Undoubtedly, many law students are treated to a lawyer war story or two, often courtesy of an adjunct law professor. Rarer, though perhaps equally fearsome, is a law-librarian war story about a classic print legal research research tool that may or may not have successfully transmogrified into the digital legal research space. Attorney directories are one …Read the Rest…
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Budget Cuts Affecting American Community Survey
Last week, the House of Representatives voted to cut funding for the American Community Survey, which the Census Bureau has been using instead of the long form census. Politics The voting on this legislation was, with only a few exceptions, on party lines. Supporters of the American Community Survey, mainly Democrats and people who benefit …Read the Rest…
Supreme Court Records and Briefs
The [allegedly libelous] article alleged that respondent drank so heavily as to prevent her from fulfilling her professional obligations. Calder v. Jones, 465 U.S. 783, 789 (1984). That 17-word footnote is the Supreme Court’s entire description of the article that gave rise to the cause of action in Calder v. Jones. The curious law student …Read the Rest…
Sushi and Fishing Limit Regulations
Now that we are in our final week of the year, you may have some time to take in a movie. Jiro Dreams of Sushi is playing at the Cleveland Capital Theater in Gordon Square. (Movie Review). I recommend it. What does a movie about sushi have to do with fishing-limit regulations? The movie includes a discussion …Read the Rest…
International Law: Update
Assorted updates on international law in the news. Afghanistan On May 1, 2012, President Obama signed a strategic partnership agreement with Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai, with the goal of completely handing over responsibility for Afghan security to 352,000 Afghan security forces by the end of 2014. (The United States will assist with training and …Read the Rest…
Short Book Review: Typography for Lawyers
Matthew Butterick’s 2010 Typography for Lawyers: Essential Tools for Polished & Persuasive Documents, with a forward by legal (and non-legal) style and usage expert Bryan Garner, is a must-read for law students interested in mastering the presentational aspects of legal documents. A Los Angeles litigator with previous visual-arts experience, including as a font designer, Butterick …Read the Rest…