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Would you like summer access to LexisNexis and Westlaw, even if you’re graduating and studying for the bar? No worries, if you meet the eligibility requirements, it can be done!

For LexisNexis, all eligible students (including graduating students) should register before June 1st. To do so, after logging on to LexisNexis, click on the box in the middle column of information when it displays “Summer Access...” At the next page, click on “Summer Access Registration.” At the next page, complete the required information and indicate your legitimate reason for summer access. Legitimate reasons are: Summer School, School-Related Research Assignment, Moot Court Research, Law Review or Journal Research, Working as a Professor’s Research Assistant, Non-Profit Externship, Unpaid Internship/Externship, and Bar Review.

For Westlaw, non-graduating eligible students should register before June 1st. To do so, after logging on to Westlaw, click on “Learn More” in the “Does your summer forecast call for Westlaw?” box in the middle column of information. At the next page, indicate your legitimate reason for summer access. Legitimate reasons are: Summer law school classes, Law Review and Journal work, Project for a professor, Moot Court, and Unpaid non-profit public interest internship/externship or pro bono work required for graduation. Graduating students should have already received an email from Westlaw notifying them of their eligibility for five hours of access in both June and July (ie, a total of ten hours). Within this email you are asked to complete a survey to register for access. Please note! If you have received such an email from Westlaw and are not graduating, click on the link provided in the email to notify Westlaw of its error.

Steve Shellhorn, of Seattle, was recently sued for giving NEUTRAL feedback for a purchase he made on EBay. Mr. Shellhorn purchased some Silver dollar coins from a seller in North Carolina. When the purchase arrived, the coins were placed in an envelope, without any additional packing. The seller requested feedback. While the price was fair, the packaging was sub par, so Mr. Shellhorn gave neutral feedback. Next thing he knows he is being sued for $10,000 for tarnishing the seller's reputation. The case was eventually tossed but not without Mr. Shellhorn having to spend another $500 hiring an attorney. Interesting tidbit about the seller...he is a wanted man in North Carolina.

This parody of "Project Runway" made me laugh out loud. Join advocates Chris, Jillian, Romy and Christian (he's so fierce!) to find out who is guilty, and who is not.

Thanks to Jan Novak and the Law Librarian Blog.

Earth Day is *officially* over, ho-hum. But summer clerkships are right around the corner, just past exams. I know – the link between the two thoughts seems tenuous, at best.

But actually, those two thoughts are related. The ABA’s Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources is hosting a Law Office Climate Challenge in conjunction with the EPA to encourage law offices to go green. Law offices can participate in three environmentally-friendly programs – WasteWise, Green Power, and ENERGY STAR.

So, is your summer clerkship firm up to the challenge? Find out here on the “Partners and Leaders” list. The Cleveland office of Porter Wright made the cut, as did a couple other Ohio firms. But IMHO, the Buckeye State is fairly under-represented on the Climate Challenge leader board. So could you work on that this summer while you’re clerking? Thnx.

What do you hate about The Bluebook? ("everything" is not an option). Now you have a chance to offer input into revisions for the upcoming 19th Edition: the editors invite you to complete a Web-based Bluebook 19th Edition Questionnaire to express your opinions about the changes you would like to see. Surveys must be received by June 30th, and respondents are eligible for a prize drawing. For a paper or electronic copy of the survey, email editor@legalbluebook.com. You can also email comments to suggestions@legalbluebook.com.

The City Club Forum on Friday, May 2, 2008 will feature Cleveland-Marshall Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Phyllis L. Crocker, speaking on The Rule of Law: Foundation for Communities of Opportunity and Equity, about fairness issues and Ohio’s death penalty. Information and Reservations. The City Club is at Euclid Ave. & E. 9^th, and in case you weren’t aware, it has student memberships . See CityClub.org

Dean Crocker headed the ABA team that produced the comprehensive report Evaluating Fairness and Accuracy in State Death Penalty Systems: The Ohio Death Penalty Assessment Report, An Analysis of Ohio’s Death Penalty Laws, Procedures, and Practices (2007). The 495 page report is available electronically.

Bar Association Law Day is in partnership with the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association (recently formed by the merging of the Cleveland and the Cuyahoga County Bar Associations).

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