Prof. Jessica Silbey's blog, LawCulture, was quoted extensively in an article on the new antiabortion law in South Dakota. If you haven't read this blog before, take a look at it for high quality content on current law and culture issues, such as the abortion debate.

Source: boston.com

The Globe reported yesterday that there have been several robberies near the Boston Common, not very far from the law school. So be careful out there.

Source: boston.com

Please join us today for a talk on Assisted Reproductive Technology & the Law by Prof. Charles Kindregan. It will be held in the Corcoran Room (7th floor of the Law Library) at 3:00 and refreshments will be served.
This one hour session will cover:

• current issues, including the uncharted realm of posthumous reproduction; and
• the state of the law in this dynamic emerging area.

Please contact Susan Vaughn, svaughn@suffolk.edu, with any questions.

The Law Library is pleased to announce that the talk on Assisted Reproductive Technology & the Law by Prof. Charles Kindregan has been rescheduled to Tuesday, April, 25th at 3:00 p.m. It will be held in the Corcoran Room (7th floor of the Law Library) and refreshments will be served.

This one hour session will cover:

* current issues, including the uncharted realm of posthumous
reproduction; and

* the state of the law in this dynamic emerging area.

Please contact Susan Vaughn, svaughn@suffolk.edu, with any questions.

The latest issue of Legal Ease, the law library newsletter is now available.

Articles/Features of Note:
Stress Relief Tips - Just in time for exams, find out how to relieve stress and about free massages that will be offered during the study period.
Legal Research on the Web - A great resources guide for free alternatives to Lexis and Westlaw that you can use this summer.
Exam Resources - Some great library resources to help you ace your exams.
Trivia Challenge - Answer 5 simple questions and be eligible to win a $50 Borders gift certificate.

Explore the Emerging Law and Science of Assisted Reproductive Technology

Come hear a Library hosted talk by Professor Kindregan on:

Assisted Reproductive Technology & the Law

Tuesday, April 18th
2:00 p.m.
Corcoran Room
7th Floor of the Library


Join Professor Charles P. Kindregan and the law library for an informative session on assisted reproductive technology. Learn about current issues in this area, including the uncharted realm of posthumous reproduction.

Charles P. Kindregan is the Distinguished Professor of Law for Research and Scholarship and has been a member of the Suffolk Law School Faculty for 39 years. He is the Chair of the American Bar Association Committee on Assisted Reproductive Technology and Genetics and the co-author (with Suffolk Adjunct Professor Maureen McBride) of a recently published book Assisted Reproductive Technology: A Guide to the Emerging Law and Science.

Refreshments will be served.

Check out two new helpful Westlaw Features: Graphical Statutes and RegulationsPlus.

Westlaw Graphical Statutes
Westlaw now features an easy-to-read display of a statute's history that will help researchers, including law students, more easily see a statutes past, present and proposed changes.

The Graphical Statutes display shows:

• prior, current and future versions of statutes
• links to enacting and amending public laws
• relevant legislative history materials, such as bill drafts, reports, journals and the Congressional Record
• cases that negatively affect a statute
• legislation that has been enacted but not yet codified
• future text of a statute not yet in effect

Graphical Statutes is available for the United States Code Annotated® and selected state jurisdictions.

RegulationsPlus
With RegulationsPlus, Westlaw customers can search all sections of the Code of Federal Regulations®, as well as past versions, amendments, pending changes and citing court documents. In addition, RegulationsPlus features Thomson West's exclusive editorially created federal case law summaries, historical Federal Register® content, agency publications and other related analyses.

Just use the regular CFR database and links to the RegulationsPlus features appear in the right hand window.

Susan's Note: Above adapted from Westlaw promotional material but I did go check these new features and they are pretty interesting (especially, the RegulationsPlus feature).

Source: Mark Jackson, Westlaw Representative

Professor Benjamin Spencer of the University of Richmond School of Law has created a blog devoted to circuit splits. This could be a good resource for students working on notes.

Source: inter alia

A bill requiring universal healthcare by 2007 in Massachusetts is poised to be signed into law as early as today. For more information on this bill see today's Globe article and the General Court of the Commonwealth's home page for additional information. Legislative information includes: a Summary and Fact Sheet [PDF]; a slideshow presentation on the bill[PDF]; and full-text of the bill itself.