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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.

Tagging Along to a New Legal Research Paradigm

Jan Novak, Associate Director jan.novak@law.csuohio.edu | August 12, 2008 - 10:23

What do Web 2.0 concepts like “folksonomies” and “collabulary” and the consensual classification of tagging imply for how we recognize and define legal authority? Matthew Morrison explores the impact of community created content, widening perspectives on what constitutes knowledge and the participatory nature of Web 2.0 applications on the legal information structure in Where Web 2.0 and Legal Information Intersect: Adjusting Course Without Getting Lost. ( Cornell Law School. Cornell Law School Working Papers Series. Paper 35. [July 25, 2008]; http://lsr.nellco.org/cornell/clsops/papers/35 )

Fasten your seatbelts, legal researchers: it’s going to be a bumpy ride.

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Get Happy! -- 100 Tips and Resources for Lawyers from JobProfiles

Amy Burchfield, Access & Faculty Services Librarian amy.burchfield@law.csuohio.edu | August 12, 2008 - 07:54

JobProfiles has just posted a comprehensive list of 100 tips and resources for happy and successful lawyers. The list is broken down into topics like

  • Lawyer associations
  • Lawyer blogs
  • Social media and networking
  • Continuing education
  • Avoiding burn out
  • Articles on work-life balance
  • Job boards
  • Law references and research tools
  • Lawyer humor
  • Resources for new lawyers and law students
  • Fighting discrimination
  • Getting out of debt

My favorite category is avoiding burn out, where you can read about the importance of such fundamentals as fresh air, sleep, family and friends, and personal ambition.


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