New Books in the Library!

New Books of Interest

These books and other new additions to our collection can be found on the main floor of the law library in the New Books section. All books in this section can be checked out at the Circulation Desk.

· Abbott, E.B., & Hetzel, O.J. (2010). Homeland security and emergency management: a legal guide for state and local governments. Chicago, IL.: American Bar Association, Section of State and Local Government Law.

· Barrett, D. , & Kipper, G. (2010). Virtualization and forensics: a digital forensic investigator’s guide to virtual environments. New York: Elsevier.

· Brudholm, T., & Cushman, T. (2009). The religious in responses to mass atrocity: interdisciplinary perspectives. New York: Cambridge University Press.

· Brotman, E. (2010). Careers in criminal law. Chicago: American Bar Association, Criminal Justice Section.

· Gerhart, P.M. (2010). Tort law and social morality. New York: Cambridge University Press.

· Law, A.O. (2010). The immigration battle in American Courts. New York: Cambridge University Press.

· Mezzullo, L.A. (2010). An estate planner’s guide to family business entities: family limited partnerships, limited liability companies, and more. Chicago: American Bar Association, Section of Real Property , Trust and Estate Law.

Featured Book

· Levitt, C.A., & Rosch, M.E. (2010). Google for lawyers: essential search tips and productivity tools. Chicago: American Bar Assocation, Law Practice Management Section.

Publishers Info: Designed to help lawyers learn how they can put all of Google’s power to work in their practices. This book shows lawyers how they can use free and low-cost tools available from Google to compete with large firms and their large research and technology budgets. This guide unleashes the full power of google as a search engine and as a provider of lesser-known resources such as Google Voice, Google Wave, and Google Translate, as well as the better-known office applications such as Gmail, Google Docs, and Google Calendar that can make more productive attorneys.

This book must be used in the library and can be obtained at the Circulation Desk.

Suggest a Purchase

We are interested in receiving suggestions from the faculty, staff and students. We will consider purchasing any item suggested to us, if it fits within our collection policy and available budget. Access the ready made form at the library’s home page.

Submitted by Susan Vossberg, Catalog Librarian

Procrastination and Law Students

When you think about it, you have to wonder whether people learn to procrastinate while they are in law school or whether they come to law school with those skills already mastered. Of course, being lawyers and law students, we can safely argue that everyone does it, and not have to hear that voice of our mother's in our head saying "If everyone walked off a cliff would you do it too?" (At least, that is what my mother's programmed response was to me every time I said it!)

There are many reasons lawyers procrastinate, and it is not surprising that law students do it too; law students are so busy with reading and briefing cases, participating in extracurricular activities that will build their networks and their careers, not to mention the daily demands of living in the 21st Century! There are a lot of articles out there about procrastination, and how to change our ways. Here's one from Law Crossing.

Procrastinating printing your papers and other assignments that have to be turned in during a class can lead to some disastrous results. Twice this year, just at the moment students have had to print documents so they could submit them on time, the printers in the law library have had technical problems. Students should know that while law library staff will do their best to help out in these situations, there is no guarantee that they will be successful. If the breakdown occurs on a weekend, IT technicians are generally not available. So, if you have to print something for a class, plan ahead, and print it before the last minute! Your anxiety level will go down a lot.

Fall Break Information

We're all ready for a Fall Break, right? Well deserved, too!

The law library's hours during break will be:

Thursday and Friday, October 21 and 22, 7:30 a.m. until 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, October 23, 8:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, October 24, 8:00 a.m. until Midnight

There will be no evening reference service October 21 and 22, and no reference service on Saturday, October 23. A reference librarian will be on duty on Sunday, October 24 from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.