http://www.abajournal.com/news/ en Copyright 2013 2013-05-22T16:59:14-06:00 http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/are_digitization_and_budget_cuts_compromising_history/ Government Law, Law Libraries, Legal History, Legislation & Lobbying, Features Wed, 01 May 2013 05:30:54 -0500 43763.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/yale_law_librarian_debunks_the_whole_9_yards/ Law Libraries, Opening Statements Mon, 01 Apr 2013 04:20:29 -0500 43276.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/law_library_of_congress_is_collecting_treasures_for_you/ Business of Law, Law Practice Management, Law Libraries, Business of Law Fri, 01 Mar 2013 03:20:13 -0600 42764.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/yale_law_librarian_reopens_debate_on_the_origins_of_the_whole_nine_yards/ The online debate has raged since Yale law librarian Fred Shapiro discovered an early reference that suggests a different origin for the phrase “the whole nine yards.” Writing in the Yale Alumni Magazine, Shapiro said he had conducted an online search and found a variant, “the… Law Libraries, Law Schools Thu, 03 Jan 2013 07:30:27 -0600 42174.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/around_the_blawgosphere_digital_distractions_the_hobbit/ The Double-Edged Touchscreen Writing at her blog, At the Intersection, Edge International general counsel Pam Woldow addresses the "inefficiency disease"–familiar to anyone reading this–of "digital distraction." While much is written about how technologies that speed up communication increase efficiency in a legal workplace, the constant distraction… ABA Journal, @BlawgWhisperer, Careers, Intellectual Property Law, Copyright Law, Trademark Law, Law Firms, Law Libraries Fri, 14 Dec 2012 09:30:55 -0600 42046.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/aba_legal_ed_sections_council_advances_law_school_accreditation_standards/ The governing council of the ABA's law school accrediting arm has given preliminary approval to a package of proposed changes in law school accrediting standards covering facilities, equipment, technology, libraries and information resources. The proposed changes, unanimously approved with only minor changes Friday by the council of the ABA Section… Bar Associations, ABA, Education Law, Law Libraries, Law Professors, Law Schools, Law Students Mon, 03 Dec 2012 17:44:59 -0600 41865.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/you_say_potato_i_say_potahto_law_prof_creates_a_scotus_pronunciation/ Law Libraries, U.S. Supreme Court, Opening Statements Sat, 01 Dec 2012 05:10:39 -0600 41582.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/aba_committee_approves_proposed_changes_in_law_school_accredition_standards/ An ABA committee has voted to approve a package of proposed changes in the law school accreditation standards covering facilities, equipment, technology, libraries and information services. The proposed changes, unanimously approved Friday by the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar's Standards Review Committee, will be presented to… Bar Associations, ABA, Education Law, Law Libraries, Law Professors, Law Schools, Law Students Tue, 20 Nov 2012 09:50:53 -0600 41684.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/law_librarian_attributes_weight_loss_to_starbucks_diet/ Move over, Jared. A law librarian says she lost nearly 80 pounds by eating out, but she didn’t go to Subway. Christine Hall, 66, says she managed to lose weight by buying most of her meals from Starbucks, Today reports. Above the Law notes… Law Libraries, Personal Lives Fri, 12 Oct 2012 09:14:12 -0500 41123.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/archivists_in_state_of_triage_as_budget_cuts_threaten_access_to_public/ As governments tighten budgets, archivists are being forced to cut back on staff and conservation activities, threatening historical documents and records throughout the country. This is particularly true in Georgia where the Georgia Archives may soon be impossible to visit, making it the first state without archives open regularly to… Government Law, Law Libraries, Legal History, Trials & Litigation, Evidence Thu, 27 Sep 2012 06:32:51 -0500 40899.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/library_of_congress_introduces_site_intended_to_replace_thomas.gov/ The Library of Congress recently unveiled Congress.gov, a legislative information site that is intended to eventually replace Thomas.gov, the entity’s existing research site. According to Robert Ambrogi’s LawSites, Congress.gov will have better search features and is designed to be more user friendly.… Business of Law, Law Practice Management, Legal Technology, Law Libraries Fri, 21 Sep 2012 14:13:09 -0500 40828.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/askew_elected_a_trustee_of_national_conference_of_bar_examiners/ Hulett "Bucky" Askew, the ABA's former consultant on legal education, has been elected to the board of trustees of the National Conference of Bar Examiners. Askew's election was announced in a press release (PDF) on Thursday by the NCBE, which develops the tests that are used as part of… Bar Associations, ABA, Business of Law, Education Law, Law Libraries, Law Professors, Law Schools, Law Students Thu, 06 Sep 2012 18:00:22 -0500 40584.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/tips_on_doing_legal_research_online_for_free/ You actually can get something for nothing when it comes to online legal research, says Matthew Braun, a legal reference librarian at the Law Library of Congress. An annual meeting speaker for an ABA Standing Committee on the Law Library of Congress event, Braun shared some free legal research tips… Bar Associations, ABA, Annual Meeting, Business of Law, Law Practice Management, Law Libraries Fri, 03 Aug 2012 18:48:13 -0500 40025.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/critical_race_theory_is_less_popular_while_interest_in_ip_rises_law_review_/ A new study of the most-cited law review articles concludes that critical legal studies and critical race theory “have faded in acceptance.” The opposite is true for intellectual property law, according to the study by Yale associate librarian Fred Shapiro and Harvard law librarian Michelle Pearse. IP was once viewed… Law Libraries, Law Professors, Law Schools Fri, 01 Jun 2012 10:22:13 -0500 39049.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/a_canine_cure_law_library_sponsors_therapy_dog_program_for_stressed-out/ Law Libraries, Law Schools, Law Students, Personal Lives, Opening Statements Fri, 01 Jun 2012 04:10:49 -0500 38706.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/the_supreme_court_spurns_wikipedia_but_federal_appeals_courts_cited_it_near/ Federal appeals courts are increasingly citing the reader-edited encyclopedia Wikipedia, though the trend has not spread to the U.S. Supreme Court. Federal appeals courts have cited Wikipedia about 95 times in the last five years, according to a search by the Wall Street Journal Law Blog. In… Appellate Practice, Judiciary, Law Libraries, U.S. Supreme Court, 7th Circuit Court, 9th Circuit Court Tue, 24 Apr 2012 08:18:00 -0500 38449.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/new_bankruptcy_website_stores_downloaded_pacer_documents_for_free_reading/ A new website called Inforuptcy is touted as a cheaper alternative to PACER for users searching for bankruptcy documents. The site charges users the regular PACER fee for documents that are not yet in its database. After a document is accessed, however, it remains in the website database… Bankruptcy Law, Business of Law, Law Practice Management, Legal Technology, Law Libraries Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:41:28 -0500 38386.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/pllanned_law_school_daytona_beach_will_cost_35_percent_Less/ Plans for a law school in Daytona Beach, Fla., are in the works. Jacksonville, Fla., lawyers Eric Smith and Steven Nemerson, both former educators, are behind the plans, along with Jacksonville developer Jim Catlett, the Florida Times Union reports. Smith says Daytona Beach, with its large… Education Law, Law Libraries, Law Professors, Law Schools, Law Students Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:13:32 -0500 38329.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/was_chief_justice_roberts_right_law_review_circulation_reaches_new_lows/ Are law review articles so boring that no one wants to pay to read them? Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. expressed his views last year at a judicial conference. “Pick up a copy of any law review that you see, and the first… Law Libraries, Law Professors, Law Schools, Law Students Wed, 29 Feb 2012 08:44:22 -0600 37560.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/two_lawyers_sue_west_and_lexisnexis_for_reproducing_legal_briefs/ Two lawyers have filed a class action suit claiming West Publishing and Reed Elsevier are violating the copyrights of lawyers by reproducing their lawsuit documents in Westlaw and LexisNexis databases. The plaintiffs, Oklahoma lawyer Edward White and New York City lawyer Kenneth Elan, filed suit on Wednesday in… Business of Law, Intellectual Property Law, Copyright Law, Law Libraries, Trials & Litigation Thu, 23 Feb 2012 07:49:44 -0600 37476.abajournal.com