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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.

Welcome AALS Workshop Participants

Michael Slinger | May 30, 2008 - 15:14

Speaking for myself and the entire Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Library staff, we are pleased to welcome attendees of the 2008 American Association of Law Schools Workshop for Law Librarians to a reception at the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law on Tuesday, June 3, 2008, at 6pm. Please be sure to stop in our Law Library for a tour.

The Law Library, built in 1997, is featured on SchoolDesigns.com as an example of outstanding university design. It was designed by Ellerbe Becket of Minneapolis with Collins Rimer Gordon of Cleveland. The 85,000 square-foot, four-story, light-filled, modern building houses over 500,000 volumes, a 50-seat computer lab, several instructional rooms, and 17 group study rooms. The Law Library is also home to several interesting works of art.

Encircling our entrance level rotunda is series of bronze plates created by Washington, DC sculptor Jim Sanborn. The plates include excerpts from prominent legal documents from the 6th to 20th centuries, thereby depicting the development of justice systems in many cultures. In our Casual Reading area on the base level is a large collage of ceramic tiles created by Cleveland ceramicist Angelica Pozo. The tiles are imprinted with excerpts from key US Statutes, and, though they clearly spell out the word LAW, reflect the struggle underlying legal interpretations.

We hope you enjoy your visit to our College of Law and Law Library, and best wishes to you for productive and stimulating sessions at the AALS Workshop for Law Librarians.


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Welcome New and Returning Students and Faculty

Michael Slinger | August 20, 2007 - 16:55

On behalf of myself and the Law Library staff, I would like to welcome new students and faculty to the Cleveland Marshall College of Law. We are also very pleased to see returning students and faculty. Please stop in and say hello to our friendly and knowledgable Information Services staff. They can answer any questions you may have about our services. For information on available Library services, take a look at our Faculty Services Page , Instructional Support Page or Student Services Page.

Some changes have occurred in the Law Library since last year. We have three new librarians on board: Amy Burchfield, Faculty Services Librarian; Kevin Garewal, Acquisitions Librarian; and Sue Altmeyer, Electronic Services Librarian. The Library has also purchased new monitors for our computer lab and expanded our electronic resource collection. In particular, many BNA research databases will be available starting September 1, 2007. Check out our Electronic Resources Page to find out what will be accessible.

Once again, we look forward to serving your research and instructional needs in the upcoming year. Best wishes to everyone for a rewarding and productive year!


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From the Director

Michael Slinger | September 26, 2006 - 08:45

On behalf of the C-M Law Library staff welcome to our new communications tool the C-M Law Library Blog. The purpose of this Blog is to help keep you informed concerning the many items of interest we think you will benefit from seeing. Within our Blog you can expect to see Law Library news and tips, information about breaking legal developments, suggestions as to web sites that you will find interesting and helpful, and much more. We are moving to the Blog format to take advantage of its unique communication features including the ability to quickly bring you information in an organized, easy to find manner. You will be able to take advantage of archives of past items and will find that it is much easier to catch up with news or reread something that you want to see again. We expect our Blog to be a lively and up-to-date tool for all of us to use. It will cut down on the need for the Law Library staff to send email messages, so please look forward to further announcements about items of interest on the Blog because it will become our primary method of providing you with current awareness information. We hope you will check out the Blog frequently.

If you have questions or suggestions please feel free to send them to me at

michael.slinger@law.csuohio.edu or to our blog leaders laura.ray@law.csuohio.edu or leslie.pardo@law.csuohio.edu

Thank You.

Michael J. Slinger, Associate Dean, Law Library Director & Professor of Law


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