Berkman Buzz: Week of May 5, 2008
Week of May 5, 2008BERKMAN 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 School* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *read more
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Berkman Blog - May 9, 2008 Author: lkoss
Debating democratisation and the Internet
Dust off your British spelling guides. As part of the Berkman Center’s ongoing tenth anniversary celebration, Berkman@10 (conference and gala next week!), we’re retrieving some multimedia classics from our past.read more
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Berkman Blog - May 9, 2008 Author: syoung Tags: Berkman@10
Service Interruption - Monday, May 12th
Please note that BC Courthouse Library public computers, website and library catalogue will be offline periodically from 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm on Monday, May 12th.
This interruption is due to planned server maintenance work. We apologize for any inconvenience and thank our users for their patience.
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BC Courthouse Library Society News - May 9, 2008
Good things in StopBadware's world
This week, two heartening tales of the good fight against badware graced the StopBadware.org blog: in dialogue with the SBW team, two companies made corrections to protect consumers...
First up, Me.dium Responds to StopBadware Recommendations:read more
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Berkman Blog - May 9, 2008 Author: syoung
Berkman@10: less than one week to go
Conference registration is now closed; but live webcasts will be running for those who cannot attend in person, and there are a couple of hours left to register for the Gala and Award Ceremony (reserve your spot before noon today!).read more
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Berkman Blog - May 9, 2008 Author: ashar Tags: Berkman@10
Media Rules! book reading in Cambridge
Brian Reich will be reading from his new book, Media Rules: Mastering Today’s Technology to Connect with and Keep Your Audience, at the Harvard Square Coop, 1400 Mass. Ave., Cambridge, on the evening of Tuesday, May 13. The reading will begin at 7:00 p.m. Before the reading, EchoDitto will host an open house -- drinks, snacks, fun conversation -- down the street at their new offices, 1430 Mass. Ave., 4th Floor, Cambridge.read more
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Berkman Blog - May 9, 2008 Author: syoung
Supreme Court of Canada Case: Evidence
The Supreme Court of Canada released the following decision today:
R. v. Dinardo, 2008 SCC 24; File No. 31918 (Sexual Assault - Sexual Exploitation - Credibility of Complainant)
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BC Courthouse Library Society News - May 9, 2008
Opening: Associate Director for Public Services, Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law
Southern Methodist University’s Underwood Law Library is seeking candidates for its Associate Director for Public Services position. Responsibilities: The Associate Director for Public Services will coordinate the Underwood Law Library’s public services operations, including reference and circulation services; provide research...
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Law Librarian Blog - May 9, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Employment Opportunties
Professional Reading: Teaching in Practice: Legal Writing Faculty as Expert Writing Consultants to Law Firms
Interesting article from the Boston College Law School Faculty Papers: "As experts in the pedagogy and substance of legal writing, full-time legal writing faculty who serve as writing consultants to law firms help fill an increasing need for training and...
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Law Librarian Blog - May 9, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Professional Readings
CALI Conference Reminder
To take advantage of the CALI Conference group rate, you have to book your room at Baltimore Marriott Inner Harbor at Camden Yards by May 21st. To make reservations online go to www.innerharbormarriott.com More information about this year's CALI Conference...
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Law Librarian Blog - May 9, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Meetings
The AAUP Reports on Faculty Salaries
From the press release: "After a short-lived recovery in 2006–07, faculty salaries are lagging behind inflation again this year. Yet the salaries paid to head football coaches, presidents, and other top administrators do not seem to reflect an economic downturn....
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Law Librarian Blog - May 9, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Academic Law Libraries
LLB Poll: First Things First This Summer
Opinion Polls & Market Research
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Law Librarian Blog - May 9, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Polls
1L Attrition Rates Range from 51 to 0 Percent
LawSchoolNumbers.com reports some shockingly high 1L attrition rates for individual law schools. Shocking to me because my gut-check says anything above 10% is way too high and 78 of the 195 listed law schools have attrition rates above 10%. Of...
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Law Librarian Blog - May 9, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Law School News & Views
Friday Fun: Digitus Impudicus
Oh, the subtleties of road rage communication. In this video clip a lawyer tackles the complexities of "sign language" in court. [JH] Meanwhile, check out Ira P. Robbins' (American University, Washington College of Law) Digitus Impudicus: The Middle Finger and...
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Law Librarian Blog - May 9, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Friday Fun
Congratulation to Simon Canick
Simon Canick, Associate Director for Library Services at the University of Connecticut School of Law Library, has been appointed Associate Dean for Information Resources and Assistant Professor of Law at William Mitchell College of Law. He will be joining the...
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Law Librarian Blog - May 9, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Law School News & Views
Is HLS Really the First School?
As LLB posted previously, HLS recently announced: In a move that will disseminate faculty research and scholarship as broadly as possible, the Harvard Law School faculty unanimously voted last week to make each faculty member's scholarly articles available online for...
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Law Librarian Blog - May 9, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Law School News & Views
Reflections: Does it Take a Librarian to Lead a Library
Harvard Law School recently hired John Palfrey as the new Vice Dean of Library and Information Resources (LLB post). Over at Madisonian.net, Mike Madison considers Palfrey's creds and their potential implications for the future: Does it take a librarian to...
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Law Librarian Blog - May 9, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Academic Law Libraries
For Your Clients Juvenile Crime and Juvenile Justice
From the e-newsletter: In every state's criminal justice system, special rules exist for cases involving young offenders (usually under 18...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - May 9, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Your Firm ' s Website
"Go Deep for E-Discovery Solutions"
In the news: Failures to preserve and produce electronically stored information often occur when error-prone, manual e-discovery processes are used....
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Stark County Law Library Blog - May 9, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: E-Discovery
Two New Podcasts from the Legal Talk Network
The AM Law 100 From the site: The results of the AM Law 100 are in and total revenues for...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - May 9, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: E-Discovery
"Law Firm PEPP "Bubble" To Burst?"
Posted by Brian J. Ritchey: Since 2000, law firm PEPP (profits per equity partner) have increased on average 11% for...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - May 9, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Business of Lawyering
"More on Business Development in a Recession"
Posted by Tom Kane: Although not everyone accepts that the R word is actually occurring (of course they have six...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - May 9, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Business Development
"Expert Secrecy: An Ethics Dilemma?"
Posted by Genie Tyburski: A prominent legal-ethics professor has ignited a firestorm of controversy with his accusation that three equally...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - May 9, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Legal Ethics
"Another Lesson from Primerus - Networking with your Spouse"
Posted by Allison Shields: Earlier this week, I wrote a bit about Primerus and the event I attended. I had...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - May 9, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Networking
"Get a Handle on Information Overload"
Posted by Genie Tyburski: Dosh Dosh advises information workers to prioritize their new information sources in order to get a...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - May 9, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Technology Tips
Open Access at Harvard
The faculty at Harvard Law School has unanimously voted to make all of the faculty's scholarly articles available online for free. See details here. Hat tip to Law Librarian Blog
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novalawcity - May 9, 2008 Author: Deborah McGovern
Views on tenure & the memorandum on torture written by John C. Yoo in 2003
The Chronicle of Higher Education discusses the interaction of the memo with the role of tenure and quotes many views from the legal academy. Chronicle
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novalawcity - May 9, 2008 Author: Robert Hudson
Video of the Week: Congratulations, graduates!
To all our graduating students: congratulations!
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novalawcity - May 9, 2008 Author: Meg Kribble
Stay current on US Code
The Legal Information Institute as Cornell has launched RSS feeds for each title of the US Code. Do you practice Bankruptcy law? Get a feed to title 11. Tax law? Stay current with a feed on title 26. Immigration law? Get the updates to title 8.Each of the 50 titles to the US Code has a link for updates. Very nice.
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Massachusetts Law Updates - May 9, 2008 Author: Cathy from Lowell
