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13 Feb 2009, 10:28 am
A few times a month, I'll be happily working on a research project when suddenly I come to an unwelcome and dreaded realization. [read post]
10 Feb 2009, 2:58 pm
Just after mentioning Mary Whisner's essay on judicial scolding in yesterday's post, I found an excellent contemporary example of a judge issuing a stern warning about inept legal research. [read post]
9 Feb 2009, 2:38 pm
Above The Law is reporting that law firm Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell has decided to cut legal research costs by requiring its staff to use Loislaw for all non-billable legal research. [read post]
27 Jan 2009, 11:37 am
Salem Press maintains a great page on its website with amusing and puzzling reference questions, most of which were asked at public and school libraries. [read post]
21 Jan 2009, 11:54 am
President Obama's communications staff have been busy! [read post]
14 Jan 2009, 5:26 pm
For the OneLs who attended my classes on terms and connectors searching, here is a copy of the presentation: Download PresentationAJW2009 [read post]
12 Jan 2009, 1:29 pm
The New York Times reported yesterday that American adults are reading more. [read post]
7 Jan 2009, 1:47 pm
I was a relatively late convert to RSS feeds, but now I don't know how I would do my job without them. [read post]
7 Jan 2009, 9:33 am
The 2008 results of the Law School Survey of Student Engagement were just released, and according to higher ed news sources, more than a third of law students report that they do not have enough opportunities to attempt "practice-based legal writing during their studies. [read post]
15 Dec 2008, 8:52 pm
While it is doubtful that any of the upright citizens that make up the readership of our fine blog will ever need the services of the Pardon Attorney, it is good to now where to go if you need an Executive Branch "Get Out of Jail Free" card. [read post]
8 Dec 2008, 9:47 pm
We love HeinOnline, and we are always looking for ways to increase usage among our faculty and students. [read post]
6 Dec 2008, 12:19 am
Lowering the Bar has a fabulously snarky recap of OJ Simpson's sentencing hearing that is worth a break from studying to read. [read post]
4 Dec 2008, 8:02 pm
Masterful negotiators at LexisNexis have evidently coaxed out of Thomson/West a long-term license to two of ZiefBrief's favorite secondary legal research tools: American Law Reports (ALR), and the four superlative Witkin publications. [read post]
4 Dec 2008, 7:42 pm
USF's resident human rights expert Professor Connie de la Vega is also one of the voices of IntLawGrrls, where she has recently blogged on Time for US to reaffirm commitment to principles enshrined 60 years ago in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. [read post]
4 Dec 2008, 7:18 pm
We started getting a lot of questions about our exam and holiday hours at the reference desk, so here's the scoop -- all you need to do is check the hours page on our website. [read post]
2 Dec 2008, 6:19 pm
The ABA Journal just released its annual list of the 100 best law blogs, which is worth checking out if you have time during finals. [read post]
21 Nov 2008, 5:23 pm
The week before Thanksgiving always feels a little tense to me because it's the week that July bar exam results are released. [read post]
18 Nov 2008, 1:01 am
Zief librarians are starting to see a surge of interest in the library's exam preparation materials, so it seems like a good time to remind students that some of the best exam prep material can be found online on CALI. [read post]
3 Nov 2008, 12:35 am
While ZiefBrief hopes for an election which all sides will acknowledge as fair and well-run, ZiefBrief has prepared for any contingency by bookmarking Election Law @ Moritz, the place to go for breaking news, analysis, commentary, and actual litigation documents.Election Law @ Moritz "covers developments in the law of election administration â€â [read post]
30 Oct 2008, 7:25 pm
Ziefbrief is non-partisan; we will be blogging no matter who wins the election next week. [read post]
