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Museletter: December 2002, James Wirrell

Museletter

This Issue:

B.N.A Services Online: Easier Access to Useful B.N.A. Titles by James Wirrell

Winter Break Hours: Happy Holidays!

Website of the Month -- Finding Basic British Law on the Internet

Winter Closings

Holiday Humor

Genetic Services In Ontario: Mapping The Future, Roxanne Mykitiuk

Commissioned Reports, Studies and Public Policy Documents

No abstract provided.

Museletter: November 2002, James Wirrell

Museletter

This Issue:

Let's Get Technical: Meet the Technical Services Staff by James Wirrell

Exam Hours

Website of the Month: Virginia General Assembly's Legislative Information System (http://leg1.state.va.us/lis.htm)

ID Please: Restricted Access to the Law Library During Exam Period Evenings for Certain Users Will Begin Again

"New Books" Function on Library Catalog

Lexis and Westlaw Updates

Salt Equalizer, Vol. 2002, Issue 4, Society Of American Law Teachers

SALT Equalizer

Contents of this issue:

Erwin Chemerinksy, Unfortunate History is Repeating Itself, at 1.

Paula C. Johnson & Michael Rooke-Ley, Co-Presidents' Column, at 1.

Devon Carbado, Teaching tot he Whole Class, at 2.

Board Approves Nomination of Maguigan and Juarez as Co-Presidents-Elect, at 3.

Jane Dolkart, SALT's Statement of the LSAT, at 3.

Frank Valdez, Help Spread the Word Among Students About the "Critical Global Classroom" and the "Student Scholar Program," at 4.

SALT Submits Statement on the Bush Administration's Proposed War on Iraq, at 5.

Bill Quigley, Reflection on Trip to Iraq, at …

The Black And White Of Profiling: Sniping On The Sniper Case, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article analyzes the construct of profiling in the aftermath of the arrest of two suspects in the recent sniper attacks perpetrated in the greater Washington, D.C. area.

Trends. Predecisional Distortion: An Example Of Psychology Distorting Justice?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This Trends article discusses the concept of ‘Predecisional Distortion’ in the context of how juries make decisions.

Richmond Law Magazine: Fall 2002

Richmond Law Magazine

Features:

Fulfilling the Promise

Top Legal Minds

Museletter: September/October 2002, James Wirrell

Museletter

This Issue:

In the Public Eye: Meet the Reference and Circulation Staff by James Wirrell

Faculty and Students: Don't Forget the Law Library's Electronic Exam Site!

Hein-On-Line Update

Muse Library Facts

Website of the Month: http://www.yourdictionary.com

Meet Marcella!

Lexis and Westlaw Updates

Special Study On Market Structure, Listing Standards And Corporate Governance, Roberta S. Karmel

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Salt Equalizer, Vol. 2002, Issue 3, Society Of American Law Teachers

SALT Equalizer

Contents of this issue:

Nancy Ehrenreich & Deborah Waire Post, SALT Teaching Conference Addresses War, Peace & Pedagogy, at 1.

Paula C. Johnson & Michael Rooke-Ley, Co-Presidents's Column, at 1.

Holly Maguigan, November Elections for Co-Presidents and Board of Governors, at 2.

Mac Poirier, SALT Solomon Amendment Committee, at 2.

David Halperin, The American Constitution Society, at 3.

First Monday Civil Liberties in a New America, at 3.

Affirmative Action in Legal Education: The Grutter Litigation, at 4.

Bob Dinerstein, Judicial Selection Committee, at 6.

Michael Rooke-Ley, Extremist Nominees Don't Belong on …

Museletter: August 2002, James Wirrell

Museletter

This Issue:

Welcome New and Returning Students by Timothy L. Coggins

Electronic Reserves - Coming to a Computer Near You!

Library Policy Reminder [Drink; cell phones]

Library Fines - a Reminder!

Muse Library Facts

"My Account" on Voyager - Manager Your Library Account Online

Asbestos Litigation Gone Mad: Exposure-Based Recovery For Increased Risk, Mental Distress, And Medical Monitoring, Aaron Twerski, J. A. Henderson

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Product Liability In The United States Supreme Court: A Venture In Memory Of Gary Schwartz., Anita Bernstein

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Street Law, Winnie F. Taylor

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, Information Privacy, And The Limits Of Default Rules, Edward J. Janger, Paul M. Schwartz

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

The Linguist On The Witness Stand: Forensic Linguistics In American Courts, Lawrence Solan, Peter Tiersma

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Museletter: April/May 2002, Gail F. Zwirner

Museletter

This Issue:

ID Please: New Policy Restricts Access to the Law Library During Exam Period Evenings for Certain Users

Lexis and Westlaw Provide Summer Access for Students Involved in Law School Activities

Alcoa-Reynolds Building - Law School Will Not Move by Timothy L. Coggins

Spring Exam Schedule

10 Tips for Summer Associate Research Survival: A View from a Former Law Firm Librarian (Repeated by request, previously published in April 2001 Museletter) by Gail F. Zwirner

Carrel Information by Deborah Barlett

[Library Hours]

Salt Equalizer, Vol. 2002, Issue 2, Society Of American Law Teachers

SALT Equalizer

Contents of this issue:

SALT Celebrates 30 Years with Gala Banquet, at 1.

Paula C. Johnson & Michael Rooke-Ley, Presidents' Column, at 1.

Margaret Montoya, An Update on Grutter, the Michigan Law School Affirmative Action Case, at 2.

New Teachers Workshop, at 3.

SALT Extends Condolences to Appalachian School of Law, at 5.

Public Interest Retreats, at 6.

SALT Committee Reports, at 8.

Special Pull-Out Section: SALT Committees 2002-03, at 12.

SALT Opposes Pickering Nomination, at 20.

Professors Protest Justice Thomas Visit: SALT Writes in Support, at 22.

To Swear . . . Or Not To Swear Document Signers: The Default Of Notaries Public And A Proposal To Abolish Oral Notarial Oaths, Michael L. Closen

Buffalo Law Review

No abstract provided.

Richmond Law Magazine: Spring 2002

Richmond Law Magazine

Features:

Legal Leaders

Interpreting Islam

Pulling His Weight

Counting Guns In Early America, James Lindgren, Justin L. Heather

William & Mary Law Review

Probate inventories, though perhaps the best prevailing source for determining ownership patterns in early America, are incomplete and fallible. In this Article, the authors suggest that inferences about who owned guns can be improved by using multivariate techniques and control variables of other common objects. To determine gun ownership from probate inventories, the authors examine three databases in detail-Alice Hanson Jones's national sample of 919 inventories (1774), 149 inventories from Providence, Rhode Island (1679-1726), and Gunston Hall Plantation's sample of 325 inventories from Maryland and Virginia (1740-1810). Also discussed are a sample of 59 probate inventories from Essex County, Massachusetts …

Museletter: February/March 2002, Gail F. Zwirner

Museletter

This Issue:

Reference Source of the Month: Hein Online by Gail F. Zwirner

[Library Hours]

Turning Seats Into Shares: Cause And Implications Of Demutualization Of Stock And Futures Exchange, Roberta S. Karmel

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Splitting The Atom Of Marshall's Wisdom, Susan Herman

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

The Synergy Of Equality And Privacy In Women's Rights, Elizabeth M. Schneider

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

The Communities That Make Standards Of Care Possible, Anita Bernstein

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Do Best Practices In Legal Education Include Emphasis On Compositional Modes Of Studying Law As A Liberal Art?, Linda L. Berger

Scholarly Works

Reporter's Notes on "A Liberal Education in Law: Engaging the Legal Imagination through Research and Writing Beyond the Curriculum."

The Impossible Dream Come True: A Criminal Law Professor Becomes Juror #7, Stacy Caplow

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Two Concepts Of Immortality: Reframing Public Debate On Stem-Cell Research, Frank Pasquale

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Cognitive Legal Studies: Categorization And Imagination In The Mind Of Law--Introduction, Lawrence M. Solan

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.