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Fear, Irrationality, And Risk Perception, Henry L. Chambers, Jr.

Law Faculty Publications

This brief commentary makes two points. The first is that fear can play multiple roles in any decision-making process. The second is that accurately determining whether reactions to fear are irrational is a complex task. Though neither point necessarily requires that symposium participants abandon their positions, together they suggest that extreme care is necessary in developing policy prescriptions based on the claim that fear can trigger irrationality.

Museletter: November/December 2003, John R. Barden

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It Depends by Professor John Paul Jones

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Examination Procedures

Muse Library Facts

"ID Please--Yes, I Mean You!!": Library Access Restricted During Exams

Intersession Hours

Richmond Law Magazine: Fall 2003

Richmond Law Magazine

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Summer School

Married to the Law

Rod Smolia

Museletter: September/October 2003, John R. Barden

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A Request for Help from Fellow Law Students by Melissa Lykins, SBA President

"Banned Books Week" -- September 20-27, 2003 by Timothy L. Coggins, Director of the Law Library and Professor of Law

Westlaw Offers Real-Time Coverage of the Wall Street Journal by Gail F. Zwirner

Muse Library Facts

Remember This Location!

Museletter: August 2003, John R. Barden

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Welcome New and Returning Students

Law Review Added to hein Online

Muse Library Facts

Library Policy Reminder

"Where's Waldo's Treatise on...?"

Museletter: Summer 2003, Gail F. Zwirner

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On the Move: The Law Library Shifts Entire Collection

Hours--Summer 2003

Museletter: April/May 2003, Gail F. Zwirner

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

Library Opens Early for Registration

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

Bridging the Gap Between Law School and Employment, Saturday, April 16th

Happy National Library Week, April 6th-April 12th

Spring Carrel Swap

Spring Intersession & Summer Library Hours

Carrel Information for Graduating Students, Transfer, Visitors, and Switches

Richmond Law Magazine: Spring 2003

Richmond Law Magazine

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Smolia Argues Before U.S. Supreme Court

Judicial Independence

Rehnquist Visit Highlights Law School Symposium

Museletter: March 2003, Gail F. Zwirner

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Bridge the Gap Between Law School and Employment

Library Creates DVD Collection of Legal Recreational Titles by Gail F. Zwirner

Law at the Movies: The Life of David Gale by Gail Zwirner

New DVD Titles

Spring Carrel Swap to be Held April 14-16 by Deborah Barlett

Security Cameras Installed to Aid in Resolution of Incidents in the Library by Timothy L. Coggins

New Lexis Enhancements Introduced in March

Chronicle Review Describes Dean Pagan's Book as "Nota Bene"

University Of Richmond Bulletin: Catalog Of The T.C. Williams School Of Law For 2002-2004, University Of Richmond

Law School Catalogues

Method of Instruction

The educational program of the law school is designed to equip its graduates to render the highest quality of legal services, while instilling a sense of professional responsibility. Students are trained in the analysis and solution of legal problems by the application of logical reasoning. The course of study is not designed to teach legal rules, but rather to provide a foundation for the application and analysis of the law and the development of professional skills. The traditional case method of instruction is used in many courses. However, clinical education and courses devoted to various professional skills …

Museletter: January/February 2003, James Wirrell

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All Byte, No Bark: Meet the Computer Services Staff by James Wirrell with contributions by Paul Birch, Alison Merner & Kim Wiseman

Recent Librarian Publications

Moving Away...

Winter Closings

Hein-On-Line: Law Journals At Your Fingertips

Law At The Movies: Catch Me If You Can by Gail Zwirner

Museletter: December 2002, James Wirrell

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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

Museletter: November 2002, James Wirrell

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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

Richmond Law Magazine: Fall 2002

Richmond Law Magazine

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Fulfilling the Promise

Top Legal Minds

Museletter: September/October 2002, James Wirrell

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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

Museletter: August 2002, James Wirrell

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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

Museletter: April/May 2002, Gail F. Zwirner

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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]

Richmond Law Magazine: Spring 2002

Richmond Law Magazine

Features:

Legal Leaders

Interpreting Islam

Pulling His Weight

Museletter: February/March 2002, Gail F. Zwirner

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

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Digital Handshakes In Cyberspace Under E-Sign: "There's A New Sheriff In Town!", Michael H. Dessent

University of Richmond Law Review

Without doubt, electronic commerce has increased the efficiency of businesses and consumers seeking to purchase goods, services, or intangibles by placing these objects just a keystroke away. If you already enjoy buying lingerie and foie gras over the Internet, you will love the new Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act ("E-SIGN") Want to borrow $10,000 at four in the morning over the Internet to buy a car? E-SIGN allows it. Or how about entering a "cybersigning chat room," extending a "digital handshake," and then buying that cherished wedding gown? E-SIGN allows this to happen. In this era of …

The Puffery Of Lawyers, Rodney A. Smolla

University of Richmond Law Review

Lawyers advertise to attract clients. Politicians advertise to attract voters. Businesses advertise to attract customers. All of these advertisers advertise with a common subtext: choose me, because I'm better than the rest. Hire me, vote for me, buy my product, and good things will happen. The message may be blunt, explicit, direct, linear. But often it is not. The bludgeon is not the tool of choice in modem mass advertising. The message, more commonly, is presented with subtlety, often merely suggested, often presented with indirection, irony, camp, or comedy. Information as such is not the point. The stuff of modern …

Museletter: January 2002, Gail F. Zwirner

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Law School Expands Wireless Network Access by Timothy L. Coggins

Reference Source of the Month: West's Annotated Code of Virginia by Gail Zwirner

Recent Faculty Publications

One-L Lexis and Westlaw Training Schedule (Required for Law Skills) (Weeks of January 21 and January 28)

OP/ED: Will a National Tragedy Force U.S. Supreme Court to Join Other Courts and Accept Electronic Filings?

(En)Raged Or (En)Gaged: The Implications Of Racial Context To The Canadian Provocation Defense, Camille A. Nelson

University of Richmond Law Review

Ice hockey is Canada's national pastime, much like baseball is for many Americans. This fact makes the case of Regina v. Smithers all the more interesting.

The Incalculable Risk: How The World Trade Center Disaster Accelerated The Evolution Of Insurance Terrorism Exclusions, Jane Kendall

University of Richmond Law Review

"The deliberate and deadly attacks, which were carried out yesterday against our country, were more than acts of terror. They were acts of war."

- President George W. Bush, September 12, 2001.

Museletter: November/December 2001, Gail F. Zwirner

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Law School Dedicates Robert R. Merhige, Jr. Special Collections & Rare Books Room

Reference Source of the Month: Virginia Lawyer and Virginia Lawyer Register by Gail Zwirner

At the Movies: Tortilla Soup by Gail Zwirner

Meet the Library Staff: Amanda Surovy & Kathy Sagan-Salandro

Museletter: October 2001, Gail F. Zwirner

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Happy 300,000! by John R. Barden

There's Still Time for Technology Tidbits Brownbags

Reference Source of the Month: The Selden Society Publications by John R. Barden.

September is Virus Awareness Month: What Are Worms? How do I get them? by Kim Wiseman

Law at the Movies: The Glass House by Gail Zwirner

Richmond Law Magazine: Fall 2001

Richmond Law Magazine

Features:

Bench Marks

"He Really Taught Advocacy"

Museletter: September 2001, Gail F. Zwirner

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Banned Books Week - September 22-29, 2001: Celebrate Your Freedom to Read by Timothy L. Coggins

Reference Source for the Month: Continuing Legal Education Sources, Virginia Law Foundation and Practising Law Institute by Gail Zwirner

Computer Services Offers Technology Tidbits Brown Bag Lunches by Kim Wiseman

What's Behind the Curtain? by John Barden

Museletter: August 2001, Gail F. Zwirner

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Welcome New and Returning Students

From Aphrodite to Quarks: Applying for Judicial Clerkships

New Library System - New Fine Structure

Library Policy Reminder

Recent Faculty Publications

One-L Online Legal Research and Bluebook Training (Required)

Museletter: Summer 2001, Gail F. Zwirner

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"Free"dom of the Press: Web News Source to Charge for Service

Website of the Month: BestJobsUSA.com

University Unveils New Library System

Summer in Richmond: Go Fish!

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