The Pace Law Library Blog Makeover

Dear 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 VOILÀ, here it is!

Meet the re-designed and spanking new Pace Law Library Blog:

www.library.blogs.law.pace.edu 

We will continue to bring you news and commentaries from the areas of Law and Technology, Legal Research & Writing, Professional Responsibility, Criminal, Environmental, Immigration, and International, and we plan to expand our coverage into Corporate, Finance, and Securities Law.  And, of course, we will always have a special section for law students.

Visit us on our new blog as we will be writing there from now on. Follow us on Twitter, become a friend on Facebook, or subscribe directly to our blog posts via RSS feed.

Thank you blogger for having us for the past two and half years, and see you all at library.blogs.law.pace.edu.

Pace Law Library Blog

Law In Film Collection Additions

Some 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 free-market capitalism in post-Reagan America, and Sin by Silence (2009), a documentary telling the story of Convicted Women Against Abuse.  Don't forget that Pace Law Library patrons may check out movies for up to five days and it is FREE.

Additions to Our Law in Film Collection

Pace 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 in this collection do circulate, so our patrons can check them out for up to five days.  And although we don't have as extensive variety as for example Netflix does, we do have some great titles and it is free for our patrons.

The following are some of our newest additions:
The Name of the Rose; The Constant Gardener; Wall Street; Passport to Pimlico; Cry Freedom; Earth;
The Art of the Steal; Presumed Guilty; Capturing the Friedmans; The Andersonville Trial; Simple Justice; Nichts als die Wahreit (After the Truth); Sicko; American Violet; Gran Torino; and many more.

New and Updated Legal Research Guides from the Library

Legal 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 added or updated. Click here to view all 35 research guides compiled by Pace Law Library.

Elder Law Resources
A guide to online resources, including federal and state law, specific issues, journals and newsletter, and more.

Business and Corporate Law Research
Research in the law of corporations and other business entities involved learning not just about corporate law, but also the law of agency, partnerships, limited liability companies, and other business structures.

Legal News
this guide contains a wide variety of RSS feeds from legal blogs and news sites.

Legislative History Research Guide
The legislative history of a law is comprised of the documents created during deliberations leading to the law's enactment.  They are used to determine the legislature's intended purpose and to clarify any ambiguities in the statutory language.

Federal Administrative Decisions and Resources
Guide to federal administrative agencies, including links to decisions and regulations, along with the mission statement of each agency.

New York Legal Research
This guide provides links to primary sources of law and government websites for New York, New York City, and Westchester County.

Guide for Law Review Members
This guide will assist students who serve on the three Pace law review.  It provides a basic overview of cite checking, circulation policies, and interlibrary loan request procedures.

Land Use Law Research
This guide will assist you in researching local land use laws.

Pace Law Library's Summer Hours

Although it only is middle of May, the Spring semester is over and the library's summer hours are in effect. Between May 15 and August 19, the library is open as follows, except for scheduled closings:

Monday - Thursday: 9:00 AM - 10:30 PM

Friday: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Saturday and Sunday: 11:00 Am - 7:00 PM

Be sure to check our website for any closings and/or feel free to call the library's circulation desk at 914-422-4272.

Recently Added Research Guides

Pace Law Library uses LibGuides to create its legal research guides. Check out the home page and browse among our 28 legal research guides.

The following are the most recent additions:

Prisoners' Rights Law Resources

Includes federal, state, and international primary and secondary sources, in print and online, with a a particular focus on special populations and topical issues.

Securities Law Research Guide

Guide to statutes, regulations, treatises, and other sources of securities law.

Supreme Court Nominations

Information and resources about the Supreme Court appointment process and specific information about the recent nominees.

Genocide Resources

Sources of law, commentaries, and other secondary sources on genocide.

New Podcast: Prof. Berger On The Creeping Codification of the New Lex Mercatoria and Trans-Lex.org

The Pace Law Library and the Institute of International Commercial Law at Pace are proud to present another podcast. Damon Schwartz, Pace Law School and Vis Moot alum interviewed Dr. Klaus Peter Berger, a Professor of Law at the Center for Transnational Law (CENTRAL) at the University of Cologne, in Germany, about his new publication The Creeping Codification of The New Lex Mercatoria and his latest project - a free research and codification platform for transnational law Trans-Lex.org.

Enjoy this 26 minute long conversation about transnational and international commercial law. The podcast is available at the Pace Law Library Podcasts blog.

New and Updated LibGuides

Check out our collection of research guides.

Among some of the recently added or updated guides are:

Criminal Justice Information and Assistance for Victims, Juveniles, the Incarcerated, and the Accused

Collection of information about governmental (federal, state, and local) and non-governmental agencies, organizations, and services that provide assistance within the criminal justice system.

Criminal Law Statutes of the United States

Guide providing the federal criminal law code as well as the criminal law statutes of the fifty states. It also lists criminal law procedure and evidence rules when applicable.

Feminist Legal Theory Research

Guide to print and online resources, both legal and interdisciplinary, for feminist legal theory research.

Legal Treatises by Subject

Legal Treatises provide well-organized, thorough and detailed explanations and analyses of individual legal topics.

Opening Statements and Closing Arguments: Making Your Case

Guide to opening statements and closing arguments.

Pace Online Health Law Library

A gateway to online resources, including federal, state, and international health law, health law topics, legal and medicinal journals and newsletters, legal and medicinal agencies and organizations, and relevant discussion groups.

United Kingdom Legal Research

A guide to finding legal materials for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

United States Government Information Online

Most U.S. Government information is now available online, for free - a guide how to find it?

PILSO Auction

Only two days left to bid in the PILSO auction. PILSO, the Public Interest Law Scholarship Organization, under the umbrella of Public Interest Law Center at Pace Law School, is hosting a silent online auction. The auction will run until March 11, 2010, at 9:00 am. The proceeds will fund grants to law students for unpaid public interest summer internships in direct legal services, prosecution, environmental law, government work, and civil rights. Click here to bid to get sports tickets and memorabilia, spa and travel packages, fine dining and more!

Our Twitter Makeover

Our Twitter profile had a makeover! Check it out here.

Law Library Newsletter for March

Click here or the picture to the right for the latest issue of D-Brief, the Pace Law Library Newsletter. Gail Whitemore, reference and special collections librarian, writes about the U.S. Supreme Court, the First Amendment, and campaign contributions; new credit card rules; Bookbag to Briefcase program offered at Pace Law School to students, and she reminds us of the library hours and about fun things to do out and about.

Holiday and Semester Break Hours

Pace Law Library is open 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM on Monday Dec. 21 and Tuesday Dec. 22. Wednesday Dec. 23 we are open from 9:00 AM to noon. We will be closed from Thursday Dec. 24 through Sunday Jan. 3, reopening at 9:00 AM on Monday Jan. 4. Library hours are available here, and at 914-422-4272. Happy Holidays to all!

The Library Newsletter For December

Click here or the picture to the right for the latest issue of D-Brief, the Pace Law Library Newsletter. Vicky Gannon, Head of Circulation and Reference Librarian writes about the study rooms and extended services during the exam time, the availability of Bar Journals on HeinOnline, the recycling efforts at Pace Law School, and in the end she adds a recipe for delicious Holiday Anisette Cookies. Enjoy reading!

Library Hours

The library hours are changed during the Thanksgiving Holiday as follows:

• Today, Wednesday Nov. 25th, the library closes at 5:00 pm;
• Tomorrow, Thursday Nov. 26th, the library is closed;
• On Friday, Nov. 27th, the library is open 9:00 am to 5:00 pm; and
• On Saturday, Nov. 28th, we are back to our regular hours.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

Law Library Newsletter for November

Click here or the image to the left for this month’s issue of D-Brief, the Law Library Newsletter, written by Cynthia Pittson, Head of Reference Services. Cynthia writes about the fictional Don Draper from her favorite TV show Mad Men and the very real Lilly Ledbetter, tips for finding paper topics using BNA databases, and old final exams available on the Law Library TWEN site.

Tomorrow, Nov. 3, is Election Day. The League of Women Voters of Westchester has a combined ballot listing all local races. Smartvoter.org from the League of Women Voters has nonpartisan election information for federal, state, and local elections.

Pace Law Library D-Brief

The October 2009 issue of D-Brief, written by the Pace Law Library, is available. Gail Whittemore, a reference and special collections librarian at the Pace Law Library, wrote about the new library drop box that is available off hours, Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Resolution, library hours for the fall semester, and suggested some fun activities to do. Enjoy reading!

Library Orientation--Scavenger Hunt Winners!

Congratulations to Tanya Manderson, the winner of the grand prize for participating in the Library scavenger hunt during orientation--a copy of Black's Law Dictionary, 9th edition.

Congratulations to the 50 lucky 1L winners (listed below) of a copy of Black's Pocket Law Dictionary.

You can pick up your copy of Black's at the Circulation Desk in the Law Library. Thanks to all for participating.

Auger, Jeffrey
Brown, Travis
Calcagno, Jaclyn
Campbell-Ferrari, Alexandra
Crough, Cassidy
Curtiss-Rowlands, Nicholas
Davidson, Justin
DeVries, J. Porter
Diaz, Noelle
Dixon, Michelle
Donegan, Patrick
Doneson, Douglas
Fout, Hannah
Frins, Erik
Geter, Lawanda
Grove, Thomas
Haimi, David
Huang, Jennifer
Joshi, Hina
Judd, Alex
Kaplan, Alison
Klemm, Gabi
Kochevar, Janice
Laboy, Luis
Lee, Paul
Leisch, Katherine
Low, Loriann
Luciano, Kristen
Mangino, Kristina
McChesney, Jacob
McIntosh, Lauren
McLeod, Anna
McManus, Kurtis
Pace, Deanna
Palmer, Sanchia
Park, Jeongyun
Patalano, James
Peric, Ivana
Pons, William
Ramage, Ian
Reda, Stephanie
Rodriguez, Clara
Roveillo, Virginie
Sardinha, Nicole
Sauer, Jonina
Serrano, Margaret
Stockel, Becky
Suh, Samuel
Voronovitskaia, Alla
Woodford, Kristen

Welcome Pace One L's

The entire library staff takes this opportunity to welcome you to Pace Law School and Pace Law Library. We wish you every success both at law school and in your legal career. Should you need any research assistance, please do not hesitate to ask any member of the library staff.

Pace Law Library Faculty Handbook

The updated Faculty Handbook, listing the Pace law library services for faculty, is now available.

This handbook will acquaint you with the broad range of services offered to our faculty by the staff of the Pace Law Library. In particular, you are encouraged to read about our Library Liaison Program and get to know and rely on your liaison as the first contact for your regular research needs. An overview of the services we offer is provided here; more information may be found in the Faculty Services area of the Law Library website. Announcements of general interest to the Law School community are made in the Library’s monthly online newsletter, D‐Brief, which is delivered via e‐mail, and in the Law Library blog.

Please let us know if there are services the library is not currently offering but would be useful. We look forward to reading your comments. Or you can email us directly.

Guide For Law Review Members

The Pace Law Library created a new guide titled Guide For Law Review Members. This guide will assist students who serve on the three Pace law reviews. It provides a basic overview of cite checking, circulation policies, and interlibrary loan request procedures. You can find suggestions on how to find print and/or electronic sources, how to obtain sources via ILL, and what to consult to properly cite.

Also, take a minute to view the full list of Pace Law Library Guides.