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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.

California Becomes Second State to Affirm the Right to Gay Marriage

Amy Burchfield, Access & Faculty Services Librarian amy.burchfield@law.csuohio.edu | May 15, 2008 - 15:48

The California Supreme Court has just affirmed the right to gay marriage, making it the second state, after Massachusetts, to extend the right. Read the decision here [In re Marriage Cases (No. S147999, Cal. May 15, 2008) 2008 Cal. LEXIS 5247] as well as news coverage in the 5/16/08 CNN.com, Adam Liptak article in the New York Times, and Robert Barnes and Ashley Surdin article in the Washington Post.


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Polar Bear Protection

Amy Burchfield, Access & Faculty Services Librarian amy.burchfield@law.csuohio.edu | May 15, 2008 - 11:08

The U.S. Department of the Interior [press release], following the recommendation of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, has announced the listing of polar bears as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. The decision came after a three-year legal battle and law suit brought by Greenpeace, the Center for Biological Diversity, and the Natural Resources Defense Council [links for individual press releases] against the two government agencies. If you’re interested in reading the case against Interior and Fish and Wildlife, the citation is 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 34753.

On an ironic personal note, I happened to be watching the Golden Compass the same time the polar bear protection announcement was made. Iorek Byrnison, the armored ice bear, would be happy.


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Graduation Doesn't Mean You Have to Say Goodbye

Amy Burchfield, Access & Faculty Services Librarian amy.burchfield@law.csuohio.edu | May 15, 2008 - 10:16

You know we want to you come visit us at the Library, even once you’ve graduated. And with your Alumni Borrower’s Card [online application], you can still check out the Law Library materials that you’ve come to know so well over your time in law school. On our services for alumni page, you’ll find more useful stuff like guides for career resources, legal publishers, professionalism, and CLE materials. The Library also offers a computer room for alumni use. Hope to see you back soon!


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