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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.

Visual Ways to Brief Cases

Sue Altmeyer, Electronic Services Librarian, sue.altmeyer@law.csuohio.edu | July 25, 2008 - 16:14

Rebecca Flanagan, Director of the Academic Success Program at Vermont Law School proposes using a visual arrangement to brief cases, called the "star strategy". The star strategy was developed by Lynn Melzer, PhD, of the The Research Institute for Learning and Development.

Source: Law School Academic Support Blog,(Rebecca Flanagan).

The star diagram was created by Melzer as a tool for students to organize their thoughts before writing. Melzer put the main topic in the middle, surrounded by who, what, when, where, why and how at the points of the star.

I came up with this "diamond strategy" diagram, based on the more traditional IRAC approach (Issue, Rule, Application, Conclusion):

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Presenting Our Resident Sports Law Official

Jan Novak, Associate Director jan.novak@law.csuohio.edu | July 25, 2008 - 11:00

Our Amy Burchfield was much too modest in her previous post There’s More on Sports Law Than You Think. When she referred to the recently updated International Sports Law resource guide published by GlobaLex , she neglected to name herself as the author. Now, Amy’s just celebrated her first anniversary here as our Access & Faculty Services Librarian, and quickly established credentials as our international and foreign law expert. Who knew she was also such a fan? Kudos, Amy!

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Chronicle Coverage of Human Trafficking Victory

Amy Burchfield, Access & Faculty Services Librarian amy.burchfield@law.csuohio.edu | July 25, 2008 - 09:07

The involvement of two graduate students from Dominican University, near Chicago, to bring a successful law suit to a close a night club in Ecuador that employed underage prostitutes is the topic of a story in today’s Chronicle of Higher Education. Human trafficking, a major human rights violation, is widespread in many regions of the world. The Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, a division of the U.S. Department of State, compiles yearly reports on human trafficking, placing countries into tiers based on compliance with national and international norms. The Trafficking in Persons Report 2008 includes an evaluation of human trafficking in Ecuador, which is classed as a Tier 2 country. The key international document to read is the UN’s Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons Especially Women and Children, which supplements the Convention against Transnational Organized Crime.


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