New on LLRX.com

In our neverending quest to find you the best links related to law, let us point you to The Law Librarian Blog’s announcement of what is New on LLRX.com.

Nutshell on Legal and Life Skills

Law Librarian Blog: Nutshell on Legal and Life Skills. What will they think of next?

Good stuff from the Law Library of Congress

The folks at the Law Librarian Blog point to some  Law Library of Congress Current Awareness Resouces (via RSS feeds).

Network Outage - Friday, February 29th

This Friday’s maintenance window will affect the network (wireless, network drives, portal, etc.) in the entire Law School building. OTS is replacing switches in advance of the University’s new phone system. The regular maintenance window is scheduled from 6-10 PM, but this work should begin closer to 7:30 and last for a period of 30-45 [...]

The Public Library of Law

Joe Hodnicki, on the Law Librarian Blog, points out a free new online resource: The Public Library of Law.  What’s available on that site?

Cases from the U.S. Supreme Court and Courts of Appeals
Cases from all 50 states back to 1997
Federal statutory law and codes from all 50 states
Regulations, court rules, constitutions, and more!

Free (as in free beer) Case Law

As Elmer notes in his post on Teknoids, Lots of Free Case Law, Now I Have Work To Do:
Coverage includes the Supremes, 1 U.S. 1 solid through 524 U.S. 775 plus intermittent coverage through 2005; Circuits, 178 F.2d 1 through 999 F.2d 1584 and 1 F.3d 1 through 491 F.3d 1342.  All of the decisions [...]

Mac Law Students

This one is for all our Mac-using law students: Mac Law Students.  This site has tons of useful information.

Scanners for student use

Just in case anyone needed to know, there are scanners available for student use in the back of the basement of the business center. No fee.

Second Life and the Law

The following article goes over some of the very real legal issues that can arise in virtual environments, especially Second Life:
Why Should Corporate Counsel Become Familiar With Virtual Environments?