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ABA Judicial Division Presents Programs at the 2008 ABA Midyear Meeting
From the ABA Judicial Division:
The ABA Judicial Division presented and received favorable press coverage of the many wonderful programs during the 2008 Midyear Meeting in Los Angeles, CA, February 6-10. You can read, listen, and/or view these programs by clicking on the links below. This information is also posted to: http://www.abanet.org/jd/
Stranger in a Strange Land: Cross-Cultural Issues in the Courts — Video | Audio
Recent ABA Publications
We have recently received information on the following recent American Bar Association Publications:
ABA Standards for Criminal Justice, Third Edition: DNA Evidence
“The ‘black letter’ Standards contained and discussed in this publication relate to collecting, preserving and use of DNA evidence, DNA testing, pretrial proceedings, trial, post-conviction, charging by DNA profile, and DNA databases. The ‘black letter’ Standards were approved by the American Bar Association’s policymaking House of Delegates in August 2006. The commentary was approved by the Criminal Justice Standards Committee in July 2007. Although this publication is part of the Third Edition of the Criminal Justice Standards, this is the first volume relating to DNA Evidence.”
NYLINK Library Movie Festival
We just received the following announcement and thought some of you might be interested even if you are not able to participate.
Calling All Library Auteurs: Library Movie Festival!
Free Nylink Community Brown Bag Session
Wireless Technology for Oregon Courts
Jackson, William. “Wireless Rules for Oregon Courts,” Government Computer News, (February 1, 2008).
“Officials at the Oregon Judicial Department (OJD) ran into a problem several years ago when they began looking for a new home for the department’s information technology staff and equipment. ”
“Managers had to figure out how to connect the network operations center (NOC) with the state’s data center and support more than 2,000 department employees at 70 locations statewide without requiring IT staff members to spend all their time on the road….”
Top Stories: ABA Journal Weekly Newsletter February 1, 2008
Law Firms ‘Abysmal’ Associate Attire Leads to Fashion Counseling Jan 31, 2008, 07:05 am CST
“The generational divide is playing out in law firm fashion wars, with younger lawyers favoring business casual and even yoga pants and older lawyers tending to wear more traditional business attire”…Continue reading
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Recent Issues of the ABA Journal: July 2007 – January 2008
FEATURED STORIES:
January 2008 Newsmakers of the Year 2007 and 2008 Featured Stories:
Electing to Litigate
“Total Research System” Tip from LexisNexis: Municipal Codes
From LexisNexis, In the Know:
In an exciting move, LexisNexis has been able to work with numerous cities, municipalities, and villages to obtain the right to publish their local codes, statutes or ordinances (depending on the term that the location uses). These sources are currently scheduled for updates twice a year, but some municipalities are working to enable us to update their ordinances with greater frequency.
We currently have ordinances from 35 states, including Illinois, Florida, Georgia, Texas, California, Ohio, and Washington. The number of cities included for each state varies, and we are looking forward to adding more cities in the future.
MARC21 Records for World Trial Library Available for Cassidy Cataloguing
From Cassidy Cataloguing Inc.
“We are pleased to announce that… Cassidy Cataloguing [is offering] MARC21 records for the World Trials Library. The MARC21 records for this collection will be developed and managed wholly by Cassidy Cataloguing, who is offering the records at a one-time subscription price. A subscription will include MARC21 records for up to 1,900 titles comprising Phase I of the World Trials Library. It will also include monthly updates that will coincide with new content released in Phase I of this library in HeinOnline. On average, we have been adding approximately 100 titles per month to the World Trials Collection and will continue to do so until the digitization of the Cornell Law collection is completed. After the digitization of Phase I is complete, we plan to further develop this library by adding additional historically significant trial collections, providing even greater access to trials that have been locked away for hundreds of years!”
If you have any questions about this service, please contact Cassidy Cataloguing at info@cassidycat.com or 973-586-3200
Hien’s Top 20 Publications for 2007
From William S. Hein and Company, Inc.:
1. Dahl’s Law Dictionary – Spanish/English 4th Edition
Now in its fourth edition, Dahl’s was the first bilingual dictionary containing encyclopedic definitions. This new edition includes more than 11,000 words and phrases to aid researchers in defining legal terms in both English and Spanish.