It seems like ages ago that I submitted a couple of my Law Dawg Blawg posts for inclusion in this eBook. BlawgWorld 2007 with TechnoLawyer Problem/Solution Guide is now available for download at http://www.technolawyer.com/r.asp?L11470&M1. I hope you enjoy it.
By the way, in case you are wondering why I haven't posted here in so long, I have moved to Arizona to take a position at the Ross-Blakley Law Library, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, at Arizona State University.
Have you ever wondered what it's like to be a law librarian, or considered law librarianship as a career? We have just received a book that you should read: Practicing Reference: Thoughts for Librarians and Legal Researchers by Mary Whisner. You can find it in the law library at Z 675 .L2 W495 2006 or purchase it online. (The author arranged with the publisher to make it available to students at a reduced price.)
Mary Whisner is Assistant Librarian for Reference Services at the M.G. Gallagher Law Library, University of Washington. She was one of the law librarians who trained me when I attended the UW Law Librarianship program. She is also author of the Trial Ad Notes blog and of the "Practicing Reference" column in Law Library Journal.
Other resources on law librarianship:
Mark Herrmann, The Curmudgeon's Guide to Practicing Law (ABA 2006).
This slim volume of blunt, but humorous, advice for new law firm associates is right on target. The curmudgeon's advice covers assignments that a new associate is likely to receive, including research, writing, defending depositions, and arguing an appeal, as well as everyday matters such as billing, etiquette, what to expect from an assistant, and how to treat a client.
I recommend this book for anyone about to begin work at a law firm as an associate or summer associate, and for any second- or third-year law student. The cover price seems high, but it is worth it to have this information before you begin employment with a firm you want to impress. The price is discounted for members of the ABA's section of litigation or law student division.
You can see the table of contents and read chapter one at the ABA website, and the WSJ.com Law Blog is running a series of excerpts this week:
You can check out The Curmudgeon's Guide to Practicing Law in the law library at KF300 .H47 2006.
Amber and I finally received our copies of our book, Law for the Layperson: An Annotated Bibliography of Self-help Law Books. Here's a photo—isn't it beautiful?
Law for the Layperson: An Annotated Bibliography of Self-help Law Books, the 400+ page book on which Amber Hewette and I labored for so long, is finally available from Hein and Amazon. We review nearly 1,000 self-help books and other resources, and classify them by topic and jurisdiction. We hope this book will help nonlawyers find the information they need and help librarians serve their pro se patrons.
Because of space limitations, we were unable to include more than a few web resources, but there are many good ones out there. I have linked to a few of the best from the SIU Law Library's Self-Help and Referral Sites, but a complete collection will have to wait for another time. In the meantime, I will add good self-help legal sites when I can.
The shelves shown above show just some of the self-help books included in Law for the Layperson.
Update 7/27: I just learned that, although our book is available for ordering, the publisher won't be shipping until "later next month."
