http://law-library.rutgers.edu/blog/ Blog discussing current news and events at Rutgers School of Law Library-Newark. en-us slyons@kinoy.rutgers.edu 2008-05-08T17:06:07-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://law-library.rutgers.edu/archives/000200.php The library's summer hours are posted here.... 200@http://law-library.rutgers.edu/blog/ 2008-05-08T17:06:07-05:00 http://law-library.rutgers.edu/archives/000199.php To better serve our students, the law library will extend its opening hours. We will also reduce our coffee price to a dollar a cup during the exam period. From Sunday April 20 - Wednesday May 7, we will be open as follows: Mon. - Fri. 8 am - Midnight... 199@http://law-library.rutgers.edu/blog/ 2008-04-21T15:05:57-05:00 http://law-library.rutgers.edu/archives/000185.php In addition to reading cases, how about listening to them on your MP3 player? Now you can, with Audio Case Files. You can download the audio of many popular law school cases as MP3 files and listen to them on your computer or Ipod. Access the database by going to... 185@http://law-library.rutgers.edu/blog/ 2008-04-03T19:21:56-05:00 http://law-library.rutgers.edu/archives/000198.php On March 4, Clarence B. Jones presented the 2008 Miller Lecture. His topic was based on his new book to be published in April: What Would Martin Say? Mr. Jones, a former legal counsel to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, discussed current civil rights issues and, based on his... 198@http://law-library.rutgers.edu/blog/ 2008-03-21T14:44:56-05:00 http://law-library.rutgers.edu/archives/000197.php Clinical Professor of Law Penny Venetis had an interview on the Brian Lehrer show on WNYC on February 4. She discussed electronic voting issues. You can listen to the show here or download the MP3 file here.... 197@http://law-library.rutgers.edu/blog/ 2008-02-15T10:00:56-05:00 http://law-library.rutgers.edu/archives/000196.php Today we honor the anniversary of the birth of Samuel J. Foosaner (1907-1988), tax lawyer, author, and philanthropist. The Law Library's collections on taxation and estate planning are supported by a grant from the Samuel J. Foosaner Foundation. With Mr. Foosaner in the picture above is his daughter Dione L.... 196@http://law-library.rutgers.edu/blog/ 2008-02-14T00:02:17-05:00 http://law-library.rutgers.edu/archives/000195.php The library is pleased to present video and audio podcasts of the 2008 David J. Stoffer Lecture given by Professor Vera Bergelson. The topic of the lecture is: Autonomy, Dignity, And Consent to Harm. Click here to view or listen to the lecture.... 195@http://law-library.rutgers.edu/blog/ 2008-02-06T12:52:49-05:00 http://law-library.rutgers.edu/archives/000194.php Ronald Chen (Rutgers-Newark Law School Class of 1983), former Associate Dean of the Rutgers-Newark School of Law and now Public Advocate of the State of New Jersey, has been named Lawyer of the Year by the New Jersey Law Journal. See the article in the December 31, 2007 issue of... 194@http://law-library.rutgers.edu/blog/ 2008-01-07T10:37:39-05:00 http://law-library.rutgers.edu/archives/000193.php The portrait that hangs behind our reference desk is of Henry E. Ackerson, Jr. (1880-1970), one of the first seven justices of the New Jersey Supreme Court under the 1947 constitution. Ackerson Hall, at 180 University Avenue, the home of our law school from 1965 to 1978, was named in... 193@http://law-library.rutgers.edu/blog/ 2008-01-04T12:34:00-05:00 http://law-library.rutgers.edu/archives/000192.php The Rutgers Law Library will be closed for a winter break from Saturday, December 22, 2007 through January 1, 2008. The library will close at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, December 21st. The library reopens on Wednesday, January 2, 2008, but will close at 5:00 p.m. from January 2nd through Saturday,... 192@http://law-library.rutgers.edu/blog/ 2007-12-20T12:58:03-05:00 http://law-library.rutgers.edu/archives/000191.php Hundreds of past exams are available online at the library's Exam Archive. Go to https://njlegallib.rutgers.edu/splash/exams.php to view exams from 1987 through 2006. You will need your NetID (Pegasus username and password) to log in. In addition to our electronic archive, the library also has copies of exams given prior 1987... 191@http://law-library.rutgers.edu/blog/ 2007-11-26T13:30:43-05:00 http://law-library.rutgers.edu/archives/000190.php The library has just subscribed to the full package of databases from the Bureau of National Affairs (BNA), a major legal publisher. Law students and faculty now have online access to over 100 databases that provide topical updates on the law in banking, business and finance, the environment, evidence, health... 190@http://law-library.rutgers.edu/blog/ 2007-11-25T12:21:27-05:00 http://law-library.rutgers.edu/archives/000189.php Please be advised that the IT office of the Law School is scheduled to perform an upgrade operation on the web server. The Law Library and the New Jersey Digital Legal Library's web sites will not be available on Sunday morning(November 25, 2007). Both sites should be back on-line by... 189@http://law-library.rutgers.edu/blog/ 2007-11-22T20:52:24-05:00 http://law-library.rutgers.edu/archives/000188.php The library has just subscribed to the full package of databases from the Bureau of National Affairs (BNA), a major legal publisher. Law students and faculty now have online access to over 100 databases that provide topical updates on the law in banking, business and finance, the environment, evidence, health... 188@http://law-library.rutgers.edu/blog/ 2007-10-10T12:00:15-05:00 http://law-library.rutgers.edu/archives/000186.php A new edition of the library newsletter, Bit & Bytes, is now available. This edition features news about the latest library databases and services, and an article by Prof. Mark Weiner on the history of English case law reporters. View Bits & Bytes by clicking here.... 186@http://law-library.rutgers.edu/blog/ 2007-10-01T15:40:42-05:00