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Law Prof as Independent Law Book Publisher: Quid Pro Books’ Alan Childress Interview with LLB (Part 2) Thursday, September 9th, 2010
Yesterday, we published the first part of our interview with Tulane law prof and co-editor of Legal Profession Blog, Alan Childress, about his new publishing venture, Quid Pro Books. We left off with a discussion of Alan’s new work The…
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Law Prof as Independent Law Book Publisher: Quid Pro Books’ Alan Childress Interview with LLB (Part 2)
A big hat tip to Cocky Law Blawg for calling attention to the World LII’s International Law Library. The International Law Library has been developed with the assistance of all LIIs whose databases are searchable via WorldLII.
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World Legal Information Institute Launches What May Be the Most Comprehensive International Law Library
Now that the academic fall semester has begun, it seems appropriate to point out some of the legal and library materials that appear on iTunes University and YouTube EDU. The trend is for universities to share lectures on substantive subjects…
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Law and LIS Materials in iTunes U and YouTube EDU
With the addition of Dan Durrant as a partner, the divorce and family law firm of Gillespie and Associates announces its new name: Gillespie, Shields & Durrant. The change of name for the firm will emphasize the expertise that Mark …
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Gillespie, Shields & Durrant Announces New Name for Family Law …
From the Quid Pro Books’ Publisher Information page: Our books are sold on Amazon, iTunes, Barnes & Noble, Sony, and Smashwords, and are read on free apps for PC and PC laptops or netbooks, Mac, iPad, iPhone, BlackBerry, Android phones,…
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Law Prof as Independent Law Book Publisher: An Interview with Alan Childress, Founder of Quid Pro Books
The NLJ writes “[j]ust five years ago, the notion of law professors delivering quick and cogent commentary to the masses — with the opportunity for instant feedback, no less — was a novel concept.” in a special Law School Report…
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On Unintended Consequences: Tenured Law Profs Who Helped Make Blogging a Mainstream Medium in the Legal Academy
Although US News has changed its ranking method to try to overcome law school gaming of employment data, critics argue the unaudited reported data is just plain “junk.” See National Jurist’s Employment Data Under Fire. Hat tip to TaxProf Blog….
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The Saga of Garbage In, Garbage Out Continues: Employment Data Reported by Law Schools is "Junk"
Hat tip to Michel-Adrien Sheppard (aka Library Boy) for calling attention to the Canadian Association of Law Library’s decision to redesign its website. Crosby Group Consulting has been engaged by the CALL/ACDB Executive Board to redesign the its website. From…
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Let the Battle of Law Library Association Website Redesigns Begin: CALL/ACDB v. AALL
The Legal Satyricon provides that, citing case law on the precise issue no less, along with details too painful to reiterate here. See Broken Penises and the Law with a big hat tip Above the Law. What the heck, a…
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Ouch! A Legal Analysis of On-the-Job Penis Injuries in the Porn Industry
The DSpace-based TTU School of Law Digital Repository created by the Law Library “currently has over 900 records including the faculty scholarship collection. This is a comprehensive compilation of our faculty scholarship record.
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Texas Tech Law Library Launches Digital Repository
Sounds like the prosecutor was very, very persuasive. The Facebook post was discovered by the teenage son of the defense attorney. The juror, of course, was booted out of the jury box and the judge sentenced her to write a…
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At least wait until after the defense puts on its case before Facebook-ing "gonna be fun to tell the defendant they’re GUILTY"
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Friday Fun: Too Early in the 2010/11 Law School Academic Year to Worry About Grades?
To recap LLB’s earlier post, A TR Legal Print Format Switcheroo: More to Come? TR Legal claims that the “conversion to pamphlet format [from looseleaf format] stems from customer feedback West received regarding the benefits of pamphlet over looseleaf format…
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On Punching Holes: If So-Called "Loose-leaf" Services are a Pain in the Ass According to TR Legal, What About Pocket-Part Supplemented…
The deadline for submitting proposals for the current round of AALL/BNA Continuing Education Grants is September 9, 2010. The next round of grant proposals will be due on November 4, 2010
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Reminder Just in Time for the Labor Day Weekend: AALL/BNA Grant Proposals Due September 9th; Next Round Due Nov. 4th
On the WSJ ROI blog, Brett Arends provides advice on personal finance matters. Recently, he offered several tips on whether eReaders are a good deal
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When are eReaders a Good Deal? How about when eBooks are updated to fix production errors
Law center prepares lawsuit over Mich. oil spill – Space & Earth -(AP) — A public interest law firm prepared Monday to sue the owners of a pipeline that ruptured in southern Michigan and dumped hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil into a Kalamazoo River tributary, while residents voiced con;{2f0869c8} …
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Law center prepares lawsuit over Mich. oil spill – Space & Earth
By India News , Latest News in India, Live News India, India Breaking News – Times of India. The spiral of violence claimed two more lives and injured five others today in clashes with security forces who opened fire in Srinagar and …
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2 killed in fresh Kashmir clashes, curfew continues | CASSANO LAW FIRM
It’s not that I don’t think privacy for Internet users isn’t important — it is — but I just gave up worrying about it many, many years ago. Can you say “National Security Surveillance Agency”? Fine, gather up all the…
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Infographic on Internet Privacy or Lack Thereof
AP – A public interest law firm is preparing to sue the owners of a pipeline that ruptured in southern Michigan and dumped hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil into a Kalamazoo River tributary, whi. … Written by Yahoo! News : Science News …
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Law center threatens lawsuit over Mich. oil spill (AP)
Ugly things are going on at Duquesne University’s Law School. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that a former female faculty member, Alice Stewart, has filed suit alleging sexual harassment, gender discrimination, retaliation, and breach of contract. The case started in 2003…
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Duquesne Law School Hit With Discrimination Suits
New features revolve around customization to allow law firms to present branded self-service document creation environments to their internal and external clients. ContractExpress.com enables users to quickly and easily design and …
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New Document Assembly Features Put ContractExpress.com at the …
“We discussed how important legal calendaring is to the efficient operation of the law firm , and how to fully utilize CompuLaw’s risk management tools to improve case management.
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Leading Denver and Boston Based Firms Host CompuLaw User Group …
The attorneys of the Law Firm KALIS & KLEIMAN remind homeowners that they will receive their TRIM Notice (property value and real estate taxes) from the Property Appraiser’s Office in the next few days.
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The Law Firm of KALIS & KLEIMAN Warn Homeowners They May Be Paying …
Hat tip to Paul Lomio for calling attention to the release of the LAW.GOV Principles and Declaration statement on Legal Research Plus at Codifying Commonsense — the Law.gov Principles. Taking it a step further, I’ll be turning the LAW.GOV statement…
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Publicizing LAW.GOV’s Statement of Principles and Declaration
Georgetown Law Library Reference Department is seeking applications for a Reference Librarian position. The Reference Librarian provides extensive reference service to the Law Center’s faculty and students by participating in the reference desk rotation, individual research consultations, writing research guides,…
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Opening: Reference Librarian, Georgetown Univ. Law Library
Vault 2011 Law Firm Rankings. Only the North American version has been released so far but two magic circle firms made it into the top 30… Charles Tyrwhitt UK. This is what you need to know about it: “more than 15000 law associates …
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Vault 2011 Law Firm Rankings « Legal News, Legal Views, Law News …
The New York Times recently reported on 3M’s marketing campaign celebrating the 30th anniversary of Post-it Notes. However,Edward Tenner, a historian of technology and culture, reports in The Atlantic on the dark side of Post-It Notes and similar products: The…
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Happy 30th Anniversary (with a Note on the Dark Side of) Post-It Notes