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Hang In There–Fall Training Schedules Are Here!

Need a little extra help? Fall Training Schedules from Academic Success, Lexis & Westlaw are here. Sign up for a workshop (or go to all 22!) Academic Success Workshops–Fall 2012 Each Workshop is given twice a week! WEEK ONE – … Continue reading

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Bluebook Now Available as an App

We all love and hate our Bluebook. Now, the Bluebook is following the electronic herd and making the rules available as an app for all Apple IOS devices. On August 10th, 2012, the Bluebook editors announced that the rulebook app … Continue reading

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Oral Argument and Other Speaking Tips

Worried about your speaking ability? Not all lawyers are natural-born speakers.  Everyone could use tips for making their speeches and oral arguments better, check out Speech Advice (http://www.speechadvice.com/).  This blog is written by a lawyer and  public speaking  guru, Faith … Continue reading

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25 Game-Changing iPad Apps for Law Students & Lawyers

I try to keep informed on iPad apps for lawyers. However, there are so many apps proliferating the landscape it is hard to keep up. I received a suggestion from Helene Schmidt as a comment for the article, “25 Game-Changing … Continue reading

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Looking for a Good IP Blawg?

I am particularly interested in Intellectual Property topics and IPWatchdog [http://ipwatchdog com/] is a great blog for those who share a similar interest.  This blog contains articles and blog posts on the entire range of IP issues. It has been … Continue reading

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Free Online Photo and Music Editing Website and App

I try to highlight technology apps and websites that are free and useful.  Aviary, http://aviary.com/, is a website and downloadable app for free online software that does  many of operations that  Photoshop or IllustratorAll make available for a price. Aviary … Continue reading

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Understanding Citations – Bluebook Videos

If you are long for guidance on Bluebook citations in a different format; try these videos. [http://www.elon.edu/e-web/law/library/bluebook-videos.xhtml] The videos introduce legal citation and are intended to help you construct citations in accordance with the rules set out in the nineteenth … Continue reading

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LibGuides for Every Subject

There are so many law librarians out there making legal LibGuides on various areas of legal scholarship and research that I thought I should highlight several in blawg posts to show what is currently available.  Let’s start with legal writing … Continue reading

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The Future is Access to Legal Information

Circuit Riders Terrye Conroy and David Lehmann partnered with Access to Justice’s Robin Wheeler to put on a Poster session themed, “The Future is Access to Legal Information.” The session was held at the South Carolina Library Association Annual Conference … Continue reading

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Android Supreme Court Apps

I will be highlighting Apps for Android and IPad/IPhone in the blawg. I have previously blogged about IPad Apps for law students and lawyers.(New IPad Blog, 07/20/2011/, Top IPad Apps for Lawyers 07/07/2011) Here are two Apps for Android phone … Continue reading

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