David Badertscher* How trustworthy are state-level primary legal resources on the Web? The American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) published the State-by-State Report on Authentication of Online Legal Resources (Authentication Report) that answers this very important and timely question. The comprehensive report examines and draws conclusions from the results of…
Register Citations from 8-1-07 to 6-11-08 (Cumulative) The following citator compiled by James R. Sahlem, Principal Law Librarian of the New York Supreme Court at Buffalo, is intended to “fill the gap” in NYCRR, both print and electronic format. It covers the most recent ten-month period. It is designed to…
TOP STORIES: U.S. Supreme Court Supreme Court Rules Guantanamo Detainees Have Habeas Rights Jun 12, 2008, 09:49 am CDT “The U.S. Supreme Court has delivered a stunning defeat to the Bush administration in a ruling that gives detainees at Guantanamo Bay a right to challenge their detention in federal courts……
Bonnie Shucha has asked us to “spead the word” about the exciting Web 2.0 Challenge that is being sponsored by the Computer Services Special Interest Group of the American Association of Law Libraries. We are happy to do so. Here is part of Bonnie’s announcement: Are you interested in learning…
From: Findlaw Breaking Legal Documents, June 12, 2008. Justices Rule Guantanamo Bay Detainees Can File Suit in Federal Courts BOUMEDIENE V. BUSH “(U.S. Supreme Court, June 12, 2008) – In a close 5-4 majority decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that detainees being held by the Pentagon at Guantanamo Bay…
From Goro Toshima: I wanted to alert you to my award-winning documentary, A Hard Straight, which shows what it’s really like to make the radical transition from prison life to society, by following the post-release stories of three people in close and unflinching detail … …One spent his childhood in…
From: Associated Press: Judges Raise Ordered June 11, 2008 at 2:17 pm by Rick Karlin AP is reporting that a Manhattan trial court judge has just ordered the Governor and Legislature to grant judicial pay raises in the next 90 days. It’s unsure about possible appeals, or the impact on…
” Let’s face it, during the reign of Bill Gates, Microsoft hasn’t exactly been Xerox Parc when it comes to inventing and creating new technologies. For the most part, Microsoft has been content to buy or copy new technologies and focus on incremental improvements to its products. But that doesn’t…
Self-Represented Litigation Network Leadership Package Launch Conference Baltimore MD, September 8-10, 2008 In September 2008, the Self-Represented Litigation Network will be launching its leadership package entitled: Court Leadership and Self-Represented Litigation Solutions for Access, Effectiveness, and Efficiency. Following the model of last years successful judicial conference at Harvard, the launch,…
From the Introduction: “On the Record, the report from the Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control, describes a new technological environment in which libraries have exciting opportunities for making information resources available and useful to new and demanding audiences. The Working Group has spent a year studying how…