Every month I look forward to receiving the ABA Criminal Justice Section E-News. True to form, the April 2008 issue just received is filled with information to those involved with criminal justice issues. Here are some exampled highlighted in the April 2008 issue: Weekly Criminal Justice News Roundup. Legislative Update…
The TS-SIS Awards Committee is pleased to announce that the recipient of the Renee D. Chapman Memorial Award for Outstanding Contributions in Technical Services Law Librarianship for 2008 is Joseph Thomas. Joseph is Head of Technical Services at the Kresge Library, University of Notre Dame Law School. His many contributions…
S.1638 SUMMARY S. 1638 would increase the salaries and change certain retirement benefits for some judges and justices of the United States. The bill also would allow those judges and justices to receive annual cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) without further Congressional approval and would increase the compensation paid to Chapter 7…
“A newly disclosed Justice Department legal memorandum, written in March 2003 and authorizing the military’s use of extremely harsh interrogation techniques, offers what could be a revealing clue in an unsolved mystery: What responsibility did top Pentagon and Bush administration officials have for abuses committed by American troops at the…
Net Neutrality: Why the Internet Can’t Remain Free * “Most users want a free Internet, but that’s not going to be possible by 2010, Gary Beach argues. Without a major investment by those who own the pipes, the likes of Verizon, AT&T and Comcast, Internet traffic will come to resemble…
TABLE OF CONTENTS: CRIME AND HUMAN RIGHTSHOW POLITICAL PARANOIA, PROTESTANT FUNDAMENTALISM, AND CONSTITUTIONAL OBSOLESCENCE COMBINED TO DEVASTATE BLACK AMERICA: THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CRIMINOLOGY 2007 PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS* MICHAEL TONRY pages 1–34 ARTICLES ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FAMILY STRUCTURE AND ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR: PARENTAL COHABITATION AND BLENDED HOUSEHOLDS* ROBERT APEL, CATHERINE KAUKINEN…
From Global Knowledge eNews April 1, 2008 “In today’s business world, deep technical or specialized knowledge is not enough – especially for those moving up the corporate ladder. IT professionals [and those in other professions, including librarians] must complement this knowledge with business acumen – or general knowledge of the…
The Litigation Manual: Jury Trials Edited By Weyman I. Lundquist and Alyson Pytte The Litigation Manual has been valued as much for its refreshing style as its practical, how-to approach. This addition to The Litigation Manual library focuses on jury trials. The book takes you step-by-step through the stages of…
Welcome to the one annual Conference that IP lawyers cannot afford to miss. Now in its 23rd year, the Annual Intellectual Property Law Conference of the ABA Section of Intellectual Property Law provides a gathering of the foremost authorities on the state of intellectual property law, including judges, goverment officials,…
As you may know, the 2008 Equal Justice Conference will be held the first full week of May in Minneapolis. The Conference will include a special pre-conference dedicated to the Self-Represented Litigant Issues as well as a number of general conference sessions that relate to the topic. Here is some…