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28 Jul 2009, 5:42 pm
Professors Connie de la Vega and Michelle Leighton recently filed an amicus brief with the U.S. [read post]
5 Nov 2012, 10:00 am by Amy Wright
The Wall Street Journal has a story today, covered by the WSJ Law Blog, about whether posting fake news stories on social media during natural disasters like Hurricane Sandy could be considered a crime. [read post]
10 Dec 2013, 9:46 am by Amy Wright
It's easy for those of us who graduated from law school years ago to view our bad final exam experiences with some humor. [read post]
9 Jun 2010, 10:51 am by zieflibrary
[Links to items discussed in this post are all gathered at the end, for reasons mentioned in the post itself.] [read post]
1 Oct 2012, 12:53 pm by zieflibrary
A lawyer is an "officer of the court," many say, tossing off the phrase blithely, without really thinking about what — if anything — it might mean. [read post]
15 Feb 2008, 4:55 pm
You're in law school and intend to complete your J.D., but are not so sure you want to practice law. [read post]
9 Sep 2008, 3:46 pm
Looking for a concise summary of the Supreme Court's major decisions during the 2007-2008 term? [read post]
28 Apr 2009, 10:41 am
Perhaps it's because ZiefBrief is a cynic, but we weren't at all surprised to learn from the Stanford law librarians' excellent Legal Research Plus blog that two law professors are suing West Publishing Corp. for defamation for daring to claim that the professors actually wrote the latest supplements (a.k.a. pocket parts) to Pennsylvania Criminal Procedure, the treatise that bears their names. [read post]
5 Oct 2010, 11:51 am by Amy Wright
New York magazine recently published Robert Kolker's article, "I Did It," which explains how false confessions happen in our criminal justice system. [read post]
5 Mar 2015, 11:06 am by Amy Wright
WestlawNext recently announced a new "superbrowse" feature, which pulls together summaries of a statute or regulation's entire chapter or subchapter text for you to review. [read post]
30 Jan 2018, 10:42 am by Amy Wright
Due to staff time off, we will not be offering Tuesday evening (5-7 pm) research desk hours during February. [read post]
17 Aug 2009, 6:03 pm
The New Yorker's August 24 issue features a Jeffrey Toobin piece on Richard Leo's efforts on behalf of the wrongfully-convicted Norfolk Four. [read post]
22 Feb 2021, 9:21 am by Amy Wright
During spring break week, the law library's chat research support will be available from 11 am to 4 pm on Thursday, March 11, and Friday, March 12. [read post]
14 Jun 2017, 10:04 am by Amy Wright
Colleague Deborah Ginsberg has a great post on how Bloomberg Law's Litigation Analytics can be a valuable tool for students seeking information about judges, law firms, or the litigation history of a particular company. [read post]
15 Mar 2013, 10:47 am by Amy Wright
As in previous years, Westlaw is limiting law students' summer access to Westlaw and WestlawNext. [read post]
1 Oct 2007, 10:17 am
Linda Greenhouse describes the Supreme Court's "polarizing new docket" in today's New York Times. [read post]
14 Oct 2010, 12:06 pm by Amy Wright
Wondering which California law professors support Proposition 19, the ballot initiative that would legalize marijuana under California law? [read post]
27 Jul 2010, 5:41 pm by zieflibrary
For the new USF law students who want to get acquainted with the layout of the Zief Law Library, we offer a simple PDF self guided tour . [read post]
6 Aug 2010, 1:52 pm by Amy Wright
The Law Library of Congress has a new blog, In Custodia Legis. [read post]