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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.

3Ls/4Ls - Start Preparing Your Federal Judicial Clerkship Application Now

Sue Altmeyer, Electronic Services Librarian, sue.altmeyer@law.csuohio.edu | April 30, 2008 - 16:00

According to SoYouWanttobeaLawClerk.com, 3Ls and 4Ls need to start planning now for your federal clerkship application. You can apply to judges who do not use the OSCAR system now. Check Clerkship Vacancies on the SYWTBALC site to see which judges do not use OSCAR. OSCAR system applications are due September 3, 2008, but you need to ask professors now to write a recommendation letter for you. You will need to submit electronic requests for recommendation letters and OSCAR will electronically invite the people you specify to log onto the system and create and upload letters of recommendation. Be sure to gather up your transcript, cover letter, etc. and upload them to OSCAR before the deadline.

Also see Judicial Clerkship Handbook (MS Word File) from our Career Services Office, which has information on federal and state clerkships.

For information about federal judges, take a look at the Almanac of the Federal Judiciary, in the first floor reference area of the library, KF8700.A19A4, which contains attorneys' evaluations of the judges and other biographical information.


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Of Babies and Cell Phones in the Library

Amy Burchfield, Access & Faculty Services Librarian amy.burchfield@law.csuohio.edu | April 30, 2008 - 08:51

I hesitate to post this during exam period, but here goes.

Check out yesterday’s post by blogger Aaron Schmidt from Walking Paper on no babies in the library. It’s worth a click, if only for the über-cute baby pic.

But the point he makes is a good one, too: if we wouldn’t think of banning a crying baby from a library, then why are we so apt to ban cell phones? Both, he points out, are occasionally loud disrupters of library patrons.

This prompted me to pull out a copy of the C-M Law Library’s Patron Code of Conduct to look up any pertinent information. It states: “Please be respectful of those who are trying to study. We recommend you leave the library if you need to talk to anyone on a cellular phone.”

With our middle-of-the-road cell phone policy in mind, I hope the library is a pleasant place for studying during this exam period.


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