The library has a guide to help you identify where to find forms.  Westlaw has created a new interface for its form called FormFinder which is available at the top of every Westlaw page.

Researching a new area of law but not sure where to start?  Don’t waste your time reinventing the wheel!  Instead, try searching Cornell’s Legal Research Engine for online guides about your topic.  With just a little bit of effort, you may find a wealth of websites, electronic resources, books and articles already assembled by someone else.

If you use iGoogle, try adding the search engine to your Google Homepage.

Lexis, as a company, is committing itself to efforts combating human trafficking.  To this end, we are sponsoring the screening of Holly, which is a movie that deals with this issue. There is a banner on our home page which directs people to information and link to RSVP.  Here’s the link: http://www.lexisnexis.com/lawschool/content.aspx?articleid=301&topicid=46, or you can go to http://lawschool.lexis.com, and look for the Holly banner for full details. Basically, it will be at Suffolk Law School on March 26th beginning at 5:00.  Somaly Mam, who is the author of The Road of Lost Innocence, will be there!  This is going to be a great event.  We are sponsoring this purely as a humanitarian endeavor.

Fans of the Bloomberg Law Reports rejoice!  The reports, which were formerly only availalble in print at the library are now available online in PDF format.

These reports on over 20 legal topics such as Banking & Finance, Corporate Law, Health Law, or Intellectual Property, cover statutory, regulatory and judicial developments.

Findlaw provides free access to court filings and other legal documents in cases and matters of interest.

Here are some examples of available documents.

Featured Legal Documents

• Donald Trump’s Casino Group Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
• Financial Stability Plan Fact Sheet
• Testimony of Harry Markopolos before the House Committee on Financial Services
• Britney Spears’ Ex-Manager Sues For Defamation, Libel, Breach of Contract, and Other Damages

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Ever wonder how to balance your active online social life with your desire to find a respectable job?  If so, check out the article 10 Privacy Settings Every Facebook User Should Know.

a/k/a the stimulus bill.  Find it in full-text PDF here.

Please join us this week for Legal Research on the Internet: Non - U.S. Sources, a survey of the free non-U.S. legal materials available on the Internet and how to use them.

Choose one of two sessions: Wednesday, Feb. 18 in Room 312 and Thursday, Feb. 19 in Room 334. Both sessions will be held at 1:00 p.m. To reserve a seat, please signup.

American Lawyer magazine provides the Am Law 100–A Work in Progress, a listing of the 100 “highest-grossing firms in the United States.” This site is updated “on a daily basis.” Check it out if you have an interest in these firms and their current (and recent) status.

Hat tip to beSpacific.

Find it here.