Criminal Law Library BlogTop Ten Stories of the Week:
Layoffs Jenner & Block Asks About 10 Partners to Leave Oct 21, 2008, 10:52 am CDT
Law Schools Law School Free for UC Irvine’s Entering 2009 Class Oct 22, 2008, 09:34 am CDT
Articles Posted in Commentary and Opinion
LEH Newsletter: Copyright, New Media Law and E-Comm News
FROM THE OFFICES OF LESLEY ELLEN HARRIS Copyright, New Media Law & E-Commerce News
NOTE: THIS CONTENT IS BEING REPRODUCED FOR NON-COMMERCIAL PURPOSES ONLY.
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AALL: State Court and County Law Libraries Special Interest Section Newsletter, Fall 2008
The fall issue of the State Court and County Law Libraries (SCCLL) Newsletter has been published at:
http://www.aallnet.org/sis/sccll/pdfs/news/2008fall.pdf
There is an inoperable hyperlink on page 12. The link to the article “Law Libraries Keep FOL in $titches” is: http://www.friends-library.org/about/footnotes2008/footnotes-0808.pdf
The Colin Powell Endorsement of Obama
“The Colin Powell endorsement was one of the best addresses I’ve heard in years. It’s worth listening to the entire speech–about 5 minutes.
use the link below to hear it”
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/19/powell-endorses-obama/?hp
PC Magazine Chooses “5 Sites That Boost Your Political Awareness
PC World has named its ‘5 Sites That Will Boost Your Political Awareness.’ Included on this list are some very useful Web sites that many of you are probaly familiar with. Here is their list as posted by the American Association of Law Libraries Washington Blawg along with some helpful comments.:
Twenty Five Important Legal Issues Every Librarian Should Research
Kelly Sonora of the bestcollegeonline blog recently sent us an article by Jessica Merritt recently posted on their site and invited us to post it here we thought our readers would be interested. We do think it will be of interest to many of our readers, particulary those law librarians who serve public patrons and appreciate the opportunity of posting it here. Because the article contains many links we will include only the first paragraph here but will provide a link to the bestcollegeonline blog so you can read the entire article:
25 Important Legal Issues Every Librarian Should Research
By Jessica Merritt
U.S. Federal Agencies Launch Digitization Guidelines Inititiative
U.S. Federal agencies join together to define digitization guidelines. For more information see the complete posting entry on the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) Washington Blawg
CLLB Information Security Newsletter. October 2008.
October 2008
October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month Volume 1, Issue 6
Phishing – How to Avoid Getting Hooked!
ABA Criminal Justice Section News Roundup September 22-29,2008
To see the full text of the ABA Criminal Justice Section News Roundup, click on the link below:
ABA Criminal Justice Section Weekly News Roundup 09-22-29-08
U.S. Senate Passes Bailout Plan
The U.S. Senate endorsed the $700 million bailout plan by a margin of 74 to 25 in favor. Here are some of the highlights of the Senate Approved Plan as reported in the October 2, 2008 Wall Street Journal (Page A3):
“Like the deal rejected by the House, the Senate bill includes:
$700 BILLION FOR BAD ASSETS: $250 billion immediately, $100 billion on Treasury Secretary’s request $350 billion subject to congressional joint resolution.