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Law Library Research Certificate Seminars Continue

Laura E. Ray, Educational Programming Librarian, laura.ray@law.csuohio.edu | January 16, 2008 - 16:54

The Law Library resumes its Research Certificate Seminars on Tuesdays, 4:50pm-5:50pm, this Spring Semester 2008. Seminar Dates and Topics are:

January 29th - Research Strategies (register by Jan 25th)
February 5th - Scholarly Writing (register by Feb 1st)
February 19th - Legislative History Research (register by Feb 15th)
February 26th - Criminal Law Research (register by Feb 22nd)
March 4th - Ohio Legal Research (register by Feb 29th)
March 18th - Getting Ready to Clerk (register by Mar 14th)

All Seminars will be in Room LB208, except on February 19th, which will be in Room LB11. Attendance will be limited to 20 students, and light refreshments will be provided. Attendees of each Seminar will earn 25 points toward a Law Library Research Certificate. Certificates will be awarded to students with 100 Seminar points.

Certificate Seminars discuss research materials and resources critical to successful legal practice and scholarly writing, as well as focus on research skills law firms and courts are seeking when hiring associates and clerks. Presented by our team of research librarians, the Seminars offer a unique forum for students to learn more about specific research topics.

To register for a Law Library Research Certificate Seminar, please contact Laura Ray, Educational Programming Librarian, at 216-687-6880 or laura.ray@law.csuohio.edu.

Save Your SCHOLAR Searches

Laura E. Ray, Educational Programming Librarian, laura.ray@law.csuohio.edu | January 16, 2008 - 16:39

SCHOLAR, the CSU Libraries electronic catalog, now allows you to save a search statement for future use - Preferred Searches. Having a Preferred Search can save time and typing when needing to conduct the same search over an extended period of time. To create a Preferred Search, you must first log onto your SCHOLAR account, with your name, CSU ID#, and PIN. Once logged in, click on SCHOLAR HOME in the top black navigation menu. At the SCHOLAR page, conduct your desired search. At the search results page, click on the grey "Save as preferred search" button. That's it! Remember to click on the red "Log Out" button at the end of your search session. To manage your Preferred Searches, log onto your SCHOLAR account, then click on the green "Preferred Searches" button. The system will display your Preferred Searches, as well as the options to search, email, or remove/clear them.

Don't Let First Semester Grades Get You Down

Sue Altmeyer, Electronic Services Librarian, sue.altmeyer@law.csuohio.edu | January 16, 2008 - 09:12

Here is a bit of wisdom from Nancy Soonpa of the Legal Writing Professor Blog:

"I tell them [students] about what I remember most clearly from my first year after grades came out: the change in speaking patterns in the classroom. Suddenly some spoke with a voice of authority, and others stopped speaking entirely. Alas, neither change enriched the classroom experience. Getting good grades doesn't make one's comments inherently more valuable, nor low grades, less."

Nancy Soonpa, first class of the semester, Legal Writing Professor Blog, Jan. 9, 2008.

For more inspiration, and great tips on how to improve grades (everything from getting a new roommate to a post-class review of notes), see: Betsey McKenzie Spring Semester Blues - Treating 1-Ls Right,Out of the Jungle Blog, Jan. 9, 2007.

Humor in Supreme Court Oral Arguments

Sue Altmeyer, Electronic Services Librarian, sue.altmeyer@law.csuohio.edu | January 16, 2008 - 09:10

In a feature called "Laugh-in at the Supreme Court", the Wall Street Journal Law Blog reprints excerpts from recent U.S. Supreme Court oral arguments which generated courtroom laughs. The most recent "Laugh-in" involves an exchange between Scalia and an attorney for the State of Virginia on the topic of federalism. Peter Lattman, The Law Blog's Laugh-in at the Supreme Courts: Wow, Jan. 15, 2007. The case being argued was Virginia v. Moore, docket no. 06-1082, which involves a search and seizure issue.

An earlier "Laugh-in" post cites a study which found that Justice Scalia got the most laughs during oral arguments. Peter Lattman, Scalia is still the Funniest Justice(and Thomas, the Least),Nov. 13, 2007.

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Law Library Research Certificate Seminars Continue

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Don't Let First Semester Grades Get You Down

Humor in Supreme Court Oral Arguments

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