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CMLawLibraryBlog

The CM Law Library Blog seeks to inform the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law community about key legal education, research, practice, and law library news, with a particular focus on Cuyahoga County and Ohio as well as faculty research interests.

Scotus Wiki

Sue Altmeyer, Electronic Services Librarian, sue.altmeyer@law.csuohio.edu | March 21, 2008 - 10:53

The Scotus Wiki has pages for each Supreme Court case, starting in 2007. See case index 07 , case index 08. Multiple authors quickly post documents, analysis, video and podcasts pertaining to the cases. There is also information on Petitions to Watch.You can set up an email alert for pending cases using the Watchlist.

The Wiki is brought to you by the authors of the Scotus Blog. Currently, only authorized individuals can edit pages. In the future, everyone may be able to participate, presumably with some moderation by the Scotus folks. For more information, read About the Scotus Wiki. The Scotus Wiki was brought to my attention by attorney Jack Sargent, author of EEO/iNews. Thanks, Jack!

Don't forget about BNA's U.S. Law Week/Supreme Court Today,
another excellent source for information on new Supreme Court cases.


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Higher Education Merger

Jessica Mathewson-Library Media Technical Asst.-jessica.mathewson@law.csuohio.edu | March 21, 2008 - 10:24

Eric Fingerhut, State Higher Education Chancellor, has decided against merging, Cleveland State University and the University of Akron for the time being. In its place, he has asked each school to focus on creating centers of excellence, something that all Ohio public colleges must do within his 10-year plan. His decision was based on the lack of will, not only by the universities, but also by business and civic leaders. Progress will be gauged each year at an annual meeting with the leaders of the 4 public universities. However, if he does not see progress, he will reevaluate his strategy. Chancellor Fingerhut discussed the merger issue yesterday, at the Akron Roundtable. Listen to an audio of his speech. Later this month the Ohio Board of Regents will issue their report on the condition of higher education and separately, Chancellor Fingerhut will release his strategic plan and goals for the University system over the next 10 years.


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Global Climate Change in a Post-Kyoto World

Amy Burchfield, Access & Faculty Services Librarian amy.burchfield@law.csuohio.edu | March 21, 2008 - 08:48

The Kyoto Protocol to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change is due to expire in 2012 and delegates have met for an international conference in Bali to discuss plans for next major climate change agreement. More information is available on the UN FCCC website and in a Special Report in the BNA Environment Reporter.

Being a signatory, but not having ratified Kyoto, the United States is not among the 176 state parties to the treaty. Complete treaty status information, including all state parties with ratification dates is available through our online version of Multilateral Treaties Deposited with the Secretary-General.


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