See Legal Education Reform (Nov. 25, 2011 editorial). [JH]
Posts Tagged ‘New’
Newsflash: Law Schools Don’t Teach Law Students To Be Lawyers
There was an article published in the New York Times last Sunday, What They Don’t Teach Law Students: Lawyering, and it’s worth reading, even if we knew most of it already. In summary, the legal academy doesn’t teach law students…
Time to Start Writing: The 2012 AALL/LexisNexis Call for Papers
The AALL/LexisNexis Call for Papers Committee is soliciting articles in four divisions this year: Open Division: for active and retired AALL members and law librarians with five or more years of professional experience; New Members Division: for recent graduates and…
New and Updated GlobaLex Research Guides
New research guide: Nuclear Law Research Guide by Linda Tashbook Updated guides: An Introduction to Sources for Treaty Research by Mark Engsberg and Mary Beth Chappell Intute: Law – the What? Why? How? Where? and Who? by Steve Whittle The…
Reminder: HeinOnline Webinar on New Enhancements and Law Journal Library Subject Searching Set for Wednesday
From the announcement: Wed., October 19, 2011 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM EDT- Register Now What is covered in this webinar? During this webinar we will demonstrate some of our newest enhancements and focus further on how to make the…
2012 Men of the Stacks Calendar
The Blog Widow loves the gallery on the calendar’s website. (Hum… .) Proceeds are going to a good cause, the It Gets Better Project. See the New Yorker’s The New Sexy Librarian for details. Hat tip to LISNews. [JH]
Finally a Law School Scandal That Does Not Implicate the ABA as an Accomplice
The ABAJ is reporting that Douglas Leman, a former controller who worked at New England School of Law for 17 years, has pleaded guilty to charges alleging he embezzled $173,000 from the school between September 2008 and March 2011 in…
Two Great Names. Reuters and Westlaw … and One New Site
Thomson Reuters News and Insight “provides legal news from Reuters with supporting documentation and analysis from Westlaw.” Yes, of course, you must have a user account to access the Westlaw material. Free Reuters news to push Westlaw usage, oddly interesting…