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50 Best Law Librarian Blogs and Websites

Feedspot has recently updated their listing of 50 Best Law Librarian blogs and websites (updated January 18, 2024). According to Feedspot, the law librarian blogs and websites included in this listing were selected “from thousands of blogs on the web and are ranked by traffic, social media followers and freshness”.…

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Google Announces the Public Release of Gemini: Can it be Used to Support Legal Research?

“Google launched its most ambitious AI model called Gemini on Wednesday [December 6, 2023], which is described as Google’s “largest and most capable AI model.” The company announced a “Gemini era” where the model will be used widely in companies and consumer devices like Google Pixel phones. Unlike existing AI…

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Constitutional Policing: Book Launch Event

Constitutional Policing: Striving for a More Perfect Union. Michael A. Hardy Editor Event sponsored by the American Bar Association Legal Education Police Practices Consortium and the ABA State and Local Government Section. Time and Date:  October 4, 2023, 1:00  PM EST. Event Description: “Join the ABA Legal Education Police Practices Consortium and…

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The Jury Expert Has a New Look

The people at The Jury Expert are excited about moving to a new platrorm, WordPress, where they can incorporate a new look and possibly some new features as well. Below is their e-mail announcing the change and providing links so you can see for yourselves. Take a look: The e-mail:…

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Book Review: The Fears Within: Spies, Commies, and American Democracy on Trial

TITLE: The Fear Within SUBTITLE: Spies, Commies, and American Democracy on Trial AUTHOR: Scott Martelle PUBLICATION DATE: May 2011 PUBLISHER: Rutgers University Press PAGE COUNT: 320 pp. ISBN: 978-0-8135-4938-5 (Cloth) PRICE: $26.95 (Cloth) The author is a freelance journalist and writer with expertise in American history. Martelle details the 1948…

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Book Review: The Eichmann Trial

TITLE: The Eichmann Trial AUTHOR: Deborah E. Lipstadt PUBLICATION DATE: March 2011 PUBLISHER: Schocken Books, a division of Random House, Inc. PAGE COUNT: 272 pp. ISBN: 978-0-8052-4260-7 PRICE: $23.95 The author is a professor of Jewish Studies at Emory University and has written extensively about the Holocaust. In her new…

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Book Review: Cross Examination Handbook: Persuasion, Strategies, and Techniques

We are pleased to presnet the following review of Cross Examination Handbook: Persuasion, Strategies and Techniques by Ronald H. Clark and others as acknowledged below. The review was prepared by our Senior Law Librarian for Public Access, Theodore Pollack Title: Cross-Examination Handbook: Persuasion, Strategies, and Techniques Author: Ronald H. Clark,…

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Two Book Reviews – One Author – Ron Arons

Until a few weeks ago before receiving a telephone call I had never heard of Ron Arons. During that call Mr. Arons explained that he had been following postings on this blog and wondered if I would be interested in reviewing two of his books. After some discussion I agreed…

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Book Review: Making Our Democracy Work, By Justice Stephen Breyer*

I often find there is little time to read all of the books I would like, or even need, to and therefore find myself resorting to book reviews. Last Sunday I read a review that to me seemd exceptional and would like to share it with you. David Badertscher REVIEW::…

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Selected Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports Posted September 14, 2010*

CRS Issue Statement on Terrorism Issue Statement No. IS40398 Subjects: Terrorism CRS Reports, 111th Congress (8/5/2010; Posted: 9/14/2010) ——————————— CRS Issue Statement on Voting and Elections Issue Statement No. IS40405 Subjects: Elections CRS Reports, 111th Congress (7/19/2010; Posted: 9/14/2010) ——————————— Comparison of the Current World Trade Center Medical Monitoring and…

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