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24 Nov 2009, 3:27 pm
In this post, the Zief reference librarians, Amy Wright, Lee Ryan, and John Shafer, summarize Google Scholar's case law search functions, pointing out its strengths and weaknesses for legal research.ProsGoogle Scholar conveniently brings together free internet case law from diverse sources. [read post]
20 Nov 2009, 11:02 am
A San Francisco Chronicle article praised Professor Richard Leo's "easy to read" book, Police Interrogation and American Justice, noting that "Leo writes as clearly as he talks on a witness stand as an expert. [read post]
18 Nov 2009, 3:56 pm
There are already tons of tweets and posts about Google Scholar's new case law content, so I'm not going to reinvent the wheel. [read post]
11 Nov 2009, 11:04 am
One of ZiefBrief's favorite parts of the job is working with USF four excellent student-edited journals. [read post]
10 Nov 2009, 3:58 pm
WisBlawg just posted on the new LexisNexis iPhone app - see Bonnie Shucha's post for reviews and more info! [read post]
10 Nov 2009, 2:59 pm
I gave a presentation to the Northern California Association of Law Libraries on getting started with blogs and social bookmarking. [read post]
6 Nov 2009, 2:51 pm
Above the Law posted today about a recent article in CommonWealth magazine that discusses online term paper trafficking services. [read post]
5 Nov 2009, 11:04 am
This week, HeinOnline announced a beta "faceted search" option for its Law Journal Library. [read post]
4 Nov 2009, 4:46 pm
If you assign CALI lessons to students or first-year associates, you'll be happy to know that you can now sign up for RSS feeds that will alert you whenever CALI adds a new lesson or updates an existing lesson. [read post]
3 Nov 2009, 5:01 pm
Alex Golub discusses how the Kindle performs for academic reading, and concludes that "the Kindle is designed to let you read mystery novels, not academic books. [read post]
2 Nov 2009, 1:12 pm
Of course, everyone wants to pass the bar exam the first time around. [read post]
21 Oct 2009, 3:23 pm
The National Law Journal profiles Drake University law professor Melissa Weresh this week, who is working to raise awareness among law students of the potential professional pitfalls of social networking for aspiring attorneys. [read post]
15 Oct 2009, 1:28 pm
The Washington Post has an article today about 18 to 34-year-olds who refuse to sign up for social networking sites, much to the chagrin of their friends and significant others. [read post]
15 Oct 2009, 10:01 am
The New York Times has a fascinating roundup of expert opinion on whether the brain processes information presented electronically differently than information presented on paper. [read post]
9 Oct 2009, 2:56 pm
Concurring Opinion's Jon Siegel has a great post about all of the legal frailties that occur in the TV series "House. [read post]
28 Sep 2009, 2:51 pm
On September 23rd the full United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary met to discuss "Reauthorizing the USA PATRIOT Act: Ensuring Liberty and Security" Their guests that day included David S. [read post]
21 Sep 2009, 1:30 pm
Well, isn't this timely! [read post]
12 Sep 2009, 1:17 pm
The New York Times has a great article today about lawyers who have been subjected to ethics investigations due to material that they posted on blogs and Facebook. [read post]
25 Aug 2009, 4:25 pm
Oh, maybe not everyone.... [read post]
21 Aug 2009, 10:13 am
My colleague, David Brian Holt, is both a law librarian and a law student at Santa Clara, and he just posted about a new OneL blog by SCU law students, From Here to Attorney (ouch! [read post]
