Building our Scholarly Repository
We are waiting until we have more items loaded to promote the “big launch” — but the Case Western Reserve Law School Scholarly Commons is now live. The library has begun to load faculty publications,...
View ArticleHalbig opinion on DC Circuit website, other materials in law school repository
The opinion of the 3-judge panel is here. Our own Jonathan Adler co-wrote an amicus brief in the case, and an influential law review article in Health Matrix first advancing the statutory argument...
View ArticleOrientation “score cards” and contest
Entering 1Ls, make sure you look for the yellow “Law Library & IT Orientation Essentials” handout in your orientation packet! This is a ‘scorecard’ that asks you to visit certain places and people,...
View ArticleOhio Sup. Ct. Commission on Professionalism Writing Guide
The Supreme Court of Ohio Commission of Professionalism publishes a series of very short best-practices guides titled “Professionalism Dos and Don’ts.” These are in the form of two lists, one of “dos”...
View ArticleWhat (really) is the difference between print and online?
Discussion, whether in terms of collection building or of legal research instruction, of print “versus” online resources is outdated and fruitless if that discussion doesn’t seek to clarify and resolve...
View ArticleDOJ Documents from Cleveland Police Investigation
The following documents were released by the office of the U.S. Attorney for the N.D. Ohio. While these are available as attachments to a “news” page within the N.D. Ohio portion of DOJ’s sprawling...
View ArticleFederal Statutory Codes: Free (official? authentic?) Research Here?
I recently wrote about the fact that website distribution of digitally-signed PDF facsimiles of the “classic” printed versions of certain Government Printing Office publications made it possible to do...
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Short Book Review: Typography for Lawyers
image from www.typographyforlawyers.com Matthew Butterick’s 2010 Typography for Lawyers: Essential Tools for Polished & Persuasive Documents, with a forward by legal (and non-legal) style and usage...
View ArticleIntroducing Making of Modern Law: Treatises
The library purchased a number of new online resources over the summer that enhance the core research collection that we can offer to online-oriented researchers, while aligning with our collection...
View ArticleDemystifying Legislative History
Knowing how to do legislative-history research, at least in the federal system, is now not really any different than simply having general knowledge of the work-product of Congress: what, in a...
View ArticleLegislative History “genres”
In my last post I mentioned that the technical/mechanical tools for working with legislative materials (at least at the federal level) have lately become much more accessible and, if not intuitive, at...
View ArticleIRS Controversy: What is a 501(c)(4) anyway?
Primary Sources Selected Recent Articles of Interest Disclosure Issues Other Aspects of Political Participation and Non-profit Tax Status Allegations of inappropriate IRS investigations of the tax...
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