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…
Posts Tagged ‘Law’
Are Law School Applications Dropping?
05
Jul
I’ll add just a little bit to Joe’s post, Paradigm Shift Ignored: On Reasons Why Law Schools Admit So Many Students When Their Employment Prospects are So Dismal. Law School applicants may be finally getting it, at least in some…
American Lawyer’s 2011 Ranking of "Elite" Law Firms
05
Jul
Am Law’s 2011 A-List has been released. Of course the complete rankings of law firms American Lawyer has deemed to achieve elite status over the last 12 months are behind a paywall. However, you can get a glimpse at the…
Privacy and Security, Not Privacy or Security: Solove on how to make progress in debating the issues
29
Jun
“Daniel Solove is one of America’s leading experts on privacy law. In this engaging book, he explains why privacy is everyone concern; it is a crucial social value that must be integrated into our national security policy rather than simply…
Supreme Court End Of Term – First Amendment, Jurisdiction, And A Smidge More
27
Jun
The Supreme Court ended its term this morning by releasing some of the most anticipated rulings of the year. Let’s start with Brown v. Entertainment Merchant’s Assn. (08-1448). That case concerned a law passed by California that restricted the sale…
Friday Fun: Shawnas’ Alert! HHS Issues Public Health Ban on Tanning Salons
24
Jun
OMG, I hope Plan B for Shawnas is not visiting a law library to research the legislative history that may authorize HHS to take this action. [JH] Law Prohibits Nation’s Shawnas From Using Tanning Beds
Opening: Technical Services Librarian, Hamilton County Law Library, Cincinnati, OH Library
24
Jun
The Hamilton County Law Library (Cincinnati, Ohio) is seeking applicants for the position of Technical Services Librarian. Located in the Hamilton County Courthouse and in service to Hamilton County’s legal community since 1837, the Law Library provides legal information resources…
Unbound: CALI Conference for Law School Computing Starts Today
23
Jun
Recently I had the opportunity to talk with John Mayer, CALI Executive Director, mentioning that one thing (really the only thing) I miss about not being an academic law librarian anymore was that I cannot justify having my little county…
Opening: Associate Director, Legal Information Center, Univ. of Florida Levin College of Law
22
Jun
The University of Florida Fredric G. Levin College of Law seeks applications for the position of Associate Director of the Legal Information Center. The primary responsibility of the position is to manage the day to day operations of the Lawton…
