The library has a new research guide on Election Law. It can help you find news and current awareness sources to help with paper topics, books in the library’s collection, web sites, statutes, regulations, administrative decisions and more.
We have Research Guides on lots of other topics too.
There is still time to apply for some of the Government Honors Programs…
2Ls
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, Office of General Counsel – Summer Law Clerkship Program – Deadline September 15th
Dept. of Health & Human Services, Office of General Counsel to the Inspector General – Summer Intern Program – Deadline September 17th
Dept. of Commerce – Legal Internship Program Fall (Paid & Unpaid) – Deadline September 15th
Federal Communications Commission – Int’l Bureau Strategic Analysis & Negotiations Div. – Student Internship – Deadline September 15th
Federal Trade Commission – Bureau of Competition – Summer Intern Program – Deadline September 15th
3Ls
Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Competition – Entry level Attorney Program – Deadline September 15th
Maryland Attorney General – Attorney Honors Program – Deadline September 15th
Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General – Fellowship Program – Deadline September 17th
Washington Attorney General – Pref. Pool Status in Attorney Hiring – Deadline September 17th
Comptroller of the Currency, Office of Chief Counsel – 2011 Employ. Program (Paid) – Deadline September 18th
Dept. of Commerce – Legal Internship Program Fall (Paid & Unpaid) – Deadline September 14th
Federal Communications Commission, Int’l Bureau, Strategic Analysis & Negotiations Div. - Student Internship Program Fall (Unpaid) - Deadline September 15th
If you have any questions, please contact the Office of Career Planning.
Start the fall semester off on the right foot by creating a study plan for the semester. This may mean scheduling time to outline your cases, starting your class outlines, or getting friends together for a study group. In the September issue of The Psychologist Magazine, the Research Editor, Christian Jarrett, lists 9 evidence-based study tips that you may also want to use throughout the semester. Hint…two of the tips involve sleeping! A list of the tips can be found at the following link: http://issuu.com/thepsychologist/docs/0910/12.
CCH Intelliconnect is an excellent research database used by many legal practitioners. It has essential primary materials and useful analysis for attorneys specializing in certain areas, such as employment, securities, intellectual property and more. (see our electronic research page for a list of topics covered).
Here are some recent enhancements to CCH:
CCH can be used on campus or off campus. To use off campus, Law students and faculty must create a user I.D. while on campus. Students and faculty must log in on campus every 45 days to maintain off campus use.
Recent C|M|LAW graduate David Sporar recently published an article,For Their Own Good: Trading Children’s Fourth Amendment Rights for Treatment at the Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court 29 Child. Legal Rts. J. 24(2009) (link is via HeinOnline). The article was inspired by David’s experience working with children at the Cuyahoga County Juvenile Drug Court.
If you are a student interested in getting published, take a look at the library’s Getting Published Guide. Students can use the ExpressO electronic submission service at a cost of $2.00 per law review. There are also several free submission services listed in the guide, as well as other useful information.
You may also want to look at the recent article Submission of Law Student Articles for Publication on SSRN. Among other useful information it contains chart of the policies of 194 law reviews with respect to whether they will publish comments submitted by non-law review members who are students at their home school or notes, comments or articles submitted by law students from other schools.
Jacquelyn McCloud joined us this week as our new Digital Content Services/Reference Librarian. Jackie is a 2008 cum laude graduate of the University of Akron School of Law, with an undergraduate degree in paralegal studies from Kent State University. This August, she completed her Master of Library Science Degree from KSU. She brings a broad range of practical legal research experience to her new position here: Attorney with Black, McCuskey, Soeurs & Arbaugh, Judicial externship with Judge Deborah L. Cook of the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, litigation paralegal with Brennan, Manna & Diamond, Assistant Editor of the Akron Law Review, and Graduate Reference Assistant at Kent State University Libraries.
Most recently, Jackie was a practicum intern at our library, where she created a digital image collection and analysis of Winkelman v. Parma City School District, 550 U. S. 516 (2007) for the Cleveland Memory Project. Jackie will work on digital content initiatives and provide reference, research and instruction services as a member of the library’s research services staff. Her office is LL114, phone number 7364, and email jacquelyn.mccloud@law.csuohio.edu. Please welcome Jackie to C|M|LAW.
The law library will be closed on Monday, September 6th for Labor Day. I know that many of you can not live without this place but don’t worry, our doors will re-open for regular hours on Tuesday the 7th. Now go out and grill, spend time with loved ones, watch the Indians lose or see a movie. Although don’t see Expendables, it was awful.
Do you have a calling for Public Service? If so, consider attending the 2010 Equal Justice Works Conference & Career Fair on October 22-23. This year’s conference, held in Bethesda, MD, will give you the opportunity to meet with several Public Interest employers, leaders and practitioners. In order to apply, you must create an Equal Justice Works account. Once you have created an account, then register to attend the conference. This is a great opportunity! Take a moment to review their program and tips for during and after the conference. If you have any questions, please contact the Office of Career Planning.
BNA Insights are a new feature of BNA’s updated libraries, called Resource Centers. The Labor and Employment Law Resource Center is now available. Resources Centers on other topics will follow. On the home page of the Resource Center, you will see:
When you pull up a case in the Resource Center, there are links to other cases and analysis on point.
Search My BNA is another new feature. From any BNA database, you can search across all the BNA databases to which the C|M|LAW Library subscribes. Look for the link in the upper left called “Search My BNA”. Access BNA from the Electronic Resources Page or this list of BNA Databases we Subscribe to.
For those unfamiliar with BNA, BNA databases are (1) Extensive libraries with detailed subject analysis , primary source materials and current reports or (2) Current Reports, apprising readers of new cases and other developments. Information on accessing BNA.
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