An Act to Amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (Certificate and Special Advocate) Proclaimed in Force
An Act to Amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (Certificate and Special Advocate) and to Make a Consequential Amendment to Another Act, S.C. 2008, c. 3 has been proclaimed in force.
Please see Recent Canada Proclamations or contact us for details.
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BC Courthouse Library Society News - February 22, 2008
Monitoring Acts and Regulations on the BC Legislation Portal
Announced on the Vancouver Law Librarian Blog:
Quickscribe has launched a BC Legislation Portal. You can subscribe to RSS feeds at the portal, allowing you to monitor legislative changes with your feed reader at no charge (you need to provide your name to Quickscribe when you set up a feed). Your feeds will alert you when there are changes to the BC acts and regulations you've selected. While the monitoring service is free, you must be a Quickscribe client to click through to read the actual text of the amendments.
You can create a feed to notify yourself of changes to specific acts and...
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BC Courthouse Library Society News - February 22, 2008
Supreme Court of Canada Case: Dangerous Driving
The Supreme Court of Canada released the following decision today:
R. v. Beatty, 2008 SCC 5; File No. 31550 ( Dangerous Operation of Motor Vehicle Causing Death - Distinction Between Civil and Penal Negligence)
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BC Courthouse Library Society News - February 22, 2008
Berkman Buzz, week of February 18
BERKMAN BUZZ: A look at the past week's online Berkman conversations. If you'd like to receive this by email, just sign up here.The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law SchoolWeek of February 18, 2008* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *What's going on...take your pick or browse below.*David Ardia provides clarity on the Wikileaks injunction*Doc Searls explores the role of Open Source in public media*Gene Koo discusses Lewis Hyde's take on fair use*Internet & Democracy looks at the internet's impact in Burma*Ethan Zuckerman reveals what can happe...
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Berkman Blog - February 22, 2008
Wikileaks and Points of Control
From Berkman co-founder Jonathan Zittrain...Wikileaks is a set of strategically placed wikis around the world. Its designed to accept leaked documents, generally from anonymous dissidents around the world, and to get them into circulation.A Cayman Island bank and its Swiss parent company filed for an emergency restraining order in a California court asking the registrar for wikileaks.org to change its entry in the .org registry so that people can no longer get to the corresponding IP address for Wikileaks. It worked: trying to visit wikileaks.org results in a page not found, even though the server that...
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Berkman Blog - February 22, 2008
Gene Koo on eLangdell and the Future of Legal Education
Yesterday, at the International Conference on the Future of Legal Education, CALI-Berkman Fellow Gene Koo spoke about eLangdell, an ongoing project to build a legal education commons of openly-licensed resources for the creation of low-cost casebooks, course packs, and other teaching materials. Gene's presentation follows the announcement last week of a significant step forward: Public.Resource.Org, with Creative Commons, has made available for download an enormous body - 1.8 millions pages - of U.S. Federal case. Gene previews this welcome contribution to the public domain on the Law School Innovation blog.
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Berkman Blog - February 22, 2008
Two Items for Your Clients
Expungement (Erasing an Arrest or Conviction) From the e-newsletter: (FindLaw for the Public) Expungement is a legal process through...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - February 22, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Your Firm ' s Website
"Social Media Marketing Tips for Bloggers"
Posted by Darren Rowse: My good friend Aaron Brazell from Technosailor asked me if Id record a short video for...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - February 22, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Blogs
"Using PDF Packages Header Fields for Case Analysis"
Posted by Rick Borstein: Roughly defined, case analysis is the process of looking at the documents in your case and...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - February 22, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Tech - Software
"Legal Research Guide: Russia"
From the site: Includes: Introduction to Russias Legal System, Official Sources of Law, Print Sources,Web Resources [Their] Source: Law Library...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - February 22, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Legal Research
The Full Story - "Ohio Sex Offender Residency Restrictions Not Retroactive"
Posted by Chuck Kallendorf: The Ohio Supreme Court yesterday ruled that Ohios residency-restriction statute prohibiting certain sexually oriented offenders...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - February 22, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Ohio Law
"Teleconferencing Gets Ready for Prime Time"
In the news: Images of Jane Jetson chatting away on her videophone put teleconferencing on many wish lists. While the...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - February 22, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Tech - Hardware
"Low-cost Web Sites - Plus Content to Add"
Posted by Robert Ambrogi: Legal supplies and services company BlumbergExcelsior today announced the launch of Law Site Builder, a low-cost...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - February 22, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Your Firm ' s Website
"What's Your Best Advice for a Lawyer Wanting to Start a Solo Practice?"
Posted by Dennis Kennedy: With the economy looking a little shaky (or more than a little shaky) and some rumblings...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - February 22, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Law Practice Tips
TV movie recommendation: A Raisin in the Sun
The Law School Academic Support blog
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novalawcity - February 22, 2008 Author: Meg Kribble
Video of the week: a leap ahead on leap year
Next Friday marks the periodic observation of Leap Year. Get a leap ahead with some fun facts delivered by Jon Stewart in this vintage Daily Show clip:
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novalawcity - February 22, 2008 Author: Meg Kribble
Report by San Jose Public Library shows filters still don't work well
I attended an inspiring meeting of the San Jose Public Library Commissioners Feb. 13th. I'm frankly tired of the whole filters in libraries issue, as we've thought about this and debated the issues for over a decade. So I was surprised to see how engaged and thoughtful the Commission and library staff were.
A city councilman has proposed that the library filter every terminal. On paper, the proposal makes sense - filter child pornography and obscenity for adults. Add "harmful to minors" filters for children.
In practice, however, there are no filters that can do this. In fact, I've never seen ...
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LibraryLaw Blog - February 22, 2008 Author: Mary Tags: First Amendment
Criminal Penalties for Drag Racing
Beginning Tuesday, February 26, drag racing in Massachusetts will be a criminal offense for most drivers, rather than a civil motor vehicle infraction, under revised MGL c.90, s.17B. Currently, penalties are a $100-500 fine and 30-day license suspension for a first offense, and a $200-1000 fine and 60-day suspension for a subsequent offense. Under the new law, penalties are more serious. Even a first offense carries the possibility of up to 2 1/2 years in jail or a fine of up to $1,000, in addition to license suspension.Oddly, the new provisions do not apply to those with a junior operator's license or learner's permit...
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Massachusetts Law Updates - February 22, 2008 Author: Meg
Opening: Associate Law Librarian, George Mason University Law Library
The George Mason University Law Library in Arlington, Virginia is seeking an experienced librarian who will report directly to the Associate Dean for Library & Technology, in overseeing administrative functions and coordinating the library's collection development activities. This position will...
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Law Librarian Blog - February 22, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Employment Opportunties
CrimeReports Maps Arrests and Other Police Reports
CrimeReports.com overlays police reports on maps so users can view where arrests and other police calls have been made. Users can also configure e-mail alerts to notify them of crimes in their neighborhood. The site relies on law enforcement agencies...
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Law Librarian Blog - February 22, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Information Technology
Legal Research and Legal Education in Africa
Vicki Lawal, University of Cape Town, Dept. of Library and Information Studies, has deposited Legal Research and Legal Education in Africa: the Challenge for Information Literacy in NELLCO. Presented at the Starr Foundation Workshop, which took place at Cornell Law...
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Law Librarian Blog - February 22, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Legal Research
Free Legal Classes at People's Law School Set Example for Law Schools, Law Libraries and Local Bar Associations to Follow
The University of Texas School of Law is hosting and co-sponsoring free legal classes at People’s Law School on Saturday, February 23, 2008. Participants can choose to attend up to three classes, each featuring one topic. The classes, taught by...
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Law Librarian Blog - February 22, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Law School News & Views
A Little More Friday Fun Before Oscar Night
Oscar(R) night, February 24th, is coming fast. For a little workplace Friday Fun today, you can print out and circulate the Oscars ballot (pdf) from the official Oscar site [nominations page for details], play Predict the Winners on the offical...
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Law Librarian Blog - February 22, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Friday Fun Polls
Friday Fun: Spongebob Classics
The cast of "Spongebob Squarepants" lend their voices to Hollywood classics including Casablanca, Singing in the Rain, and The Godfather! Hat tip to Mark Giangrande, DePaul Law Library for sharing. [JH].
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Law Librarian Blog - February 22, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Friday Fun
