Software Freedom Law Center publishes Legal Issues Primer
The Software Freedom Law
Center (SFLC), a pro-bono legal services firm for free software
developers and projects, recently published a legal issues primer on
Free and Open Source Software.
Written by SFLC staff members, the guide covers a variety of legal
topics and their practical application to free software development.read more
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Berkman Blog - March 25, 2008 Author: ashar
Foreclosure Alarm Offers Alerts of WI Pre-foreclosure Filings
Foreclosure Alarm is a new company based out of Madison which offers real-time notifications of all pre-foreclosure filings in Wisconsin. The data is derived from CCAP.
From the Attorney Benefits page:
Search foreclosure filings based on county, zip code, partial zip code (for metro area matches), plaintiff names and event types.
Subscribe to whatever counties in which you are interested. Receive instant email notifications whenever a pre-foreclosure filing is entered in the CCAP statewide system.
After you've searched and found the list of filings you are interested in, simply click the export link at the top of the...
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WisBlawg - From the UW Law Library - March 25, 2008 Tags: Data & Databases
BBC - (Un)Blocked By China, and a take on Access Denied
Today the BBC News website ran a story about the
OpenNet Initiative's new book, Access Denied: The Practice
and Policy of Global Internet Filtering. read more
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Berkman Blog - March 25, 2008 Author: rtabasky
New Books at the Law Library - March 25th, 2008
KQC572 .V55 2007 (LC) Frans Viljoen, International Human Rights Law in Africa (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007). KZ3410 .M47 2006 Theodor Meron, The Humanization of International Law (Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff, 2006)....
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Law Library Blog - March 25, 2008 Author: Elim Tags: New Books
"Moving Faster: Yahoo Video Makes Uploading Faster"
Product Update: Now Encoding at 700 KBPS From the site:
weve given our transcoders a major kick: were now transcoding...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - March 25, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Web 2.0
"Justice Talking"
L. Buechner writes in an e-newsletter: Justice Talking is a weekly National Public Radio program about law and American life....
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Stark County Law Library Blog - March 25, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Websites worth a look
"Finding Books Online or In-Print"
Posted by Genie Tyburski: One of the best kept secrets of the online world is that books still have relevance...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - March 25, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Legal Research
"Law School Woes Could Win You $10K"
Posted by Robert J. Ambrogi: Attention stressed-out law students: Now you can profit from your angst. Access Group, a nonprofit...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - March 25, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Uncategorized
"National Institute of Justice: The 'CSI Effect': Does It Really Exist"
Posted by Sabrina I. Pacifici: NIJ Journal Issue No. 259, March 2008: The 'CSI Effect': Does It Really Exist? ...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - March 25, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: E-Government
"What Women Lawyers Can Learn From Hillary Clinton"
In the news: Love her or hate her, U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton's tenacity is something to be admired, says Andrews...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - March 25, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Uncategorized
"How to Set and Discuss Fees - Lesson #10"
Posted by Susan Cartier-Liebel: Now that Solo Practice University E-zine has more than 750 subscribers, I thought I would give...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - March 25, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Business of Lawyering
Congrats, new ILSA Journal editorial board!
Congratulations to the 2008-2009 ILSA Journal editorial board:
Executive Board:
Editor-in-Chief Jamie Rodriguez
Executive Editor Giselle Velez
Managing Editor Greg Popowitz
Lead Articles Editor Laura Geddes-Paez
Bilingual Editor Aylia Licor
Editorial Board:
Lead Technical Editor
Laura Gabbamonte
Associate Technical Editor
Valerie Piermatti
Associate Managing Editor
Joshua Eggnatz
Associate Bilingual Editor
Jose Mauricio Bello
Articles Editor
Christina Lawrence
Articles Editor
Allison Sinclair
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novalawcity - March 25, 2008 Author: Meg Kribble
Opening: Research Librarian, UVA Law Library
The University of Virginia Law Library is seeking two legal researchers to join a dynamic team of librarians who are assisting a prolific law faculty in their diverse research initiatives. The work of this team is central to the mission...
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Law Librarian Blog - March 25, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Employment Opportunties
Estimates of Summary Judgment Activity in Fiscal Year 2006
New report from the Federal Judicial Center: "The Advisory Committee on Civil Rules asked the Federal Judicial Center to examine summary judgment practice across federal district courts as a means of assessing the potential impact of the proposed amendments to...
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Law Librarian Blog - March 25, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Gov Docs
Washington and Lee Reinvents 3L Curriculum
The third year at Washington & Lee will be all of professional development through simulated and actual practice experiences. "The demanding intellectual content of the third year will ... be presented in realistic settings that simulate actual client experiences, requiring...
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Law Librarian Blog - March 25, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Law School News & Views
Professional Reading: Information Ethics and the Law of Data Representations
Check out Dan L. Burk's (Minnesota) Information Ethics and the Law of Data Representations [SSRN]. Here's the abstract: The theories of information ethics articulated by Luciano Floridi and his collaborators have clear implications for law. Information law, including the law...
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Law Librarian Blog - March 25, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Professional Readings
2008 National Legal Research Teach-In Kit Now Online
AALL's Research Instruction and Patron Services (RIPS) Special Interest Section has published the 2008 National Legal Research Teach-In Kit, the 16th annual edition! [Past Kits] Congratulations to the Teach-In Committee, led by Jennifer S. Murray (Assistant Director, Superior Court Law...
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Law Librarian Blog - March 25, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Legal Research Litigation in the News New Publications
Just Released, Legal Writing Citation in a Nutshell
Legal Writing Citation in a Nutshell by Larry L. Teply List Price: $28.00 West Law School, 2008 ISBN: 0314169385 Book Description: This book is designed to ease the process of learning legal citation, one of the difficult tasks that students...
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Law Librarian Blog - March 25, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: New Publications
