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Leave your comments! </b>Pace Law School Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02074076873862126079noreply@blogger.comBlogger578125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4394019294719317658.post-89625537223868416262011-02-01T13:03:00.001-05:002011-02-01T13:04:11.075-05:00The Pace Law Library Blog MakeoverDear Readers,
We are thrilled to introduce to you our new Pace Law Library Blog. We have been writing here since June 2008 and so we decided that our blog more than deserved a major makeover. Thus, in the beginning of 2011, we migrated to a new platform and VOILĂ€, here it is!
Meet the re-designed and spanking new Pace Law Library Blog:
www.library.blogs.law.pace.edu
We will Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4394019294719317658.post-4060667560388476542011-02-01T11:58:00.000-05:002011-02-01T11:58:40.572-05:00Ms. Lamikanra on Nigerian Law and Legal SystemMs. Ufuoma Lamikanra, the Head of Readers' Services Section at the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, at the University of Lagos in Nigeria, gave an excellent presentation titled Conflict of Laws in a Federation: The Nigerian Experience at the 2010 annual meeting of the American Association of Law Libraries in Denver, Colorado, as part of the FCIL-SIS Executive Committee presents eventUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4394019294719317658.post-45063004776339886692011-01-13T15:07:00.001-05:002011-01-13T15:08:01.942-05:00Prof. Crawford Reviews Estate and Gift Tax Law Review Articles of 2010Check out our first 2011 addition to the Pace Law Library Podcasts site titled Estate and Gift Tax Law Articles of 2010. Prof. Bridget Crawford from Pace Law School reviews interesting estate and gift tax law related articles that were published in the year of 2010. Her review is forthcoming as an article in Tax Notes, titled Estate and Gift Tax Law Review Articles You Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4394019294719317658.post-57075102020800341352010-12-22T12:42:00.000-05:002010-12-22T12:42:42.690-05:00Prison Population in the U.S.According to the press release, the Bureau of Justice Statistics reported that for the first time since it started to collect data in 1980 the adult prison population in the United States is down, as shown by the numbers for 2009. Could this be a sign of a step in the right direction?
Although comparatively small, decreases in the probation population (down by 40,079 offenders) and the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4394019294719317658.post-67007211258223086752010-12-22T10:18:00.002-05:002010-12-22T12:24:03.875-05:00Superheroes and the LawIf it is impossible to kill Superman or Wolverine, does trying to do so constitute a crime? How does the Second Amendment apply to superheroes? Can RICO be used to prosecute the Legion of Doom? Are mutants a protected class? Who foots the bill when a hero damages property while fighting a villain? What happens legally when a character comes back from the dead?
James Cynthiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06219790927242917743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4394019294719317658.post-42226025555662942532010-12-10T15:38:00.002-05:002010-12-10T15:40:40.073-05:00Federal Justice Statistics 2008The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) published the Federal Justice Statistics - 2008 statistical tables. They are now available in PDF or as a spreadsheet.
[It] describes criminal case processing in the federal justice system, including arrest and booking through sentencing and corrections. These statistical tables present the number of suspects arrested and booked by theUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4394019294719317658.post-36765556315944571442010-12-10T11:05:00.002-05:002010-12-10T11:11:57.152-05:00The European LibraryRecently, I came across a website of the European Library.
[It] is a free service that offers access to the resources of the 48 national libraries of Europe in 35 languages. Resources can be both digital (books, posters, maps, sound recordings, videos, etc.) and bibliographical. Quality and reliability are guaranteed by the 48 collaborating national libraries of Europe.
Read more Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4394019294719317658.post-66068603320164532032010-12-08T12:10:00.003-05:002010-12-08T12:42:43.776-05:00FBI Releases Hate Crime Statistics for 2009The FBI released the 2009 Hate Crime Statistics. The report including the background, collection design, data provided and participation is now available only on the FBI website. A printable version is also available; however, according to the release, printed copies of the publication are no longer available.
[The statistics indicated that] 6,604 criminal incidents involving 7,789 Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4394019294719317658.post-71050488685318033262010-12-07T12:48:00.000-05:002010-12-07T12:48:21.838-05:00Law In Film Collection AdditionsSome of the most recent additions to our Law in Film Collection include A River of Waste (2009), a documentary about modern industrial system of meat and poultry production in the U.S. and elsewhere, Copyright Criminals (2010), a documentary about copyright, creativity and technological change in the hip-hop music making industry, Capitalism (2010), a documentary by M. Moore about the history of Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4394019294719317658.post-38528554357347428282010-12-07T11:37:00.005-05:002010-12-16T17:51:05.257-05:00Examples and Explanations Available OnlineThe popular law school study aids, Examples & Explanations, including Contracts, Federal Income Tax, Copyright, Debtor and Creditor, Evidence, Criminal Law, Property, and many others, are available online. Google has digitized the full content of many of the titles from this series. They are available on Google Books and large portions are available for free. Although the online collection does Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4394019294719317658.post-51770055064687879012010-11-11T10:30:00.005-05:002010-11-11T12:50:30.582-05:00The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act now in HeinOnlineHeinOnline's recently added Taxation & Economic Reform in America Library now contains more than 140 legislative documents related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Public Law No. 111-203, 124 Stat. 1376 (2010). Compiled by William H. Manz, Senior Research Librarian at St. John's Law School, this collection includes all versions of the bill, related bills, Gailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00766898499951038115noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4394019294719317658.post-28894490822325954612010-11-10T09:58:00.004-05:002010-11-10T13:58:25.609-05:00Prof. Nolon on Sustainable DevelopmentToday, November 10, 2010, at 4:00 pm, Prof. John Nolon, James D. Hopkins Professor of Law at Pace Law School, will present on Sustainable Development Law: Keeping Pace as part of the Hopkins Lecture. The event will be held at the Judicial Institute at Pace Law School. For more information, email bthornton@pace.law.edu.
Professor John R. Nolon is Counsel to the Land Use Law Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4394019294719317658.post-11432692070598137752010-11-08T15:36:00.000-05:002010-11-08T15:36:37.514-05:00Civil Litigation Management ManualThe Federal Judicial Center (FJC) has recently published the Civil Litigation Management Manual, Second Edition. The entire manual (220 pages) is available online in PDF along with a list of appendices including various sample forms.
This manual provides trial judges a handbook on managing civil cases. It sets out a wide array of case-management techniques, beginning with early Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4394019294719317658.post-49101147037187844782010-11-08T15:09:00.006-05:002010-11-08T15:41:51.000-05:00After Gender? Examining International Justice EnterprisesSince 1982, the Pace Law School has hosted a yearly event, the Dyson Distinguished Lecture series. This year's title is After Gender? Examining International Justice Enterprises. The Pace Law School will welcome Janet Halley, Royall Professor of Law, Harvard Law School, and an impressive group of exciting moderators, panelists, and commentators, as they all engage in a series of Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4394019294719317658.post-9893254547642638332010-11-08T14:40:00.001-05:002010-11-08T14:40:44.581-05:002010 Manual on Recurring Problems in Criminal TrialsFederal Judicial Center (FJC), created in 1967, is the education and research agency for the federal courts. On its website it provides information about its publications & videos, international judicial relations, federal judiciary history, and educational programs & materials. Recently, it has published the sixth edition of the Manual on Recurring Problems in Criminal Trials.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4394019294719317658.post-46551020988594049092010-10-26T14:57:00.001-04:002010-11-01T11:07:14.509-04:00Additions to Our Law in Film CollectionPace Law Library, in addition to its extensive law collection, also has a not so shabby Law in Film Collection. The idea is to collect movies with law/legal theme, though occasionally a not so law or legal related movie slips in. In any instance, you should check it out. The collection is located on the main floor of the law library, behind the reference desk. All movies Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4394019294719317658.post-16318360375227087262010-10-22T13:02:00.007-04:002010-10-22T13:25:30.780-04:00National Lead Poisoning Prevention WeekThe EPA has announced National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week for October 24-30th in order to raise awareness of the risks associated with childhood lead exposure. According to recent statistics,Lead paint poisoning affects more than 1 million children today. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that nearly 250,000 children living in the United States have blood lead levels Taryn Rucinskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03082366553538899394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4394019294719317658.post-68483032363872241412010-10-19T15:07:00.002-04:002010-10-19T15:13:10.740-04:00Legal Briefs: Eight local law professors urge legalization of marijuana -- Wash. PostA group of law faculty from American, Georgetown, George Mason and George Washington universities have come out in support of California's Prop. 19. They argue that "the present policies toward marijuana to be bankrupt, and urge their rethinking."Pace Law School Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02074076873862126079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4394019294719317658.post-88910574591836814952010-10-01T09:43:00.000-04:002010-10-01T09:43:40.861-04:00Pace Law School phasing out part-time evening programThe rumors are true. Dean Michelle Simon sent out a letter to alumni this week confirming that after this fall there will be no more part-time evening program. Dean Simon writes
There has been, however, a confluence of factors over the years that has caused us to re-evaluate our evening program and nudged us toward the conclusion that under the circumstances, those resources need to Cynthiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06219790927242917743noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4394019294719317658.post-63788356081336431522010-09-24T19:34:00.001-04:002010-09-24T19:35:05.812-04:00Humbach on Sexting and the First AmendmentSexting - a word that is becoming part of our vocabulary; a behavior most common among teenagers; a growing phenomena. But what exactly is sexting? Oxford Dictionary online does not have a readily available definition yet, so I turned to online Wikipedia.
Sexting is the act of sending sexually explicit messages or photographs, primarily between mobile phones. [Wikipedia]
To Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4394019294719317658.post-14191488717511212982010-09-17T09:53:00.000-04:002010-09-17T09:53:51.710-04:00A Uniform Bar Exam?From the ABA Journal: ABA's Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar adopted a resolution supporting a Uniform Bar Exam to be administered in every state of the United States.
In April, Missouri became the first state to adopt the Uniform Bar Examination, and the National Conference of Bar Examiners reported in June that North Dakota was the second state to do soCynthiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06219790927242917743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4394019294719317658.post-33297935581587400052010-09-15T18:14:00.006-04:002010-09-15T18:58:01.367-04:00Completely LegalYesterday was primary day here in New York, and I hope that everyone who voted in the primary had a good experience with the new voting system. I got so much ink on my hands from the pen that they gave me to fill in the circles on the paper ballot, that it made a smudge on the ballot. Fortunately, it was not enough of a smudge to be mistaken for an errant vote, and I escaped the polling place inVicky Gannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08123663685211889593noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4394019294719317658.post-64492613824220040642010-09-15T13:37:00.002-04:002010-09-15T13:58:05.290-04:00Celebrating 40 Years of the Clean Air ActIn honor of its anniversary the U.S. EPA has recently announced that it is celebrating 40 years of its accomplishments under the Clean Air Act (CAA)."For 40 years the Clean Air Act has protected our health and our environment, saving lives and sparking new innovations to make our economy cleaner and stronger. The common sense application of the act has made it one of the most cost-effective Taryn Rucinskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03082366553538899394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4394019294719317658.post-77790539999221923362010-09-07T14:37:00.002-04:002010-09-07T14:38:20.302-04:00New and Updated Legal Research Guides from the LibraryLegal Research is an important skill that is acquired in law school and perfected over time. At times, we all are required to do a research in an unfamiliar area. To get you started and educated on an unfamiliar subject, it is helpful to consult a research guide. The Pace Law Library compiles research guides on various topics and the following are those that have been recently Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4394019294719317658.post-22370668607668158902010-09-07T13:55:00.002-04:002010-09-07T13:57:03.409-04:00Alexander Greenawalt On Radovan KaradzicAlexander Greenawalt, Associate Professor of Law at Pace University School of Law, regularly contributes to the New York Time microblog: Latets on Radovan Karadzic. Check out the latest contribution. You may also subscribe to the latest updates via RSS feed.
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