“The county’s public law library can help you because … .” Usually the sentence ends with “court forms” when spoken by local court employee or “information” when spoken by a legal services staffer whose office cannot provide the services requested….
Posts Tagged ‘courts’
If the Bench Finds Law Journal Articles Irrelevant, What About Law Prof Amicus Briefs?
04
Aug
According to Tun-Jen Chiang’s PrawfsBlog post, Amicus Briefs and the Academic-Judge Divide, law prof amicus briefs are just as, if not more, irrelevant then their scholarly law journal output. “In discussions about the supposed uselessness of legal scholarship to judges,…
Law Prof Miffed at CJ Roberts’ Characterization of Legal Scholarship as Being Irrelevant
12
Jul
Quoting from the Concurring Opinions post, Sherrilyn Ifill on What the Chief Justice Should Read on Summer Vacation: [M]ore often than not, published law review articles offer muscular critiques on contemporary legal doctrine, alternative approaches to solving complex legal questions,…
“If you asked me when was the last time I read a law review article, I’d have to think long and hard": Paraphrasing Chief Justice Roberts’ Remarks on the Relevance of the Legal Academy’s Scholarly Output
07
Jul
In his recent Legal Skills Prof Blog post titled Chief Justice Roberts Criticizes Law Profs, Louis J. Sirico, Jr., Professor of Law and Director of Legal Writing at Villanova wrote “[the Chief Justice] politely criticized legal academics for scholarship that…
Chief Justice Roberts Announces Retirement of Supreme Court Librarian Judy Gaskell
28
Jun
On the last day of the SCOTUS term Chief Justice Roberts announced yesterday: ”The Court also notes today that the Court’s Librarian, Judith Gaskell, has announced her retirement. She will be leaving us before we reconvene in the fall. Ms….
Official Illinois Reports Published by West Not Yet West-Mart’s "Deal of the Day"
03
Jun
But, hey, Illinois Office Supreme Court Reports, 2d and Illinois Official Appellate Reports, 3d are both on sale today at West-Mart (both pages last visited on June 3, 2011) and you can buy them with an “assured pricing plan.” Due…
Redaction Failures in PACER
02
Jun
Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy’s Timothy B. Lee states that “it’s safe to say there are thousands, and probably tens of thousands, of documents in PACER whose authors made unsuccessful attempts to conceal information” for technical reasons relating to…
Illinois Reports 1831 – 2011 RIP
01
Jun
The Illinois Supreme Court has adopted the public-domain electronic citation system for appellate opinions and discontinues publication of the official Illinois Reports and Illinois Appellate Reports. The contract for the official Illinois publications, currently held by West, expires July 31,…
