Workers repairing the University of Connecticut law library are finding the 12-year-old building has more serious damage than originally anticipated. For the gory details, click here.
Category: Law Library Usage
Bigger Isn’t Better
This article from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette discusses how small, boutique law firms are prospering these days. According to the article, one of the reasons that small firms can keep up with the big boys is that “technology has leveled the playing field. Legal research is now almost exclusively Internet-based. Gone is the requirement that a law firm have stacks of expensive books in its law library….As the cost of technology has dropped dramatically, small firms are becoming just as competitive as large firms.”
Law Libraries Shrink, But Remain Important
Greg Hyman of the Birmington Business Journal discusses how law libraries in private firms are shrinking due to the proliferation of electronic research, but nonetheless remaining an essential part of legal research. To read the article, click here.
CT Files Suit Over Law Library
Courant.com (CT) reports: “Six years after a study showed granite was coming loose at the University of
Bar Exam May Soon See Legal Research Questions
From UT-Austin’s Daily Texan: “Law professors from across the U.S. and Canada joined for a three-day conference, “Teaching the Teachers” at the UT School of Law to discuss how law students research and how they can improve these methods.” Click here for the full article.
Prisoner Access in Bergen County
From NorthJersey.com: Bergen jail first to provide online legal aid in cells. “Bergen officials say theirs is the first jail in the nation to provide laptops to inmates….”
Law Library Usage as Evidence in Criminal Case
An article from today’s Bridgeton News (NJ), How many killers?: “The state presented witnesses Thursday to counter the defense’s argument that Boston is mentally disabled, and because of this, was easily coerced into making incriminating statements to detectives.” The Jail Law Librarian testified that the defendant “used the jail library 17 times while he was being lodged there between 2004 and 2007.” [drc]