When you’re deep in the throes of doing legal research and totally focused on task, you’re using what’s called “controlled attention.” This type of attention is also called “goal-directed attention” or “purposeful attention.” If your phone alerts you to a …
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Let’s face it – doing legal research can be difficult and frustrating at times. When you’re stuck at a research impasse, chances are your mind will start to wander off task (because it needs a break!), and pretty soon you’ve …
Come join us today at 4:50 in Law Library room AO59 for the semester’s second research certificate seminar. Today’s session will cover terms and connectors searching in LexisNexis and Westlaw. The seminar lasts one hour, and counts for 25 points …
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From daguerreotypes to selfies, the technology of photography has developed exponentially over the years. Likewise, the law relating to photography has evolved to meet the needs of the digital world. Written by a lawyer and photographer, The Photography Law Handbook …
Sometimes you just need a fun book to flip through, a book you don’t need to read cover to cover (what law student has time for that?), a book with plenty of pictures. That’s what you’ll find in Robert J. …
