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21 Apr, 2008 6:42 am
... virtually the entire documentary record of my intellectual and financial life over the past four years -- Dr. Marie McCormick, Sumner and Esther Feldberg Professor of Maternal and Child Health at the Harvard School of ... of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, was
subjected to a similar experience at her Massachusetts home. From 2001 to 2004, Dr. McCormick chaired the Immunization Safety Review Committee
of the Institute of Medicine (IOM), charged with analyzing and reporting on data regarding ...
8 Nov, 2006 1:52 pm
... , they want to preserve the free flow of ideas-and valuable legal information presented in a public forum-that the new technology has fostered. And thanks to Mary
McCormick for another source on this, from the November 7, 2006 Chicago Tribune, Lawyers face right to blog; Kentucky has rules that broadly
define advertising to include virtually any communication to the public by a lawyer that contains any information about the ...
6 Sep, 2006 10:44 am
Mark Herrmann, a partner at Jones Day in Cleveland, has written a clever little book for the new associate. My favorite chapter, "How to Fail as an Associate," has a highly quotable
section on the need to do background reading before heading off to the caselaw databases to do word searches. Chapter 1 ("How to Write") is available for free at the Jones Day website.
Posted by Mary McCormick
5 Sep, 2006 8:30 am
... project to investigate the efficacy of podcasting in legal education. Faculty from various schools recorded their lectures and posted them to the CALI website. Mary
McCormick was one of the participants. After the course ended students were asked to respond to a survey. Here is a brief summary of the some
of the results: To the question, would you like future law school classes to use podcasting? 79.5% responded Yes. To ...
10 Aug, 2006 12:29 pm
Prof. Dan Markel has been blogging on PrawfsBlawg for a little over a year. Recently, Prof. J.B. Ruhl joined Prof. Jim Chen's Blog Jurisdynamics, where he discusses the proposition that
the legal system is a complex adaptive system for which complexity theory is a useful metaphor. The charming Lycaena phlaeas ("small copper") is Jurisdynamics' mascot. Posted by
Mary McCormick
15 May, 2006 10:59 am
The South Florida Water Management District has released a report, found here, by three experts in dam safety and geotechnical analysis who evaluated Corps of Engineers documents
concerning the structural integrity of the 140 mile-long Herbert Hoover Dike surrounding Lake Okeechobee. Posted by Mary McCormick
19 Apr, 2006 7:38 am
... court granted plaintiffs' request for a permanent injunction against enforcement of the interpretation, holding that "a plain reading of the statute vests mandatory reporters, such
as health care providers, with discretion to determine when there is 'reason to suspect a child has been injured' as a result of sexual abuse." Posted by Mary McCormick
18 Apr, 2006 8:24 am
An article in today's New York Times (page A14) describes an order entered in Willie Brown, Jr. v. Theodis Beck (E.D. N.C. 4/17/2006) allowing North Carolina to use a "bispectral index
(BIS) monitor" to determine whether Mr. Brown is unconscious before proceeding with his execution by legal injection. The BIS monitor is made by Aspect Medical Systems. Read a copy of
the opinion here. Posted by Mary McCormick
14 Apr, 2006 12:28 pm
... , is here. The Pending Rules Amendments page has the text of and commentary for the proposed Bankruptcy, Civil, Criminal and Evidence rules, too. The rules have been submitted to
Congress and will be effective December 1, 2006, unless Congress enacts legislation to reject, modify, or defer the amendment by that date. Posted by Mary McCormick
3 Apr, 2006 2:55 pm
... Web gateways, all at the same time. You start by searching 8 Metalib general knowledge databases with a simple search. Once you've done a search, you can log in (with your FSU
Library # from your FSU ID), create a set or sets of your own databases, and run your searches across your chosen databases! Posted by Mary McCormick
7 Dec, 2006 1:48 pm
... 2006, courts have cited to Wikipedia 46 times so far, according to a search of the ALLCASES database in Westlaw, rather than take the time to source the information cited. If, in
spite of this blog entry, you decide you really do want to cite to an article in Wikipedia, look here for citation formats and tips. Posted by Mary McCormick
11 Dec, 2006 9:37 am
... and the practice of having winners become residual claimants in the firm, emerge naturally in this setting." Another recent tidbit on the WSJ Law Blog: J.W. Heisman (of the Heisman
Trophy) obtained a law degree ( L.L.B., U. Pa. Law School, 1892) before beginning his coaching career at Oberlin College. Posted by Mary McCormick
12 Dec, 2006 10:49 am
... 2007 budget for EPA. The initiative is estimated to save EPA $2 million annually. However, since the federal government is operating under a continuing resolution, Congress has not
technically signed off on the proposed cuts. Read it online here. Plus, from Mary McCormick a link to the EPA FY 2007 Library Plan:
National Framework for the Headquarters and Regional Libraries. Posted by Jon Lutz
12 Dec, 2006 1:18 pm
... ") "generally prohibit prosecutors from considering whether a corporation is advancing attorneys' fees to employees or agents under investigation or indictment," except in
"extremely rare cases": "[F]ee advancement can be considered where the totality of the circumstances show that it was intended to impede a government investigation." Posted by
Mary McCormick
20 Mar, 2007 11:37 am
... great? Two things are crucial: the will, which is almost an obsession, to find the right answer, and a love of helping others find the materials they need. For insight into the
minds of five superb reference librarians, listen to a discussion with Mary McCormick, Margaret Clark, Marin Dell, Pat Bingham-Harper
and Jon Lutz of the Florida State University Law Library. The discussion was prepared for students of ...
29 Mar, 2007 11:17 am
... a list of documents. The subsequent Limits in the Seas study, No. 114, Iran's Maritime Claims, analyzes the 1993 Iranian "Act on the Marine Areas of the Islamic Republic of Iran in
the Persian Gulf and the Oman Sea." A map of Iran's claims is part of the study. Annex 1 (p. 27) contains the text of the Act. Posted by Mary McCormick
3 Apr, 2007 1:07 pm
... York Times, p. A19, participants with "ventromedial injuries were about twice as likely as other participants to say they would push someone in front of the train (if that was the
only option)..." Some of the questions asked of the study participants can be found in a March 22, 2007, article by Roxanne Khamsi at NewScientist.com. Posted by Mary
McCormick
21 Apr, 2008 11:28 pm
... from them, that is appears the result is from Seidel's own work in representing herself pro se. Well done! Update 1: Seidel was not the only one to be targeted by Shoemaker. He also
went after Dr. Marie McCormick, a Harvard professor who also is not involved in the litigation.
Update 2: Quashed! (Respecful Insolence) Extensive comments here Take THAT Ass-Hat (Legal Satryicon): Law school - 3 years of your life. Time to write a ...
6 Aug 5:51 pm
... may order the exhibit by e-mail or sending a purchase order to the LI Coalition Against Censorship, PO Box 296, Port Washington, N.Y.11050. The cost of the exhibit including mailing
charges is $40.00. ----- (2) This past month, the McCormick Freedom Museum in Chicago debuted a brand new exhibit Libraries and the First
Amendment. It explores the many ways that libraries are both bastions and battlegrounds of First Amendment freedoms. It offers a virtual exhibit at www.FreedomInLibraries.org that ...
10 Aug 1:11 pm
... may order the exhibit by e-mail or sending a purchase order to the LI Coalition Against Censorship, PO Box 296, Port Washington, N.Y.11050. The cost of the exhibit including mailing
charges is $40.00. ----- (2) This past month, the McCormick Freedom Museum in Chicago debuted a brand new exhibit Libraries and the First
Amendment. It explores the many ways that libraries are both bastions and battlegrounds of First Amendment freedoms. It offers a virtual exhibit at www.FreedomInLibraries.org that ...
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