Oregon Historical Society Asks Oregonians to Share Their Pandemic Stories Many of you and your family members are keeping journals (or even just notes on calendars), all of which…
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Too Much Law, Too Little Politics: Reith Lectures, 2019
If you haven’t discovered Reith Lectures (BBC, Radio 4), here is your chance. Topics vary and this year’s (2019) lecturer was Jonathan Sumption. The lectures and Q&A that…
Presidential Misconduct thru the Ages: House Report on the Impeachment of Richard Nixon (1974)
Without access to a library that subscribes to a Congressional documents database (or that has retained the print), you will have a devil of a time finding many…
Law Books Can Be Beautiful (a long time ago, sadly)
The Yale Law Library Rare Books Blog post, Law Books Bright and Beautiful, links to their Flickr photo display. Hat tip to the Justia Law Librarian Blawg Search…
DNA from an escaped slave who ended up in Iceland (Ars Technica)
Another fab find by the excellent folks at AALL’s KnowItAALL service (you can subscribe to it, free): Article: “DNA from an escaped slave who ended up in Iceland…
Some (Very Funny) Rules of Dueling (In Custodia Legis)
If your latest novel, or dinner table conversation, includes a duel, here’s a useful and humorous blog post for you from In Custodia Legis, a Law Librarians of…
All Writs Act: then and now
You need to do a little research if you want to sound as if you know what you are talking about, or, as a comedian (more than once) said:…
Internet Searching and Archiving: It Doesn’t Get Better; It Gets a Whole Lot Worse
Two recent articles worth reading if you want to research online and recall the past: Net for Lawyers: Google’s News Search is in Even Worse Condition Than we…
Save That Webpage to the Internet Archive!
It’s easy! Visit the Internet Archive. Click on Web. Enter the URL you want saved into the “Save Page Now” box. Voila! For example, I linked in…
Ursula Le Guin Sounds the Alarm: A tribute, and call to arms, to writers and readers
If you haven’t heard or read the eloquent Ursula Le Guin speech, that brought the audience to their feet, upon accepting the distinguished contribution to American letters award…
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