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1Ls: The Library Can Help You Through Your First Year

By saltmeyer Posted on August 11, 2013 Posted in Study and Exam Tips

1Ls will soon discover that law school classes are different than undergraduate classes.  In an undergraduate class, you typically have a textbook which sets out what you need to know in a fairly straightforward manner.  Law school classes use case …

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Using Videos as Fact Patterns

By saltmeyer Posted on July 24, 2013 Posted in Faculty Teaching & Scholarship, Legal Writing and Citation

In preparing for the new semester, legal research and writing teachers should consider using a video instead of  a written fact pattern.  C|M|LAW professor Karin Mika uses videos as fact patterns in her 1L class, for example the video of …

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Prosecutor has High Burden of Proof in George Zimmerman Trial

By saltmeyer Posted on July 3, 2013 Posted in National Tagged with Criminal law

When watching and reading coverage of the George Zimmerman trial, it is useful to keep in mind exactly what the prosecution must prove, and what the defendant must show concerning his self defense claim. As pointed out by the Jacksonville …

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New Video: The Bluebook for Legal Scholarship

By saltmeyer Posted on June 5, 2013 Posted in Legal Writing and Citation Tagged with Bluebook

There are different citation rules when writing a law review article as opposed to writing a brief. Learn about them in this video by Emory Law School. Find more help see the library’s Citation Checking Guide.

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Free Law Review Articles by Topic on Digital Commons’ Law Commons

By saltmeyer Posted on May 1, 2013 Posted in Free Web Research

Digital Commons’ Law Commons provides free full text access to over 100,000 articles and works, and growing.  Law Commons combines all the works uploaded by law schools which use the Digital Commons platform for their institutional repository, for example C|M|LAW’s  …

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