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New Jersey Court Law Libraries Hosts Program About Self-Representation Services

On January 14, 6-8pm, Middlesex County Law Librarian Betty Agin will discuss the services and resources offered free to the public by the NJ Court Law Libraries for self-representation.

Some of the topics presented will include:

  • Assistance programs and material for self-represented litigants
  • Location and retrieval methods for court records
  • Do’s and Don’ts for legal reference
  • Free informational packets about divorces and wills/estates provided

This program is FREE and open to the public.

For further details, click here.

Visit NJLLA’s web site at http://www.njlla.org.

Tennessee To Shut Public Law Libraries

Due to the expense of maintaining what it considers to be underutilized resoures, the Tennessee Supreme Court will close its law libraries in Knoxville, Nashville and Memphis on January 1st. Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Sharon Lee explained that, since most legal research is online now, “we were not getting our money’s worth out of [these law libraries] at all.”

Could this be the wave of the future throughout the U.S.?

For the complete story, click here.

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The Law Library of Brooklyn – A Look Back, And At The Present

Samuel Newhouse of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle has written an insightful article about the history of the Supreme Court Law Library in Brooklyn and its law librarian, Jacqueline Cantwell. The article also goes on to discuss the importance of law libraries and their role in the age of online research.

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Online Document Services Help Laypeople, But Not Without Risks

Simple legal actions like establishing a living will don’t necessarily require the direct involvement of a lawyer. Online document services can provide forms and give laypeople instructions on what to do with them. The advantages are cost and convenience; however, some worry the absence of a live professional can leave users shortchanged.

For the complete story from E-Commerce Times.com, complete with linked resources, click here.

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Professional Legal Management Week

The Association of Legal Administrators has declared that October 6-10 is International Professional Legal Management Week.

The objectives of Professional Legal Management WeekSM are:

  • To provide awareness, understanding and education about the legal management profession, and
  • To increase knowledge of the diverse roles within the profession.

The goal of Professional Legal Management WeekSM is:

To communicate to stakeholders, and others, the importance and need for a professional management team in all facets of enterprise leadership.

To read the press release, click here.

To read more about it from the Association of Legal Administrators, click here.

Visit NJLLA’s web site at http://www.njlla.org.

India Opens Its First Online Law Library

Those involved in legal issues in India will benefit from the inauguration of the country’s first e-law library –

Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat inaugurated the country’s first e-law library here aimed at facilitating legal practitioners.

“Justice has to reach the common man and if this concept succeeds in giving justice, only then we can say it is working,” Kamat said while inaugurating the library at the Bombay High Court on Saturday, adding that it would serve as a model for other Bar Councils.

For the full story, click here.

Visit NJLLA’s web site at http://www.njlla.org.

In Digital Age, Federal Files Blip Into Oblivion

In today’s New York Times, Robert Pear writes –

Countless federal records are being lost to posterity because federal employees, grappling with a staggering growth in electronic records, do not regularly preserve the documents they create on government computers, send by e-mail and post on the Web.

To read the full article, click here.

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