From Inter-Alia (always fun, always quick), a link to the 10 Minute Mail email service.
This is not for those with short attention spans but for those who like to retain a modicum of privacy in some situations (and please do use it for good, not for evil 🙂
I finally got around to asking our webmaster to post my How to Dispose of Used Law Books guide. You can use that direct link or go to the bottom of our homepage, here, and link to it from there. Let me know if you like it or if I’ve left off a useful tip.
I have written here about gifts to give the new lawyer (e.g. one leaving transactional work and heading into private practice, say family law, etc.) and here is a gift idea for that radical militant librarian (law, public, medical, or any!) in your life. Thanks to Librarian dot Net for both links.
Richard Posner has written the “Little Book of Plagiarism.” Isn’t that a great title?! The Law Librarian Blog has a post about it and links to other book reviews.
Ernie the Attorney blogs, and links to a story, on a cell phone contract holder who wanted to terminate his service without penalty (the text message rate went up 50%). This is why it is useful to read contracts. Law librarians can give you lots of other reasons why you should read contracts – before you sign them of course 🙂
I love great questions from pro se litigants, paralegals, and law students. (Lawyers have great questions too, but usually they are of the, “that would be a terrific law exam question” type of question.) Here was today’s great non-attorney question:
What do the “Supplemental Local Rules” (SLR) supplement?
This question is usually preceded by a, “may I ask a stupid question?” It is NOT a stupid question, partly because it means the “student of legal research” is noticing patterns and paying attention. Here’s the answer:
The Feb 2007 issue of the Lane County Law Library Newsletter is out. Learn about links to research resources on finding legislative history, administrative law, law journals, and legal forms. Thank you to the Lane County Law Librarian!
An interesting article from the Christian Science Monitor, “New no-smoking frontier: condos and apartments.”
From Bruce Schneier on Security blog:
“According to this article, “Mistaken eyewitness identification is the leading cause of wrongful convictions.” Given what I’ve been reading recently about memory and the brain, this does not surprise me at all. … New Mexico is currently debating a bill reforming eyewitness identification procedures: ….”
Oregon Legal Research Blog