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12 Jan 2009, 1:29 pm
The New York Times reported yesterday that American adults are reading more. [read post]
24 Nov 2009, 3:27 pm by zieflibrary
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]
11 Nov 2010, 11:30 am by Amy Wright
Today is Veterans Day, and ZiefBrief wishes to extend a big "thank you" to all of the men and women who have served our country. [read post]
11 May 2007, 9:42 am
The Seventh Circuit has created a wiki! [read post]
13 Jul 2007, 10:25 am
We'll be attending the American Association of Law Libraries' meeting in New Orleans from July 14-July 20 and making multiple visits to Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop (pictured here), so posting may be erratic during the next week. [read post]
17 Apr 2007, 9:47 am
We've posted previously about New York's new rules on attorney advertising and the implications of these rules for attorneys and law firms with websites and blogs. [read post]
25 Apr 2007, 10:54 am
When you are a librarian you have to be ready for the occasional person who opines how nice it must be to have a job that lets you read books all day. [read post]
6 Dec 2010, 1:33 pm by Amy Wright
Google announced today that it has opened its Google eBookstore, which will allow users to "buy, store, and read Google eBooks in the cloud. [read post]
22 Jan 2007, 2:30 pm
Librarians are always trying out new search engines, and this month, we've found a twist on an old favorite that is quite exciting. [read post]
11 Jul 2007, 5:21 pm
Last Monday, Judge Manual Real approved the $49 million settlement in the BAR/BRI class action, much to the dismay of some of the lead plaintiffs who had protested that the settlement amount was too small. [read post]
11 Dec 2007, 9:56 am
Ask.com has just announced that you can keep your searches secret on its search engine. [read post]
29 May 2007, 10:29 am
Can the prosecution use the substance of what a defendant is reading to rebut his defense that he lacked criminal intent? [read post]
1 Mar 2007, 11:06 am
We were very excited to hear about the creation of The Race to the Bottom, a collaborative blog about corporate governance, which is authored by Professor J. [read post]
5 Sep 2007, 10:24 am
According to an article in the Chronicle of Higher Education, a prospective law student (who had graduated magna cum laude from Rutgers University) attempted to purchase a copy of the LSAT from employees of the Law School Admission Test for $5,000. [read post]
30 Jun 2009, 10:05 am
I'm a child of the seventies, and I freely admit that, during fifth grade, my career goal was to become a Dallas Cowboy cheerleader. [read post]
21 Mar 2007, 5:11 pm
Belle Lettre, LLM student and "aspiring law professor," has penned a Bluebook haiku on her blog, Law and Letters: The Bluebook makes meHate the color blue, and books.But I hate me more. [read post]
13 Dec 2006, 11:36 am
This fall, ZiefBrief worked with several students who were helping a professor find the laws of all 50 states on a specific topic. [read post]
22 May 2007, 4:06 pm
The Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory is a handy tool. [read post]
1 Oct 2007, 4:50 pm
The American Library Association has announced the celebration of Banned Books Week on September 29-October 6, 2007. [read post]