Skills for Success:
The Inside Scoop on Legal Research in Practice

• What resources do new lawyers use in practice?
• How much does online legal research cost?
• What can you do while in law school to prepare for the real-world of legal research?

Come eat pizza and hear attorneys, fellow law students and librarians working in Boston discuss what new summer associates, attorneys, and interns are expected to know about legal research. This program is not to be missed, whether you are going to a firm, an internship, the government, or a small practice!

Meet the panelists and register for the new Certificate in Research Skills for Practice program here.

Wednesday, February 3, 2010
1pm
Room 620

Pizza and refreshments provided courtesy of Bloomberg Law, LexisNexis, and Westlaw.

Many news outlets have published obituaries of Howard Zinn, an emertius professor of political science at Boston University who died on Wednesday, including The Boston Globe, The New York Times and The Washington Post.

Among the reflections on Prof. Zinn’s life and work, and his impact as author of A People’s History of the United States and many other books, are these in The Huffington Post, The American Historical Association blog and The Nation.

In recent years, Zinn’s writing has appeared in The Progressive, where he wrote a regular column, and The Nation. A clip of Zinn’s last public appearance at Boston University is available here.

Skills for Success:
The Inside Scoop on Legal Research in Practice

• What resources do new lawyers use in practice?
• How much does online legal research cost?
• What can you do while in law school to prepare for the real-world of legal research?

Come eat pizza and hear attorneys, fellow law students and librarians working in Boston discuss what new summer associates, attorneys, and interns are expected to know about legal research. This program is not to be missed, whether you are going to a firm, an internship, the government, or a small practice!

Wednesday, February 3, 2009
1pm
Room 620

Pizza and refreshments provided courtesy of Bloomberg Law, LexisNexis, and Westlaw.

The National Jurist magazine has come out with a new list of 20 Must-See Legal Movies in this month’s issue.  Topping the list are:

1. To Kill a Mockingbird
2. Twelve Angy Men
3. Anatomy of a Murder

Did you know that all three of these must-see movies are available for law students to check out from the library?  See the library’s full list of movies and learn more about the collection here.

As part of President Obama’s commitment to an open and transparent government, the White House is developing a mobile platform for the content on WhiteHouse.gov. The first step toward a mobile platform is the release of the White House App for the iPhone. The App basically formats the content of WhiteHouse.gov website for viewing on the iPhone. You can access the blog, photos, video and official statements such as transcripts of the President’s speeches. Try it out for free at the iTunes App Store.

For those who do not use iPhone, the White House will soon launch mobile.WhiteHouse.gov. This mobile ready version of the website will allow any internet-enable device to access the website’s content.

Bluebook got you down?  Get expert tips on the Bluebook at this week’s Weekly Workshop.  All workshops are on Wednesday in room 312 and go from 1-1:30.  For more information on the library’s Weekly Workshop program, look here.

The website Habitforge can help you make a resolution a habit.   Let them pester you, remind you and otherwise annoy you until it becomes a habit.

As bar application deadlines approach, expect to hear law students swapping horror stories about each state’s differing and sometimes onerous application requirements.  To avoid last minute stress, be aware of your state’s requirements well before the deadline.  But here is a less obvious tip that can make your application easier:

Did you know that many applications, including Massachusetts, require a detailed employment history, including the names, addresses, and dates of employment for EVERY employer you’ve had since you began working?  Especially if you have worked many different part-time or temporary positions in high school, college, or beyond, this can be a difficult task.  For a small fee, the Social Security Administration will create a detailed earnings report listing every employer from your past along with the employer’s address and how much income was reported to SSA.   I used my report to quickly and accurately complete my bar application and felt confident that I had not forgotten one of my shorter gigs or given an incorrect address.  Request yours using this form but do it soon, because the report will take several weeks to arrive.  See here for more information.

Skills for Success:
The Inside Scoop on Legal Research in Practice

• What resources do new lawyers use in practice?
• How much does online legal research cost?
• What can you do while in law school to prepare for the real-world of legal research?

Come eat pizza and hear attorneys, fellow law students and librarians working in Boston discuss what new summer associates, attorneys, and interns are expected to know about legal research. This program is not to be missed, whether you are going to a firm, an internship, the government, or a small practice!

Wednesday, February 3, 2009
1pm
Room 620

Pizza and refreshments provided courtesy of Bloomberg Law, LexisNexis, and Westlaw.

Want someone to help you practice for an interview?  Sign-up for Better Talking. You call a number that asks you those tricky questions interviewers love to ask, like “What type of work motivates you” and “Where do you see yourself in five year”. After the “interview” they send you a link so you can hear how you sounded.