Wednesday, June 29, 2005
Supreme Court Facts & Stats
SCOTUSblog has posted some great information reviewing this term of the Supreme Court, including:
Term Statistics Analysis [PDF]
Case List - 2004 [PDF]
Includes a case breakdown by subject; for each case the majority author, vote, disposition, links to documents, relevant dates, question presented or holding; and what each judge has written by sitting.
Also, see the list of cases [PDF] to be reviewed by the Supreme Court next term.
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Term Statistics Analysis [PDF]
Case List - 2004 [PDF]
Includes a case breakdown by subject; for each case the majority author, vote, disposition, links to documents, relevant dates, question presented or holding; and what each judge has written by sitting.
Also, see the list of cases [PDF] to be reviewed by the Supreme Court next term.
Summer Reading List
Need a break from studying for the bar, working on that legal memorandum, or preparing your fall class? Get some suggestions for summer reading from one of these lists:
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Adult Summer Reading List
NPR Summer Reading 2005
Bookreporter's Beach Bag of Books
UC Berkeley Summer Reading List
(particularly interesting is the banned book list)
Source: Librarians' Index to the Internet
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Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Adult Summer Reading List
NPR Summer Reading 2005
Bookreporter's Beach Bag of Books
UC Berkeley Summer Reading List
(particularly interesting is the banned book list)
Source: Librarians' Index to the Internet
Tuesday, June 14, 2005
Summer Access to Westlaw and Lexis
Are you a research assistant or taking classes over the summer and need access to westlaw and lexis? Suffolk Law School Students may extend their access to these online services if they meet certain conditions.
For Westlaw, go to http://lawschool.westlaw.com/registration/summerextension.asp. Also available under Student Announcements on the lawschool.westlaw.com homepage.
You can extend your westlaw access, if you are working on any of the following:
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For Westlaw, go to http://lawschool.westlaw.com/registration/summerextension.asp. Also available under Student Announcements on the lawschool.westlaw.com homepage.
You can extend your westlaw access, if you are working on any of the following:
- Summer law school classes
- Law Review and Journal work
- Project for a professor
- Moot Court
- Unpaid non-profit public interest internship/externship or pro bono work required for graduation
For Lexis, go to http://www.lexisnexis.com/lawschool/, click on unlimited summer access on the right hand side of the screen. The qualifying factors that allow you to extend your lexis account for the summer are:
- Summer School
- School-related Research
- Moot Court
- Law Review/Journal Research
- Law Review/Journal Competition
- Research Assistant
- Non-profit Externship
- Unpaid Internship/Externship