The Berkman Center Announces Formation of Internet Safety Task Force to Identify and Develop Online Safety Tools
The Berkman Center for Internet & Society today announced that it will head a newly formed Internet Safety Technical Task Force.The Task Force, comprised of leading Internet businesses and organizations - including AOL, AT&T, Comcast, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, MySpace, NCMEC, Symantec, Verizon and Yahoo! - will focus on identifying effective online safety tools and technologies that can be used by many companies across multiple platforms.Read Berkman's full announcement.
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Berkman Blog - February 27, 2008
Clay Shirky: Tonight (2/28) at 6PM
Tonight, Thursday 2/28, Clay Shirky will be joining us at the Berkman Center and Harvard Law School to discuss his new book, Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations." The talk will take place in the Austin West Classroom of Austin Hall at 6PM. Please join us as we welcome Clay and celebrate our 10th anniversary!"Here Comes Everybody" is about the social changes coming as a result of the internet's power to support group action. Sharing, conversation, collaboration, collective action; all of these forms of group effort have been hampered by the myriad real-world difficulties of finding and co...
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Berkman Blog - February 27, 2008
Survey on Electronic Law Library and LawLINK Websites
The PLEI Portal project, to learn more about how British Columbians currently access legal information and education, has posted surveys on two popular gateways into legal information for British Columbians: the Electronic Law Library and LawLINK. Anyone who has used either of these sites, whether a member of the public or someone who has worked with a member of the public in trying to find legal information or help, is invited to take a few minutes to fill out the survey. The PLEI Portal project, led by the BC Courthouse Library, aims to develop a website that will provide a unified point of access to the many and div...
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BC Courthouse Library Society News - February 27, 2008
C-SPAN Video Archive of House and Senate Floor Proceedings
C-SPAN has created a video archive House and Senate floor proceedings. The new C-SPAN Congressional Chronicle is produced through a automated matching of the video recordings with the Congressional Record soon after the Record is available in the day following the session. Browse by date, bill number, or person's name. Looks like there is even a RSS feed for each representative.
Each appearance has both the text from the Congressional Record as well as a video link where users can watch and listen to the actual remarks. Only actual appearances by Representatives and Senators on the floor are included.
Currently the 1...
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WisBlawg - From the UW Law Library - February 27, 2008 Tags: Legislation & Regs
Senate Passes Proposed Evidence Rule 502
On February 27, 2008, the Senate approved by unanimous consent without amendment S. 2450, a bill adding new Evidence Rule 502 to the Federal Rules of Evidence. The bill now goes on to be voted on in the House of Representatives. The legislation addresses waiver of the attorney-client privilege and work product protection and is identical to proposed Evidence Rule 502, which was approved by the Judicial Conference of the United States and transmitted to Congress for its consideration in September 2007.On February 25, 2008, the Senate Judiciary Committee had reported favorably on the bill. See Sen. Rept...
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Electronic Discovery Law - February 27, 2008 Tags: Federal Rules Amendments News & Updates
JD Supra: New Website Allows Lawyers to Share Work Product
JD Supra is a new website that allows lawyers & law firms to share legal documents, forms, pleadings, research, and other work product. The site is freely accessible to all, and can be used by members of the public and the legal community to conduct research, and by lawyers to share their work and gain exposure. The site currently has material from two Canadian law firms (Clark Wilson and Lang Michener) and support for searching for Canada-only content is coming.
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BC Courthouse Library Society News - February 27, 2008
The Jurisdiction of Inherent Right Aboriginal Governments ? Research Paper
The National Centre for First Nations Governance has announced the publication of The Jurisdiction of Inherent Right Aboriginal Governments (PDF, 32 pages) by Kent McNeil. The research paper addresses the following issues:
What is the scope of the governmental authority, or jurisdiction, that can be exercised by inherent right Aboriginal governments?
How does the jurisdiction of Aboriginal governments interact with the jurisdiction of other governments in Canada, especially the federal and provincial governments?
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BC Courthouse Library Society News - February 27, 2008
Berkman Centers Citizen Media Law Project and Cyberlaw Clinic Challenge Injunctions Against Wikileaks and Dynadot
The Berkman Center's Citizen Media Law Project (CMLP) and Cyberlaw Clinic have joined a coalition of media and public interest organizations in filing an amici curiae brief urging a federal district court judge to reconsider his orders shutting down Wikileaks.org, a site that is developing what it describes as an "uncensorable Wikipedia for untraceable mass document leaking and analysis."Filed yesterday in San Francisco, the brief opposes two broad injunctions issued by Judge White of the U.S. District Court in the Northern District of California on February 15 against Wikileaks and its domain registrar, Dynadot LLC. A...
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Berkman Blog - February 27, 2008
Opening: JD/MLS Program in Law Librarianship, 2008-2009 Graduate Assistant, University at Buffalo Law Library
The University at Buffalo Law Library seeks exceptional candidates for a graduate assistant position in Reference and Faculty Services. Responsibilities: A twelve-month, renewable appointment, requiring 20 hours per week of service, distributed as follows: Reference (13 hours): Provide reference service...
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Law Librarian Blog - February 27, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Employment Opportunties
Nutshell on Legal and Life Skills
Something a little different from the Nutshell Series. [JH] Excellence in the Workplace: Legal and Life Skills in a Nutshell By Kathleen Kavanagh and Paula Nailon Suggested List Price:$27.00 West Law School, 2007 ISBN-13:9780314176097 ISBN:0314176098 Description: This book deals with...
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Law Librarian Blog - February 27, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: New Publications
State of the States 2008
Stateline.org’s annual report on state trends and policy, "State of the States 2008" is now available. Check it out! [RJ]
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Law Librarian Blog - February 27, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Think Tank Reports
The Economic Benefits of Reducing PC Software Piracy
New report by the Business Software Alliance: "Reducing software piracy could create hundreds of thousands of new jobs, billions in information technology (IT) spending and economic growth, and new tax revenues to support local services. A study commissioned by the...
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Law Librarian Blog - February 27, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Information Technology
Law Library of Congress Current Awareness Resources
From the site: Available RSS feeds: News & Events: http://www.loc.gov/rss/law/news.xml Research Reports: http://www.loc.gov/rss/law/reports.xml Webcasts: http://www.loc.gov/rss/law/webcasts.xml Global Legal Monitor: http://www.loc.gov/rss/law/globalmonitor.xml Email updates: News & Events Research Reports Webcasts Global Legal Monitor [RJ]
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Law Librarian Blog - February 27, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Legal Research
Drexel Law Receives ABA Provisional Accreditation
As noted in the Drexel press release, it is no small accomplishment that the law school recieved provision accreditation less that 18 months after opening its doors to students: To reach this milestone less than 18 months after welcoming our...
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Law Librarian Blog - February 27, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Academic Law Libraries Law School News & Views
"Serve Up Your Google Docs at the Bar"
Posted by Tom Mighell: I'm on a roll this week discussing Google Docs and some of the tools that make...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - February 27, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Google
"Nip EDD Costs in the Bud"
In the news: Parties to litigation must prepare to discuss electronically stored information at the Federal Rule 26(f) "meet and...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - February 27, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: E-Discovery
"Legal Consequences of Co-Blogging"
From the blog: The decision to blog collaboratively can have significant legal consequences for the co-bloggers. In part 1 of...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - February 27, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Blogs & Blogging
"PowerPoint: The Good, The Bad and The Awful"
Posted by Tom Kane: Last fall I made a presentation on lawyer marketing at a plaintiffs bar association conference. I...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - February 27, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Tech - Software
"Look for the Red Flags in Database Quality"
Posted by Genie Tyburski: A posting by Mark Shaver at Depth Reporting alerted us to a questionable source for criminal...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - February 27, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Legal Research
"New Ohio Rules of Court Superintendence"
Posted by Chuck Kallendorf: Amendments to Rules 19 and 19.1 of the Ohio Rules of Superintendence become effective this...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - February 27, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Ohio Law
"More Ideas in Disaster Recovery For Law Firms"
Posted by Brian J. Ritchey: Last week I wrote a post on planning for business continuity during unexpected interruptions in...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - February 27, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Business of Lawyering
"Email Marketing Research Keynote"
Posted by John Jantsch: I am attending the Marketing Sherpa Email Summit in Miami today and will be making frequent...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - February 27, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: E-Mail
