Justinian Code

From the fine folks at the George W. Hopper Law Library, an online version of the Annotated Justinian Code, by Fred H. Blume.

Social Networks and Librarians

Social Networks for Law Librarians and Law Libraries, or How We Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love Friending, from LLRX.com.

New wiki from the creators of the SCOTUS blog

A new way of keeping up with developments at the Supreme Court: ScotusWiki.

Wireless Printing - Mac Leopard Users

OTS has come up with instructions on how to add wireless printers to your Leopard Mactops. Ironically, they’re in Word, but if you have Open Office (or NeoOffice) on your Mac you should have no problem opening them. You can get a mess of open source Mac software, including NeoOffice,  here.

Maryland sets up online database of intellectual property

Maryland sets up online database of intellectual property - Washington Business Journal:

Welcome back, students!

If you look closely, you’ll see that a couple of things have changed since last semester. The most visible change is in the pc labs on the 4th floor, where OTS installed all new computers and flat screen monitors. They also have plans to install 2 iMacs in the near future. Another change you’ll notice [...]

Some good advice for returning 1-Ls

From the Out of the Jungle blog: Spring Semester Blues — Treating 1-Ls right.

The Federalist Papers

The Federalist Papers. Finally, a nice-looking webbed version, by Ted O’Connor.

The future of textbook publishing?

In Is Open-Source the Future of eBook Legal Publishing?, Joe Hodnicki presents (among other things) a very good overview of e-publishing efforts to date, including Amazon’s Kindle and AspenStudyDesk.  Add to this the eLangdell Project and I think we may be on the brink of something really useful.

Law School Student Engagement Survey Results Are In

Younger Law Students Report More Collaboration and Older Students More Diligence in Survey of Engagement (via the Chronicle of Higher Education).