Archive for August, 2005
August 31st, 2005
Tulane Law School, Loyola University New Orleans School of Law, and the LSU Law Center all were hit hard by Hurricane Katrina.
Official updates are available here for:
- LSU Law Center
Latest: School to reopen Sept. 6
- Tulane Law School
Latest: Worst may be over; Facilities are secure; Start date for fall semester not to be decided for a few days
New Orleans Where Are You is a blog solely devoted to tracking down faculty, staff and students of Tulane and Loyola law schools.
How to help:
Locally, Lewis & Clark Law School announced today that it “is coordinating the collection and shipment of needed relief items. Some of the things that are especially needed are clothes, especially underwear and infant wear; children’s shoes, toys in good condition, bed linens, pillows and blankets.” Items may be brought to the student lounge in the Legal Research Center beginning Thursday.
The American Red Cross is collecting financial donations to support its critical mission of bringing shelter, food, counseling and other assistance to victims of Hurricane Katrina. Credit card donations may be made via this Red Cross Online Donations Form.
Finally, Professor Bainbridge posts this email pointing out some of the effects of Hurricane Katrina on the legal system, and Underneath Their Robes posts on how the U.S. Fifth Circuit is holding up (and what it means to law clerk applicants).
Sources: Conglomerate, ProfessorBainbridge.com
August 31st, 2005
Office Hour
Gordon Smith, formerly of our school and now professoring at a nice little law school in the greater midwest, has joined the podcasting bandwagon in fine style.
Listen to Gordon’s first podcast and future ones at his podcasting page, Office Hour. Topics covered the first time out include early thoughts on Hurricane Katrina, KPMG, Disney, campaign contributions by law professors, cheese, baseball, and college football (clearly not in order of importance).
Source: Conglomerate (another Gordon Smith project)
August 30th, 2005
Reagan Presidential Records from the Staff Member Office Files of John G. Roberts, Jr.
The Ronald Reagan Library has released an additional 175 pages of the papers of Supreme Court nominee John G. Roberts, Jr. Download the documents here
However, the library just today announced that a “large volume” of Roberts records were recently discovered. Oddly, these documents were entered into the system only by the code for John Roberts — “CU AT 18″ (any amature code-breakers/license plate interpreters in the our reading audience?) — rather than by name, which appears to be the standard practice. Keep an eye out for those documents and the interplay between the late discovery and Tuesday’s planned confirmation hearings.
Finally, the Law Librarian Blog (forever in our national memory) alerts us all to the latest from the Oyez Project: Podcasts of John Roberts arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court. Five are available so far. Keep an eye out at the Oyez Supreme Court Podcast site for the rest.
Sources: beSpacific, Law Librarian Blog
August 26th, 2005
Lewis & Clark Law School Professor Lydia Loren has created a new blog, LC CyberBlog! After just two posts in two days, LC CyberBlog already promises to be a must-visit spot for all your cyberlaw reading.
August 25th, 2005
University of Michigan Law Library. Hot Topic: John G. Roberts, Jr.
The University of Michigan Law Library has put together a comprehensive collection of links about and writing by John G. Roberts, Jr., currently best known as the nominee to replace Sandra Day O’Connor on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Content includes biographical information, DOJ & White House records, opinions, oral arguments and briefs by Judge Roberts, articles by and about the nominee, and miscellaneous related documents.
U. Mich promises to update the site as more information is release.
Source: email announcement
August 23rd, 2005
Unofficial Patent & Trademark Office Newsfeeds
rethink(ip), the blog of three intellectual property attorneys (”rethink’rs“), has taken it upon itself to publish RSS feeds of all U.S. Patent & Trademark Office news and notices.
Send these feeds to your newsreader:
rethink(ip) points to a number of related worldwide IP feeds here.
Source: Inter-Alia
August 22nd, 2005
JURIST – Paper Chase: EDITORS WANTED ~ Research, write legal news in real time…
JURIST Paper Chase, the leading legal news blog edited by students and published by our friend Professor Bernard Hibbetts of the University of Pittsburg School of Law, is searching for law students to join their team of legal news editors.
From the editors wanted post:
We’re looking for good writers, skilled Net surfers and fluent English-speakers with a nose for news who can spare at least 10 hours a week – weekdays, evenings and/or weekends – during the law school term to work online with members of our Pittsburgh-based law student staff who power JURIST’s Paper Chase legal news weblog every day. Journalistic experience is helpful, but certainly not a prerequisite. Report on the latest legal news in your geographical area, or in your own area of interest. Learn the latest law that matters, make friends across the country and around the world, and gain valuable career and computer skills, all at the same time.
Read the full job description here.
We humbly recommended the experience. Tell ‘em BoleyBlogs! sent you!
August 22nd, 2005
Publications of the University of Michigan Law School Faculty, 1859-
The University of Michigan School of Law Library has published a complete a database of its law school’s faculty publications. The over 7,000 entries, updated continuously, include “books, articles, book chapters, essays, introductions, forewords and book reviews written or edited by the University of Michigan Law faculty and published during each faculty member’s appointment in the Law School” since the school’s founding in 1859. An impressive feat.
Source: Law Librarian Blog
August 22nd, 2005
New on LLRX.com, the indispensible legal research site:
source: beSpacific
August 18th, 2005
Robert Ambrogi’s LawSites: An Internet institution quietly closes
Ambrogi warmly notes the voluntary demise of Law Lists, University of Chicago Law School librarian Lyonette Louis-Jacques‘ oft-used list of legal e-mail discussion groups.
One small clarification. Law Lists, of course, may not be removed from the Internet “for good.” Thanks to the Wayback Machine’s good works, Law Lists, in its many iterations, may remain available for quite a while.
source: Out of the Jungle (a new group law librarian blog “on the present and future of legal information, legal research, and legal education” which we, the very many editors of BoleyBlogs!, welcome to the land of blogs and encourage all to read.)
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