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Category Archives: Legal Research Tips
Official Journal of the EU — Electronic version is authentic
The European Union recently announced that the electronic version of the Official Journal is authentic and official. See this Regulation for details. The Official Journal is available here on EurLex.
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South Carolina’s Legislative Process
In Legal Research, Analysis & Writing (LRAW) class this week we have been learning to locate relevant statutes in the South Carolina Code. To competently research a state’s statutes, one must first understand that state’s legislative process. The lawmaking process … 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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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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The SNAP (research) Challenge
This week, 16 law students and their friends are living on $4 a day, the budget of a food stamp recipient. Their goal is to raise awareness and better understand the challenges faced by people who depend on SNAP, the … Continue reading
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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Federal Rules eBooks
Following up on David’s prior post on iPad apps, I wanted to highlight an exciting new app. It comes from two of my favorite legal information organizations: CALI, the Center for Computer Assisted Legal Instruction (http://www.cali.org/) and the Legal Information … Continue reading
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Top Ipad Apps for Lawyers
The rise of the Ipad and Iphone has changed the way lawyers are getting legal materials. Here are the top 20 free and pay apps for lawyers. To review the list go to http://www.lawdegree.net/top-20-ipad-apps-for-attorneys/. Mobile technology is changing the way … Continue reading
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How do you cite an e-Book?
Scholars are wrestling with the concept that e-books are outselling regular texts. This includes scholarly publications. Citations experts are now confronted with the problem of how to cite an e-book. This problem is also compounded by the various electronic formats … Continue reading
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British and Irish Legal Information Institute
For those of you familiar with Cornell’s Legal Information Institute here is the English version. British and Irish Legal Information Institute (http://www.bailii.org/). BAILII, has the latest British and Irish case law & legislation, European Union case law, Law Commission reports, … Continue reading