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Keeping the Internet out of the Classroom

Jan Novak, Associate Director jan.novak@law.csuohio.edu | April 18, 2008 - 16:12

The University of Chicago's Law School Dean Saul Levmore instituted a policy of shutting off access to the Internet in classrooms, according to a report in the National Law Journal. Finding faculty requests that students refrain from surfing while learning weren't getting the desired level of voluntary compliance, he resorted to blocking wired and wireless access.
"It got a lot easier when I found I had technology on my side," he said.

Lexis Hub: Free Career Info. & Tutorials

Sue Altmeyer, Electronic Services Librarian, sue.altmeyer@law.csuohio.edu | April 18, 2008 - 14:15

Lexis Hub was created for new attorneys and law students. You don't need a Lexis account to use the Hub. The site includes:

Career Guidance: webinars and articles
Legal Research tutorials and webinars
Subject Matter Tutorials
Discussion Boards
Legal News Feeds

Supreme Court Lethal Injection Ruling - What Does it Mean for Ohio?

Sue Altmeyer, Electronic Services Librarian, sue.altmeyer@law.csuohio.edu | April 18, 2008 - 11:30

Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Kentucky's lethal injection method does not violate the 8th Amendment. Baze v. Rees, No. 07-5439 (Apr. 16, 2008). Ohio's lethal injection method is similar to Kentucky's. The Baze decision may resolve a federal lawsuit filed by Ohio death row inmates, claiming that Ohio's lethal injection method is unconstitutional. There is also a Lorain County case pending where the trial judge is determining whether the lethal injection process amounts to cruel and unusual punishment. Death penalty opponents argue that Baze does not address mistakes in the injection process that have prolonged executions. See Reginald Fields, Ohioans React to Lethal Injection Ruling , The Plain Dealer, Apr. 17, 2008, Alan Johnson, Lethal Injection Gets Go-Ahead Columbus Dispatch, Apr. 17, 2008. Reginald Fields, Supreme Court upholds Kentucky's Lethal Injection Process; Clears Way for Ohio to Move Forward with Executions.,Openers Political Blog.

For more information on the federal suit challenging Ohio's death penalty, see More Inmates Challenge Lethal Injection, Cleveland Law Library Blog.

See our prior post: Ohio Death Penalty News

Adjunct Professor Alan Rossman will speak about the case on Tuesday April 22, from noon to one, LB 202. The lunch presentation is open to the first 30 C-M students/faculty/staff who RSVP to Jason Grimes by Monday.

Two Law-Related Facebook Apps: One for Fun, One for Research

Amy Burchfield, Access & Faculty Services Librarian amy.burchfield@law.csuohio.edu | April 18, 2008 - 09:03

Looking for something legal-like to add to your Facebook profile? For fun, try Legal IQuiz, a user-generated trivia quiz on the categories Supreme Court, criminal law, torts, minutia & miscellaneous, and the law in TV & movies. It’s kinda hard.

For research, you can add PreCYdent, a new open-source legal search engine / database that Sue blogged about here. PreCYdent gives you a nice, simple search box, and tabs up top to limit your search to a specific category of results. But instead of the typical tabs for searching web, images, video, shopping, etc., you get search tabs for opinions, statutes, GPO, uploaded documents, legal questions and others. It’s kinda cool.

CMLawLibraryBlog

Keeping the Internet out of the Classroom

Lexis Hub: Free Career Info. & Tutorials

Supreme Court Lethal Injection Ruling - What Does it Mean for Ohio?

Two Law-Related Facebook Apps: One for Fun, One for Research

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