Food Allowed in the Law Library!

BIG BIG NEWS ALERT!! You can now EAT IN THE LIBRARY. Yes, you read that correctly. Come study and eat. We trust that y'all will do this in a respectful manner - put your trash where it belongs, and don't eat loudly in quiet areas. If this new policy goes well, we hope to continue it for years to come.

Research? To find a Job? Yes!

Thursday, October 10, noon to 1 pm, room 3214 

Reference Librarian Jodi Collova will describe how to use online legal research tools to do the following:

• Gain information about a field of law
• Prepare for interviews by researching employers
• Find relevant blogs, journals, etc. to learn the latest legal hot topics, so you are knowledgeable in a job interview

Upcoming Westlaw & Lexis Trainings

All law students are invited to attend any of the following trainings:
Westlaw - Mon, Sept. 30, 12-1, Room 3203
Westlaw - Tues, Oct. 1, 12-1, Room 3216
Westlaw - Thurs, Oct. 3, 12-1, Room 3203
Lexis - Thurs, Oct. 10, 12-1, Room 3203

Lexis and Westlaw Trainings

All law students are invited to attend Lexis and Westlaw trainings this week as follows:

Westlaw - Tuesday, September 24, 12:00-1:00 (Room 3203)

Westlaw - Wednesday, September 25, 12:00-1:00 (Room 3203)

Lexis - Thursday, September 26, 12:00-1:00 (Room 3203)

 

Bloomberg Law Training

Tuesday, Sept. 17 from 12:00-1:00 - Room 3203 (lunch provided)

Tuesday, Sept. 17 from 5:15-6:15 - Room 2321

Bloomberg Law invites all GGU law students to a training session at one of the dates/times listed above. Lunch/dinner will be provided. If you have questions, contact Shaina Zamaitis at szamaitis@bloomberg.net.  

Lexis Advance Trainings

Lexis invites all law students to attend a Lexis Advance training session at one of the following times:

Wednesday, September 11, 12:00-1:00 (room 3203)

Thursday, September 12, 12:00-1:00 (room 3203)

Thursday, September 12, 5:00-6:00 (room 3201)

If you have questions, please email Alyce at alyce.perry@lexisnexis.com.

Some of the New Titles in the Law Library

Selected new titles in the law library collected over the summer months are listed below. Full lists are available at: http://law.ggu.edu/law/law-library/about/new-acquisitions/.

 

Contested waters : an environmental history of the Colorado River / April R. Summitt.
Boulder : University Press of Colorado, [2013].
F788 .S89 2013.
Click here to view the FULL CATALOG RECORD.

 

 

 

 

 

 

NSA surveillance leaks : background and issues for Congress / Marshall Curtis Erwin, Edward C. Liu.
[Washington, D.C.] : Congressional Research Service, [2013]-
WORLD WIDE WEB.
Click here to view the FULL CATALOG RECORD.

 

Same-sex marriage in the United States : the road to the Supreme Court / Jason Pierceson.
Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2013].

HQ1034.U5 P54 2013.
Click here to view the FULL CATALOG RECORD.

 

 

 

 

 

Federalism of wetlands / Ryan W. Taylor.
Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon [England] : Routledge, 2013.
KF5624 .T39 2013.
Click here to view the FULL CATALOG RECORD.

 

Mental disability and the death penalty : the shame of the states / Michael L. Perlin.
Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, c2013.
KF9227.C2 P47 2013.
Click here to view the FULL CATALOG RECORD.

 

Wrongful convictions and miscarriages of justice : causes and remedies in North American and European criminal justice systems / edited by C. Ronald Huff and Martin Killias.
New York : Routledge, 2013.
HV9960.N7 W76 2013.
Click here to view the FULL CATALOG RECORD.

 

Environmental justice and federalism / Dennis C. Cory, Tauhidur Rahman.
Cheltenham, UK ; Nothampton, MA : Edward Elgar, 2012.
GE180 .C67 2012.
Click here to view the FULL CATALOG RECORD.

 

Research handbook on human rights and humanitarian law / edited by Robert Kolb, University of Geneva, Switzerland; Gloria Gaggioli, University of Geneva, Switzerland.
Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA, USA : Edward Elgar, c2013.
KZ6440 .R47 2013.
Click here to view the FULL CATALOG RECORD.

 

The law and economics of intellectual property in the digital age : the limits of analysis / Niva Elkin-Koren and Eli Salzberger.
Abingdon, Oxon [UK] ; New York : Routledge, 2013.
K1401 .E435 2013.
Click here to view the FULL CATALOG RECORD.

 

The American legal profession in crisis : resistance and responses to change / James E. Moliterno.
New York : Oxford University Press, [2013].
KF300 .M648 2013.
Click here to view the FULL CATALOG RECORD.

 

 

McElhaney's litigation / by James W. McElhaney.
Chicago : American Bar Association, 2013.
KF8915.Z9 M38 2013.
Click here to view the FULL CATALOG RECORD.

 

Bioinformatics law : legal issues for computational biology in the post- genome era / Jorge L. Contreras and A. James Cuticchia, editors.
Chicago : ABA Science & Technology Law, 2013.
K3611.G46 B557 2013.
Click here to view the FULL CATALOG RECORD.

 

How to succeed as a trial lawyer / Stewart Edelstein.
[Chicago] : American Bar Association, [2013].
KF8915 .E34 2013.
Click here to view the FULL CATALOG RECORD.

In Your First 5 Years of Practice?

If you have passed the California Bar and are in your first 5 years of practice, CEB offers FREE access to CEB OnLAW for one year!

Check out the details at CEB.

Bar Prep Westlaw & Lexis Access

Graduating 3Ls can register to extend their Westlaw and Lexis Advance access through the summer!

Graduates can extend their Westlaw account (for bar preparation and educational purposes) through November 2013 here: http://lawschool.westlaw.com/shared/marketinfodisplay.asp?code=MI&id=322.

Graduates can register for a new Lexis Advance account, which will run from early July through December 31, and can be used for educational, bar review, and job search purposes only. To register: http://www.lexisnexis.com/grad-access/
 

The New Lawyer

The Daily Journal's New Lawyer is out today with the full State Bar Exam pass list, results by school type, law school passing rates, this year's Bar Exam questions and sample answers from our legal experts.

www.dailyjournal.com/NewLawyer

First Annual Report on the Digital Commons

We've published our first Annual Report on our institutional repository, Digital Commons.
Read it here: http://digitalcommons.law.ggu.edu/reports/1/.

Unlimited Access to Lexis Advance This Summer!

We are happy to announce that your law school Lexis Advance ID will remain active during the summer and that you will have unlimited access to the content available to you in law school to be used for your academic, as well as any summer associate or internship/clerkship purposes*. Whether working in a firm, government agency, any of the courts, or brushing up on your cost effective research skills, you will have unlimited access to Lexis Advance.
We understand that as a law student, your legal education does not stop during the summer. In fact, some of your most valuable and practical legal education occurs during your participation in summer associate and internship or clerkship programs. In recognition of this, for the months of June, July and August of this year, we are expanding the permissible uses of your law school Lexis Advance ID to include use by you in these programs, including all research or other work you perform for the firm, agency, or court. You simply need to be registered for Lexis Advance.
Registering for Summer Access

• If you're already a registered Lexis Advance user, you don't need to do anything else to get Summer Access. Your current ID is all you need.
• If you aren't a registered Lexis Advance user yet (or aren't sure), contact Alyce Perry at alyce.perry@lexisnexis.com.

Support throughout the Summer
Your school's LexisNexis® Account Executive, Alyce Perry, alyce.perry@lexisnexis.com, is available to you during the summer for training and support. Feel free to contact him or her early to let them know your summer research goals.
You also have access to 24/7 customer support for help with Lexis Advance, summer access or research questions at 1-800-45-LEXIS (53947).

Enjoy your "All Access Pass" to Lexis Advance this summer!

How much does Lexis cost?

Want to know more about pricing on Lexis products? Attend the Cost Effective Training! You will receive lunch, 400 points, and an entry into a raffle for a $250 J. Crew gift card. All GGU students are invited to attend:

Monday, March 25, 12:00-1:00 (room 3216)

To sign up, email Alyce Perry at alyce.perry@lexisnexis.com

 

Lexis Advance Professional Certification Training

Want to get certified and master the skills that employers desire? Attend a Lexis Advance Professional Certification Training. To become certified, you only need to attend one training and take a short online quiz proving your research skills. Once certified, your name will be added to a National Registry. You will receive 1300 POINTS when you attend training (800 points) and complete the certification quiz (500 points) PLUS you will receive a $5 amazon.com gift card. And, when you attend a Professional Certification training, you'll earn an entry into a raffle for a $250 J. Crew gift card. You have three chances to attend:

-Monday, 3/4 at 12pm (room 3216)

-Monday, 3/4 at 5:30pm (room 3209)

-Wednesday, 3/6 at 12pm (room 3216)

RSVP here by clicking on the tab for your preferred date and entering you name and email address.

Questions? Contact Alyce Perry at alyce.perry@lexisnexis.com.