Futurelawyer

If you want a quick and fun way to keep up with new legal technology and technology-related legal issues, including cool new features and developments in mobile devices, email, and legal software, try attorney Rick Georges' blog, Futurelawyer. Georges is a Florida practitioner, author, and adjunct law professor with an avid interest in technology and its impact on both the law and the work and lives of lawyers. The site has a sense of humor and a lawyer-centered focus on what technology works best. You can also set up an RSS feed.


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MLK Day

The Library will be open 10am-6pm and I will be prowling on Martin Luther King Day, this coming Monday (Jan. 18th). There will be a Reference Librarian here to answer your questions.



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Peculiar Economic Indicators

Are you wondering which way the economy is headed? If so, then odds are that you are following such factors as GDP and real estate sales figures to gauge the economy’s direction. Has it occurred to you, however, that you might do better by tracking the sales of men’s underwear? This ABC news story explains.

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CCH WorkDay Blog

Keep up with employment law news with the CCH WorkDay blog. Authored by CCH editors, the blog provides regular insights into legislative activity, cases of note, and other breaking news in employment law.


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Wacky Laws

Hat tip to Law Librarian blog for list of Wacky Laws that are (apparently) still on the books. Citations are not given so we can't verify that these are true, but they are fun to read.

#6. In Kentucky it is illegal to sell, exchange, offer to sell or exchange, display, or possess living baby chicks, ducklings, or other fowl or rabbits that have been dyed or colored. It is also illegal to dye or color baby chicks, ducklings, fowl or rabbits. And unless they are at least two months old, the aforementioned animals must be sold in batches of six.

This may be true, but there is an actual reason for this law. When I was a child - a long time ago - it was common for parents to give a child(ren) a colored chick, duckling or rabbit as a gift at Easter.

So as silly as these laws appear some of them served a purpose at the time.



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Interview Tips

The law.com Career Center has posted the first of 12 articles containing interview tips. The tips in this first article should not be new to most attorneys, both new and old, but it never hurts to remind one's self.



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Law School Learning Survey

The Law School Survey of Student Engagement (LSSSE) has just released its 2009 annual survey report, "Student Engagement in Law School: Enhancing Student Learning." Unlike well-known rankings and other studies, the LSSSE is dedicated to knowing and improving the quality of the law student learning experience. Law students at 82 schools, including Hofstra, completed the survey during the past year. The selected findings in the report focus on how current law students describe their engagement with the classroom learning environment, faculty feedback, and outside-class discussions with professors. The report also charts factors such as motivation, the relative value of various law student activities, changes in employment expectations and interests, and the impact of technology and of law school debt. Before Spring Semester begins in earnest, check it out.


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Advanced Lexis/Westlaw workshops

Start off the new semester with an advantage - attend a Library workshop on advanced Lexis/Westlaw techniques. We will introduce you to advanced Shepards and KeyCite features, key number searching on Westlaw and searching within a search as well as when to use the different connectors.

As an added bonus, all students attending may enter two raffles for 600 points from Lexis and Westlaw, respectively – generously donated by our representatives - as an added enticement for you to attend.

The workshops will be held during the following dates and times. No need to sign up, just bring your Lexis and Westlaw passwords, and laptop, where indicated. All students are welcome. First years, please note this is different than training for Appellate Advocacy. These workshops will cover searching in any subject area, not just techniques and databases for Appellate Advocacy.

WEEK OF 1/11

Monday 1/11	Tuesday 1/12	Wednesday 1/13	Thursday 1/14	Friday 1/15
XXXX	12:10 - 1:00 - Basement lab	12:10 - 1:00 - Rm 205**	XXXX	12:10 - 1:00 - Rm 242**
XXXX	2:10 - 3:00 - Room 206**	1:10 - 2:00 - Rm 205**	XXXX	1:10 - 2:00 - Basement lab

WEEK OF 1/18

Monday 1/18 - MLK Day	Tuesday 1/19	Wednesday 1/20	Thursday 1/21	Friday 1/22
no classes	12:10 - 1:00 - Basement lab	12:10 - 1:00 - Rm 206**	12:10 - 1:00 - Room 243**	XXXX
no classes	2:10 - 3:00 - Room 206**	1:10 - 2:00 - Rm 206**	2:10 - 3:00 - Basement lab	XXXX

**LAPTOP NECESSARY FOR THESE SESSIONS **

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Tired Of Plain, Old Google?

If so, then try a different version of Google, just for fun. Google Elmer Fudd offers the familiar search engine’s home page “translated” into the dialect of cartoon legend Bugs Bunny’s favorite nemesis, Elmer Fudd.

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Whoa! What an amazing nap!!! Straight through to 2010.

The Library is now open for prowling - both yours and mine - although the hours are shorter. As always, check the Library's web site for our hours and the Reference Librarians' Hours page for when you will find someone at the Reference desk.

Regular hours (and prowling) resume on Sunday, January 10.

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