Law School Rankings, A Play in One Act
Rankings: A Dramatization of the Incentives Created by Ranking Law Schools
Jeff Sovern, St. John’s University School of Law professor and author of the Consumer Law & Policy Blog, has taken advantage of an unusual format to comment on the current law school ranking system.
Sovern this week has published Rankings: A Dramatization of the Incentives Created by Ranking Law Schools. He uses the format of a play to more vividly express “how the incentives created by a ranking system could affect law schools and their administrators, faculty, and students”:
Sellers in a competitive market shift resource...
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BoleyBlogs! - February 29, 2008 Tags: Legal Ed
Where Have All the Big-Firm Law Associates Gone?
Big-Firm Associates: Why They Go and How to Keep Them
All the indicators are up for associates at the largest law firms - salaries, bonuses, recruiting classes, internships - yet one critical indicator is down. Big-firm associates are leaving in droves after three to four years, most often at the associate’s choice. Why is this happening and how to keep them are the questions raised in this Corporate Counsel article, Big-Firm Associates: Why They Go and How to Keep Them.
Building on After the JD: First Results of a National Study of Legal Careers (pdf), by American Bar Foundation and Harvard Law School’s Pr...
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BoleyBlogs! - February 29, 2008 Tags: Legal Ed
Recent Amendments to Federal Rules of Appellate, Bankruptcy, Civil and Criminal Procedure Require Redaction of Personal Identification Information from Documents Filed with the Court
On December 1, 2007, the amendments to the Federal Rules of Appellate, Bankruptcy, Civil, and Criminal Procedure that implement the E-Government Act of 2002 became effective. The amendment to Appellate Rule 25, and new Bankruptcy Rule 9037, Civil Rule 5.2, and Criminal Rule 49.1 require that personal identification information be redacted from documents filed with the court — individuals' Social Security and taxpayer identification numbers, names of minor children, financial account numbers, dates of birth, and, in criminal cases, home addresses.
A memorandum briefly describing the new privacy rules, the t...
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Electronic Discovery Law - February 29, 2008 Tags: Federal Rules Amendments News & Updates
Service Interruption: Monday, March 3rd
Please note that BC Courthouse Library public computers, website and library catalogue will be offline starting at 5:30 pm on Monday, March 3rd for approximately one hour.
This is due to planned server maintenance work. We apologize for any inconvenience.
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BC Courthouse Library Society News - February 29, 2008
Canadian Centre For Elder Law - Study Paper On Predatory Lending Issues In Canada
Canadian Centre for Elder Law Studies, a division of the British Columbia Law Institute, has released the following paper: Study Paper On Predatory Lending Issues In Canada (PDF, 35 pages). The paper looks at factors in the Canadian market that may encourage or deter the development of predatory lending, legal remedies for abusive lending practices and options for legal reform.
A Media Release (PDF, 1 page) and Backgrounder (PFD, 2 pages) are also available.
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BC Courthouse Library Society News - February 29, 2008
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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 announces the reversal of last week's Wikileaks decision*Ethan Zuckerman blogs from TED2008*Kevin Parker liveblogs the Berkman-hosted FCC hearing at Harvard Law School*Berkman Center leads Internet Safety Task Force*OpenNet Innitiative comments on Pak...
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Berkman Blog - February 29, 2008
Supreme Court of Canada Cases: Taxation and Sentence for Manslaughter
The Supreme Court of Canada released the following decisions today:
620 Connaught Ltd. v. Canada (Attorney General), 2008 SCC 7; File No. 31661 (Business Licence Fees - Distinction Between a Tax and a Regulatory Charge)
R. v. Ferguson, 2008 SCC 6; File No. 31692 (Manslaughter - Mandatory Minimum Sentence - Cruel and Unusual Punishment)
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BC Courthouse Library Society News - February 29, 2008
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 29, 2008
Clay Shirky at Berkman: Roundup
Yesterday, internet luminary and writer Clay Shirky joined us for a special day of Berkman@10 events at the Berkman Center and Harvard Law School. In the afternoon, Clay lead an intimate conversation at the Berkman Center on "protest culture," which we'll be releasing the video of through MediaBerkman in the upcoming weeks. Clay also gave a book talk at Harvard Law School, on the very first day his book Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations was released, and shot to the #1 for the Computers and Internet category on Amazon.com. David Weinberger liveblogged by the afternoon as well as t...
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Berkman Blog - February 29, 2008
StopBadware turns 2 and welcomes 2 new sponsors
From the StopBadware Blog...In the two years since StopBadware began, weve grown considerably, in both size and scope, and weve witnessed an evolution in the ways badware purveyors distribute harmful software. Our basic commitment to work towards a safer internet, guided by the community of internet users themselves remains the same. As we enter our third year, we are honored to welcome two new sponsors as partners in our work: AOL and Trend Micro.In our first year, StopBadware actually took issue with some of AOLs software. AOL immediately responded to correct the most serious issues we had noted, and followed through...
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Berkman Blog - February 29, 2008
Opening: Director, Law Library and Information Technology Services, LSU Law Center Library
The Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University, invites applications for the position of Associate Vice Chancellor for the Library and Information Technology Services. Responsibilities: The Associate Vice Chancellor is the chief administrative officer for the law library and...
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Law Librarian Blog - February 29, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Employment Opportunties
SMU To Be Site Of Bush Presidential Library
The George W. Bush Presidential Center at SMU will consist of a a library, museum and institute. Read more about it in the press release [RJ]
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Law Librarian Blog - February 29, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: News
30 Google Apps You’ve Never Heard Of
Well, not really but that's the title of Laura Milligan's article which is useful for listing Google Apps and providing brief descriptions of ones you may not know. I, for example, didn't know Google's News Archive Search existed. Here's Milligan's...
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Law Librarian Blog - February 29, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Information Technology
Just Released: Infanti's Everyday Law for Gays and Lesbians and Those Who Care about Them
Everyday Law for Gays and Lesbians is a combination of powerful narrative and intricate legal analysis. Anthony Infanti writes in a style that is easily accessible for nonlawyers while also providing the details and research notes that lawyers and academics...
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Law Librarian Blog - February 29, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: New Publications
New on LLRX.com
From LLRX: Eight Legal Technology Trends for 2008 – Good Times, Bad Times or Hard Times in Legal Tech? by Dennis Kennedy E-Discovery Update: Resolving Client-Vendor Disputes, by Conrad Jacoby Happ-eee with my Eee PC, by Bette Dengel Knowledge Discovery...
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Law Librarian Blog - February 29, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Legal Research
Let's Make St. Patrick's Day an Official Holiday!
Proposition 3-17 is a Guinness-sponsored campaign to make St. Patrick's Day an official holiday. It isn't already?!?!? In order to present the petition to Congress, the brewers of Guinness need 1 million signatures by midnight on March 16, 2008. At...
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Law Librarian Blog - February 29, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: News
Friday Fun: The Subprime Primer
Do you understand the subprime mess? Really understand it? Nothing beats a slide presentation to make things clear. Hat tip to Ernie the Attorney. [JH]
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Law Librarian Blog - February 29, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Friday Fun
Big-Firm Associates in the News
Big-Firm associates are the topic du jour again. Both law.com and the WSJ law blog are talking about this report (link difficulties experienced with report): "After the JD." Here are a few of the problems identified (via): Early in their...
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Law Librarian Blog - February 29, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: News
Update on WikiLeaks Case
The NYT reports on updates in the WikiLeaks case (previously discussed on LLB): The hearing, scheduled for Friday at 9 a.m. in San Francisco, was supposed to address whether to make permanent a second order that the judge signed, prohibiting...
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Law Librarian Blog - February 29, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Litigation in the News
Good Riddance to You, Mr. Leap Day
Wish I could say 'happy leap day', but thanks my local ISP, this is the first time I've been online for more than 10 minutes today. I did make the most of it by doing my banking this morning. Guess it was a smart move, considering I've got all this free time on my hands.And as for you, Mr. February 2008, I have to say good riddance as well. I'm just finally getting over the worst flu I've had in the past five years. I will definitely be booking in for a flu shot this fall...Ok, grumbling completed.... But thank God March starts tomorrow.
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Vancouver Law Librarian Blog - February 29, 2008 Author: Steve Matthews
For Your Clients Tax Center Updated for 2008
From the e-newsletter: (FindLaw for the Public) FindLaw for the Public's Tax Center has been completely updated to provide you...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - February 29, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Your Firm ' s Website
"9 Tips to Start Blogging Successfully"
This post was written by Sudeep DSouza: I have been blogging for close to 3 years just for the fun...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - February 29, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Your Firm ' s Website
"PowerPoint and Kicking Butt"
Posted by Tom Kane: As a follow up to my last post PowerPoint: The Good, The Bad and The Awful,...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - February 29, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Technology Tips
"Immigrants & The Law"
From the site: The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in New York issued an opinion that opened with these words:...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - February 29, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Podcasts/Podcasting
"Strategic Planning Will Not Predict the Future, But It Will Prepare the Law Firm for It"
Posted by Brian J. Ritchey: This article was originally posted on August 14, 2006 and is titled Strategic Planning Will...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - February 29, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Law Practice Management
"Are Law Firms Behind the Times When It Comes to Face Time?"
Posted by Carolyn Elefant: In spite of technological advances like e-mail, remote computer access and low cost Web conferencing, it's...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - February 29, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Public Relations
"Turning Prospects into Clients: A FindLaw White Paper"
From the e-newsletter: (FindLaw's LawyerMarketing.com) - Largely due to the Internet, a law firm now has many more opportunities to...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - February 29, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Business Development
"Do Something! Keep Track of your Clients"
Posted by Allison Shields: It always surprises me when I ask lawyers where their business comes from or what percentage...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - February 29, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Law Practice Management
