Library Updates

Have fines? Then bring in non-perishable food – or pet food for the Humane Society – equivalent to the value of your fines and the fines will be waived.

Our Food for Fines program runs April 17 – May 17, 2006. Bring all food to the circulation desk of the law library and your fines will disappear. Not sure of the need? You can check your library record online for any accrued fines.

Casemaker, the comprehensive legal research database provided to all members of the Oregon Bar, is now available to Lewis & Clark Law School students and staff.

The Casemaker library provides primary and secondary legal research resources from the U.S. federal government and 28 states, along with the Casecheck citator service. All materials may be searched by full-text keyword, browsed by title, or retrieved by citation.

Unlike Westlaw or LexisNexis, students are welcome to use Casemaker for their legal work in addition to law school-related projects. Plus, student use of Casemaker is not limited during the summer.

The Oregon State Bar has provided a generic login and password for members of the Lewis & Clark Law School community.

For more information and to access Casemaker check out our Casemaker page. Follow the link to the L&C Law School Casemaker login page – you’ll need your current L&C email username and password to retrieve the school’s Casemaker login and password.

And, as always, stop by the reference desk with questions or for assistance with Casemaker.

April 7 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.

Summit, the library catalog that combines the information from 33 Pacific Northwest academic libraries into one – including the UW, Willamette, UO, Seattle U and L&C Law School libraries – will be down beginning Tuesday, April 25 at 8 AM.

It is expected to be available again Tuesday night. Need to borrow a book from another library in the meantime? Just ask a reference librarian, or check out the full range of Interlibrary Loan options here at your Boley Law Library.

LexisNexis is holding the following training sessions for law students Thursday the 6th and Friday the 7th. They’ll be covering cost effective research techniques in corporate law and common research scenarios in non-profit law.

No reservations necessary – just show up to one or both of the sessions:

Build Your Future: Litigation and Corporate Law
Thursday April 6 in Classroom 2
12:30-1:30 and 5:00-6:00
Learn how to find information about Litigation and Corporate Law with Cost Effective Search Techniques
LUNCH SERVED during the 12:30 session AND 250 POINTS

Public Interest Law: Common Scenarios in the Non Profit Sector
Friday April 7 in Classroom 4 at 12:30-1:30
Learn how to search for information related to the Non Profit Sector
LUNCH SERVED AND 250 POINTS