Berkman Buzz: Week of March 31, 2008
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 March 31, 2008read more
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Berkman Blog - April 4, 2008 Author: lkoss
Share Your Law Student Worries, Win $10,000
Access Group’s One Less Worry Contest
Got worries? Access to a digital video camera? Perfect! Because if you answered ‘yes’ to both of those questions you can be the winner of a $10,000 prize.
Access Group, a nonprofit graduate student loan company, has commenced a nationwide search for the best (most worrisome?) video of what worries you [...]
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BoleyBlogs! - April 4, 2008 Author: rtruman Tags: Legal Ed
Consultation Report ? Retention of Women in Private Practice
The Law Society of Upper Canada has released a Consultation Report ? Retention of Women in Private Practice Working Group (PDF, 155 pages). The report identifies ways to promote the retention and advancement of women in private practice. Please see the Media Release (PDF, 1 page) for more information.
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BC Courthouse Library Society News - April 4, 2008
B.C. Legal Literature Index Updated
The B.C. Legal Literature Index ha been updated. Indexing of The Advocate is now current to March 2008.
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BC Courthouse Library Society News - April 4, 2008
The ABCs of SEO (Search Engine Optimization) and The Complex Conundrum of Cash and Lawyer Compensation ? Two New Articles from CBA
The Canadian Bar Association?s Practice Link page has two new articles: The ABCs of SEO (Search Engine Optimization) by Sharon D. Nelson and John W. Simek and The Complex Conundrum of Cash and Lawyer Compensation by Edward Poll. The first article outlines how to achieve the highest possible rankings from search engines by properly constructing your web site and the second article discusses two types of revenue models.
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BC Courthouse Library Society News - April 4, 2008
Charles Nesson advances University in a Google world
Find a comfortable chair and pop the corn. As part of the Berkman Center’s ongoing tenth anniversary celebration, Berkman@10, we’re retrieving some classics from our multimedia archive and adding them to our new YouTube channel.
Last week, we re-presented Lawrence Lessig's fall 2000 debate with Jack Valenti on the future of intellectual property.read more
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Berkman Blog - April 4, 2008 Author: syoung Tags: Berkman@10
Harry Lewis discusses digital censorship in the US as part of the Man Hong Kong Literary Festival
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Berkman Blog - April 4, 2008 Author: syoung
Project Salute
Think of it as a Roving Veterans Clinic: The law students & faculty at UDM School of Law are touring communities in a law school RV and consulting with veterans on benefits while raising awareness and coaching local attorneys desiring to assist vets pro bono.
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novalawcity - April 4, 2008 Author: Robert Hudson
Video of the Week: Two Sides
Ever feel like there are two answers you have when people ask you how law school is? There's the one you give, and then there's how you really feel. Jesse, a student at the University of Utah College of Law, illustrates this in his video Jesse's Two Sides:
Students: if you've ever been tempted to make a video of your own, now may be the time. Student lender Access Group is running a contest for law students with a $10,000 scholarship. To enter, you must create and share a short video about what worries you in law school.
Hat tip: Law Librarian Blog
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novalawcity - April 4, 2008 Author: Meg Kribble
Quickscribe Online
UBC Library now has access to Quickscribe Online. Includes: full-text access to ALL BC Statutes and Regulations, key federal law, Bills, and Orders in Council (OIC) Quickscribe Online includes hundreds of "older" versions of Acts/Regulations as they appeared at...
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Law Library Blog - April 4, 2008 Author: Elim Tags: Commercial Databases
Opening: Thomson West Librarian Relations Manager, Washington, DC
Thomson West has an opening for a Librarian Relations Manager based in Washington, DC. To apply, go to the Company's career page, click on "Search Jobs" and scroll down the list or use "librarian" in the keyword search term box...
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Law Librarian Blog - April 4, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Employment Opportunties
Advocacy Groups Dueling over Arbitration
The U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform has released a survey and research paper concerning arbitration. The survey found overwhelming support for arbitration among likely voters and the research paper rebuts Public Citizen's recent report, The Arbitration Trap: How Credit...
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Law Librarian Blog - April 4, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Think Tank Reports
Professional Reading: Privacy, Ethics, and the Meaning of News
Amy Gajda (Illinois) has posted Privacy, Ethics, and the Meaning of News in SSRN. Here's the abstract: In November 2006, a Texas prosecutor shot himself as police entered his home to arrest him on child sex solicitation charges. Waiting outside...
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Law Librarian Blog - April 4, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Professional Readings
LLB Poll: Extra Pair of Hands
Opinion Polls & Market Research
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Law Librarian Blog - April 4, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Administration Polls
One Less Worry Video Contest To Award $10K Law School Scholarship
Student lender Access Group has announced a contest entitled “One Less Worry.” The contest will award $10,000 to the most deserving video posted on YouTube describing “what law students worry about.” Access Group will select the ten finalists based on...
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Law Librarian Blog - April 4, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: News
Friday Fun: It's Great, I Heart Law School
Check out this Utah law student's video, The Two Sides of Law:
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Law Librarian Blog - April 4, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Friday Fun
