Jonathan C. Stark presents a provocative fable about the effects of lost law libraries over time. To read the tale, click here.
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New edition of Skoloff, NJ Family Law
NJ ICLE has announced the imminent publication of the 14th edition of New Jersey Family Law and Practice, by Gary N. Skoloff and Laurence J. Cutler (with additional chapter authors).
Executive Orders Status Notes
On the state webpage http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/circular/eoindex.htm that lists the Governor’s Executive Orders, the useful practice of noting in the date-issued column when an order has been amended or rescinded by a later order seems to have fallen into abeyance recently. In particular, rescission needs to be noted for Corzine E.O.#1 (rescinded by Christie E.O.#24), Corzine E.O.#103 and Corzine E.O.#135 (both rescinded by Christie E.O.#19), and Christie E.O.#12 (rescinded by Christie E.O.#20). (This message has also been submitted to the Governor’s office.)
Centennial History of Rutgers Law-Newark
Just published: A Centennial History of Rutgers Law School in Newark; Opening a Thousand Doors, by Paul Tractenberg, The History Press, May 2010, 192 p. ISBN 978-1-59629-822-4, $21.99. Appendices include a selected list of Rutgers-Newark’s prominent alumni.
Helping The Law Librarian Help You
In this article, Terry Conaway provides useful tips to members of the public who are looking for assistance. Law Librarians may wish to post it on their bulletin boards.
Guide To Researching Australian Law
Nicholas Pengelley and Sue Milne of LLRX.com offer this handy guide to Researching Australian Law. It’s a nice resource for anyone who has an occasional legal question arising from Down Under.
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.
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.
Where Are All The Female Law Bloggers?
This article by C.C. Holland of Law.com speculates about the reasons that most high-profile legal blogs are authored by men.
Star-Ledger For Sale???
According to Channel 7 Eyewitness News, Advance Publications Inc. will sell The Star-Ledger of Newark unless 26 percent of staff accept buyouts by October, the company told employees in a letter Thursday.Star-Ledger publisher George Arwady said that if 200 if the paper’s 750 full-time employees do not apply for a buyout by Oct.1, and if the company does not get new agreements from unions representing its mailers and drivers, the New Jersey paper will be sold.”The situation is critical – we are currently on life support,” Arwady said in the letter, a copy of which was obtained by The Associated Press.