New Jersey Law Librarians Association (NJLLA)
A Chapter of the American Association of Law Libraries
Eastern West Virginians in need of valuable legal resources and research assistance literally have been locked out of a publicly funded regional law library for more than a year, according to the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals’ top librarian.
“Since we are without a librarian at the moment, I am reluctant to leave the library open,” Kaye L. Maerz said Thursday at the library in the Berkeley County Judicial Center in Martinsburg.
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In celebration of Law Day, the Superior Court of Cape May County will host a Law Library Expo on May 1st. For more about this program, click here.
In response to a growing number of people who forgo hiring a lawyer when heading into court, the law library at Howard County Circuit Court is providing five hours of free legal assistance each week to litigants who plan to represent themselves.
The Maryland State Law Library awarded a $9,100 grant to Howard to cover the expenses of the three-month pilot project, which began last week.
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Those of you who are planning to take cruises this summer might be interested in this blog post by Mary Flood about just how many of your rights you sign away in the standard cruise contract! The post discusses a presentation that was made to the Southwestern Association of Law Libraries during a five-day legal conference that took place on a Carnival cruise ship.
Tricia Kasting discusses how to prepare a SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats) analysis of law libraries in this article for Law.com.
Under a new state law, local municipalities are now authorized to tap into public libraries’ “excess funds.” In a nutshell, if a public library does not spend all of its budgeted money and the local government gets the approval of the library trustees, the money could be returned to the municipality. For more details, click here.
Mary Whisner has written a comprehensive article about what it is like being a law librarian and how one can become one.
This article by Margi Heinen and Jan Bissett describes some helpful free legal websites such as FindLaw, LexisOne and the Public Library of Law.
Connie Crosby writes an interesting column urging law librarians to be advocates for their profession.
From the April 3rd edition of the University of Buffalo Reporter, Protecting Books From Ravages of Time, Nature, Kevin Fryling reports on the steps taken by UB Law Library staff after “[a]n overnight storm surge [] leaked through the roof [] and left thousands of books, periodicals and research materials—including some rare and highly specialized items—severely damaged or destroyed.