Leitner Center for International Law and Justice at Fordham Law has launched its new visual overview of the international criminal tribunals, in which it provid[es] an introduction to the work of the international tribunals and the conflicts which led to their establishment. … This new 90-page report, providing analysis and information through written summaries and detailed [...]
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Internet for Lawyers, an online CLE hub providing continuing education for lawyers, has made available their 2012 comparison of citators that compares the citator service capability of Google Scholar, Fastcase, Casemaker, LexisNexis, WestlawNext, and Bloomberg Law. The report is accompanied by screenshots and description of each service, and it concludes [s]o, what’s a legal researcher [...]
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Punctuation – the commas, periods, apostrophes, hyphens, columns and semi-columns are all often the source of a headache. The topic of punctuation is certain to be part of the 1L writing instruction. It is not only the writing instructors emphasizing the need to pay attention to detail and use punctuation correctly, but it is also the [...]
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For first year students considering applying to law review, the write-on competition happens right after your last exam this spring. The write-on competition is a closed universe assignment, requiring citations as footnotes. First year students have written memos and briefs so far in law school, both requiring in-text citation, and should be aware that there [...]
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This summer Lexis will allow full access for any use–academic research, internships and externships, even your job. In addition, Lexis will allow May 2013 graduates to have full access to Lexis Advance through August 1. Lexis summer access is automatic–you don’t have to do anything to extend your password. Bloomberg Law allows access for any use, [...]
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Posted in Legal Research & Writing on Apr 1st, 2013
Here is an iphone app that offers access to Federal court information including: full text of all of the federal rules of procedure and the local rules for every federal court in the county – including district, bankruptcy, and appellate courts. Provides access to PACER, the address of every district, bankruptcy, and appellate court in [...]
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The advent of open access publishing, on SSRN or in an institutional repository like the Digital Commons, has led to a rise in spam from predatory publishers who solicit researchers to re-publish their articles for a fee. Jeffrey Beall, an academic librarian at the University of Colorado, maintains the Scholarly Open Access blog, and has [...]
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Posted in Hip, Legal Research & Writing on Feb 27th, 2013
Abortion Sanger, Carol. Isaac Marks Memorial Lecture. About abortion: the complications of the category. 54 Ariz. L. Rev. 849-878 (2012). Scott, T.J. Note. Why state personhood amendments should be part of the prolife agenda. 6 U. St. Thomas J.L. & Pub. Pol’y. 222-255 (2011). Silence of the Law (Textbooks). Preface by Teresa Stanton Collett; articles [...]
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Posted in Hip, Legal Research & Writing on Feb 25th, 2013
Cancer The biopolitics of breast cancer : changing cultures of disease and activism / Maren Klawiter From the boo Summary: For nearly forty years, feminists and patient activists have argued that medicine is a deeply individualizing and depoliticizing institution. According to this view, medical practices are incidental to people’s transformation from patients to patient activists. [...]
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This competition, sponsored by Bloomberg Law and SCOTUSblog, gives you the opportunity to predict the outcome of merits cases and cert petitions considered by the Supreme Court in March and win one of three cash prizes. Students may compete as individuals or teams, and the first prize is a minimum of $3500. The registration deadline [...]
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