Library Updates

Open Access Legal Scholarship, the latest addition to the law library web site, is a resource for those who are interested in learning more about open access scholarship and publishing, in both law and other fields.

It has been created by Professor Joseph Miller in conjunction with the Lewis and Clark Law School 2006 Spring Symposium, Open Access Publishing and the Future of Legal Scholarship.

Open Access has been briefly described as “the electronic publication of scholarly work that is available for free without copyright constraints other than attribution.” Paul George, Members’ Briefing: The Future Gate to Scholarly Legal Information, AALL Spectrum (April 2005). See the Open Access introduction for an expanded discussion.

Our own law reviews have provided open access to their most recent issues, with Environmental Law publishing the full-text of Symposium: Ballot Measure 37: The Redrafting of Oregon’s Landscape (v.36, n.1 2006), and Lewis & Clark Law Review with Paper Symposium: Federalism After Gonzales v. Raich (v. 9, n. 4 2006) and, just this week, papers presented at the 11th Annual Business Law Forum Behavioral Analysis of Corporate Law: Instruction or Distraction? (v. 10, n. 1)

Included in our new Open Access Legal Scholarship section are:

• An Introduction to Open Access
• Blogs
• Core Documents
• Open Access Journals
• Projects and Gateways
• Self-Archive Repositories

Thanks and all credit to Professor Miller for providing this valuable resource. We intend to update these pages with the latest information as open access to legal scholarship continues to grow as a phenomenon and, we hope, as a standard.

Career Services has invited two outstanding law firm librarians, Laurie Daley, Bullivant Houser Bailey, PC and Stuart Zimmerman, Davis Wright Tremaine, to join Boley Law Library’s own Associate Director Tami Gierloff in presenting:

Legal Research Strategies: What You Need to Know to Succeed in Your Summer Clerking Job
April 6, 2006
12:00 – 1:30 pm
Classroom 7 Now in Classroom 1

Want to make a good impression on your new summer employer?

If you’re a first or second year student, come learn about efficient and effective legal research techniques!

In this session two Portland law firm librarians will provide valuable “insider” information on the reality of performing legal research in law firms. Find out which resources are available, gain practical advice about time-management and cost-efficient searching and discover what former law clerks wish they had known before their clerkships began.

Be sure to register now for this valuable workshop.

Here now, the 2006 Spring Break Hours for your Boley Law Library (students, faculty, staff, and the legal community only):

Saturday – Sunday, March 25 – 26
Library hours: 9am – Midnight
Reference Desk: Closed

Monday – Thursday, March 27 – 30
Library Hours: 8am – 10pm
Reference Desk: 9am – 5pm

Friday, March 31
Library Hours: 8am – 6pm
Reference Desk: 9am – 5pm

Saturday – Sunday, April 1 – 2
Library Hours: 9am – Midnight
Reference Desk: Closed

Regular hours resume Monday, April 3, 2006

Hours for the General Public and the Patent & Trademark Office will remain as posted.

from LexisNexis:

LexisNexis Build Your Future Training
You might soon be on the job if you aren’t already and your legal research skills could be rusty. Whether you feel confident or not, we’ve got the training that will maximize the efficiency and effectiveness of your research and in any legal profession.

Updating Your Research
When: Tuesday March 14, 12:00 – 1:00pm
Where: Classroom 4
Lunch: Bellagio’s Pizza
Points: 400 just for attending

Westlaw introduces a new sign-in page, look and “streamlined navigation features” this week:

COMING MARCH 11!
Making Navigation Easier on Westlaw

We’re introducing a refreshed sign-on page with streamlined navigation features.

We’ve updated the design of the Westlaw sign-on page with improved links to Westlaw innovations, faster clicks to the content and features you use most, and simpler ways to check timesaving Westlaw tools. We’ve also streamlined the navigation features based on feedback from Westlaw users, so you can get around more easily. via Westlaw Information

Check out the new look – and cool jazz – at this 90-second demo.

Wondering if the Law School and the Law Library are closed? Here’s how to find out:

1. Call the Snow Line: 503-768-SNOW (7669) or 503-768-7965 (SWOK?)
[L&C Trivia: the Snow Line's official title is the Inclement Weather Line]

2. Go to the College’s web site, www.lclark.edu

3. Listen to these radio stations:

• KPAM – 860 (am)
• KEX – 1190 (am)
• KXL – 750 (am)
• KOPB – 91.5 (fm)

4. Watch these television stations:

• KATU 2
• KOIN 6
• KGW 8
• KPTV 12

Any media announcement will say “Lewis & Clark College” and will apply uniformly to the law school, the graduate school and the College of Arts and Sciences. In the event of delayed opening, the College as appropriate will announce “opening delayed until 9:30 a.m.” or “morning classes canceled until 11:30 a.m.” or “evening classes will be held/canceled beginning at 5 p.m.” Regularly scheduled classes that begin at or after these times will meet.

Finally, you can always check the Palatine Hill Weather Station for the precise conditions on our fair hill. The weather station is a service of the College’s Department of Physics.

Sign-Up for LawMemo.com

The Law School subscribes to three employment law-related email alert services provided by LawMemo.Com:

- Employment Law Memo (3x/week)
- NLRB Law Memo (1x/week)
- Arbitration Law Memo (1x/month)

Lewis & Clark students, faculty, and staff can sign up to receive these memos via email. Simply go to our LawMemo sign-up form and begin receiving the email updates, along with access to the LawMemo employment law database.

These “electronic advance sheets” provide timely summaries of all relevant federal and state appellate court decisions, NLRB decisions, and NLRB Advice Memos. Subscribing to at least one of these memos also provides access to LawMemo.com’s employment law Caselaw Database.

Topics covered by the LawMemo staff include:

• Employment Discrimination
• Employment Law
• Labor Law
• Collective Bargaining
  Private sector and public sector. Union and non-union.
• Title VII
• ADA,
• Rehabilitation Act
• ADEA
• 42 USC Sections 1981 and 1983
• Harassment
• Retaliation
• Wrongful discharge
• Employment at will
• Employment contracts
• Non-competition agreements
• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
• ERISA
• Unfair labor practices
• National Labor Relations Act
• Railway Labor Act
• Arbitration of employment disputes (union and non-union)

Check out these sample Employment Law Memos. Go here to subscribe (L&C Law School community only).

March 3 Subject | Tables of Contents

CILP Index

The Current Index to Legal Periodicals (CILP) provides timely access to over 500 legal publications. Published weekly, this current awareness tool presents citations to legal articles by subject, along with the tables of contents of all journals indexed by CILP. Direct links to the full text of articles are included for publications available on LexisNexis and Westlaw.