Jack Bog’s Blog a Top 10 Law Prof Blog
Law Prof Blog Rankings
Jack Bog’s Blog, the work of Lewis & Clark Law School’s own Professor Jack Bogdanski, turns up twice on the latest list of most popular law professor blogs.
Bogdanski’s Jack Bog’s Blog is the 7th most trafficked law prof blog based on page views, also ranking 12th based on number of visitors — somehow sneaking past this, well, more stoically popular BoleyBlogs.
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BoleyBlogs! - February 25, 2008 Tags: Blogs & Law
Busted by YouTube
BBC News has an interesting article on the increasing use of YouTube videos as criminal evidence.
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WisBlawg - From the UW Law Library - February 25, 2008 Tags: Online Interactions
Vancouver Courthouse Library Carpet Cleaning
The carpets of the Vancouver Courthouse Library will be cleaned during the evening of February 25th, 2008. There may be some noise and disturbance and we apologize for any inconvenience.
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BC Courthouse Library Society News - February 25, 2008
Send and Receive Faxes from Your Computer at No Cost
Here are a couple of useful tools for sending and receiving faxes from you computer at no charge:
To Send: FaxZero
Simply enter your name and email, the recipient's name and fax number, upload the document to fax, and send. There is no cost for this service, however there will be an ad on the cover page. The pages of your document will bear no extra marks.
To Receive: JConnect Free
Sign up for your own personal phone number you can use to receive voicemail and faxes as email attachments.Source: What I Learned Today
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WisBlawg - From the UW Law Library - February 25, 2008 Tags: Tools
Cool RSS Tools
RSS aficionados will appreciate 14 "Other" Ways to Use RSS Feeds from makeuseof.com. With these tools, you can do all sorts of interesting things with RSS feeds, such as:
filter feeds by keyword
send feed content to email, cell phone, chat, etc
combine multiple feeds into one
format feed content for print
display feed content on a Web page
convert text based feeds to audio
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WisBlawg - From the UW Law Library - February 25, 2008 Tags: Blogs & RSS
Researching "Green" Issues
Bev Butula over at the Wisconsin Law Journal blog has put together a useful guide to researching "green" issues.
The list also appeared in the print edition of this week's Wisconsin Law Journal on page 10A.
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WisBlawg - From the UW Law Library - February 25, 2008 Tags: Research Strategies
Legal Services Society of B.C. ? Technology Support Grant
The Legal Services Society has a Technology Support Grant (PDF, 1page) for private bar lawyers.
?The grant is intended to help you keep pace with technological changes that continue to transform the nature of legal work. Our objectives are to support your ability to work efficiently and effectively with legal aid clients, LSS, the courts, and other parts of the justice system; and to support legal aid renewal by encouraging more private lawyers to provide legal aid services.?
The deadline for applications is 4:00 p.m., March 14, 2008.
For more information, see the Frequently Asked Questions (PDF, 4 pages) or c...
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BC Courthouse Library Society News - February 25, 2008
Should They All Just Get Along? Judicial Ideology, Collegiality, And Appointments To The Supreme Court Of Canada ? Article From SSRN
The article, Should They All Just Get Along? Judicial Ideology, Collegiality, And Appointments To The Supreme Court Of Canada, written by Benjamin Alarie and Andrew James Green from the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, is published on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN).
?In this paper we argue that whether the relative nonpartisan nature of the Supreme Court in Canada is advantageous depends on a number of assumptions surrounding the nature of the appointments process, the characteristics of justices who are appointed in each system, and the decision-making processes used by the justices on each Court.?
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BC Courthouse Library Society News - February 25, 2008
Legal Information Institutes And The Free Access to Law Movement ? Article From GlobaLex
The article, Legal Information Institutes And The Free Access to Law, written by Graham Greenleaf, Professor of Law at the University of New South Wales, and Co-Director of AustLII, is published on GlobaLex, from the New York University School of Law.
?Part I of this article surveys the group of free access providers of legal information known as ?the Legal Information Institutes? (?LII?s) or ?the Free Access to Law Movement?. It is not therefore about free access to law generally, but rather about a particular group of its providers who collaborate. Part II gives a brief description of each legal information institut...
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BC Courthouse Library Society News - February 25, 2008
FCC Hearing Roundup
Today the FCC held a hearing on broadband network management practices on the Harvard Law School campus, hosted by the Berkman Center.Statements from Commissioners Martin, Copps, and Adelstein are available on the FCC website, and an archive of the audio broadcast will be available within 24 to 48 hours.Free Press filmed statements from the public, which were shown to the commissioners during the hearing's second panel. Also, "the public may file comments or other documents with the Commission and should reference docket numbers 07-52 and 08-7 when filing by paper or submit your filing electronically by going to http:/...
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Berkman Blog - February 25, 2008
Opening: Electronic Services Librarian, UCDavis Mabie Law Library
The UCDavis Mabie Law Library seeks a candidate with requisite qualifications who demonstrates strong customer service skills and a collegial attitude that thrives in a teamwork environment. Responsibilities: Reporting to the Associate Director, the position has the following responsibilities: Manages...
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Law Librarian Blog - February 25, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Employment Opportunties
CIA World Factbook 2008
The 2008 Factbook is now available from the CIA. [RJ]
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Law Librarian Blog - February 25, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Gov Docs
NALP Adopts Timing Guidelines for Job Offers
NALP has amended its Principles and Standards for Law Placement and Recruitment Activities by adding Part V, General Standards for the Timing of Offers and Decisions. Part V is in effect for the 2008-2009 recruiting season on a provisional basis....
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Law Librarian Blog - February 25, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: News
ICED, Video Game Puts You in the Shoes of an Immigrant Teen
ICED (I can end deportation) is a video game that puts you in the shoes of an immigrant to illustrate how unfair immigration laws deny due process and violate human rights. Game players have to live the day-to-day life of...
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Law Librarian Blog - February 25, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Products & Services
Earmarks, Analysis and Resources
Thanks to OpenCRS, the public now has access to the following recent CRS report: Earmarks Executive Order: Legal Issues (February 13, 2008) by Thomas J. Nicola and T. J. Halstead, Legislative Attorneys. Here's the summary: On January 29, 2008, President...
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Law Librarian Blog - February 25, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Gov Docs Legal Research
Recently Launched, Micro-blogging at law.librarians
law.librarians, an experiment in collabrative micro-blogging, was launched earlier this month. In Twitter fashion, posts are very brief, like this one. List of Contributors Great idea! [JH]
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Law Librarian Blog - February 25, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Web Communications
Archiving Oral Arguments
A resource that I have personal experience with and seems to be spreading around the country in law libraries is archiving oral arguments. This resource that a few courts provided in the past is now being taken up by academic...
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Law Librarian Blog - February 25, 2008 Author: LawLibrarian Blogger Tags: Academic Law Libraries
Possible Bankruptcy Changes for the Referencers in the Audience
The Executive Office for U.S. Trustees recently published two proposed rules for public comment in the Federal Register. These proposed rules concern: 1) the procedures and criteria for the approval of credit counseling agencies; and 2) final reports filed by...
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Law Librarian Blog - February 25, 2008 Author: LawLibrarian Blogger Tags: Resources - Federal Government
Those pesky 1:28 opinions
Mass. Lawyers Weekly reports the following change in the treatment of Massachusetts Appeals Court decisions decided pursuant to Rule 1:28 http://www.lawlib.state.ma.us/macr128.html:"The Appeals Court announced today that an unpublished opinion issued pursuant to Rule 1:28 may be cited for its persuasive value but not as binding precedent." For the complete story, see http://www.masslawyersweekly.com/0225.cfm.
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Massachusetts Law Updates - February 25, 2008 Author: Suzanne in Worcester
New Books at the Law Library - February 25th, 2008
KE787 .L38 2008 (LC) Mark R. Gillen & Faye Woodman, eds., The Law of Trusts: A Contextual Approach, 2d ed. (Toronto: Emond Montgomery, 2008). KE4472 .J65 2007 (LC) Law Reserve Martin Jones & Sasha Baglay, Refugee Law (Toronto: Irwin Law,...
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Law Library Blog - February 25, 2008 Author: Elim Tags: New Books
VALL Workshop on Screencasting
Just announced... the topic for this year's Vancouver Association of Law Libraries (VALL) annual workshop to be held on March 27th will be Screencasting in Libraries!This year's program will be very practical in nature. A little less listening, and a lot more doing! BCCLS's Alex McNeur & Drew Jackson will be conducting a hands-on tutorial. The computer labs at Robson Square have been reserved for the two sessions (morning & afternoon), and the software (camtasia studio) will be pre-installed before people walk through the door. I've been assured that everyone gets the help & hand holding required to come aw...
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Vancouver Law Librarian Blog - February 25, 2008 Author: Steve Matthews
"Bulk Upload to Google Docs"
Posted by Tom Mighell: For you Power Google Docs users out there, here's a nifty tool: the Documents List Uploader...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - February 25, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Technology Tips
"Clumsy Redaction Can Spell Negligence"
In the news: One method of electronic document redaction is so clumsy, it's alarming that anyone uses it, says computer...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - February 25, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Technology Tips
Two Interesting Upcoming Webinars
Transforming Legal Discovery: Next-Generation Technologies for Streamlining EDD & Review From the e-newsletter: February 26, 2008 / Webinar. As litigation...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - February 25, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: E-Discovery
"Summer Associate Job Offers Must Be Accepted Within 45 Days"
In the news: Starting next fall, law students will need to think fast when choosing which offer to accept for...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - February 25, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Summer Associates
"Carolyn Elefant's Solo by Choice"
Posted by Evan Schaeffer: In her new book, Solo by Choice: How to Be the Lawyer You Always Wanted to...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - February 25, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Books
"Ohio Supreme Court Holds Civil Rule Available When No Applicable Criminal Rule"
Posted by Chuck Kallendorf: The Ohio Supreme Court also held Wednesday that the plain language of Criminal Rule 57(B)...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - February 25, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Ohio Law
"Can Women Litigate and Procreate?"
Posted by Carolyn Elefant: Can a woman attorney successfully litigate and raise a family? That's the question veteran law blogger...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - February 25, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Career Paths
"Do Something! Five Ways to Improve Your Bio"
Posted by Allison Shields: Even if you don't have a professional brochure or if you don't have control of most...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - February 25, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Your Firm ' s Website
