Election Cartoons from Harper's Weekly

If you enjoy political cartoons and would like a bit of perspective on the current campaign, check out The Presidential Elections, 1860-1912, a web site that documents American presidential elections during these years. For each election, the site provides a brief overview of the major issues and events of the period and candidate biographies. These place in political and cultural context the political cartoons from contemporary journals and magazines such as Harper's Weekly and Vanity Fair, and from the Library of Congress Collection of American Political Prints, 1766-1876.


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Writing a Paper this semester?

Writing a Paper? Need to find a topic? Need to figure out where to start your research? Having trouble finding non-legal resources?

If you answer yes to any of the above, or just want to get some advanced research skills, come to the Library's 21st Century Workshop on research for Paper Writing. The workshop will be on Monday, September 22 at 5:10pm in Room 038N in the Library. No need to sign up.

I know that some of you have other commitments at this time. If I get some suggestions for a day and time to repeat this workshop in the comments, I will offer it again.

Also, for those of you who cannot make it, an mp3 file of the session will be on the Library's podcast page.


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Top Ten Law Songs

For a bit of near-the-end-of-the-week fun, have a look at the Law Librarian Blog's Top Ten Law Songs, and see whether your favorite is there.


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HofNews: New Parking Registration Procedure

NEW PARKING REGISTRATION PROCEDURE
To all Faculty, Staff, Administrators and Students:

Beginning in the 2008/2009 academic year, the Department of Public Safety will be implementing a new parking registration procedure. ALL persons with currently registered vehicles must obtain a rear view mirror parking tag, which is linked to the window sticker already on the vehicle. The mirror tag will serve as a visual check as cars enter parking areas and will be checked to ensure they match the code on the window sticker. All vehicles must have both the mirror tag and the window sticker in order to park on the campus.

In order to distribute the mirror tags, Public Safety Officers will be stationed at various parking lots beginning on Monday September 22nd, 2008. You will need to present your Hofstra ID at this time. The Public Safety Officer will check your vehicle registration and issue you a mirror tag for your vehicle, on the spot.

If your car is not currently registered, you must bring your vehicle and your valid Hofstra ID to the Public Safety Office, located at the corner of California Avenue and Hempstead Turnpike, Monday - Friday, 8:30am - 4:30pm to obtain your window sticker and mirror tag.

Vehicles without both the mirror tag and correlating window sticker will not be permitted to park on campus. This will be strictly enforced beginning October 1, 2008.




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National Organization of Bar Counsel

The National Organization of Bar Counsel is a good resource for finding information on legal ethics and professional conduct rules in the different states. The web site provides links to state disciplinary procedure rules, state ethics opinions, professional conduct rules, and state rules for admission. It is a great starting place for legal ethics research.



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Legislative Histories Online

Finding compiled legislative histories for federal laws can be a challenge, even though many are now available to law students on commercial databases like Lexis, Westlaw, and HeinOnline, and some are on free web sites of U.S. government agencies, libraries, and other organizations. A great place to begin is with "Legislative Histories of Selected U.S. Laws on the Internet," part of the Legislative Source Book created by the Law Librarians' Society of Washington, D.C. The non-commercial legislative history sources are listed first, with links to the public law and the web site of the legislative history. The commercial database listing is also arranged alphabetically by popular name of the law, and then by public law number, with links to the database home page. You will need to log on or access that database to locate the specific legislative history. For help with finding a compiled legislative history, just ask at the Law Library Reference Desk.



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1L/Transfer Lexis Westlaw training

For all of you taking Legal Writing this semester, Lexis and Westlaw training will start on Monday. You will have the opportunity to learn just how much is available on these systems beyond cases and statutes and how to search time-efficiently and effectively. (Evening students, you will have your own session in the Spring.)

Training will last for three weeks. The schedule is below. Sign up at the Circulation desk . . . AND MAKE SURE TO BRING YOUR REGISTERED USERNAMES AND PASSWORDS FOR BOTH SYSTEMS!! Meet in the Lower Level lab.

Monday, 9/15 - 11:10-12:40 ; 3:10-4:40
Tuesday, 9/16 - 10:10-11:40 ; 12:10-1:40
Wednesday, 9/17 - 11:10-12:40 ; 3:10-4:40 ; 5:10-6:40
Thursday, 9/18 - 10:10-11:40
Friday, 9/19 - 12:10-1:40
Sunday, 9/21 - 1:10-2:40

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Election Law Online Resource

Election Law is a Web publication of timely interest from the Moritz Law Library at the Ohio State Moritz College of Law.

According to its Web site, Election Law “covers developments in the law of election administration-- laws dealing with voter registration, voter ID, early and absentee voting, provisional balloting, poll workers and polling place procedures, recounts and election contests, and other related issues”.

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George Stephanopoulos to visit Hofstra

This is an Educate'08 event. Take advantage of these opportunities. This is the announcement from the Educate'08 page:

George Stephanopoulos is the Chief Washington Correspondent for ABC News and anchor of ABC’s Sunday morning program, This Week with George Stephanopoulos.

Location: John Cranford Adams Playhouse, South Campus

While this event is free and open to the public, seating is limited. Students and faculty will receive preference during registration and seating. Due to this intense interest in this event, all attendees must register in advance by clicking here. (Registering via this system represents a request for tickets to the event. You will be notified via e-mail within 48 hours regarding the status of your request. There is a limit of two tickets per request.)




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HeinOnline Wiki

If you would like some tips and tricks on using HeinOnline, take a look at the HeinOnline wiki. The wiki offers some really helpful things such as a faq, training guides, and a list of new content. I even have it bookmarked in my Diigo account.



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