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Should You Use It? Tips On Authenticating Online Legal Sources, Emily M. Janoski-Haehlen Jun 2009

Should You Use It? Tips On Authenticating Online Legal Sources, Emily M. Janoski-Haehlen

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One Person's Junk, Another Person's Treasures: Dissolving A Small Law Book Collection, Gail F. Zwirner Apr 2009

One Person's Junk, Another Person's Treasures: Dissolving A Small Law Book Collection, Gail F. Zwirner

Law Faculty Publications

Decisions to eliminate a book collection occur for various reasons, including retirement, downsizing a home library, or a sweet deal from an online vendor. Law librarians regularly receive inquiries about the purchase or donation of used law books. Many times these calls originate in a law school’s development office after an attorney school seeks his or her law school’s advice on eliminating a significant career investment. An attorney may turn to a law firm librarian for advice as well.


Helpful Resources For Handling A Domestic Relations Case, Emily M. Janoski-Haehlen Jan 2009

Helpful Resources For Handling A Domestic Relations Case, Emily M. Janoski-Haehlen

Law Faculty Publications

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Draining The Morass: Ending The Jurisprudentially Unsound Unpublication System, David R. Cleveland Jan 2009

Draining The Morass: Ending The Jurisprudentially Unsound Unpublication System, David R. Cleveland

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Overturning The Last Stone: The Final Step In Returning Precedential Status To All Opinions, David R. Cleveland Jan 2009

Overturning The Last Stone: The Final Step In Returning Precedential Status To All Opinions, David R. Cleveland

Law Faculty Publications

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Legal, Factual And Other Internet Sites For Attorneys And Legal Professionals, Timothy L. Coggins Jan 2009

Legal, Factual And Other Internet Sites For Attorneys And Legal Professionals, Timothy L. Coggins

Law Faculty Publications

This listing of Internet sites for legal, factual, and other research presents a variety of sources for attorneys, law students, law librarians, and others who use the Web. Initially developed for an Advanced Legal Research course and a continuing education session for legal assistants and paralegals, the listing includes sites for primary authorities, both federal and state, as well as URLs for other types of information such as names of possible expert witnesses and biographical and background information about individuals.1


The Power Of Collaboration: Worldcat's Copyright Evidence Registry, Roger V. Skalbeck Jan 2009

The Power Of Collaboration: Worldcat's Copyright Evidence Registry, Roger V. Skalbeck

Law Faculty Publications

One of the underlying obstacles to reproducing older books is that there's no central place to look for information about what is protected by copyright and what may have passed into the public domain. Responding to this need, OCLC recently introduced a new system for tracking various copyright details for published books. The new service, still in beta, is called the WorldCat Copyright Evidence Registry (CER). It could be a very valuable resource for recording and sharing copyright status information.