Posted in Criminal Law, Law and Technology, Law Students, Legal Research & Writing on Sep 18th, 2012
Via the LLRX.com, the following are the newest additions: Mass Incarceration and the “Degree of Civilization” - By Ken Strutin [The author] states that incarceration is when a person loses their freedom pending trial or by serving a sentence – and mass incarceration is when millions of people are imprisoned and kept there based on a [...]
Posted in Corporate, Finance and Securities Law, Law and Technology, Law Students, Legal Research & Writing on Aug 7th, 2012
LLRX.com, Law and Technology Resources for Legal Professionals, is an excellent source of new or updated information about the law and technology. Those that are interested may subscribe to updates via RSS feed. The following are some of the new additions and updates:
Posted in Law and Technology, Law Students, Legal Research & Writing on Jun 15th, 2012
As mentioned in our previous blog(s), Google Scholar continues to update its search and interface. So, here is the latest. Via the official Google Scholar Blog, the two most recent changes include a “more modern look” (as referred to it by Google) and ability to sort by most recent additions. With respect to the “more [...]
Posted in Law and Technology, Law Students, Legal Research & Writing on Mar 15th, 2012
We have written about Google Scholar and legal opinions in the past, but it is time for an update. Google has recently announced changes to its Google Scholar display of legal citations. Via Google Scholar Blog post titled Finding Significant Citations for Legal Opinions, Google has significantly changed the way it displays citations for legal opinions. [...]
Posted in Environmental Law, Law Students, Legal Research & Writing on Feb 23rd, 2012
Pace Law Library has a collection of 53 legal research guides on a variety of subjects including Administrative Law, Animal Rights, Business Law, Copyright, Corporate Law, Criminal Law and Procedure, Domestic Violence, Elder Law, Election Law, Energy Law, Environmental Law, Family Law, Financial Crises, Foreign Law, Genocide, Health Law, Holocaust, Immigration Law, Intellectual Property Law, International Commercial [...]
Posted in Legal Research & Writing on Jan 14th, 2012
In order to promote their products and services government document provider ProQuest LLC has begun offering LibGuides (electronic Library Guides) through Springshare on a variety of different topics ranging from basic legal research skills to legal topic guides on such subjects as abortion to campaign finance reform, to environmental law, and beyond. As of the date [...]
Posted in Corporate, Finance and Securities Law, Environmental Law, Law Students, Legal Research & Writing, Professional Responsibility on Oct 25th, 2011
Pace Law Library produces legal research guides in number of subjects. Currently the library has 47 legal research guides. All guides are listed in alphabetical order, and users may browse them by subject or author. All guides are also fully searchable if user is looking for a specific information. Legal Research Guides can be very [...]
Posted in Law and Technology, Law Students, Legal Research & Writing on Jun 10th, 2011
After endless hours of researching, reading, drafting and re-writing an appellate brief, the last step is to format it. That usually requires to insert the pagination, table of contents, and table of authorities. But by that time, the deadline is close and the energy is low. So, to save writers a little bit of time [...]
Posted in Law Students, Legal Research & Writing on May 10th, 2011
Some of the recent additions to the Pace Law Library legal writing collection include: Terri LeClerq & Karin Mika, Guide to Legal Writing (2011). KF250 .L43 2011 Eugene Volokh, Academic Legal Writing: Law Review Articles, Student Notes, Seminar Papers, and Getting on Law Review (2010). KF250 .V65 2010 Mary Barnard Ray & Jill J. Ramsfield, Legal Writing: Getting It [...]
Posted in Law Students, Legal Research & Writing on Feb 22nd, 2011
The Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives – the Office that codifies the public laws passed by Congress – recently announced new Title 51 of the United States Code. H.R. Bill No. 3237, 111th Congress, “To Enact Certain Laws Relating to National and Commercial Space Programs as Title [...]
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