on this subject, we strongly recommend you take a look at this excellent resource.

CA Supreme Court will respond soon to question from 9th Circuit regarding Prop. 8

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 11:19:00 PST

The San Francisco Chronicle is reporting this morning that the California Supreme Court will respond next week to the certified question from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals whether the supporters of Proposition 8, which outlawed marriage equality for LGBT families, have standing to defend the measure.

Don't forget about CALI lessons!

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 10:29:00 PST

We are now into our fourth week of class here at Santa Clara Law. Many students are already in a frenzy writing their outlines and reading through secondary materials. If you are looking for another resource to help you grasp difficult legal concepts consider the tutorials created by the consortium, Computer Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI). Here are some sample CALI lessons that you may find useful this semester. If you misplaced your authorization code to create a CALI account please email me at dholt@scu.edu and I'll send you a replacement.

How to Break into International Arbitration

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 15:49:00 PST

List of Resources on International Commercial Arbitration from Georgetown and the D.C. Bar

International Center for Research on Women

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 12:44:00 PST

Access to information about efforts to improve the condition of women throughout the world

New CALI video

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 11:20:00 PST

New video from CALI helps students register for their online access

A Cure for Test Anxiety?

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 12:50:00 PST

Study from the University of Chicago points to a simple exercise for coping with test anxiety

The Arizona shooter and mental health care law

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 09:39:00 PST

The terrible tragedy in Arizona has spurred a national conversation about our country's mental health care system and how college campuses need to become more proactive in providing mental health services to their students. The librarians at the Heafey Law Library have written a research guide on the legal aspects of mental health. It includes materials on mental health and public policy, and the role of insanity in criminal responsibility.

Law School Survey of Student Engagement

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 09:03:00 PST

Data from the annual survey

Ninth Circuit sends certified question to CA Supreme Court regarding standing for Prop. 8

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 11:15:00 PST

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, currently hearing the equal protection challenge to Proposition 8, has sent a certified question to the California Supreme Court regarding the applicable state law pertaining to standing. The question submitted to the state court asks what rights, under state law, the proponents of Prop. 8 have when the attorney general has refused to defend the law.

Congressional Research Service reports on "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 10:24:00 PST

The repeal of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' was signed into law by President Obama this morning. The Congressional Research Service has published two recent reports on the legal evolution of this policy and its passage through Congress.

Law and the Multiverse

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 10:14:00 PST

Blogging about superheroes, supervillains and the law

Genocide Archive Rwanda

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 09:04:00 PST

An online archive related to the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda

The Right to a Vegetarian Menu in Prison

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 10:06:00 PST

ECHR award to Polish prisoner denied vegetarian menu in accordance with his religious beliefs

Something to Read between Exams

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 20:40:00 PST

Two ABA Journal articles to read when you're tired of studying

WestlawNext and the Cost of Online Research

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 17:00:00 PST

Starting in January, all law students will be able to access WestlawNext, the next generation of Westlaw searching. Law students can access WestlawNext for 'free,' but how much will it cost in the real world of law practice? Much more than the current version of Westlaw. This post has a chart with a sample of WestlawNext's pricing.

RAND Corporation

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 14:05:00 PST

60 Ways RAND has made a difference

USF Law Library closed to SCU law students until Jan. 3

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:45:00 PST

We know that a number of SCU law students like to study at the Zief Law Library at the University of San Francisco. But once their exam period begins on December 2d, they will not be allowing in students from other law schools.

Prison University Project

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 13:18:00 PST

San Quentin is a leader in higher education program for inmates

Researching Constitutions of Other Countries

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 18:00:00 PST

The law library now subscribes to the database World Constitutions Illustrated. This is a wonderful resource for researching the constitutions of other countries. The database contains not only current and historical constitutions for each country, but also commentaries, scholarly articles, and a bibliography of books on the constitution of that country. Best of all, since World Constitutions Illustrated is part of the Hein Online legal research platform, it links to all of the resources that Hein Online has on that country's constitution.

Preparing for the 800th Anniversary of the Magna Carta

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 09:18:00 PST

Celebrations begin in England although the actual anniversary is not until 15 June 2015

Go Blue, but which way?

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 12:16:00 PST

Two Michigan Law grads on opposite sides of a Supreme Court case this month

Efforts to Improve Wikipedia

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 09:12:00 PST

The Public Policy Initiative enlists the aid of academia to increase and improve articles on public policy topics

Arguments in U.S.A. v. Arizona

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 13:34:00 PST

News coverage of today's hearing at the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco

Introducing Unity

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 13:04:00 PST

Following Santa Clara Law's news just got a whole lot easier! The law IT department recently went live with their new aggregate news application called Unity. The Unity application allows you to follow the several online channels that Santa Clara Law posts information to. To download the Unity application, visit law.scu.edu/unity and click 'Install Now.'

"Ass clowns" is probably not the best way to refer to the court

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 11:45:00 PST

Good writing is often colorful, vivid writing. But it's possible to be too colorful. Kevin Underhill of the blog Lowering the Bar reports on a pro se appellant's recent petition to the Ninth Circuit for an en banc rehearing. Go here for a description of the petition and to find a link to a pdf copy of the petition. (As a word of warning, 'ass clowns' is probably the most polite way the appellant refers to the court.)

French pension reform

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 14:39:00 PST

The French Senate has approved legislation which would delay retirement until age 62

Scout Report links to legal history

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 10:17:00 PST

This week's Scout Report from the University of Wisconsin links to the civil rights history of Milwaukee, to 19th C. civil litigation files from the St. Louis Circuit Court, and to BBC broadcasts from U.K. Parliaments

Indian Law Portal

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 15:58:00 PST

Award-winning link to Indian legal research from the Ross-Blakely Law Library at Arizona State University

School bullying and LGBT adolescents

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 12:21:00 PST

There has been considerable media attention lately on the issue of school bullying and LGBT adolescents. The librarians here at the Heafey Law Library have created a research guide for students and attorneys doing work in this subject area.

The Law Library now has the Serial Set

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 17:00:00 PST

Wonderful news! The Heafey Law Library now subscribes to a digital version of the U.S. Congressional Serial Set! If you're unfamiliar with the Serial Set, it collects U.S. government publications that were compiled by order of Congress. This makes it a gold mine of information for federal legislative history research! The Serial Set contains House and Senate committee reports on proposed legislation. Many of these reports will contain not just the text of the legislation but a section-by-section analysis of the legislation.

Need help creating a table of authorities?

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 12:46:00 PST

One of the tedious tasks involved in writing these briefs is creating a table of authorities. Students often struggle thinking they need to create these 'by hand'. If this is you, you'll be happy to learn that there is software that automatically does all of this for you. As long as your citations are properly formatted, you should be able to create a nice table of authorities in under five minutes.

First Monday in October

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 13:38:00 PST

Gathering information about the new Supreme Court term

Banned Books Week

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 08:52:00 PST

Celebrating the freedom to read

Domestic Case Law on International Crimes (The DomCLIC Project)

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 08:27:00 PST

Online digest of domestic case law on international criminal law

Google Books and multi-volume works

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 14:30:00 PST

Using Google Books to find multi-volume works is an exercise in frustration. Here are some suggestions on how to more easily find what you're looking for.

Exercise and testing

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 14:29:00 PST

Interesting articles about learning and retaining knowledge

The U.S. Constitution

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 06:58:00 PST

Constitution Day and Citizenship Day is Friday, September 17th, commemorating the signing of the Constitution in 1787

Dallas, Cranch, Wheaton, . . . Wagner?

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:30:00 PST

The Supreme Court's reporter of decisions prepares the Court's opinions for publication. The current reporter, Frank Wagner, is retiring. Tony Mauro of the National Law Journal has a fascinating interview with him.

California Legislative Session

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:30:00 PST

Today is the last day for bill passage. The governor has until September 30th to sign or veto.

Submission of Law Student Articles for Publication

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 08:31:00 PST

A recent article on SSRN (the Social Science Research Network) explains how students might go about publishing an outstanding seminar paper in an academic law journal. After an introduction, which briefly discusses publishing in bar journals, writing competitions, and journals which specialize in particular subject areas, the article provides a chart listing the publication policies of 194 law reviews regarding submissions from students from other law schools and from students at the journal's own law school who are not law review members. Thanks to Joe Hodnicki and the Law Librarian blog for the link.

Changes in the New Edition of the Bluebook

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 17:36:00 PST

The 19th edition of the Bluebook was released this year. The law library has several copies on reserve. If you want to know how this edition has changed from the previous one, there is a chart describing these changes.

In Custodia Legis

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 11:13:00 PST

New blog from the Law Librarians of Congress

Do you have my textbook in the library?

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 09:30:00 PST

Usually not

Catalog of Federal Register Publications & Online Services

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 09:47:00 PST

Online links to documents since the mid-1990s

Prop. 8 Decision

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 13:41:00 PST

Here is the decision on the Perry et al v. Schwarzenegger case which is a federal constitutional challenge to the ban on marriage equality in California.

Library Closed for Construction Projects

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:57:00 PST

Law Library will be closed for renovation projects beginning on Tuesday July 27. We will be closed through August 1. Depending upon progress of projects we may be open on August 2. Call ahead to see before coming down. Staff will be at work... Reminder we will be on reduced hours (once we reopen) from A...ugust 2 through August 13. Regular hours resume on August 14.

Cheerleading Isn't A Sport?

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 09:12:00 PST

Federal district court in Connecticut rules against Quinnipiac University's Title IX calculations

ICJ Validates Kosovo's Indepence

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:09:00 PST

World Court rules Kosovo's secession from Serbia does not violate international law

Mobile Apps from Uncle Sam and Elsewhere

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:17:00 PST

A selection of iPhone apps for travelers and lawyers

Westlaw error uncorrected?

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 10:52:00 PST

Prof. Eugene Volokh at UCLA's law school has posted a blog entry at the Volokh Conspiracy about his discovery of an error in Westlaw's report of a case and his unsuccesful effort to get Westlaw (part of Thomson Reuters) to correct it. While I am sure that this error will eventually be corrected, despite the statements of the customer service representative to whom Prof. Volokh spoke, this does illustrate a larger point about legal research.

Library Catalog Vendor Presentations

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:47:00 PST

The University Library and the Heafey Law Library invite you to a series of presentations on the options for next-generation 'discovery systems'. These products make it possible to search all at once the library catalog, electronic indexes, full-text databases, and other content that the library provides or purchases for the exclusive use of Santa Clara University students, faculty, and staff.

Legal Scholarship Blog

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:42:00 PST

The Legal Scholarship Blog (http-//legalscholarshipblog.com) helps the academic legal community keep up with conferences, calls for papers, and in-house workshops. Resource pages provide links to articles and other resources about teaching, grants, and empirical legal studies.

Gender Gap

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 11:12:00 PST

Report on discrepancies in law firm compensation

Tribal Passports

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 13:46:00 PST

Thirty-year practice questioned

DOMA Decisions from Massachusetts

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 09:24:00 PST

Federal District Court decisions regarding the Defense of Marriage Act

Why the Christian Legal Society case may be important for the Prop. 8 challenge

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:46:00 PST

The Supreme Court of the United States finished its session this week with a slew of rulings ranging from an important Second Amendment case to a case on student organizations' adherence to a non-discrimination policy at UC Hastings College of Law. This case, Christian Legal Society v. Hastings, ruled that student organizations which refuse membership to groups protected by a campus' non-discrimination policy can have their funding restricted.

Is legal education at a crossroads?

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 11:46:00 PST

I'm back from the CALI Conference held this year at Rutgers-Camden School of Law in New Jersey. The conference was noticeably smaller this year, likely due to the continued downturn in the economy. What has been interesting, however, is how much attention the opening plenary has received since the end of the conference. Given by Thomas R. Bruce, from LII at Cornell, the talk has been circulating around twitter and has generated considerable discussion among both law librarians and IT people, but also legal faculty.

SCOTUS News

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 10:37:00 PST

Links to yesterday's opinions

European Court of Human Rights on Same Sex Marriage

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 08:29:00 PST

Not a right under Art. 12 of the European Convention

Tax Lessons on CALI

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 10:20:00 PST

Recommendations for the TaxProg Blog

Today's Supreme Court Opinions

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 10:00:00 PST

Limiting the scope of 'honest services' fraud

California 2009 Legislation

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 11:15:00 PST

McGeorge Law Review issue on California Legislation

Georgetown Bioethics Library

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 09:32:00 PST

Bioethics Research Library at Georgetown University

Supreme Court Decision in Ontario v. Quon

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:11:00 PST

Police department review of a police officer's text messages on the pager provided to him by the city which employed him did not violate the officer?s Fourth Amendment rights

Gerald Uelmen on the value of law review articles

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 09:54:00 PST

Gerald Uelmen, professor at Santa Clara Law, has written an article for California Lawyer on the declining value of law review articles in the judiciary. Although this trend has been written on frequently over the last 20 years, Uelmen's article presents a scathing critique of the current focus on law review journals and how they are addressed to a largely academic audience.

Pursuing an LL.M. Tax Degree

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 11:00:00 PST

The number one recent tax paper download

Prop. 8 trial and the "nature of sexual orientation"

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 09:40:00 PST

The closing arguments in the Prop. 8 federal trial are going on tomorrow. A number of legal scholars, however, are already speculating about Judge Walker's thinking via the questions he submitted to both sides prior to these closing arguments. Interestingly, the immutability of sexual orientation appears to be an important issue for Judge Walker. This has already raised some concerns within the marriage equality movement.

International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 10:52:00 PST

Questioning Rwanda's arrest of Peter Erlinder for denying the 1994 genocide

Blind Applicants Challenge Online Applications

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 09:51:00 PST

Questioning the accessibility of the Law School Admission Council website

Elena Kagan Documents from the Clinton Library

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 13:39:00 PST

Records released by the William J. Clinton Presidential Library

Samantar v. Yousuf

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 10:13:00 PST

Former Somali prime minister is not protected by the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act

Berghuis v. Thompkins

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 09:32:00 PST

Supreme Court decides criminal suspects must state they wish to remain silent

Information about Sexual Assault on College Campuses

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 14 May 2010 08:30:00 PST

Website from the Center for Public Integrity

Summer Lexis & Westlaw Access

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 12 May 2010 15:49:00 PST

Continuing and graduating students--you can have your Lexis and Westlaw passwords extended for full use during the summer if you are taking part in a qualifying activity. But, you must register with Lexis and/or Westlaw to have your full access extended. If you don't register, then you will have only very limited access. Here's what Lexis and Westlaw consider to be qualifying activities.

University of Michigan Law Library Posts Informational Page on Elena Kagan

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 11 May 2010 10:30:00 PST

The University of Michigan Law Library's informational web page for the latest nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court, Solicitor General Elena Kagan, was created yesterday

Solicitor General Elena Kagan

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 10 May 2010 14:27:00 PST

Coverage of the Supreme Court nomination

Looking for exam prep materials?

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 04 May 2010 15:23:00 PST

We are in the midst of exam season with only two weeks left in the semester. If you are looking for exam prep materials to give you that additional review before you walk into a classroom to take an exam the library has lots of materials for you. Take a look at our research guide for exam prep materials. We have lists of the items available in the library. Additionally, materials will be kept at the circulation desk for easy access. Finally, take a look at the video tutorials available through CALI. They have lessons on a variety of subjects taught during the first and second year of law school.

Growth Industry

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 03 May 2010 07:57:00 PST

N.Y. Times article on law firms handling mega-bankruptcies

Text of the Arizona Immigration Legislation

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 15:22:00 PST

Arizona S.B. 1070 and H.B. 2162

National Forum on the Future of Legal Education

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:04:00 PST

ASU conference examining how to educate lawyers

Department of Labor on Unpaid Internships

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:19:00 PST

Wage and Hour Division releases fact sheet on Internship Programs

U.S. v. Stevens

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 09:31:00 PST

U.S. Supreme Court First Amendment decision

City of Ontario v. Quon

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 10:11:00 PST

Supreme Court oral argument following Christian Legal Society v. Martinez

Christian Legal Society Chapter v. Martinez

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 09:27:00 PST

Supreme Court oral argument on Monday

Don't Scream!

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 07:23:00 PST

Ice cream and other freebies to get you through April 15th

National Library Week

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 11:23:00 PST

2010 theme- Communities thrive @ your library®

Google Search Tips

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 08:45:00 PST

NY Times article includes tips from Simon Mackie of GigaOM

Online Course Evaluations

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 09:27:00 PST

Do online forms make the process easier or more difficult?

Comcast v. FCC opinion from the D.C. Circuit

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 14:05:00 PST

The opinion for the Comcast v. FCC case was published by the D.C. Circuit this morning. The case revolves around Comcast's interference with peer-to-peer traffic through its Internet access services. Advocates for net neutrality see today's decision as a setback for the FCC's regulatory power and the planned National Broadband Plan proposed by the Obama Administration. The opinion is available via the court's website.

Digest of United States Practice in International Law

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 15:10:00 PST

Available online at the State Department website

Need a break?

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 14:58:00 PST

The Supremes in a lighter moment

LARAW students needing a legal research refresh before the final

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:13:00 PST

The final for Legal Research and Writing is quickly approaching. If you need a concise refresher on the basic principles of legal research we highly recommend 'Locating the Law'. It is written by the law librarian in Southern California and is freely available on their website. We particularly recommend chapters 5 and 7 which deal with California and Federal law, respectively.

One week to get new ACCESS cards

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:12:00 PST

Unless you get your new ACCESS card you will not be able to get into the library starting April 1st.

Library records still at risk from so-called "Patriot" Act

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 13:26:00 PST

On February 27th, President Obama signed into law P.L. 111-141 (H.R. 3961), which extends key elements of the Patriot Act. Among these is the 'library' provision which allows the government to seek surveillance orders from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court for tangible things, including medical and library records, that it states are related to a terrorism investigation. Library records have historically been protected as private documents. In California, library documents are considered confidential under Cal. Govt. Code § 6267 which reads that '[a]ll registration and circulation records of any library which is in whole or in part supported by public funds shall remain confidential'. Additionally, the American Library Association, in its Code of Ethics (54.15) states that '[l]ibrarians must protect each user's right to privacy with respect to information sought or received, and to materials consulted, borrowed or acquired.'

OSCAR will be unavailable Tuesday

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:26:00 PST

March 23rd OSCAR Migration

Power, Voice and Rights

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:57:00 PST

Asia-Pacific Human Development Report

C-SPAN launches new video archive

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:43:00 PST

C-SPAN, the television network which documents the activities of Congress, has recently launched a new video archive of their footage from 1987 onward. This may be a great resource for developing a legislative history for recent Congressional actions. The archive is searchable and includes a RSS feed for recent additions.

Law Librarians' Society of Washington, D.C. (LLSDC)

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:08:00 PST

New resource for finding Congressional Reports

Recognition of Native Hawaiians

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:52:00 PST

Bill pending in the Senate

9th Circuit Pledge of Allegiance Ruling

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:16:00 PST

Upheld against atheist challenge

Gunner's World

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:37:00 PST

from the University of Chicago's law school musical

The Parliament of India

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:51:00 PST

Women's Reservation Bill

Researching American Indian Law

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:20:00 PST

Research guide from the University of Washington

International Women's Day- Equal Rights, Equal Opportunities. Progress for All

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:25:00 PST

The 100th anniversary

Samantar v. Yousuf

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:47:00 PST

Wednesday's oral argument at the US Supreme Court

Federal Jobs and Taxes

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:22:00 PST

Bill to bar federal employment for tax delinquents

Half a Century of Asian Law- A Celebration of Prof. Jerome Cohen

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:01:00 PST

Conference proceedings online

McDonald v. City of Chicago

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:14:00 PST

Gun control argument at SCOTUS

Tax Time

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:22:00 PST

Online forms for federal and state income taxes

Google Trial

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:58:00 PST

Italian court convicts three Google executives

Arabic Language Flashcards

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 08:29:00 PST

ACLU lawsuit over airport detention

Avon Global Center for Women and Justice at Cornell Law School

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:32:00 PST

Using international law to stop violence against women

Legal Citation Finder Bookmarklet

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:56:00 PST

From Cornell's Legal Information Institute

ABA Views on Immigration Courts

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:36:00 PST

Resolutions from the Mid-Year Meeting

Afghanistan

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:00:00 PST

Some online sources of information- Afghan law

Innocence Project Report

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:00:00 PST

250 Exonerated, Too Many Wrongfully Convicted

BNA's Core Plus Package

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:48:00 PST

BNA tax databases now available

LexisNexis China

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:11:00 PST

Chinese law database

Chilcot Inquiry

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 09:40:00 PST

UK involvement in the Iraq war

Dungeons and Dragons

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 08:47:00 PST

From the Scout Report, news about a decision in the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals (Singer v. Raemisch) upholding a ban on playing Dungeons & Dragons in Wisconsin prisons and links to news reports and blog discussions of the case.

Don't Ask, Don't Tell

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:13:00 PST

Williams Institute Study- Lesbian, gay and bisexual men and women in the U.S. military

Campaign Spending

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 09:22:00 PST

Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission

Border Issues

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 09:03:00 PST

University of Notre Dame open courseware

Rule of Law Index

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 10:35:00 PST

2009 data on compliance with international law in 35 countries

ECHR Stop and Search Case

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:13:00 PST

Decision against the British government

THOMAS introduces some nice new features

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 10:46:00 PST

THOMAS, the legislative information resource created by the Library of Congress has introduced some new features to better integrate with the GPO and social networking media. The site now includes a 'Current Activity' window with links to the day's activities in the House and Senate, bills on their way to the President, and the daily edition of the Congressional Record. THOMAS is also integrating with social networks, such as Facebook and Twitter, so that you can share legislative documents easily. Another very nice new feature is that the five most searched for bills for the week are listed for easy access.

JuriGlobe World Legal Systems

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 09:49:00 PST

Law and language

Law School Survey of Student Engagement

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 09:34:00 PST

Annual report available online

Perry v. Schwarzenegger will not be online

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 09:13:00 PST

Streaming videos blocked by US Supreme Court

Positive news on the death penalty and the ALI

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 11:34:00 PST

In a move that is sure to have consequences within the legal community, the American Law Institute has abandoned any work relating to the death penalty. The ALI created the Model Penal Code in 1962, which contained the framework for capital punishment that was eventually adopted by the SCOTUS in Gregg v. Georgia in 1976. According to Professor Zimring at Boalt Hall, this move by the ALI is critically important as they were 'the only intellectually respectable support for the death penalty system in the United States.'

Ninth Circuit Allows Cameras in District Courts

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:52:00 PST

Judicial Council's unanimous vote affects civil non-jury matters

2010 Statistical Abstract of the United States

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 12:41:00 PST

Available online

WomensLaw.org

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 07:59:00 PST

Information and resources for those living with or trying to escape domestic violence or sexual assault

Free Full-text Online Law Review/Law Journal Search Engine

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 09:38:00 PST

From the ABA Legal Technology Resource Center

Copenhagen Climate Conference

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:58:00 PST

COP 15 information online

Settlement of Indian Trust Accounts Litigation

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:55:00 PST

Attorney General's announcement regarding Cobell v. Salazar

OpenCRS

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 07:37:00 PST

Access to Congressional Research Service Reports

Treaty of Lisbon

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:43:00 PST

Text and commentary

U.S. Supreme Court Records and Briefs

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:55:00 PST

If you want to learn more about a U.S. Supreme Court case, primary sources of information are the briefs the parties submitted to the Court and the record of the case from the lower courts. The law library has a microfiche set of Supreme Court records and briefs covering the 1897/1898 - 2001/2002 terms. For each case where there was a printed opinion in the United States Reports, the microfiche will typically reproduce the petition for certiorari and the brief opposing it, the briefs on the merits (appellant's opening brief, respondent's brief, and appellants' reply brief), and the record or joint appendix.

Thanksgiving Proclamations

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:18:00 PST

From Presidents Washington and Lincoln

Harvard's Amicus

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:27:00 PST

An online supplement to Harvard's Civil Rights Civil Liberties Law Review

Tweeting One's Way Into Court

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:10:00 PST

The hazards of speaking one's mind online

Legal Google

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:08:00 PST

State and federal cases on Google Scholar

Pfizer Move from New London, CT

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:11:00 PST

The aftermath of Kelo v. New London...

University of Virginia Miller Center of Public Affairs

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:32:00 PST

The Miller Center will conduct an oral history of the George W. Bush administration...

Giving up your Lexis/WestLaw addiction after graduation

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:20:00 PST

One of the best benefits of being a registered law student is unrestricted access to both Lexis and WestLaw. Students often have no idea how much these services cost until they experience a rather rude awakening during their first post-graduation law job. Suddenly, the cost of these services becomes important. Sue Altmeyer, a law librarian at Cleveland State University School of Law has written an excellent introduction on how to search 'frugally' using these services.

Extraordinary Rendition

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:40:00 PST

Verdict in Italian Court

Birther lawsuit thrown out by CA judge -- nice intro to Civil Procedure and Con Law I

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:57:00 PST

The issue itself may not be altogether interesting, but the order written by the judge is a nice introduction to topics taught in the first semester of Civil Procedure and Con Law I.

Change in Asylum Policy for Abused Spouses

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:50:00 PST

Clarifying grounds for seeking protection in the U.S.

Gender Bias Bingo

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:15:00 PST

Online game to promote discussion of gender bias in academia

Finding House and Senate Reports

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:45:00 PST

Students often come to the Reference Desk with a citation to a House or Senate Report, and then want to know what they are looking for. Here's a list of readily-accessible places where you can find these reports. The list is arranged by the years the reports were published. . . . (more)

Conference on Practicing Law in a Virtual World

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:29:00 PST

Mini-conference to take place in Second Life on the topic of practicing law in a virtual world. The conference is November 14, 2009 starting 12 noon PST. If you have been curious to find out why the legal community is interested in virtual worlds, here is your chance to meet and hear from leaders in the area.

GAO Report on Law Schools

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:05:00 PST

Issues Related to Law School Cost and Access

Karadzic Trial at ICTY

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:41:00 PST

Refusal to appear delays but does not stop proceedings

Internationalized Domain Names

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:09:00 PST

ICANN conference in Seoul

Feeling Good about the Golden State?

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:21:00 PST

An optimistic view of California's future

Hoover Digest

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:01:00 PST

Public Policy research from the Hoover Institution

Death Penalty Report

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:54:00 PST

Focusing on the financial costs of capital punishment

The Medill Innocence Project

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:12:00 PST

Cook County Prosecutor subpoenas student records

Bureau of Indian Affairs

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:27:00 PST

Information at the BIA website

California's Referendum Process

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:26:00 PST

Criticism from California's Chief Justice

Side-by-Side Comparison of Health Care Proposals

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:36:00 PST

Webpage comparing legislative proposals

The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:21:00 PST

In Middlesex Guildhall, Parliament Square

Roofing Project Update

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:48:00 PST

Last application of roof adhesive (we hope!) scheduled for Friday 10/9.

Forum Network

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:08:00 PST

Free video and audio of lectures on a variety of topics

Should animal abuse videos be protected by the first amendment?

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:15:00 PST

The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing arguments today regarding a case involving animal abuse videos and a federal law which bans the sell, or possession, or videos which depict animal cruelty with the intent to place them into interstate commerce. The government is asking the court to carve out a narrow exception for these videos placing them in a category similar to child pornography, which receives no first amendment protections.

First Monday in October

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 11:44:00 PST

Opening of the U.S. Supreme Court term

70 Sizzling Apps

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 11:44:00 PST

The American Bar Association Journal recently published an article on applications designed for mobile devices that are of interest to those in the legal professions. The article reviews applications for the iPhone, Blackberry, other PDAs, and desktop computers. I particularly enjoyed their section reviewing applications designed for legal research. They mention the electronic version of Black's Law Dictionary being offered by West for $49.99 which I think is still far too high to entice the average law student particularly since they already have electronic access via their subscription to WestLaw and it is so easy to acquire old paper copies for free.

Blogging at Internet Librarian 2009

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 11:42:00 PST

Once again, I will be attending the Internet Librarian Conference in Monterey, California from October 26-28. This is one of my favorite conferences as it is heavily focused on emergent technologies and practices. They have been doing an entire program track on virtual reference services with a particular focus on Second Life that has been very interesting. I noticed that last year's conference was heavily affected by the economic downturn with a noticeable decrease in the number of attendees and exhibitors. I'm hoping that the excitement around library technology will come back this year and produce another valuable conference. For the first time, I'm going to be an official blogger for the conference. You can follow my posts at this blog. I will also be tweeting the conference using the hash tag '#IL20093.

EU Treaty of Lisbon

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 09:11:00 PST

Irish referendum over the weekend

Texas state judge rules that gay marriage ban violates federal equal protection

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 09:10:00 PST

A gay male couple married in Massachusetts in 2006 won an initial victory in their effort to file for divorce in Texas. That state, like many others, has a constitutional amendment which bans recognition of same-sex marriages. Dallas judge, Tena Callahan, ruled that the Texas ban on marriage equality violates federal equal protection. This is the first such ruling in Texas.

Torture Archive

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 08:33:00 PST

Documents on U.S. detention and interrogation

Heafey Roofing Project Update

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 09:37:00 PST

Final work on adhesive application planned for Friday, 10/2 beginning at 6-00 AM. Staff will make decision on when to open Law Library at 8-00 AM.

Is online social networking becoming segregated?

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:31:00 PST

The explosion in online social networking over the last few years has often been premised on being a transcendence of traditional categories such as gender, race, and economic class. Much has been written on how online networking is a democratizing activity as users are not aware of the social taxonomies which define them. This common wisdom, however, is not demonstrated in recent research. Danah Boyd, a social media researcher at Microsoft, and fellow at Harvard's Berkman Center for the Internet and Society, recently reported on the ethnic divides in online social networks and suggests there is a 'white flight' taking place.

Want to read the health care bill?

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:44:00 PST

If you are following the recent actions regarding proposed reforms to the nation's health care system you may want to read the actual bill. Here is the text with annotations to the Congressional Record for any recent developments.

From the Tax Prof Blog

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:28:00 PST

Tax Reform Panel

New legal blog census

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:54:00 PST

Colin Miller, an assistant professor at John Marshall School of Law, has recently finished a new 'census' of blogs written by legal educators. Available via SSRN, the article 'contains a listing of blogs by anyone who might be involved in the education of students at law schools in the United States- full time professors, adjunct professors, deans, legal writing instructors, law librarians, etc.' Interestingly, the list sorts blogs both by title and by the law school from which they are affiliated.

Coming Tomorrow to a Library Near You

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:41:00 PST

Banned Books Week

Intellectual Property Rights in China Webinar Series

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:09:00 PST

Free, online, ongoing

Mens Sana

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:31:00 PST

Some thoughts about treadmills

Beauty School Sues Student for Defamation

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 10:38:00 PST

Insults on social networking site land student in court

Student Loan Bill

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 08:41:00 PST

H.R. 3221

Constitution Day and Citizenship Day

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:00:00 PST

Celebrate the signing of the U.S. Constitution on September 17, 1787

Are your legal research skills ready for the real world?

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:35:00 PST

With the economic downturn, the legal market has been in major turmoil. Reports abound that firms are reducing the number of first-associate positions and cutting costs in unprecedented ways.

Duck Boats Battle Over Kazoos

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:32:00 PST

Ride the Ducks v. Bay Quackers

State Department Office of the Historian

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:11:00 PST

New website from the U.S. Department of State

Indigenous People and International Law

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:45:00 PST

The law librarians at NYU have created a new research guide on indigenous peoples and international law. This might be a great starting place if you thinking of writing on this topic.

Hillary the Movie

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:43:00 PST

Supreme Court argument 9/9/09

Best Guide to Canadian Legal Research

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:05:00 PST

Revised guide by Catherine Best

CIA Inspector General's Report

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:26:00 PST

Documents available online

Interlibrary Loan

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 09:43:00 PST

What is Interlibrary Loan?

Flash drives are now available!!

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:20:00 PST

Flash drives are now available at the law library. If you are a 1L, please come into the law library to get your flash drives. These drives are 1GB capacity and contain important research information for first-year law students.

Bank Secrecy

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 08:19:00 PST

Information about the UBS agreement

Evening 1Ls and Lexis/Westlaw training

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 18:49:00 PST

There is some confusion about the Lexis and Westlaw training sessions for the evening 1L students in the part-time program. These sessions are specifically (and only) for the evening 1L students. These training sessions will occur immediately after the evening Contracts class. Evening students do NOT need to sign-up for these sessions (and, in fact, there is no place to do so). Just show up.

Welcome 1Ls - Flash Drives to Arrive Next Week

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:09:00 PST

1Ls, the library has a welcome gift for you that will be available at the Circulation Desk starting next week.

Roofing Project Update...

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:23:00 PST

he contractors are almost completely done with the tear off of the roof (phase 1, part 1)

How well is OneNote working for you?

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:57:00 PST

I frequently talk to law students about how they organize their class notes, case briefs, and outlines throughout the semester. I'm always amazed to see the different ways in which law students organize their coursework. Some students seem to work entirely on paper and take sparse notes but write feverishly in their casebooks. Other students meticulously outline everything and write nothing in their casebooks.

Textbooks on the iPhone?

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:54:00 PST

Coursesmart, a company which publishes electronic versions of textbooks, has recently announced that their content will be made available for the iPhone. Coursesmart has been selling textbooks (largely undergraduate materials) since 2007. This may be an interesting development in the seemingly inevitable transition to electronic casebooks in law school classrooms.

Dispute between WestLaw and AALL (American Association of Law Libraries)

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 09:32:00 PST

The American Association of Law Libraries is the professional organization for law librarians that work in academic, law firm, and government law libraries. Recently, AALL had their annual meeting held in Washington, DC. For the first time, the AALL has refused sponsorship money from WestLaw because they are not participating in the official AALL price index for legal publications. Currently, WestLaw has a profit margin over 30% for their legal publications.

Change in Asylum Policy for Battered Woman

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:56:00 PST

Homeland Security filing in Matter of L.R.

Follow us on Twitter!

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:46:00 PST

The Heafey Law Library now has a presence on Twitter. You can follow us here- http-//www.twitter.com/heafeylibrary. Our blog, Heafey Headnotes, will automatically update content on our Twitter account. You can follow the law school's general Twitter account here- http-//www.twitter.com/santaclaralaw.

AspenLaw releases StudyDesk version 3.0

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:24:00 PST

Aspen Publishers, a major legal publisher that produces study materials for law students (Law in a Flash cards, Examples and Explanation Series, etc.) has released a new version of their StudyDesk software. StudyDesk is a software suite that includes a number of tools for law students including- outlining tools, brief writing templates, a legal concepts database, flash card and quiz wizards, and integration with other Aspen products.

Brandeis Confirmation Hearings

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:23:00 PST

The more things change&

International Criminal Tribunals

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:09:00 PST

Trials of Kaing Guek Eav and Charles Taylor

Need help submitting a law review article?

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:26:00 PST

A new article, available via SSRN and written by facutly at the University of Missouri, provides information on how to make submissions to law reviews. This may be a helpful resource if you are looking to get your work published and are not quite sure how the submission process works. If you are trying to get published and need assistance, the librarians at Heafey are here to help.

Sotomayor Confirmation Hearings

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:03:00 PST

The Senate confirmation hearing for Supreme Court justice nominee, Sonia Sotomayor, is being held today. You can watch the live video stream via CSPAN here.

Practising Law Institute announces new legal titles available in Kindle format

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 09:32:00 PST

PLI (Practising Law Institute) has announced that they are releasing nearly 100 of their legal titles in Kindle format. PLI publishes legal practice materials covering a wide range of legal topics. The titles will be available via the Amazon Kindle Store. PLI claims in its press release that it is the first major legal publisher to make practice materials available in Kindle format. Interestingly, the Kindle had a $50 price drop last week and is now available for $299.

Getting ready for your first year of law school?

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:40:00 PST

Are you counting down the days until the Fall semester begins? Can't wait to start law school? In the few weeks of summer you have left, it might be a good idea to read these selected articles, written by law faculty, on how to prepare yourself for law school. They offer invaluable suggestions and strategies on how to make best use of your time and study effectively.

Massachusetts sues over DOMA

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:31:00 PST

The attorney general for the state of Massachusetts filed a complaint in federal court yesterday asserting that the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) oversteps the authority of the federal government and violates the 10th amendment. The complaint argues that defining marriage has historically been within the purview of the states, not the federal government. Massachusetts was the first state to enact marriage equality, giving LGBT families the right to marry back in 2004.

Washington State Supreme Court hears case on library Internet filtering

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:29:00 PST

The Supreme Court of the State of Washington is hearing a case that challenges a library Internet filtering policy that applies to adult patrons. It is the first legal challenge to library Internet filtering since CIPA (Children's Internet Protection Act) was unsuccessfully challenged in 2003.

Product review - Casemaker vs. Fastcase

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:59:00 PST

Casemaker and Fastcase are two competing products that market themselves to state bar associations. They are often given to member attorneys as a benefit of bar membership. Although they lack the editorial content provided by WestLaw and Lexis, they do offer a substantial amount of case law from both the state and federal courts. The blog, Law Technology, offers a review of these two products.

Delhi High Court Decision on Gay Rights

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:20:00 PST

Decriminalization of homosexuality in India's capital

UPDATE- Law Library Roofing Project

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:36:00 PST

SCU Law Grads Studying for the Bar Exam have alternate study sites during construction project.

Roofing Project

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:43:00 PST

As many of you are aware the law library experienced a number of roofing leaks during the past rainy season. The University facilities department has been planning a roofing project to address the problem.

California's budget crisis - LA Sheriff suspends DNA testing for rape victims

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:52:00 PST

The budget crisis in California is getting tragically worse by the day. The Los Angeles Times is reporting that the L.A. County Sheriff's Office will be suspending DNA testing for sexual assault victims due to budgetary reasons. There is currently no money to pay for testing at private labs, although federal money may alleviate this problem next month.

What can you do with an iPhone/Kindle in law school?

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:16:00 PST

Technology advocates have long predicted that we are approaching a tipping point where mobile electronic devices can effectively replace print materials. A number of legal scholars, and law school IT specialists, point to a future where casebooks are collated electronically and then transferred to a mobile device -- either a cellphone or an e-book reader.

CLE class in Second Life

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:49:00 PST

CLE bar class being offered in Second Life.

Pew Internet & American Life Project

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:29:00 PST

April 2009 study of high-speed internet usage

Tax Protest in the Digital Age

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:17:00 PST

The status of a 1989 law taxing personal use of company cell phones

Photos from the Iranian protests

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:39:00 PST

The Boston Globe has published a series of photos of the protests following the contested election results in Iran. Some images are rather graphic.

A study in contrasts - Obama and Jerry Brown on gay marriage

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:55:00 PST

There have been some major developments in marriage equality over the last few weeks. In addition to state legislatures in New Hampshire and Maine passing marriage equality bills, there have been developments in regards to Prop. 8 and the so-called 'Defense' of Marriage Act (DOMA).

The revolution will be tweeted

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:42:00 PST

Protests following the Iranian election are presently ongoing in the streets of Tehran and elsewhere in Iran. Amid accusations of impropriety, protesters claim that the election results which indicate a victory by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad are inaccurate. Of particular interest is how protesters are organizing in Iran. There have been reports that the government has restricted phone service to Tehran, and have blocked social networking websites such as Twitter and Facebook.

Padilla v. Yoo

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:51:00 PST

June 12th order

Miscellaneous Congressional Bills

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:11:00 PST

Anti-smoking; study abroad

Summer access to Lexis and Westlaw

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 11:05:00 PST

It's not too late to register for full summer access to Lexis and Westlaw! When you log in to Lexis and Westlaw, you should see a link or a button that will take you to the summer registration pages. If you don't see these, you may need to disable any ad-blocking functions on your internet browser.

U.S. Supreme Court Decisions

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:24:00 PST

Links to opinion and orders released today

National crisis for public defenders

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:37:00 PST

A number of news outlets are reporting on the emerging crisis within public defender offices. Although public defenders have long dealt with overwhelming workloads, and the risk of burnout, the economic collapse has forced many into an unprecedented crisis. The Washington Post is reporting that the economic collapse is posing the most serious challenge to public defenders since the Gideon decision in 1963.

Microsoft announces new search engine

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 10:37:00 PST

Today, Microsoft unveiled its new search engine, called Bing, designed to compete directly with Yahoo and Google. The search engine offers some unique features not available elsewhere, including a semantic searching function that suggests alternative search terms. Additionally, the map function offers some features not available through Google Maps. Already the product is being criticized for not following accepted web standards, such as XHTML.

Typography for Lawyers

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:04:00 PST

If your brief or pleading or memorandum is unpleasant to read, the quality of your reasoning and arguments can be muted. Matthew Butterick, formerly a typeface designer and now a litigation attorney in Los Angeles, has created Typography for Lawyers to give lawyers and law students an introduction to the principles of typography.

Prop. 8 being challenged in federal court

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 28 May 2009 10:03:00 PST

Two highly unlikely former foes, Ted Olson and David Boies, are teaming up to challenge bans against marriage equality for LBGT families in federal court. They are claiming that state constitutional bans, such as Prop. 8, violate the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment. There was a similar challenge made in the federal courts regarding marriage equality back in 1972, just five years after the Loving v. Virginia decision.

Erwin Chemerinsky and Ilya Somin debate Sotomayor nomination

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 28 May 2009 09:55:00 PST

Two prominent legal scholars, Erwin Chemerinsky and Ilya Somin, are debating the Sotomayor nomination in the L.A. Times. Chemerinsky is a well-known liberal constitutional law scholar who is currently the dean at UC Irvine's School of Law. Ilya Somin is a conservative constitutional law and property professor at George Mason.

New website for bill tracking

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 28 May 2009 09:50:00 PST

The Government Relations Committee of the American Association of Law Libraries has recently complied a list of bill tracking services. The list contains all 50 states. Many of the services enable users to register their email address so that they will be informed about major actions on a bill. This might be a great website to bookmark in your web browser.

Ruling on Prop. 8 rumored to be imminent

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 20 May 2009 09:31:00 PST

There are a number of rumors circulating that the California Supreme Court will be issuing its ruling on Prop. 8 tomorrow morning. There are already reports of barricades being placed by SFPD in the Castro District in expectation of large crowds. Coincidentally, tomorrow is the 30th Anniversary of the White Night Riots. The White Night Riots were a response to the lenient sentence given to Dan White for the murders of Harvey Milk and San Francisco Mayor Moscone.

Westlaw China

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 18 May 2009 09:24:00 PST

Access for law school students, faculty and staff

Free Lexis access for new graduates in public interest work

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 15 May 2009 19:13:00 PST

LexisNexis is allowing free access to Lexis for 2009 graduates who are doing public interest work. This program, LexisNexis ASPIRE, will allow free access to federal and state cases, statutes, regulations, and law reviews. The program has expanded its criteria for eligibility to now include any 2009 graduate who is doing public interest work for a non-profit or charitable organization.

New cell phone reference service

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 14 May 2009 10:57:00 PST

The law librarians at Heafey are delighted to announce that they have started a new cell phone reference service. You may ask information, or simple reference questions, by sending a text message to 66746 beginning with the word 'bronco'. The librarians at Heafey will then answer these questions via a text message that you will receive on your phone. If you are a cell phone aficionado and need a quick answer to a question, this might be a great service for you!!

Not enough time in the library

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 14 May 2009 10:17:00 PST

The Chronicle of Higher Education has an excellent article, written by Yale librarian Todd Gilman, on how educators need to understand the difference between being computer-literate and research-literate. The article describes how many assume that young students do not need extensive research assistance due to their pervasive interaction with online media.

Intel

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 13 May 2009 09:55:00 PST

Information about the EC fine

UN Diplomatic Conferences

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 13 May 2009 08:21:00 PST

Online Digital Collection

Maine governor signs marriage equality bill

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 06 May 2009 09:45:00 PST

The governor of Maine just signed a marriage equality bill giving equal protection to LGBT families in that state. This follows similar action in other New England states. Here is the current status of marriage equality in the country.

Rumors that California Supreme Court will issue Prop. 8 ruling tomorrow

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 06 May 2009 09:14:00 PST

Rumors are circulating among legal blogs that a ruling with be issued tomorrow by the California Supreme Court regarding the legality of Prop. 8. Check the court's website for more details. When the decision is released, it will be available immediately on the website.

Justice Souter

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 01 May 2009 09:10:00 PST

Retirement from the U. S. Supreme Court

Legal Blawgs Web Archive

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 09:25:00 PST

Law Library of Congress collection

Summer access to Lexis and Westlaw for students

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:10:00 PST

Lexis and Westlaw will restrict student access to their systems during the summer (June 1 through July 31). Students may extend their normal Lexis and Westlaw privileges over the summer for certain activities. These activities include an academic purpose (e.g. summer classes, moot court, law journal, faculty research assistant), an unpaid internship/externship that is done for credit, or bar review.

Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 11:46:00 PST

New software, search engine for IFLP

Senate Report on Interrogation Methods

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 08:21:00 PST

Declassified Congressional report

Captured Somali pirate may create interesting case for American maritime law

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:45:00 PST

The adolescent Somali pirate recently captured by American forces may create an interesting development in American maritime law. There has not been a case of piracy before American courts since the late 19th century. At the legal blog, Volokh Conspiracy, scholars are debating whether the government should pursue charges under the federal piracy statute or under the Maritime Safety Convention.

NIH Draft Guidelines on Stem Cell Research

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:21:00 PST

Online text

New Twitter service for legal professionals

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 11:52:00 PST

If you already have an account on Twitter, you may be interested in registering with the new Twitter-based service, TweetLaw. It aggregates Twitter feeds from registered users, and is aimed exclusively towards the legal community. You can registered under 'lawyers', 'law students', 'legal librarians', and a variety of other categories. It may be a great way to network with other legal professionals.

OLC Opinions and Memoranda

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:12:00 PST

Department of Justice releases Office of Legal Counsel opinions

Human Rights documents and tools from the OSCE

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:32:00 PST

Websites from the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights

'A Guantanamo on the Sea'- The Difficulties of Prosecuting Pirates and Terrorists

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:20:00 PST

Given the recent events involving piracy off the coast of Somalia it is timely that this article by Eugene Kontorovich from Northwestern University School of Law discusses how the international community has responded to modern privacy. Professor Kontorovich asserts that existing international law, such as the Geneva Convention and the Law of the Sea Treaty, have frustrated efforts to arrest and prosecute those responsible for acts of piracy.

ASIL Insights

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:48:00 PST

Commentary on international law news from the American Society of International

French Internet Piracy Law

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:15:00 PST

Proposed law rejected

Tools for effectively engaging laptop users in the classroom

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 09:37:00 PST

The issue of laptops in law school classrooms has been debated for a number of years now. Some law schools have instituted policies either requiring, or banning, the use of laptops in law school classrooms. In response to this, the law school consortium CALI (Computer Assisted Legal Instruction) has created a video tutorial on how to use CALInstapoll and Google Moderator in classrooms to better engage laptop users.

Researching Human Rights Law

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:01:00 PST

Articles on foreign and international legal research

How did Lexis and WestLaw corner the market on legal information?

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:13:00 PST

The blog for the legal research and writing program at Stanford has an article on a new book dealing with anti-trust law called 'Free the Market!- Why Only Government Can Keep the Marketplace Competitive'. The book details how the legal information market has been adversely monopolized by Lexis and WestLaw and how government intervention could have prevented it.

How to update the CFR using GPO Access

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:41:00 PST

The latest issue of Perspectives- Teaching Legal Research and Writing has a new article on how to update federal regulatory code using the government website, GPO Access. The article gives a step by step tutorial, including screen captures. There are advantages to updating federal regulatory code using the GPO, compared to using Lexis or West. First, the GPO website is free, and secondly, the CFR is updated there daily, rather than weekly.

New Guide from UCLA

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 08:43:00 PST

Beyond LexisNexis and Westlaw

United Nations Law Collection

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:35:00 PST

New Hein Online Library

Tech roundup from the Computers in Libraries Conference 2009

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:04:00 PST

The library technology conference, Computers In Libraries, is currently wrapping up in Arlington, Virginia. Here is a list of interesting technologies that was presented by Aaron Schmidt for his 'Best of the Web 2009' presentation. As always, techie librarians have done great work tracking and gathering these nascent technologies. Here is a list of the items covered in the presentation.

More information about legal RSS feeds

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:17:00 PST

The professional journal, Law Library Journal, has a recent article on the increasing value of RSS feeds in legal research. The article discusses the major sources of legal RSS feeds, including Justia, Cornell's LII, the Law Library of Congress, and USA.gov. It also reviews the major RSS readers and gives a nice comparison between Google Reader and Bloglines.

Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 09:31:00 PST

Proceedings in Cambodian Genocide Trial

Free and low cost legal research

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:49:00 PST

Given the current economic crisis, legal professionals are increasingly looking for ways to cut expenses out of their legal research budget. Some firms have told their employees to look for materials using a low-cost, or free, service before they search WestLaw or Lexis. The librarians at Georgetown Law have created a great guide to these low-cost, or free, legal research resources.

CALI Lesson on California Citations

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:04:00 PST

'Introduction to the California Style Manual'

Monday Fun - Right To Privacy Not Guaranteed By Constitution, Says Supreme Court Justice Peeking In Bathroom Window

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:32:00 PST

The parody newspaper, The Onion, has a hilarious article on the Supreme Court not finding a right to private in the U.S. Constitution. If you want to start your week off with a laugh, and take a break from the stress of approaching exams, go check out this article.

New Mexico bans the death penalty

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:06:00 PST

There is great news coming from the state of New Mexico this week. Today, New Mexico Governor, Bill Richardson, will be signing into a law a ban on the use of the death penalty. Although the state has only executed one person since 1960, the change marks an important success in the battle against capital punishment.

Bar Admission Requirements

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 10:50:00 PST

Comprehensive Guide to Bar Admission Requirements, 2009

UN Database on Violence against Women

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 08:51:00 PST

The U.N. Secretary General's database on violence against women

Link+

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 09:45:00 PST

Check it Out!

Mistrial by iPhone

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:22:00 PST

The New York Times has an article, published today, about the growing phenomenon of jurors accessing the Internet during a trial. A federal drug trafficking trial in Florida was declared a mistrial after 8 jurors admitted they did research about the case on the Internet using their iPhones. A similar case in Arkansas overturned a $12.6 million civil judgment after the judge discovered a juror was posting details about the case on his Twitter profile.

What first year students should learn in a legal research class

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:05:00 PST

Nancy Johnson, a law professor with Georgia State University, has an article on SSRN about what first year law students should focus on during their legal research class. It highlights how students often do not have sufficient time for learning research during their first year and how they can maximize the time they are given. It is a great read for current students dealing with LARAW this semester.

Law library and law school Twitter feeds

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 11:44:00 PST

Twitter is a social networking service that has experienced enormous growth over the last two years. In response, a number of law libraries and law schools have created Twitter accounts, including Santa Clara Law. Here is a list of prominent law schools and law libraries that have a presence in Twitter.

New search tool for FOIA-acquired documents by the EFF

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 17:04:00 PST

The Electronic Frontier Foundation, a Bay Area group which advocates for information access, fair use, and intellectual freedom has today announced a search engine for FOIA-acquired documents they have collected. The documents are hosted by EFF and are the result of their Freedom of Information Act Project. This was announced today, so there may be some initial glitches. Regardless, it is a welcome addition to the world of government documents.

Surge in anti-gay hate crimes in Santa Clara County

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:22:00 PST

The San Jose Mercury News reports today on a new study which details a huge surge in anti-gay hate crimes in Santa Clara County following the passage of Prop. 8. In 2008, hate crimes against LBGT people accounted for 56% of the total -- compared with 15% from 2007.

Law librarians lead nationwide campaign for no-fee public access to PACER

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 12:01:00 PST

The American Association of Law Libraries, the professional organization for law librarians, is leading a nationwide campaign for a no-fee, public access, PACER system. PACER is the document hosting network for the Federal Courts. The service charges users $.08 per page to retrieve documents.

New Technology I Love - DropBox

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 10:14:00 PST

Normally, we use this blog to discuss developments within the law and issues in legal research. Occasionally, a new web technology is introduced that we just have to share with the students at SCU. The new synchronization tool, DropBox, is one of those technologies. DropBox is a way to keep files in sync between multiple computers. It is an excellent way of keeping your notes, papers, and projects organized (and backed up!) on both your laptop and home computer.

RSS Court Feeds

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 10:03:00 PST

RSS is a very simple way to keep track of a large number of websites. It is also a very efficient way of keeping track of developments within the courts. A number of courts, both state and federal, are making RSS feeds available on their websites. They often make a good substitute for a WestLaw or Lexis alert. Here is a list of RSS feeds that may be of interest to SCU law students.

Proposition 8

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:37:00 PST

California Supreme Court argument

Videos at the U.S. Supreme Court

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 12:04:00 PST

News and law review articles

Children's Rights

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 08:20:00 PST

information from the Law Library of Congress

Upcoming Changes to West's Digests

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:36:00 PST

West's American Digest is a subject index of published U.S. case law. This weekend West will roll-out two new digest topics and revise others.

Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC)

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 09:17:00 PST

Khmer Rouge trial

Recovery.gov

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 21:02:00 PST

Website with information about the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

Little Known Facts

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:01:00 PST

New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand

Economic Stimulus Bill

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 08:24:00 PST

Text and Committee Reports

Happy Birthday to Charles Darwin

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 10:39:00 PST

Today marks the 200th birthday of Charles Darwin, the English naturalist who was pivotal in the early formation of modern evolutionary biology. Even though evolution is well settled within science, the topic continues to appear in public debate. Here are some resources of interest for those doing research in this area.

Remember to use your librarian

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:09:00 PST

Our colleagues at USF noticed a recent decision issued by the 9th Circuit in which the court chastises the defense counsel for failing to properly research the relevant case law. The case, United States v. Beltran-Moreno, was appealed even though the sentences given were below the mandatory minimum.

Most frequently cited authors in Heinonline's law journal collection

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:05:00 PST

Heinonline, a legal publisher, posted on its blog today its list of the most frequently cited authors within its law journal collection. The information was extracted using Heinonline's new citation analysis tool, ScholarCheck.

Federal Digital System (FDSys)

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 10:06:00 PST

PDF copies of federal documents

Are you using CALI?

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:48:00 PST

If you are a first, or second, year law student you may find CALI to be a very valuable resource. CALI is a consortium of law schools who collaborate together to create flash-based video tutorials on subjects taught in the first and second year of law school. If you are a visual learner, or simply need help visualizing legal concepts, CALI lessons can be an invaluable resource. We strongly encourage you to check it out.

Tens of thousands of CA inmates to be released due to overcrowding

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:55:00 PST

A special panel of federal judges ruled on Monday that the conditions within California prisons have become so poor that the state will have to release tens of thousands of inmates to resolve overcrowding. The court stated that conditions in California prisons have degraded so badly that suicide among inmates has become common, and many die from illness due to lack of medical care.

Tax Time

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 10:51:00 PST

Federal and state forms and publications for taxpayers

Please don't divorce us

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 15:54:00 PST

The Courage Campaign, a political action group that advocates for marriage equality in California, has created a photo collection of families affected by the passage of Prop. 8. The oral argument regarding Prop. 8 is scheduled to be heard by the California Supreme Court in March. Ken Starr, dean of Pepperdine University's School of Law, will be arguing in support of the ballot measure.

Important 9th Circuit decision regarding DOMA

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 15:04:00 PST

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals today released its ruling regarding the restriction of health care benefits to the same-sex partners of federal employees. The court held that this restriction is unconstitutional and that there is rational basis to without benefits to same-sex partners. Analysts see the ruling as an important step in overturning DOMA -- the federal legislation which bans recognition of marriage equality for LGBT families by the federal government.

NY recognizes same-sex Canadian marriage for intestate succession

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 12:47:00 PST

A Manhattan has ruled that a same-sex partner of a NY man is entitled to inherit the property left to him. Although the state of New York does not recognize same-sex marriages, they do recognize these union when performed in other jurisdictions. In this case, the two men were married in Quebec five months before one of them died intestate.

Justice Ginsburg has surgery for pancreatic cancer

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 10:48:00 PST

It has been announced this morning that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the only woman currently serving on the US Supreme Court, underwent surgery to remove a tumor from her pancreas. Ginsburg, age 75, is largely regarded as a consistently liberal voice on the court. Sadly, pancreatic cancer only has a five-year survival rate of 10 to 30 percent.

ASPCA v. Feld Entertainment

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 12:26:00 PST

Treatment of circus elephants

East Palo Alto Youth Court

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 16:15:00 PST

Restorative justice efforts for juvenile offenders

Exciting new peer-reviewed law review

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:13:00 PST

Perhaps signaling a new direction in legal publishing, Harvard University today launched the online journal, Journal of Legal Analysis. The journal is faculty-edited and peer-reviewed and aims to cover a broad area of legal subjects. Notably, the journal will be open-access and all submissions will be published immediately after the editing process. It it hoped that this journal, among others, will spawn new competition, improve access, and lower costs for law reviews.

New UN Legal Research Tools

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 09:27:00 PST

Online research tools from the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs

Obama issues executive orders regarding labor practices

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 11:10:00 PST

President Obama signed three executive orders today making it easier for employees to organize labor unions. It marks a change in policy from the Bush Administration. The executive orders are available in either PDF or HTML format from the GPO Access website.

A changing economy and the "billable hour"

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 11:02:00 PST

Given the current economic crisis, and the collapse of large firms such as Heller Ehrman and Thelan, there is growing concern over the future viability of billing by the hour for legal services. The New York Times has an article published today that describes the tension between clients and firms regarding billing practices. Although this is a long-debated subject, the present economic crisis is making it more pressing.

Meet your Heafey Law Librarians!!

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:40:00 PST

The Heafey Law Library at Santa Clara University's School of Law recently hosted the business meeting for the Northern California Association of Law Libraries (NOCALL). Here is a picture of the SCU law librarians who attended this meeting.

Want to read Obama's executive orders?

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 13:42:00 PST

If you would like to keep track of the administrative, and executive, orders made by the new Obama Administration you can do so at the GPO Access website which contains the daily version of the Federal Register. Presidential documents are available via the GPO in both HTML and PDF formats.

International Criminal Court

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:10:00 PST

Trial of Thomas Lubanga Dyilo

New Employment Discrimination Legislation

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:50:00 PST

Law to amend Title VII, Civil Rights Act of 1964

Photo from Obama Inauguration

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:48:00 PST

Gigapan, a company which uses robotic platforms to take very high resolution digital photos has released photos from the inauguration. In the below photo, some 220 separate images were combined to make an enormous photo that contains 1,474 megapixels.

Is it time for a law library bailout?

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 10:54:00 PST

The blog, Law Librarian Blog, poses a question about the future financial situation of academic law libraries. Given that private law schools have been particularly hard hit by the economic crisis, many working in law schools are speculating where budget cuts may be most felt. There is a concern that law library budgets across the nation will be reduced.

Excellent research guide on California ballot measures

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 10:01:00 PST

The law librarians at Boalt Hall have recently created a research guide for California ballot measures. These ballot measures often have profound consequences for the people of California, yet they are notoriously difficult to research. This research guide is recommended for students doing research in this area.

Santa Clara breaks new ground in virtual admissions event

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 10:26:00 PST

As a world leader in cyber and virtual law, Santa Clara is embarking on a new initiative within the virtual world, Second Life. Today, from 6pm-8pm there will be a 'virtual' admissions event at Santa Clara Island in Second Life. Santa Clara Law is the nation's first law school to host an admissions event in an online environment. Other law schools, such as Harvard and Stanford, have created presences in Second Life, but Santa Clara will be the first to host an admissions event there.

Say goodbye to COPA (Child Online Protection Act)

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:17:00 PST

The Supreme Court of the United States declined today to hear the government's appeal regarding a lower court's decision on the constitutionality of COPA (Child Online Protection Act). This effectively brings an end to the 10-year long legal struggle surrounding this legislation. Civil rights activists, and librarians, are delighted with the outcome of the case and the court's decision today.

Top 5 most popular blogs written by law professors

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 10:35:00 PST

The blog, TaxProf, has released a report on the traffic of blogs written by law school professors. The report lists the top five blogs based on their traffic and unique visitors.

Obama's new wheels

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 16:53:00 PST

In addition to a new residence, the first family is also changing their mode of transportation. The Christian Science Monitor reports on some of the security features installed on the president's new vehicle. The car is reportedly able to handle direct hits to its fuel tank, withstand a chemical warfare attack, and is covered with 8 inches of armor.

Inauguration Day

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 13:46:00 PST

Today, of course, marks the transition of power in Washington. At 9am this morning, President Obama took the oath of office, making him the 44th President of the United States. Several million people attended the event, making it perhaps the largest political gathering in American history.

Warning about using Westlaw with older web browsers

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:20:00 PST

Westlaw has recently announced that they will block access to their services for people using older web browsers. Please make sure that you are using a current web browser. The following browsers will be blocked from Westlaw.

Update on police shooting at Oakland BART station

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 09:58:00 PST

The BART police officer who fatally shot an unarmed African-American man who was in police custody was arrested in Nevada yesterday on suspicion of murder. The 27-year old police officer claimed he fled to Nevada due to death threats made against him. The family of the victim is currently suing BART for wrongful death, asking for $25 million in damages.

Congressional Investigation- "Hulk Hogan was a terrible wrestler"

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 11:40:00 PST

Congressional investigations are an overlooked source of information for researchers. And how good of a wrestler was Hulk Hogan?

Simulations in legal education

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:45:00 PST

There is an interesting article on the blog, Law School Innovation, about the future of simulations in legal education. The article discusses the work of Paul Maharg, author of Transforming Legal Education. He argues that the future of legal education heavily involves the use of virtual worlds and simulations. He helped to create the system, SIMPLE, which is used in law schools in Scotland and England.

Rioting in Oakland in response to police violence

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:17:00 PST

There has been significant protesting in Oakland today, resulting in property damage, in response to police violence. On New Year's Day, a police officer shot an killed a young African-American man who was cooperating and in handcuffs. The man was shot in the back of the head. The police officer has since resigned. During the protests today, over 105 arrests were made. Local businesses are shutting down today and sending their employees home.

Pictures from Gaza

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:39:00 PST

With Israel restricting journalists from accessing Gaza, it has been difficult to obtain images from the conflict there. The Boston Globe has today published a series of photos they acquired from Palestinian journalists.

Significant CA Supreme Court ruling regarding church property

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:50:00 PST

There has been a significant ruling made by the California Supreme Court regarding the ownership of church property in the state. At issue was the Newport Beach parish of the Episcopal Church, who wished to separate itself, with its property, from the national denomination. The court ruled that the national denomination is the rightful owner of the property.

Progressive religious groups file petition against Prop. 8

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:32:00 PST

There has been significant news about Prop. 8 in the last few weeks. Recently, state attorney general, Jerry Brown, suggested that Prop. 8 violates the fundamental liberty interest and equal protection clause. A number of progressive religious groups, including Reform Judaism, the UCC, the UUA, the Episcopal Church, and the Quakers jointly filed a petition in the ongoing lawsuit against the state.

Leon Panetta named CIA Director

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:23:00 PST

It has been announced this morning that Leon Panetta will be selected by the Obama Administration as the new CIA Director. Mr. Panetta is an alum of Santa Clara and did both his undergraduate work, and law school, here at Santa Clara University.

Controversy over changes to Endangered Species Act

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:33:00 PST

The state of California has recently announced a lawsuit against the Bush Administration regarding changes to the Endangered Species Act. At issue are changes made to the standard of scientific review for new developments on public lands.

Recent actions at the United Nations

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 09:49:00 PST

There have been recent declarations at the United Nations which have created press coverage lately. The first declaration deals with world hunger, declaring that hunger is an affront to human dignity, requiring the adoption of urgent measures at the national, regional, and local level. The final vote had 180 nations in favor, with only one, the United States, opposed.

California Supreme Court agrees to hear challenge to Prop. 8

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:41:00 PST

It has just been announced that the California Supreme Court will hear the legal challenges to the recently passed Prop. 8. The justices voted 6-1 to review the lawsuits. Various civil rights, and LGBT groups, have filed suit against the state regarding Prop. 8 arguing that it is a revision, requiring legislative approval.

National Center for Lesbian Rights submits lawsuit over Prop. 8

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:57:00 PST

The National Center for Lesbian Rights, based in San Francisco, has filed a petition over Prop. 8, a ballot initiative which deprives LGBT families of the fundamental right of marriage. The NCLR is joined by a host of other organizations in this petition, including the ACLU and Lambda Legal. The petition is available in PDF format.

Looking for exam preparation materials?

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:43:00 PST

The Heafey Law Library has a number of resources designed to prepare students for exams. These range from hornbooks and nutshells, to examples and explanations. We also have previous exams in both electronic format (on Claranet or TWEN) and in print in the Stauffer Collection. Please speak with a librarian at the desk for recommendations on exam prep materials. Also, please refer to these research guides which contain lists of relevant resources and exam information-

Google Book Search Settlement Proposed

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:24:00 PST

On Tuesday October 28, 2008 Google announced a settlement plan for the suits filed by the AAP and the Authors' Guild. 'Today we're delighted to announce that we've settled that lawsuit and will be working closely with these industry partners to bring even more of the world's books online. Together we'll accomplish far more than any of us could have individually.... It will take some time for this agreement to be approved and finalized by the Court. '

Audiovisual Library of International Law

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:09:00 PST

The United Nations Office of Legal Affairs launches the Audiovisual Library of International Law

Library internet filtering in Washington State

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 09:37:00 PST

A federal district court has certified a question to the Washington State Supreme Court on the issue of filtering Internet access in public libraries. The case, Bradburn v. North Central Regional Library District, revolves around the impediment to access for adult patrons to websites that are blocked by filtering software.

Maureen Dowd's Latin NY Times column

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:00:00 PST

In both a feat of linguistic talent, and a hilarious protest of American anti-intellectualism, Maureen Dowd's op-ed column in today's New York Times is written in Latin. Called by some as a response to the American obsession with parochialism, and distaste for erudition, the column is attracting attention all over the blogosphere as a sardonic diatribe on the political zeitgeist.

Connecticut Same Sex Marriage Decision

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:00:00 PST

Connecticut Supreme Court decision on same-sex marriage

UN Yearbook Online

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:35:00 PST

Free online access to the Yearbook of the United Nations

10th Anniversary of the murder of Matthew Shepard

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:45:00 PST

This week marks the 10th anniversary of the murder of Matthew Shepard. The 21-year old student at the University of Wyoming was brutally beaten in a hate crime and died from severe head injuries. The issues of hate crime legislation continue to be debated in the public arena and in our country's law schools. Here is a partial list of materials available at SCU libraries that pertain to hate crimes and hate crime legislation.

Digital Course Books?

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:07:00 PST

Seattle University conference examines legal teaching tools and methods

Muslim children injured in terrorist attack in Dayton, Ohio

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:27:00 PST

Reports are coming in about Muslim children being injured in a terrorist attack at a mosque in Dayton, Ohio last Saturday. Apparently two individuals sprayed an as yet unknown gas into a section reserved for children at the Islamic Society of Greater Dayton. There were more than 300 people inside at the time, celebrating the Muslim holiday of Ramadan.

NY Times calls for a No vote on California's Prop. 8

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:01:00 PST

The New York Times editorial board has written an article in today's issue calling for a no vote on California's Prop. 8. The proposition, known as the 'Eliminates Right of Same-Sex Couples to Marry Act' would ban marriage equality in the state and eliminate the legal rights given to married LGBT couples under the equal protection clause of the California Constitution.

U.S. Supreme Court

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:24:00 PST

New York Times article by Noah Feldman

ASIL Website

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 08:40:00 PST

The American Society of International Law's new website

United Nations Treaty Collection

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:59:00 PST

The UN's redesigned treaty database

Constitution Day and Citizenship Day

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:00:00 PST

Celebrate the anniversary of the United States Constitution

Men in legal professions earn 95.6 percent more than their female counterparts

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 10:18:00 PST

A very disturbing report has recently been published by the U.S. Census Bureau which indicates a huge disparity in pay between men and women in legal professions. The average salary of males in a legal profession is $105,233 compared to $53,790 for women.

Protest photos from the national conventions

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:17:00 PST

Some photos from the DNC and RNC National Conventions are appearing online. Andrew Sullivan, a columnist with the Atlantic Monthly, highlights a photo collection by a freelance photographer on the blog, Fear and Loathing. It provides a behind-the-scenes look at the protests, and the police reaction.

Law school presidential election contributions

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 09:15:00 PST

The tax law blog, TaxProf, has an interesting list of contributions made by law faculty to this year's presidential campaigns. The data was compiled from FundRace2008, which tracks campaign contributions.

Exciting new development in Google News

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:45:00 PST

If you have ever done cite-checking with newspapers you know how difficult the process can be. In many cases, students must use microfilm, or microfiche, to verify newspaper citations. Google has announced a new project where print versions of popular newspapers will be available and indexed. The project is starting with major newspapers (NY Times, etc.) but should expand quickly.

Christian Domionism, Imprecatory Prayer, and John McCain

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:17:00 PST

An interesting discussion on what constitutes attempted murder appears today on the blog, Volokh Conspiracy. Law professor Eugene Volokh writes about a movement within American Christian Dominionism that is calling for imprecatory prayers for John McCain so that Sarah Palin leads the Republican presidential ticket. At issue, is what constitutes 'attempted murder', when the act is impossible to carry out.

Former SCU prof writes about Sarah Palin's teenage pregnancy story

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:45:00 PST

Former SCU professor, June Carbone, has written along with her colleague, Naomi Cahn an op-ed piece in the Saint Louis Post-Dispatch about the issue of teen pregnancy and the RNC Platform. Professor Carbone currently serves as a law professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and Professor Cahn teaches at George Washington University.

Registering for CALI

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:48:00 PST

Introduction to CALI on a Youtube video

Library Resources for Cite Checks

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:50:00 PST

Take advantage of library resources and some tips from the reference staff to make your cite check go more smoothly.

Sarah Palin versus the public librarian

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:29:00 PST

In a rather disturbing report, Time magazine writes today about Sarah Palin, the presumptive Republican vice-presidential nominee, and her years as the mayor of smalltown Wasilla, Alaska. There are reports from Time magazine, and elsewhere, that Mayor Palin had a less than friendly relationship with her town's public librarian after she asked how to go about 'banning library books'.

Advice for 1Ls- What to do if you don't know the answer

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:29:00 PST

Orin Kerr, professor and blogger on the popular blog, The Volokh Conspiracy, has written an article with advice to 1Ls on how to handle being called on by law professors. Entitled, 'What to do if you don't know the answer', Kerr offers some valuable advice for the nascent law student.

Medical Marijuana 10th Amendment claim moves forward in Santa Cruz v. Gonzales

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:07:00 PST

A 10th Amendment claim against the federal Controlled Substances Act has survived a motion for dismissal in the Santa Cruz v. Gonzales case being heard by the Northern District of California. The plaintiff 'allege[s] that federal officials have devised a strategic plan of targeted enforcement that has had the intended effect of rendering California's medical marijuana laws impossible to implement and thereby forcing California and its political subdivisions to recriminalize medial marijuana.'

Obama's case comment from the Harvard Law Review

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:19:00 PST

It has been determined that a case comment published in the Harvard Law Review was authored by Democratic Presidential Nominee Barack Obama while he was the editor of the Harvard Law Review. You can read the case comment here.

New student loan forgiveness program for prosecutors/public defenders

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:49:00 PST

There is a new law school student loan forgiveness program included in the Higher Education Opportunity Act signed by President Bush last week. The bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to establish a program where the Department of Justice absorbs student loans for those working as prosecutors, or public defenders, provided they work for at least three years.

Gay Marriage and Tribal Sovereignty

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:19:00 PST

A very interesting story appears in today's issue of Portland's The Oregonian. The story details how the Coquille Tribe of Southern Oregon has decided to recognize gay marriage among their tribal members. The constitution for the State of Oregon explicitly denies marriage rights to same-gender couples. However, the Coquille Tribe, as a sovereign nation, is not bound by the Oregon Constitution.

The crisis of Mexican children deported into Tijuana

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:15:00 PST

A very disturbing report done by Mexican newspaper, La Jornada, documents the tragedy of deporting undocumented Mexican children into Tijuana. During the first seven months of this year, some 70,000 children were forcibly deported from the United States into Mexico. Many of these children are unable to travel back to their home state and tend to remain on the border.

San Jose Mercury News comes out against Prop. 8

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:50:00 PST

The San Jose Mercury News has published an editorial today denouncing Prop. 8, the initiative which seeks to ban marriage equality. They are joining the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, and the Orange County Register in calling for a 'no' vote on this ballot initiative.

How to Read a Legal Opinion - A guide for new law students

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:26:00 PST

Welcome to all incoming 1Ls!! Congratulations!! The librarians at the Heafey Law Library are eager to meet each of you and assist you in any way we can with your legal education. To start off your first semester, we recommend reading the article, 'How to read a legal opinion- a guide for new law students', written by Orin Kerr. It provides some good recommendations on your first year.

Library Information for One Ls

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:23:00 PST

A summary of library services

Texas's Disdain

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:25:00 PST

The Washington Post has an interesting editorial today on the executions of Mexican nationals recently done by the state of Texas. At issue, was whether these individuals had access to their consular authorities as required by the Vienna Convention for Consular Affairs.

Reneging on a right

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:18:00 PST

The Los Angeles Times published an editorial today on the issue of Prop. 8 which will appear on the November ballot. Prop. 8 intends to rescind the right to civil marriage from same-gender couples. The editorial discusses how this proposition is markedly different from Prop. 22 back in 2000 which revised the state code to restrict marriage to opposite-gender couples.

Settle v. Trial

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 09:38:00 PST

Study concludes that settling is frequently better than going to trial

Convicted killer gets life sentence, and pizza, from Portland court

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:21:00 PST

An unusual case has emerged from Portland, Oregon today where convicted murderer, Tremayne Durham, plead guilty to first-degree murder on the condition that he receive pizza, calzones, and Kentucky Fried Chicken. The judge agreed and provided these items contingent that were paid for by the defense counsel. The Multnomah County prosecutor involved in the case stated that the judge made the right call as it saved the expense of a trial, and possible appeals.

WestLaw Tip- Quick Print is NOT your friend

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:09:00 PST

To continue our WestLaw/Lexis advice, here is another valuable tip for our incoming students. There are two print options available to you in WestLaw. The first is the standard print function which sends documents to the WestLaw printer (which does not come out of your SmartPrint allotment). The second print option, Smart Print, sends a document to the attached network printer.

Important tip for downloading documents via WestLaw/Lexis

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:00:00 PST

We have received two reports of users having problems downloading documents from either WestLaw/Lexis. Much of this may be due to users upgrading to Firefox 3.0 recently. Please remember to add 'web2.westlaw.com' and 'w3.lexis.com' to the exceptions list in your pop-up blocker.

Legal educators plan on boycotting San Diego AALS over marriage equality

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:11:00 PST

There has been an ongoing boycott against the Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego due to the hotel owner's contribution of $125,000 in support of Prop. 8 which seeks to deny civil marriage rights to same-gender families. The boycott has now spread into the field of legal education.

New website enables free searching of criminal records

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:11:00 PST

A new website has been introduced this week which enables free searching of criminal records. It also includes civil filings, sex offender status, and traffic infractions. You can try it out at CriminalSearches.com.

Prop. 8 will not be retroactive according to Attorney General Jerry Brown

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:02:00 PST

The San Francisco Chronicle published an article today on Proposition 8, which seeks to deny civil marriage rights to same-gender families. In the article, state Attorney General Jerry Brown states that the marriages formed prior to the election will remain valid even if the proposition banning them passes.

Marintindale-Hubbell links up with LinkedIn

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:43:00 PST

The 140-year old lawyer directory, Martindale-Hubbell, has announced plans to partner with the social network, LinkedIn. Martindale-Hubbell is a unit of LexisNexis, owned by British-based Reed Elsevier. The two companies hope to remake the lawyer directory into a 'global legal professional network' to be used by both clients and practicing attorneys.

Animal rights activists firebomb two homes in Santa Cruz

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:25:00 PST

Animals rights activists have firebombed two homes in Santa Cruz. Both residences are occupied by professors from UC Santa Cruz. One firebomb destroyed a car, and another injured two children with smoke inhalation. The incident is the latest in a series of violent attacks against academics working in research which involves animal vivisection.

UK Research Resources

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 08:49:00 PST

Links to research papers from UK Parliament

Dick Cheney's lesbian daughter donates $3K to No on Prop. 8 campaign

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:12:00 PST

It has been revealed today that Mary Cheney, daughter to vice president Dick Cheney, donated $3,000 to the No on Prop. 8 campaign along with her wife, Heather Poe. Mary and Heather have a one-year old daughter together and live in Grand Falls, Virginia.

Mormon Times calls for overthrow of government if Prop. 8 fails

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:24:00 PST

The noted Mormon sci-fi author, Orson Scott Card, has written a op-ed piece in the latest issue of Mormon Times. In it, he discusses his position on Proposition 8 in California which seeks to deny civil marriage to same-sex families.

Librarian writes defense of "Uncle Bobby's Wedding"

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:41:00 PST

Although not exactly law related, there is a great letter written by a public librarian in Colorado defending the children's book 'Uncle Bobby's Wedding'. The book is aimed to help children deal with gay and lesbian issues in an age-appropriate manner. The letter stresses the value of information access and the dangers of censorship. The author has posted the letter to help other librarians when facing the same issue.

University of North Dakota Law Review gets hijacked by marriage equality opponents

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:25:00 PST

The current issue of the University of North Dakota Law Review is drawing ire from a number of North Dakota attorneys for its latest issue. The issue is devoted entirely to opposing marriage equality for LGBT families. One prominent family law attorney in Fargo, Mike Gjesdal, accuses the law review of 'passing off editorializing and theological perspective as academic work � [and] bringing shame upon us.'

NY Times publishes Obama's law school exam questions

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:05:00 PST

The NY Times has published some of the exam questions given by Barack Obama during his time teaching law school at the University of Chicago. Nan Hunter at the blog, Feminist Law Professors, was impressed with the exam questions given. She states that '[a]lmost every exam includes a question that involves sexual orientation or reproductive rights or a combination. His 2001 con law exam, a few months after September 11, contained a question involving bioterrorism.'

Southern California earthquake affects bar takers in LA

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:57:00 PST

News is coming out of Los Angeles that the bar takers presently taking the bar exam in Los Angeles were affected by yesterday's earthquake. The quake struck shortly before noon, during the morning session of the exam's first day. The State Bar of California is in the process of gathering information about the disturbance, and how the quake may affect test scores.

Eric Goldman discusses Ethan Lieb's "Friends as Fiduciaries"

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:44:00 PST

Eric Goldman has written a humorous article on the blog, Conglomerate, discussing the recent article 'Friends as Fiduciaries' by Ethan Lieb. The article discusses Lieb's recent submission, and considers how it represents a 'broader research trend examining the overlay of legal rules onto social networks and relationships'.

Opponents of marriage equality sue over ballot initiative description

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:52:00 PST

Opponents of marriage equality have promised to sue the state attorney general's office over a change in the description of Proposition 8. The proposition aims to eliminate the right of civil marriage for same-gender families. Supporters of the initiative are upset that the attorney general's office has described it as 'eliminat[ing] the right of same-sex couples to marry'.

Poor research skills at DOJ

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:06:00 PST

The ongoing saga at the Justice Department continues today with the release of the LexisNexis search string aides of Ms. Goodling's were using to vet potential candidates. The LexisNexis search not only reflects the ideological biases of the department, it also demonstrates a profound ignorance of LexisNexis. A DOJ report, released yesterday, finds that Ms. Goodling violated federal law in her hiring practices.

South Carolina Law Review tries out peer review selection process

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:09:00 PST

The South Carolina Law Review, a publication of the University of South Carolina, has announced plans to experiment with a new peer review program to select law review articles. The announcement claims that '[b]ecause we believe the current system of legal scholarship publication may be improved by changing how articles are selected, our Pilot Program will explore the feasibility of article selection through peer review in the context of a major, general interest law review.'

Bush approves first military execution since 1961

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:15:00 PST

The Bush Administration has approved the first execution by the military since 1961. It marks the first execution since the death penalty, for the military, was reinstated by the Reagan Administration in 1984. The case involved Private Ronald Gray, who was sentenced to death for a series of rapes and murders 20 years ago. The NY Times has an article about Pvt. Gray and the history of the death penalty in the US military.

MCLE credit in Second Life

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:30:00 PST

On Tues July 29 th there will be an Internet Fraud class in Second Life that is good for one hour of California MCLE credit

DOJ hiring practices were "unlawful"

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:05:00 PST

An internal investigation within the Department of Justice has revealed unlawful hiring practices. A senior aide to Attorney General Gonzales, Monica Goodling, was discovered to have chosen career prosecutors based not on their qualifications, but on their political and religious ideology.

Church shooting in TN targeted "liberals and gays"

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:33:00 PST

The shooting which took place yesterday in Knoxville, TN at the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalism Association appears to be a hate-crime targeting gays and liberals. The shooting killed two parishioners during an evening children's concert. The shooter, Jim Adkisson, left a manifesto decrying the progressive stance of this faith community and his hatred for gays and lesbians.

Cuil

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 08:42:00 PST

New search engine

Iranian woman faces imminent execution by stoning

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:24:00 PST

An Iranian woman accused of prostitution is facing imminent execution by stoning. The woman, Kobra Najjar, is a victim of domestic violence forced into prostitution by her former husband. Execution by stoning is prohibited by the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, of which Iran is a signatory party.

IRS says virtual greeters are real employees

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:40:00 PST

In a decision which is bound to affect employment practices in virtual worlds, the IRS recently decided that virtual greeters working in Second Life are actual employees. This will require employers doing business in Second Life to withhold for federal income tax and social security. In a virtual world which values anonymity and privacy, the implications of this ruling may be significant.

Top 35 blogs written by law faculty

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:04:00 PST

The blog, TaxProf Blog, has recently published a list of the 35 blogs written by law faculty based on traffic and unique visitors. At the top of the list is Instapundit, followed by Hugh Hewitt and the Volokh Conspiracy.

American Library Association begins privacy campaign

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:54:00 PST

The American Library Association, the country's largest professional librarian organization, is embarking on a new nationwide privacy campaign. The organization hopes to raise over a $1M to educate Americans about privacy in the information age. The aim of the campaign to get Americans to 'recommit to information privacy'.

Seasteading and Constructed Sovereignty

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:33:00 PST

The legal blog, Opinion Juris, has a recent discussion about the Seasteading movement and whether sovereignty can be 'constructed'. The article discusses a recent Wired magazine article on the same topic and quotes Patri Friedman the head of the Seasteading Insitute. Patri Friedman is the grandson of Nobel-prize winning economist Milton Friedman and the son of SCU professor David Friedman.

CA Supreme Court deterimines no right to allocution at sentencing

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:53:00 PST

The San Francisco Chronicle is reporting on a recent decision by the California Supreme Court regarding the right of allocution at sentencing. Dating back to 17th century England, the right of allocution is the ability of a defendant to address the court during sentencing to ask for leniency. Normally allocution is not subject to cross-examination. The court found no such right and declared that defendants addressing the court must do so under oath, and are subject to cross-examination.

Google releases product to compete with Wikipedia

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:10:00 PST

Google today released its Knol product, a direct competitor to Wikipedia. A 'knol' is an authoritative article on a particular subject. Google claims that its vetting process for authors is more thorough than Wikipedia, leading to more reliable and authoritative information.

The "de-centralizing" of social networks - News from Facebook

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:44:00 PST

Local Bay Area company, Facebook, announced yesterday its new Facebook Connect feature. The service is the beginning of the company's plan to 'de-centralize' social networks and permit the data contained in a network to be shared with other services.

New report recommends closing California's state-run juvenile detention centers

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:18:00 PST

The state-appointed Little Hoover Commission today released its report on the state of California's juvenile detention system. The report, 'Juvenile Justice Reform- Realigning Responsibilities', suggesting laying 'the groundwork for the creation of county-run, state-funded, regional rehabilitative facilities for high-risk, high-need juvenile offenders and for the eventual elimination of state juvenile justice operations'. The report is available online in PDF format.

GPS Tracking for Convicted Sex Offenders?

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:07:00 PST

Pennsylvania state officials are urging their state legislature to enact requiring GPS units for convicted sex offenders for five years following their release from prison. There is a growing movement among state legislature to require GPS tracking for convicted sex offenders. The blog, Sentencing Law and Policy, has a discussion about the issues, and concerns, regarding this topic.

Chinese Law Databases

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:10:00 PST

Blog lists databases of Chinese laws

House Armed Services Committee debates future of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:22:00 PST

The House Armed Services Committee is today discussing the future of the 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' policy which discriminates against LGBT Americans in the armed forces. This issue has local interest due to our proximity to the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, CA. Since the beginning of the 'War on Terror', hundreds of highly specialized translators have been discharged due to their sexual orientation.

Recent developments regarding COPA (Children's Online Protection Act)

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:30:00 PST

Some ten years after its passage by Congress, the Children's Online Protection Act was ruled facially unconstitutional by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. It has been blocked by court order since 1998. The act intends to 'shield' minors from 'objectionable' content by requiring website owners to verify the age of their visitors. The court found the legislation to be unconstitutional, and facially violated both the first and fifth amendments.

Despite World Court ruling, and protests, Texas continues with executions of Mexican nationals

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:13:00 PST

The World Court ruled two days ago, acting on a request by the Mexican government, that five Mexicans nationals sentenced to be executed in Texas have not been given proper contact with consular authorities, which according to the court, violates treaty agreements. Mexican national, Jose Ernesto Medellin Rojas, is the first scheduled to be executed on August 5. The American member of the tribunal dissented on all points of the court's decision.

How to Read a Legal Opinion - A guide for new law students

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:50:00 PST

A new article entitled, 'How to Read a Legal Opinion - A Guide for New Law Students' has been posted to SSRN. Written by noted legal scholar, Orin S. Kerr, from George Washington University, the articles introduces basic legal concepts needed to read a legal opinion and also offers advice on how to deal with your first few weeks of law school. It is highly recommended for incoming 1Ls.

The Google Generation and Legal Research

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:51:00 PST

The WestLaw-affiliated blog, WestBlog.net, has recently released a podcast on the changing information needs of the 'Google Generation' and how it is changing the ways in which legal research services are offered, and used. The podcast is in mp3 format.

Lexis v. WestLaw - Law Librarians Weigh In on Debate

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:53:00 PST

A new survey among law-firm and law-school librarians has recently been published by Stanford Law. The survey asked about preferences of Lexis v. WestLaw, and what services are being used in law firms. They also list the resources, and services, they would like law students to learn before they begin to practice.

Congress approves warrant-less eavesdropping

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:37:00 PST

Congress today passed the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act which immunizes telecommunications companies for eavesdropping on their customers, terminates pending lawsuits on this issue, and gives the administration new powers to eavesdrop within the United States. The final vote was 69-28. Presidential nominee Barack Obama voted with the Republican senators, while former candidate Hillary Clinton voted against it.

Personal Democracy Forum 2008- Rebooting the System

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:08:00 PST

The keynote address by Harvard's Jonathan Zittrain from the Personal Democracy Forum is now available online. Zittrain discusses the role of the Internet in civil involvement and how the 'technologies of cooperation' which have contributed to the success of the Internet may now be threatened.

New virtual world created by Google releases its terms of service contract

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:43:00 PST

For those interested in the legal issues of virtual worlds, Google yesterday announced its new online virtual world system called Lively. Today, Google is permitting users to download this service via a browser plug-in. The virtual world legal blog, Virtually Blind, has written a commentary on Google's terms of usage contract and how it differs, and compares, with other virtual worlds, and the ways it raises the same legal issues common in this area of law.

Top SCU-affiliated downloads from SSRN

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:22:00 PST

Here is a list of the most downloaded articles from SCU-affiliated scholars on the SSRN Network for the past 12 months.

D.C. Circuit Opinion cites to Jimi Hendrix

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:09:00 PST

Following the path emblazoned by Chief Justice Roberts' recent citation to Bob Dylan, a D.C. Circuit Court Judge has cited to a Jimi Hendrix song in her opinion for a case involving the False Claims Act.

SL Bar Association offering CLE credit entirely within a virtual world

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:23:00 PST

Marking the first time that CLE credit is available for an entirely 'in-world' event, the Second Life Bar Association announces an event on 'Virtual World Legal Issues'. The event will be free for SL Bar members (dues are currently at an amazingly low $2.20 a year). The event is accredited for CLE credit in California and the United Kingdom.

Online video of debate between Eugene Volokh and Jack Rakove on the Heller decision

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:18:00 PST

There is an online debate on the Heller decision between Stanford's Jack Rakove and UCLA's Eugene Volokh. The site, Bloggingheads, is hosting the debate.

Summer fun- Judge Kozinsky on The Dating Game

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:17:00 PST

A new video from the late 1970s has recently drawn publicity in the legal blogosphere. It depicts future 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Chief Justice, Alex Kozinski, playing a round on the popular 70s television show, The Dating Game.

Washington Post calls for rehearing in Kennedy v. Louisiana

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:29:00 PST

In light of the court relying on the false assumption that a federal statute permitting the death penalty for child rape did not exist, the Washington Post has today published an editorial calling upon the court to re-hear the case. A number of legal bloggers and others have been discussing how a federal statute in the Uniform Code of Military Justice does permit the death penalty for members of the armed forces for the crime of raping a child.

Need to brush up on legal research skills before the fall?

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:20:00 PST

Are you needing to brush up on your legal research skills over the summer? Needing to prepare for the law review or an externship? You may find the CALI lessons on legal research to be helpful. They cover a wide variety of topics from finding statutes to using loose-leaf services. They are all Flash-based and usually take about 20-30 minutes to complete.

Legal research faux-pas affects Kennedy v. Louisiana case

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:51:00 PST

An interesting development in the recently decided Kennedy v. Louisiana case has emerged. The case dealt with the application of the death penalty for child rape. One of the reasons stated by the court for its decision banning the death penalty for child rape pivoted upon the fact that only 6 states, and not the federal government, permit it. This has turned out to be incorrect because in 2006 Congress made child rape punishable by death for members of the armed forces.

Is it a crime for a gay Wisconsin couple to marry in California?

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:10:00 PST

Perhaps portending the legal battles to come, Ann Althouse writes today in her blog about a criminal statute in Wisconsin that punishes those who enter into an 'illegal marriage' with a $10,000 fine and/or nine months in prison. The criminal statute is being supported by anti-marriage equality groups such as the Wisconsin Family Council.

Interesting study on blog reading habits

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:44:00 PST

Three political science professors from George Washington University have recently published a study on blogs and their users' reading habits. The article, entitled 'Self-Segregation or Deliberation? Blog Readership, Participation and Polarization in American Politics', contains some surprising results about the political affiliations of blog readers.

C-SPAN posts video of Federalist Society's review of this term's SCOTUS decisions

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:42:00 PST

The Federalist Society does a yearly review of the cases decided by the Supreme Court. This year's review was recorded by C-SPAN and is now available online in RealPlayer format. Additionally, the American Constitution Society also hosted a panel reviewing this year's SCOTUS decisions which is also available via C-SPAN.

Chief Justice John Roberts cites to Bob Dylan

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:59:00 PST

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, John Roberts, cited to a Bob Dylan song lyric in his dissent on a case involving pay phone operators and long distance phone companies. Adam Liptak at the New York Times writes a humorous article about this case, and others which has cited to song lyrics.

New website for international disaster information

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:07:00 PST

The United Nations' Dag Hammarskjlöd Library is promoting a recently updated website, called ReliefWeb, which aggregates information about international disasters including detailed information about refugee camps and international humanitarian efforts. The site is produced by the United Nations' Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.

U.S. News and World Reports considers adding part-time students in their law school rankings

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:00:00 PST

U.S. News and World Report is considering adding part-time law students to their rankings of law schools. As part-time students tend to be older, and have spent more time out of college, this proposed change may have large consequences on this highly competitive tool used to compare law schools.

The Protestant Ethic and American Capitalism

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:58:00 PST

There is an interesting discussion at the Becker-Posner Blog on the role of the protestant ethic in American capitalism. Richard Posner discusses a recent NY Times editorial by David Brooks which argues that the success of American capitalism is deeply rooted in the work ethic, and moral framework, of Colonial American Protestantism.

California Commission on the Fair Administration of Justice issues scathing report on California death penalty

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:14:00 PST

The California Commission on the Fair Administration of Justice issued its report on the death penalty in California. While stopping short of calling for its demise, the report does offer a scathing critique of the administration of the death penalty in California calling it both 'dysfunctional' and 'costly'.

Is gun control a feminist issue?

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:02:00 PST

Several notable legal bloggers have drawn attention to a section in the opinion of District of Columbia v. Heller and how it may be advancing a feminist argument against gun control. They are specifically pointing out the sentence, 'it is easier to use for those without the upper-body strength to lift and aim a long gun', and how the court considered gender in its decision.

Criminal law implications from Heller decision

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:58:00 PST

Douglas Berman (a law professor at Ohio State University) in his blog, Sentencing Law and Policy, writes on the criminal law implications of today's decision in District of Columbia v. Heller. He writes how the court found possession of handguns to be an individual right which can be exercised by all Americans and how this impacts those convicted of gun crimes or have sentencing enhancements.

Reactions from Heller decision

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:49:00 PST

The Supreme Court of the United States announced their decision today in the District of Columbia v. Heller case. The court found that the second amendment is indeed a personal right, and that restrictions on handguns (such as those in D.C.), are unconstitutional. Here are some reactions from legal bloggers.

SCOTUS rules death penalty for child-rape unconstitutional

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:44:00 PST

The Supreme Court of the United States ruled today in, Kennedy v. Louisiana, that the death penalty cannot be given to those convicted of child rape. The case is seen as an important indication of the future of the death penalty in the United States. It continues a pattern in the court, beginning with the 1977 Coker v. Georgia decision, which banned the death penalty for the rape of adult women.

Orange County Register editorial supports marriage equality

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:16:00 PST

In a rather surprising move, the Orange County Register, the largest newspaper in historically conservative Orange County, has written an editorial supporting marriage equality. A number of legal bloggers, including Andrew Sullivan, have called this a 'watershed' event.

Top 10 Books for incoming law students

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:18:00 PST

If you are looking for materials to read over the summer in preparation for your first year of law school, this list may be a good place to start. Compiled by the sales data from Amazon.com, it lists a number of popular items designed to assist incoming first-year law students.

Software tools for making class outlines and table of authorities

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:42:00 PST

There are some great software tools made by both Lexis and WestLaw for creating table of authorities and writing class outlines. These tools may be particularly useful for first-year law students in their legal research and writing courses. The Lexis application, CaseMap, is also an excellent way to organize facts, people, authorities, and other documents for a case.

Defining "community standards" in a digital world

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:34:00 PST

An interesting obscenity case is developing in Pensacola, Florida regarding a website operator who was hosting pornographic materials. The company's defense counsel is using a novel method to determine 'community standards' with Google Trends. Google Trends is a product, created by Google, that tracks search queries based on locale and other criteria. The defense counsel is arguing that community standards can be determined by this data.

Were signatures for the anti-marriage equality initiative acquired under a false assertion?

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:21:00 PST

New developments in the California marriage equality issue have come forth in the last week. The National Center for Lesbian Rights is now arguing that the initiative gathered signatures under a false assertion as it claims 'no fiscal affect on state or local governments'. This assertion is disputed by the Williams Institute at UCLA which has calculated that gay marriage will bring $700 million to the state economy over the next three years, and add $63 million in tax revenue.

Two Years for Law School?

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:46:00 PST

Northwestern's accelerated J.D. program

Professors get their "rankings" on SSRN

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:48:00 PST

The New York Times has an interesting article about the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) and its increasing influence on academic legal publishing. A new feature on the SSRN which tallies downloads of each article is being used by professors to gauge the impact of their articles before actual publication. The article also comments how the increased accessibility of legal publishing, through technologies such as the SSRN, is expanding the audience and impact of these materials.

Proofreading checklist for law school papers, notes, and comments

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:39:00 PST

A new article entitled, 'Training Independent Learners- Student Self-Editing Checklist for Law School Papers, Notes and Comments' is now available on SSRN. Written by faculty at the University of Missouri - Kansas City, the articles lists many of the most basic principles of good, clear writing and many of the most common flaws in students' papers. It requires the student to certify, by signing and noting the date and time, that the student has checked the paper for each of the points listed.

June 12--Loving Day

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:50:00 PST

Today is the 41st anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Loving v. Virginia that struck down Virginia's anti-miscegenation statute. Richard Loving and Mildred Jeter, both native Virginians, married each other in the District of Columbia. After they returned to Virginia, they were charged with violating the state's ban on interracial marriages. They pled guilty and were exiled from the state . . . .

SCOTUS announces decision on Boumediene v. Bush

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:04:00 PST

The Supreme Court released today its decision on the Boumediene v. Bush case. At issue was whether non-citizens held in military custody have a constitutional right to habeas relief. The ruling represents a major loss for the Bush Administration.

Murderer of young gay man gets 2.5 years in South Carolina prison

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:12:00 PST

Perhaps demonstrating the need for added hate crime penalties, a judge in Greenville County, South Carolina, sentenced Stephen Moller to 2.5 years for the murder of a 20-year old gay man.

Tenth Circuit says Lawrence was a rational-basis case

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:27:00 PST

Demonstrating the confusion among the appellate courts on the Lawrence v. Texas case, the Tenth Circuit recently announced its decision in the Seegmiller v. Laverkin City case. The court upheld a city's private reprimand of a police officer who had an adulterous affair with someone outside the department.

First Circuit Upholds "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:40:00 PST

The First Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals recently announced its decision in the Cook v. Gates case. This case is the second challenge to the military's 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' policy after the SCOTUS' 2003 decision on Lawrence v. Texas. The first challenge was heard before the Ninth Circuit and was remanded back to the district court.

www.ourcourts.org

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 14:53:00 PST

Coming soon- interactive civics lessons on the internet

Friday Fun- I'm a Bar/Bri Girl

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:35:00 PST

Check out this hilarious YouTube video made by the law students at NYU. It is a parody of the song, 'Barbie Girl', from the Danish dance group, Aqua.

Controversy over recent Harvard Law Review article

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:55:00 PST

There has been a considerable amount of controversy created by a recent Harvard Law Review note entitled, 'Never Again Should A People Starve in a World of Plenty'. The article heavily criticizes the pursuit of 'big-firm' employment over public interest and social justice law. It has been critiqued by a number of notable conservatives and libertarians among legal blogs.

CA Supreme Court unanimously denies stay for marriage equality ruling

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:48:00 PST

The California Supreme Court unanimously denied a stay to the marriage equality ruling (In Re Marriage Cases). Same-gender marriage will begin in California starting on June 17, 2008. Already a number of local community groups are planning to hold events at county clerk offices to celebrate and receive marriage certificates.

New peer-reviewed open access journal from Harvard Law School

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:48:00 PST

A new peer-reviewed open access journal is available from Harvard University's School of Law. The journal is scheduled to begin publication in Fall 2008. If you are interested in submitting to this journal follow the instructions from their website.

Marriage quote of the day

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:03:00 PST

Interesting parallels between In re marriage cases and Plussy v. Ferguson.

Should communion be a political weapon?

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 12:43:00 PST

An article by E.J. Dionne Jr. was published by the Washington Post today on the controversy surrounding Douglas Kmiec. Professor Kmiec is a law professor at Pepperdine University who once served as the dean of Catholic University. In a surprise move, Kmiec has endorsed Obama for president.

Proselytizing and Free Speech

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:57:00 PST

There have been interesting recent developments on the issue of proselytizing in war zones by American military personnel. Recently a U.S. Marine stationed in Fallujah was re-assigned to another area, and reprimanded, for passing out coins imprinted with Bible verses written in Arabic. In a similar story, a British police officer told two Christian missionaries who were passing out leaflets in a largely Muslim area that they were committing a hate crime.

Questions about access to the library?

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:04:00 PST

Congratulations to all students who graduated the previous semester. If you are studying for the July Bar Exam you may want to view the library access policy for law school graduates. In it, you'll find the access policy for those studying for the bar exam or other students who would like to use the library over the summer.

Voter initiative to limit marriage qualifies for November ballot

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:18:00 PST

The proposed voter initiative to restrict marriage to opposite-gender couples has been certified by the California Secretary of State. In all, nearly 700,000 signatures were gathered.

Podcast Series on Law Practice

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 09:44:00 PST

From Suffolk University Law School Legal Practice Skills Program

ACLU President Anthony Romero interviewed in Second Life

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 29 May 2008 16:21:00 PST

The president of the American Civil Liberties Union, Anthony Romero, was interviewed on the radio talk show, Virtually Speaking, on the topics of torture and the FISA court. Virtually Speaking is a talk show in the virtual world, Second Life.

Bar Exam Resources

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 29 May 2008 15:54:00 PST

We are only two months away from the bar exam. If you are looking for bar exam materials in the Heafey Law Library please read our research guide. It contains links to bar exam materials/resources, a list of study materials, and other information about the exam.

Heavily-redacted documents on waterboarding released by the CIA

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 29 May 2008 15:20:00 PST

Some heavily-redacted documents on the practice of waterboarding those in CIA custody have been released via a FOIA request by the ACLU.

Deal reached to ban cluster bombs

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 29 May 2008 13:51:00 PST

The Cluster Munition Coalition organized a conference today in Dublin, Ireland with representatives for over 100 countries to ban the use, and manufacture, of cluster bombs. The United States, Russia and China are the world's largest producers of cluster bombs and all three chose not to send representatives to this conference.

Is California's anti-marriage equality initiative a revision or an amendment?

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 29 May 2008 11:13:00 PST

There is an interesting discussion regarding the legality of the proposed ballot initiative which aims to amend the state constitution banning the recognition of marriages between same-gender families. The California politics blog, Calitics, has an article discussing whether the proposed initiative is an amendment or revision of the constitution.

UNData

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 29 May 2008 09:20:00 PST

Statistical information portal

State Laws Relating to Immigrants and Immigration

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 28 May 2008 12:58:00 PST

Information about immigration related bills introduced in state legislatures during the first quarter of 2008

Majority of Californians support marriage equality

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 28 May 2008 11:37:00 PST

Signaling a generational shift in attitudes, a new Field Poll on Tuesday said California voters now support legal marriage between same-sex couples and oppose a state constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage. By 51 to 42 percent, state voters believe gay couples have the right to marry, according to a May 17-26 poll of 1,052 registered voters.

The California Marriage Decision and Basic Civics

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 23 May 2008 11:43:00 PST

Civil rights and constitutional law litigator, Glenn Greenwald, has written an article appearing in Salon dealing with the recent California Supreme Court decision on marriage equality.

Loyola Law School introduces "First Monday" podcasts on iTunes

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 23 May 2008 11:35:00 PST

Loyola Law School in Los Angeles recently introduced a series of podcasts, available on iTunes University, called 'First Monday'. These podcasts cover a range of legal topics and include both recordings of lectures and symposiums. Click on the link for iTunes University, select 'Loyola', and then 'Law School'.

Cheating on your lover may soon be a felony in Missouri?

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 23 May 2008 11:22:00 PST

The legal blog, Volokh Conspiracy, has an interesting discussion about proposed legislation in Missouri. The proposed bill makes it a crime to cause 'emotional distress' to another person. Eugene Volokh addresses the threat to freedom of expression this legislation poses. It was written apparently in response to a teen who committed suicide after being harassed at school.

USA ranks #97 on the Global Peace Index

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 21 May 2008 16:20:00 PST

A list on 'global peace' compiled by the Economist Intelligence Unit of the Institute for Economics and Peace was released today. The list ranks countries according to their foreign relations, military expenditures, and domestic tranquility. Iceland was ranked as the most peaceful country, with the USA at 97, and Iraq, Afghanistan, and Israel in the bottom three.

Ninth Circuit revives substantive due process challenge to "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 21 May 2008 13:31:00 PST

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals remanded the case, Witt v. Department of the Air Force, today holding that Lawrence v. Texas 'requires something more than traditional rational basis review'. There is a discussion about the possible ramifications from this decision on the blog, Volokh Conspiracy.

New legal research blog from the law librarians at Stanford

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 15 May 2008 15:57:00 PST

The law librarians at Stanford University's School of Law have recently announced a new legal research blog called Legal Research Plus. The blog intends to keep abreast of current legal issues and developments in legal research. We at Heafey wish to congratulate our colleagues at Stanford for their newest entry into the legal blogosphere!

CA Supreme Court issues historical ruling on marriage equality

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 15 May 2008 11:12:00 PST

The California Supreme Court today issued its ruling in the 'In re marriage cases' on the issue of marriage equality for same-sex families. The court found that CA Family Code § 300 and 308.5 which restricted marriage to only heterosexual couples failed to meet the strict scrutiny standard as it did not demonstrate a compelling state interest.

Exciting changes to West's Key Number System

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 13 May 2008 15:45:00 PST

Exciting news from West (a Thomson Reuters company)! Changes to the Key Number System On May 12, West plans to release significant changes to the Key Number System. Attorney editors have completed the reclassification of over 500,000 headnotes. The improvements include the following . . . For more fun and information about headnotes, you might want to look at these resources . . .

Right-wing affirmative action?

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 13 May 2008 12:49:00 PST

The new chancellor at the University of Colorado at Boulder is proposing a new, and controversial, professorship of 'Conservative Thought and Policy'. This is apparently in response to a perceived 'left-wing bias' on the campus, and criticism from conservative groups. This action, however, is drawing criticism from both conservatives and progressives alike.

U.S. Legal Work Booms in India

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 12 May 2008 15:48:00 PST

An article in today's Washington Post details the boom in U.S. legal work among Indian workers. The outsourced legal industry in India is growing at a rate of 60% a year, taking advantage of the 300,000 Indians who enter law school every year.

New Screencasts/Video Tutorials!!

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 12 May 2008 11:23:00 PST

The librarians at the Heafey Law Library are happy to announce the introduction of screencasts, or video tutorials, available on the law library's website. The tutorials cover basic topics such as how to find a law review article, course reserve, or book. Watch the website for more screencasts as they become available.

Patent Attorney Stephan Kinsella speaks on re-thinking intellectual property

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 09 May 2008 17:33:00 PST

Patent Attorney Stephan Kinsella gives a 40-minute presentation on why we need to 'rethink' intellectual property. From Techdirt, 'He does a very nice job ripping apart the 'property rights' arguments that some, especially some libertarians, use in favor of patents, explaining why that doesn't make sense. It's an excellent presentation, and well worth watching.'

Harvard Law School goes open access

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 09 May 2008 10:29:00 PST

Harvard Law School has announced that articles written by their faculty must be available in open access journals. This mandate upon Harvard faculty marks the first foray by a law school into mandatory open access. Articles written by Harvard faculty will be hosted in an online database and indexed in Google Scholar.

Santa Clara ranks 33rd in 1L attrition rates

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 09 May 2008 10:03:00 PST

The website, Lawschoolnumbers.com, has aggregated some statistics on the attrition rates among 1L at the nation's top 200 law schools. In their report, Santa Clara ranks 33rd in the list, with 16.9% of 1Ls not continuing into their second year.

Michigan Supreme Court says gay partners can't get health benefits

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 07 May 2008 16:05:00 PST

The Supreme Court for the State of Michigan recently ruled 5-2 that the 2004 state ban on same-sex marriages also blocks the extension of health insurance to partners of gay state government employees. Currently some 375 families are covered via their LBGT partners who are employees at one of Michigan's state universities and/or colleges. This ruling will likely mean these people will loose their health insurance.

"And Tango Makes Three" continues to top list of most challenged library books

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 07 May 2008 15:01:00 PST

The American Library Associated recently released its list of the most challenged library books in the United States. For the second year in a row, the children's book 'And Tango Makes Three' tops the list. The book, written by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell, is an illustrated story about two male penguins who adopt a baby.

2008 Webby Awards

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 06 May 2008 12:57:00 PST

The winners for the 2008 Webby Awards were announced today. These awards recognize excellence in online media and social networking.

Mildred Loving (Loving v. Virginia) passed away today...

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 05 May 2008 10:50:00 PST

Mildred Loving, a party in the case which brought an end to bans against inter-racial marriage, Loving v. Virginia, died today at her home in the state of Virginia. The case struck down bans on inter-racial marriages in 17 states. Presently, the case is influential in the extension of marriage rights to same-sex couples.

Southern Poverty Law Center reports a 48% rise in hate groups since 2000

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 05 May 2008 10:08:00 PST

The Southern Poverty Law Center has recently released its report, The Year in Hate, which indicates a 8% rise in hate groups since the year before, and a 48% increase since 2000.

Administrative Office of the US Courts releases its 2007 Wiretap Report

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 01 May 2008 15:40:00 PST

The Administrative Office of the United States Courts has recently released its 2007 Wiretap Report. The report indicates a 20% over the previous year in the number of state and federal judges who issued orders authorizing the interception of oral, electronic, or wire communication. Altogether some 2,208 wiretap orders were issued.

Google News releases new quote-searching function

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 01 May 2008 14:00:00 PST

Google News, the news aggregate service, has recently announced a new quote-searching function. Simply navigate to news.google.com and type in a person's name. Among the news results will be a list of quotes by that person.

Oregon statutes are protected under copyright?

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 01 May 2008 10:18:00 PST

A rather bizarre case between the State of Oregon and the legal website, Jurist, has made the press recently. Jurist, a project of the University of Pittsburgh, was making available the revised Oregon Statutes on their website. Oregon's Legislative Counsel sent a letter to Jurist demanding that they either remove the statutes from their website or pay the state of Oregon a license for their publication.

Interesting new website

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:14:00 PST

An interesting new website called Nationmaster compiles data on a variety of issues and organizes them so that countries can be compared with each other

Access to EU documents threatened with proposed legislation

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:54:00 PST

The European Commission is currently considering regulation 1049/2001 which, according to experts, reduces access to EU documents.

Lawyers open their file cabinets for a web resource

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:04:00 PST

NY Times article on lawyers uploading their documents onto JDSupra.com

National Law Journal publishes study on law employment trends

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:40:00 PST

The National Law Journal has recently published a study on trends within law employment

U.S. Senate unanimously passes Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:04:00 PST

U.S. Senate has unanimously passed the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (H.R. 493)

Legal Consequences of Co-Blogging

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:38:00 PST

Articles by Eric Goldman

Summer Lexis and Westlaw Access

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:47:00 PST

Information on summer access to Lexis and Westlaw for continuing and graduating students.

Electronic Communications Preservation Act

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:12:00 PST

The U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has proposed the Electronic Communications Preservation Act to reform the requirements for archiving electronic documents created by the federal government

SCOTUS widens police searches (Virginia v. Moore)

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:48:00 PST

The SCOTUS ruled today on an important search-and-seizure coming out of Virginia

Was Baze the most "internet friendly" SCOTUS ruling?

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:19:00 PST

An interesting article appearing on the blog, Law School Innovation, discusses the role Internet legal research had to play in the recent Baze case before the SCOTUS

What can next president do about food crisis?

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:11:00 PST

An interview with Daniel Gustafson, director of the Washington office of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, discusses what the next US president needs to do to confront the present global food crisis

Recent Studies on Violence against Women Worldwide

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:38:00 PST

Links to WHO and CRS studies on violence against women

Harry Potter on trial

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:01:00 PST

Interesting case on what constitutes fair use in New York

SCOTUS determines drunk driving is not a "violent felony" (Begay v. U.S.)

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:40:00 PST

SCOTUS ruled today that drunk driving is not a 'violent felony' that can be used to enhance prison sentences

President of California State Bar calls for billing reform

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:30:00 PST

the president of the California State Bar as called for billing reform

Tortured Justice - Using coerced evidence to prosecute terror suspects

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:07:00 PST

The human rights advocacy group, Human Rights First (formerly the Lawyers' Committee for International Human Rights), has released a report on using coerced evidence to prosecute terror suspects

Supreme Court okays lethal injection in Baze v. Rees

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:55:00 PST

The U.S. Supreme Court announced its decision in the Baze v. Rees case upholding Kentucky's method of lethal injection

RSS feeds available at the Library of Congress

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:55:00 PST

The Library of Congress has created a number of RSS feeds and email alerts for their collections -- including the Law Library of Congress.

SCOTUS justices interviewed about legal research and advocacy

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:45:00 PST

LawProse has released audio interviews of eight of the nine justices on the U.S. Supreme Court. Topics discussed include legal research, advocacy, and the history of the court.

Law Journal Articles and Contemporary Judicial Decision-Making

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:51:00 PST

A new article appearing in the Connecticut Law Review discusses the changing role of law review articles in contemporary judicial decision-making

New tutorial videos for HeinOnline

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:31:00 PST

Heinonline created new tutorial videos on how to search for journals

Looking for municipal resources?

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:10:00 PST

FindLaw and the League of California Cities has city codes and ordinances available through their websites

National Lawyer Guild calls for firing of Boalt Hall professor John Yoo

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:43:00 PST

National Lawyers Guild calls on Boalt Hall to dismiss lawy professor John Yoo, whose torture memos led to commission of war crimes

Searching for presidential nominees

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:24:00 PST

THOMAS introduces the ability to search for the current status of presidential nominees awaiting confirmation in the Senate

Online tutorials- Congressional materials

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 09:24:00 PST

From today's Scout Report, a link to UC Berkeley Library's Congressional Tutorials

Google Scholar and HeinOnline

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:15:00 PST

Google Scholar indexing law journals available on Heinonline

New Dynamically Updated Research Guides

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:39:00 PST

new research guides using MAJAX

Free Case Law Collections

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:46:00 PST

free case law

Library Browser Plugin

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:16:00 PST

introduction of LibX for SCU

District of Columbia v. Heller

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:35:00 PST

Oral arguments available online

California Legislative History

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:17:00 PST

A revised online guide to California legislative history research

Exam Prep Materials

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:41:00 PST

exam prep materials

Online Journal Supplements

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 09:08:00 PST

Electronic supplements to law journals

Supreme Court Justices on Legal Writing and Advocacy

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:07:00 PST

Interviews with U.S. Supreme Court justices on legal writing and advocacy

New Journal Finder Widget

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:45:00 PST

new widget on landing page for finding journals

New Library Tutorials

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:45:00 PST

new basic library skills tutorials

Two New Legal Research Websites

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:54:00 PST

two new legal research websites

United Nations Treaty Collection

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:40:00 PST

UN Treaty database is free; no need to remember a Santa Clara username and password

New Legal Podcast directory

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 10:29:00 PST

new directory of legal podcasts

Library Student Survey

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:28:00 PST

library student survey

Add a librarian as a "friend"

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:32:00 PST

add the law librarians as a friend in your chat client

Alternatives to Billable Hours

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 11:48:00 PST

New York Times article about some law firms' movement away from billable hours

SCOTUSwiki

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:37:00 PST

Companion site to the SCOTUS Blog

Do you IM?

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:37:00 PST

New IM reference service offered at the Heafey Law Library

InSITE and Legal Research Engine

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 14:34:00 PST

Cornell Law Library has improved InSITE and the Legal Research Engine

Top 10 Blawgs from the ABA Journal

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 10:41:00 PST

top 10 blawgs from the ABA journal

New Legal Research Guides

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 17:24:00 PST

New legal research guides

New blawg directory

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 17:13:00 PST

New blawg directory

2007 Law School Survey of Student Engagement

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 13:01:00 PST

2007 LSSSE released

Human Rights Watch Report on Pakistan

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 09:44:00 PST

December 19th HRW report with information about police violence, arrests, and mistreatment of lawyers in Pakistan

Boumediene v. Bush

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 10:51:00 PST

Where to find yesterday's oral argument?

Damage to library materials

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 20:03:00 PST

Policy in regards to damage to library materials.

West Key Numbers Search Tool

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 11:00:00 PST

From today's Law Librarian Blog, news about a new way to find Key Numbers on Westlaw.

Search Engine Showdown

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 10:37:00 PST

Search engine comparisons and ratings from Greg Notess at Montana State University

Converting Documents to PDF Files

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 14:57:00 PST

How to convert your documents to PDF files

British Lawmaking- Silly and Serious

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 10:42:00 PST

From Yahoo! News, a list of unusual British laws

Violence Prevention Databases

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:04:00 PST

Searchable databases on violence prevention from the Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence (CSPV) at the University of Colorado

Thursday Night Lectures

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 11:35:00 PST

Cornell University webcasts two lectures by Wendy Seltzer on copyright

Supreme Court Preview -- 2007

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:47:00 PST

Santa Clara Law professors discuss cases to watch in the upcoming United States Supreme Court term.

Constitution Day

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 08:31:00 PST

Pick up a paperback copy of the U.S. Constitution, then take a quiz on it.

Legal Reading

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 10:10:00 PST

Links to an article by Leah M. Christensen entitled Legal Reading and Success in Law School- An Empirical Study

Any time for a Second Life?

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 17:06:00 PST

Are law students in Second Life? Students are asked to reply if they have already created avatars.

Using Interlibrary Loan (ILL) at Heafey Law Library

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 08:24:00 PST

Information on using Heafey Law Library's Interlibrary Loan service

Foreign Law Translations

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 09:15:00 PST

Information about the Institute for Transnational Law at the University of Texas

International Day of the World's Indigenous People

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 09:08:00 PST

UN webpages for today's celebration of the International Day of the World's Indigenous People

Guilty Verdict for Reyes

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 14:09:00 PST

Brocade's former CEO Gregory Reyes found guilty of securities fraud.

Novartis Decision

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 14:41:00 PST

Reports on a patent decision by the Madras High Court in India

Federal Communications Law Journal

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 10:39:00 PST

Available online from the Indiana University School of Law

Professor Goldman's Blogs

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 09:30:00 PST

Eric Goldman is today's Featured Blawger on BlawgSearch from Justia.com

Alternative Search Engines

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 09:14:00 PST

A blog that reviews alternative search engines- altsearchengines.com

Animal Rights Litigation

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 16:58:00 PST

Animal law courses and conferences

Declaration of Independence

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 09:20:00 PST

Information available from the National Archives and Records Administration

Legal Research Guides- Canada and the United Kingdom

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 15:19:00 PST

New legal research guides available on ClaraNet.

Supreme Court Term

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 09:23:00 PST

On the last day of its 2006-2007 term, the Supreme Court released its decision in two school desegregation cases.

Hearing on the National Football League System for Compensating Retired Players

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 14:33:00 PST

House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law hearing on the NFL's treatment of retired players

Best and Worst Internet Laws

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 08:52:00 PST

An article by Eric Goldman, Director of Santa Clara Law's High Tech Law Institute

Special Court for Sierra Leone

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 11:08:00 PST

Tribunal renders its first verdicts

National Child Support Enforcement Association Research Clearinghouse

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 12:46:00 PST

Searchable database of information concerning child support.

Searching for Rumpole

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 10:49:00 PST

Online Proceedings of the Old Bailey

International Law Protecting Delta and Dawn

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 14:06:00 PST

Information about the 2007 meeting of the International Whaling Commission

Reports to the People

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 31 May 2007 15:12:00 PST

OpenCRS.com provides Congressional Research Service reports in the public domain

Immigration Reform Legislation

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 25 May 2007 16:43:00 PST

Research guide on immigration reform.

International Environmental Law Blog

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 21 May 2007 15:40:00 PST

New Law Professor Blog.

Extending Westlaw and Lexis access over the summer

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 09:41:00 PST

Students who need - or think they may need - Lexis and Westlaw this summer need to register online by the end of May to extend their full access. Read on for details and to find the links to register.

Do You Haiku? Enter our contest!

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 15:42:00 PST

To celebrate National Library Week, we are sponsoring a haiku-writing contest. The contest begins today and ends on Friday, April 27.

Chinese Law

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 14:40:00 PST

Selected websites with information about Chinese law.

Actual Innocence Awareness Database

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 14:07:00 PST

Database with information about wrongful convictions.

State-by-State Report on the Authentication of Online Legal Resources

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 09:54:00 PST

State-by-State Report on the Authentication of Online Legal Resources from the American Association of Law Libraries

Notice from the Library as Exams Approach - pt. 2

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 14:03:00 PST

Noise in the library- � Now more than ever, please try to keep the noise level down. As finals approach, students are much more sensitive to noise levels in the library

Notice from the Library as Exams Approach - pt. 1

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 14:01:00 PST

With finals rapidly approaching we would like to remind you about some of the law library's policies to clarify some areas that cause confusion, to improve our services to students, staff, and faculty, and hopefully make the law library a more conducive space for all to study.

Shloss v. Estate of Joyce

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 19:16:00 PST

A victory for Stanford's Center for Internet and Society

Together Since 1957

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 10:54:00 PST

EU leaders meet in Berlin to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome.

Find a Journal

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 15:43:00 PST

University Library's search tool for journals now includes information about Heafey print journals.

Tax Deductions for Designer Clothes

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 12:04:00 PST

News coverage of a recent Tax Court decision limiting a charitable deduction for clothes donated to charity.

Libby Testimony and Documents

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 08:31:00 PST

Information from the trial of I. Lewis (Scooter) Libby

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 10:43:00 PST

IACHR hearing on Global Warming and Human Rights

Westlaw- Quick Print v. Print, where your print job goes

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 14:11:00 PST

There has been confusion over which printing option students should select to send their print jobs to the Westlaw printers, here's what you need to know about 'Quick Print' and regular 'Print.'

Journalist Shield Laws

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 09:53:00 PST

Information about journalist shield laws.

ICJ Genocide Decision

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 10:10:00 PST

The international Court of Justice concludes that Serbia did not commit genocide.

Canadian Supreme Court Decision

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 14:37:00 PST

Canadian Supreme Court Decision invalidates anti-terrorism provisions.

Tobacco Decision

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 10:08:00 PST

U.S. Supreme Court decision in Philip Morris v. Williams

Google Copyright Decision

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 08:45:00 PST

Belgian court rules against Google

Tax Information

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 10:47:00 PST

Tax information, links to federal and California income tax websites.

Law Librarianship Opportunity

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 10:02:00 PST

The University of Arizona, Rogers College of Law Library has an exciting opportunity for law grads seeking to become law librarians. They are offering three to four two-year fellowships in law librarianship. The fellowships offer a stipend, benefits and free tuition.

International Law Careers

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 09:42:00 PST

Resources on International Law Careers

Chief Justice Roberts

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 09:28:00 PST

Chief Justice Roberts addresses Northwestern University School of Law

Search Engine for Legal Research Guides

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 08:54:00 PST

Cornell Law Library has specialized search engine for legal research guides

International Intellectual Property

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 11:00:00 PST

Online sources for foreign and international intellectual property laws

Multi-State Legal Research

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 14:54:00 PST

Harvard Law School Library guide to multi-state legal resources

World Trade Organization

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 13:32:00 PST

Report that the Doha Round talks will resume

Hearing on Credit Card Practices

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 09:56:00 PST

January 25th Senate hearing on Credit Card Practices

Kahle v. Gonzales

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 15:14:00 PST

Opinion of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Kahle v. Gonzales

Digital Collection of Civil Rights Documents

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 10:26:00 PST

Digital Collection of Civil Rights Documents at the Thurgood Marshall Law Library

Legal Research- The Movie

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 12:45:00 PST

YouTube movie on Legal Research

National Taxpayer Advocate 2006 Annual Report to Congress

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 13:11:00 PST

Contents of the 2006 National Taxpayer Advocate's report.

MedImmune v. Genentech

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 15:44:00 PST

Supreme Court opinion released.

AALS Meeting

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 10:21:00 PST

Call for law school curriculum reform at the Association of American Law Schools meeting.

Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 16:35:00 PST

Information available at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library & Museum website.

Student Survey Results

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 10:10:00 PST

You can view the results of the student survey from October on ClaraNet.

Last Chance for Westlaw/LexisNexis Training

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 19:30:00 PST

Last Chance for Westlaw/LexisNexis Training

USF's Exam Access Policy

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 16:30:00 PST

During the upcoming exam period (Nov. 30 - Dec. 16, 2006), the USF's Dorraine Zief Law Library will again be closed to students from other Bay Area law schools.

Get ready for exams- Download ExamSoft, find practice exams and take advantage of study materials

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 12:40:00 PST

Exams are just around the corner. It's time to download/update ExamSoft on your laptop and to take advantage of our extensive backfile of exams on ClaraNet and hardcopy study materials available in the library.

Off-Campus Access to Electronic Resources

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 12:00:00 PST

How to access subscription databases from home.

Protect Your Personal Property

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 11:00:00 PST

With more people studying in the library and on campus remember to secure your valuables.

New Chairs!!! Library Student Survey Response

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 10:55:00 PST

The library is going over the reseults of the student survey. The library staff is grateful to all students who took the time to respond.

Survey Drawing Winners

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 10:15:00 PST

Congratulations to the winners of our recent drawing- $50 - Niamh Doherty $25 - Lauren Vasquez and Erika Gasaway $10 - Charlene Powell, Sheila Bari, Michelle McLeod, Destiny Umbenhower, Ameet Matharu $5 - Hillary Steiner, Lauren Fair, Yudong Kim, Ann Marie Ursini, Jennifer Mispagel, Deepa Panelli, Tisa Pedersen, Mike Lee, Sylvia Bains, Rashmita Sriram

Restitution of Property Seized by Nazis

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 14:40:00 PST

Paintings seized during the Nazi occupation of Austria are restored to their owners and sold at auction.

Fifty-State Surveys

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 13:45:00 PST

Fifty-state legislative tracking web resources compiled by the National Conference of State Legislatures

Borrowing materials from other libraries- Help us get it for you quickly

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 08:25:00 PST

Here is a quick review of the most effective ways to find materials in the Heafey Law Library, and some strategies for getting the fastest retrieval service for things we do not own through Link+ and our Inter-Library Loan (ILL) service.

Easy Way to Bone Up on Legal Research Skills

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 16:50:00 PST

Bob Berring's podcasts provide an easy and entertaining way to freshen up your legal rersearch skills.

CFR Now Available in HeinOnline

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 16:50:00 PST

HeinOnline (http-//heinonline.org) has announced the availability of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) from inception in 1938 through the 1983 edition.

Verdict in the Trial of Saddam Hussein

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 12:30:00 PST

World news coverage of the Saddam Hussein verdict.

African Union

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 11:15:00 PST

Documents available from the website of the African Union.

FindLaw's Supreme Court Center

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 11:35:00 PST

FindLaw's Supreme Court Center is available at both the FindLaw website and the New York Times website.

New Uniform Laws Approved

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 08:05:00 PST

The National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform Laws recently approved 8 new uniform acts. The acts address issues such as rules on volunteer health services and powers of attorney.

The Million Dollar (Canadian) Comma

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 10:40:00 PST

A million-dollar contract dispute turns on the placement of a comma.

Biotechnology Legislation Tracker

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 11:10:00 PST

The Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology website tracks federal and state legislation related to agricultural biotechnology.

Early Library closure Friday & Saturday, Oct. 20 & 21

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 09:30:00 PST

Tips for Faculty and RAs- Getting materials on SSRN

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 14:40:00 PST

As more faculty contribute current materials to the SSRN, they often want to include past articles as well. Here are some tips for faculty, librarians and research assistants about how to get the job done at SCU.

Supreme Court Oral Argument

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 19:05:00 PST

The United States Supreme Court will hear oral argument in a case involving a 1994 shooting in San Jose.

Three Blogging Professors at SCU Law

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 10:55:00 PST

The latest census of blogging law professors includes three Santa Clara University School of Law professors.

Heafey Law Library Student Survey

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 14:45:00 PST

SCU Law students are encouraged to fill out the online survey about the law library

Animal Law

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 11:05:00 PST

Bibliography, articles, and web resources on animal law.

Clerkship Notification Blog

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 13:45:00 PST

The Clerkship Notification Blog provides clerkship applicants with information about the hiring process.

European Union Information

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 29 Sep 2006 10:25:00 PST

Online sources of information about the European Union.

Know thy Co-Blogger

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 10:25:00 PST

SCU Law School's own Prof. Eric Goldman explores the liability issues and the state of the law for co-bloggers in his SCU Legal Studies Research Paper on SSRN.

Court Rules, Forms and Dockets

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 13:55:00 PST

LLRX database with state and federal court rules, forms, and docket information

Supreme Court Preview

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 19:45:00 PST

A preview of the U.S. Supreme Court's 2006-2007 term.

Thank You Notes

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 15:05:00 PST

An article for interviewees about the importance of thank you notes.

International Law Blogs

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 11:25:00 PST

Links to international and transnational law blogs.

Constitution Day and Citizenship Day

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 17:10:00 PST

Ways to celebrate Constitution Day and Citizenship Day on September 18th

New Blog on Consumer Law and Policy

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 10:55:00 PST

September 1st premiered the Consumer Law and Policy Blog. The blog is sponsored by the Consumer Justice Project, part of Public Citizen's Litigation Group.

Student Writers

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 19:10:00 PST

An article in the September 8th Chronicle of Higher Education lists the 'Seven Deadly Sins of Student Writers.' It is written by Ben Yagoda, Professor of English at the University of Delaware and the author of a forthcoming book entitled When you catch an adjective, kill it. Law students might also be interested in what he has to say about dangling modifiers, punctuation, spell-check errors, etc.

HeinOnline Enhancements

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 10:55:00 PST

2005-2006 California Legislative Session

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 11:20:00 PST

Much media attention regarding the end of the 2005-2006 California legislative session has focused on the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 - AB32 - limiting carbon dioxide emissions. However, an article in Saturday's Los Angeles Times by Evan Halper concentrates instead on bills that legislators attempted to push through the legislature toward the very end of the session- 'Last Minute Bills Receive Little Scrutiny' (September 2, 2006).

Library Repurposing

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 16:40:00 PST

In an effort to provide more quality space for users, the library has been moving materials and rearranging space to improve access to the collections, as well as improving patron space. This ongoing project is being planned and executed so that there will be as minimal an impact on our patrons as possible. This process will be accomplished over several phases.

"Research Canons" Project

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 17:50:00 PST

You're in casual conversation with a fellow faculty member, or being interviewed for a position as a subject specialist and someone asks, 'Well, of course, you have read the work of Prof. X in this area, right?' This is the scenario that the 'Research Canons' Project, underway on Prawfsblawg this week, is trying to correct.

New Head of Circulation

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 15:05:00 PST

Teaching Torts

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 13:05:00 PST

Supreme Court Clerkships

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 11:05:00 PST

Patent Law Blog- The Art of IP War

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 10:15:00 PST

CALI's Pre-Law Blog

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 14:00:00 PST

Say Hello To SAM

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 16:35:00 PST

Library Research Sessions for Advocacy Students

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 12:15:00 PST

More Tips for OneLs

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 10:00:00 PST

List of Law Review Articles Citing Legal Blogs

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 11:40:00 PST

Summary of U.S. Supreme Court's 2005-2006 Term

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 10:50:00 PST

SCU Law Welcomes Another Blogging Professor

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 16:15:00 PST

WorldCat Search Page

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 10:40:00 PST

Interesting Items from Law Practice Today

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 09 Aug 2006 09:35:00 PST

Westlaw's RegulationsPlus

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 09:35:00 PST

Annual Round-Up of Faculty's Advice for First-Years

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 10:35:00 PST

Advice on Courtroom Etiquette

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 14:45:00 PST

False Claims Act/Qui Tam Blog

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 09:20:00 PST

Down-to-Earth Advice on Obtaining Judicial Clerkships

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 13:30:00 PST

Two Updated Research Guides from Heafey's Librarians

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 13:15:00 PST

Linda Greenhouse at AALL

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 10:50:00 PST

Pocket Part's Latest Discussion

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 10:35:00 PST

Create a "Don't Do" List for Better Practice Management

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 16:35:00 PST

Heafey Headnotes On Vacation

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 10:25:00 PST

Georgetown Law Faculty Blog

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 14:05:00 PST

Where Did Orradre's Service Desk Go?

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 13:20:00 PST

CALI Update for 2006-07

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 11:45:00 PST

Changes are Coming for CA Rules of Court

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 11:30:00 PST

Flip-Flops- Part of the Future of Business Casual?

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 12:55:00 PST

The New York Times just published this article about the growing acceptance of flip-flops as acceptable footwear in the LA entertainment industry, which got me thinking- Will Hollywood's enthusiasm for flip-flops eventually mean that West Coast lawyers will be wearing flip-flops to depositions at some point in the next few years?

Sounds to Study By

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 11:15:00 PST

The bar exam is just four weeks away, which means we have a lot of graduates putting in long study hours in the library. For those seeking to minimize distractions from environmental noise in the library, we have a few suggestions.

Redacting Snafus

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 10:25:00 PST

Full-Text Searching of EDGAR filings

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 09:35:00 PST

CALI's Podcasts

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 09:25:00 PST

Moving Beyond Basic Searching on the Internet

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 09:45:00 PST

Report on Federal Preemption of State Statutes & Regulations

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 09:30:00 PST

Coaching Resources for Lawyers

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 15:15:00 PST

Law-Related Literature List

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 15:05:00 PST

Round-Up of Classic Commencement Addresses

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 10:35:00 PST

Rock, Paper, Scissors- The New ADR

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 10:20:00 PST

Wall Street Journal Online- Summer Associate Diary

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 10:40:00 PST

LINK+ Service Notice- June 19 - 23

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 12:05:00 PST

Internet Dating Woes and the Law

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 10:40:00 PST

Top Ten Things Law Librarians Want New Associates to Know

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 17:15:00 PST

Mastering E-Mail

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 15:05:00 PST

Research Sessions for Summer Advocacy Sections

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 31 May 2006 16:05:00 PST

Counterfeit Chic- Blending IP Law & Fashion

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 30 May 2006 10:20:00 PST

New on LLRX

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 25 May 2006 10:30:00 PST

Wall Street Journal Full Text Now Available on LexisNexis

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 22 May 2006 16:55:00 PST

A Problem-Based Approach to Legal Education?

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 22 May 2006 11:45:00 PST

Law Library of Congress Introduces the Global Legal Monitor

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 18 May 2006 11:05:00 PST

Blogging the Bar Exam

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 18 May 2006 09:45:00 PST

With the proliferation of free blogging software, it seems like everyone has a blog devoted to their personal trials, tribulations, and triumphs. The singular experience of preparing for and taking the bar exam is a particularly popular blog topic, and for those of you steeling yourselves for the next two months of bar prep, we've prepared a mini-guide to blogs about the bar exam experience.

eBay, Inc. v. MercExchange, LLC

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 16 May 2006 09:25:00 PST

Folger Levin's IP Blog

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Sun, 14 May 2006 10:20:00 PST

Inmate Access to Legal Info in Santa Clara County

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 12 May 2006 10:50:00 PST

LexisNexis Unveils New Cite & Quote-Checking Tool for Legal Documents

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 11 May 2006 11:05:00 PST

Latest Issue of Law Practice Today

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 10 May 2006 11:30:00 PST

Information About Heafey Law Library's Summer 2006 Renovation Project

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 09 May 2006 14:30:00 PST

Here is the text of Dean Polden's memorandum to the law school community about Summer 2006 renovations at the law library-

GAO Report on Sarbanes-Oxley's Impact on Small Companies

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 09 May 2006 11:30:00 PST

Volokh's Tips on Law Review Write-On Competitions

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 05 May 2006 10:55:00 PST

Associate Attrition Revisited

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 04 May 2006 16:50:00 PST

Health Care Law Blogs

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 03 May 2006 09:25:00 PST

Because there seems to be growing interest in health care law at SCU Law, I thought I'd feature a few blogs today that explore health care law. If you're curious about a career in health care law, reading blogs by practitioners can be an excellent way to find out more about this specialty.

Materials from Harvard's Bloggership Conference

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 01 May 2006 10:45:00 PST

New Site for Heafey's International Law Page

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Sat, 29 Apr 2006 10:05:00 PST

Online Compilation of Selected Federal Legislative Histories

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 10:10:00 PST

New Research Guides on LLRX.com

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 10:35:00 PST

Important Change to Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 14:15:00 PST

Exam Prep Advice

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 14:40:00 PST

It's that time again! Exams begin in less than two weeks, so I thought it would be a good idea to provide some helpful law school exam prep info on Heafey Headnotes.

List of Law Review Articles that Cite Blogs

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 09:30:00 PST

Vox Clamantis In Deserto

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 09:00:00 PST

A Primer on Writing Briefs for International Law Competitions

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 09:55:00 PST

Disability Law Blog

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 09:10:00 PST

California Legislative History Research

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 12:10:00 PST

New Research Guides from Heafey's Librarians!

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 16:50:00 PST

Dealbook from the New York Times

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 09:45:00 PST

New Name for Arizona State's Law School

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 11:20:00 PST

San Francisco Chooses Google & Earthlink for Wi-Fi Project

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 20:50:00 PST

Looking for a Paper Topic? Check Out Split Circuits!

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 12:50:00 PST

International Economic Law and Policy Blog

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 12:25:00 PST

SCU Law Hosts Sixth District Court of Appeal

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 11:35:00 PST

Technology and Higher Education

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 03 Apr 2006 14:40:00 PST

3L Epiphany's Taxonomy of Legal Blogs

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 13:30:00 PST

Online List of Law School Symposia

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 15:30:00 PST

How Do Lawsuits Get Their Names?

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 10:45:00 PST

Debate on Laptops in the Law School Classroom

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 27 Mar 2006 16:30:00 PST

Statement on Proposed Ninth Circuit Split

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 27 Mar 2006 11:30:00 PST

Two New Research Guides from Heafey Law Library

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 15:05:00 PST

A Comic Version of Copyright Law

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 09:30:00 PST

Judge Ware's Order in Gonzales v. Google

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 10:15:00 PST

For Our Subscribers....

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 14:20:00 PST

Social Justice Legal Research Blog Debuts

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 11:50:00 PST

ABA Survey- Legal Research and Writing Most Useful Course

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 16:20:00 PST

Judge Ware to Order Google to Divulge Some Search Data

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 12:00:00 PST

Symposium on Blogs & Legal Scholarship

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 11:35:00 PST

Don't Be Google-Centric!

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 10:15:00 PST

Reports on Human Rights Practices

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 10 Mar 2006 09:20:00 PST

Heafey Headnotes Contest Deadline Extended

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 13:40:00 PST

Summary of Supreme Court's 2005-2006 Term

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 09:45:00 PST

Adam Sandler and Legal Writing

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 13:05:00 PST

New Exam Prep Series Available At Heafey

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 09:25:00 PST

Supreme Court Delivers Opinion on Solomon Amendment

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 10:20:00 PST

International Trade Web Resource

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 10:05:00 PST

Westlaw Alert- Changes to Navigation Page

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 15:20:00 PST

EU Digital Library and Archive

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 11:55:00 PST

The Simpsons and the First Amendment

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 09:20:00 PST

Additional Debate About the Value of Law Professor Blawgs

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 14:15:00 PST

Featured Reference Question

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 15:20:00 PST

MPRE Online Practice Exam

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 09:55:00 PST

Congressional Hearings on China and the Internet

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 09:35:00 PST

Have You Entered Our Trivia Contest?

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 23 Feb 2006 15:55:00 PST

Upcoming Symposium on Law School Rankings

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 23 Feb 2006 11:30:00 PST

Are Law Reviews Withering on the Vine?

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 23 Feb 2006 10:30:00 PST

Toolbars, Bookmarklets, and More!

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 22 Feb 2006 10:00:00 PST

International and Comparative Law as a Required First-Year Course

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 07:35:00 PST

African-American Law Professors' Blawg

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 14 Feb 2006 09:00:00 PST

Geography and Associate Salaries

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 08:25:00 PST

Law School Applications Declining

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 09:00:00 PST

Web 2.0 and Law 2.0

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 09 Feb 2006 10:35:00 PST

Family Law Prof Blog

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 06 Feb 2006 11:25:00 PST

Law Students Blawgs and Law Libraries

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 11:45:00 PST

Debate on Law School Clinics

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 01 Feb 2006 16:00:00 PST

Snowboarding and Assumption of Risk

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 15:20:00 PST

It's the time of year when many of us head up to the Sierras for a little skiing and snowboarding, so it seems appropriate to highlight a recent California appellate opinion, Lackner v. North, 2006 DJDAR 950,

Fellowship in Law Librarianship

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 13:05:00 PST

New and Improved FirstGov

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 12:55:00 PST

FirstGov, the federal government's official web portal, has undergone a face lift. It now features a revamped search engine that uses Vivisimo's clustering technology to group search results by subject

Spotlight on Faculty Publications

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 13:25:00 PST

Google Battles U.S. Department of Justice

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 08:00:00 PST

Librarians use search engines like Google dozens of times a day, and we also care deeply about issues like library patron privacy.

The Pocket Part

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 10:35:00 PST

Tracking Down Think Tank Publications

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 11:15:00 PST

Washington Post Database on Congressional Votes

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 16:40:00 PST

Alito Confirmation Hearings Transcript

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 10:20:00 PST

Congressional Research Service Reports

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 15:15:00 PST

The Congressional Research Service furnishes nonpartisan research to members of Congress on a variety of domestic and foreign policy matters.

Wall Street Journal Joins the Blawgosphere

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 04 Jan 2006 10:20:00 PST

Wall Street Journal Joins the Blawgosphere

California Law Blawg

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 03 Jan 2006 16:20:00 PST

Heafey Headnotes Is On Vacation

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 19 Dec 2005 16:05:00 PST

A Client-Focused Blawg

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Mon, 19 Dec 2005 11:05:00 PST

Study of Wikipedia's Accuracy

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 11:00:00 PST

Lexis and Westlaw User Guides

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 11:15:00 PST

Heafey Law Library Holiday Hours

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 10:50:00 PST

Research Tip of the Day

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 17:20:00 PST

Gov. Schwarzenegger Appoints Carol Corrigan to the California Supreme Court

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 15:45:00 PST

Jus in Bello- A Blog Devoted to the International Criminal Court

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 11:00:00 PST

Saddam Hussein Trial Blog

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 09:50:00 PST

Saddam Hussein Trial Blog

It's Never Too Early to Focus on Your Practice

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 10:30:00 PST

Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments on the Solomon Amendment

sculawlibrarian@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law Library) — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 16:10:00 PST

BAR/BRI Lawsuit

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Even The Best Attorneys Struggle With the California Bar

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Law School News Resource

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Resources for Law Review Cite-Checks

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Legal Research Tips

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Legal Research Tips

Bloggers and Federal Election Laws

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In an advisory opinion approved on November 17, 2005, the Federal Election Commission concluded that the content of blogs created by an organization called Fired Up '

Exam Preparation Resources

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New Legal Research Wiki

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Cornell Law School's Legal Information Institute just announced the debut of a legal research wiki called Wex, 'a collaboratively built, freely available legal dictionary and encyclopedia.'

California Appellate Opinion on Legislative History

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New International Legal Research Tutorial

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New International Legal Research Tutorial

About Heafey Headnotes

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