As many of you know the University has begun a number of construction projects now that law school is out for the summer. While we’re not as easily accessible as we usually are, the law library is open during the summer. Our hours are 8am-6pm Monday-Saturday. We are closed Sundays and holidays. We have put [...]
Jumping into a research project for a new employer can be nerve-wracking. You want to do things right and get the summer off on a good foot. Well, even though you’ll be gone, the library will still be here to help you. There are a number of ways you can get in touch with a [...]
As we announced earlier this school year, Westlaw will be removing its printers this summer. We’re still figuring out an exact date, but it will be around June 30. We wanted to give you a heads up now so that you can plan for the next few months while we still have the printers and [...]
The countdown to finals begins in earnest this week. We know it’s a stressful time and we wish you all the best of luck. But, because we know luck isn’t all that matters we want to make sure you know about all the resources the Law Library has to offer in the way of finals [...]
The Law Library is now selling 2 GB USB Flash Drives at the circulation desk for $5 each. We hope selling these flash drives will be useful for those of you using our new KIC scanner.
If you’re looking for statistics from the United States the Statistical Abstract has always been a great place to go. Since 1878 the Statistical Abstract was published annually by the government and contained a variety of social, political, and economic data. If you needed to find out the number of marriages, or unemployment by occupation, [...]
When you think about legal research, it’s likely things like cases, statutes, and regulations come to mind. That’s good because that’s what we focus on in a basic legal research course in law school. Beyond those basics, however, there’s much more to legal research. If you want to be a litigator, for example, there are [...]
As some of you may have noticed, the Law Library recently purchased and installed a new KIC Scanner near the 2nd floor reference desk. This state of the art, face-up scanner has already proved quite popular with students in the short time we’ve had it. Equipped with an intuitive touch screen, the KIC scanner is [...]
The Law Library recently added a new HeinOnline library – Congress and the Courts. This library provides access to legislative materials dealing with the composition and structure of Article III courts. If you’re doing any kind of research regarding federal courts, from their creation to the growing need for federal judgeships, this is the place [...]
Welcome back! We hope you enjoyed your time off. I certainly did–enough so that I was nonexistent on this blog over the break. As you ease back into school, you may have noticed that our webpage looks slightly different–we have a new search bar. Searching here will search our catalog and direct you [...]