Exploring electronic legal research: HeinOnline

The law library has subscriptions to many online databases beyond Westlaw and Lexis. To support your research, be sure to visit the Databases A-Z list on our web site. We have all electronic content listed here alphabetically and by subject category.

One of our main providers is HeinOnline. You can search our entire HeinOnline as a collection, including digitized documents ranging from the Federal Register, more than 1500 law and law-related periodicals, world trials, US Code, and much much more, or you can look directly at a subset of that information. Here's a list of our main Hein databases:

• American Law Institute Library (HeinOnline)
• Bar Journals (HeinOnline)
• Code of Federal Regulations (HeinOnline)
• English Reports, Full Reprint (1220-1867) (HeinOnline)
• European Center for Minority Issues (HeinOnline)
• Federal Register Library (HeinOnline)
• Law Journal Library (HeinOnline)
• Legal Classics (HeinOnline)
• Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (HeinOnline)
• National Moot Court Competition (HeinOnline)
• Phillip C. Jessup Library (HeinOnline)
• Session Laws Library (HeinOnline)
• Treaties and Agreements Library (HeinOnline)
• U.S. Attorney General Opinions (HeinOnline)
• U.S. Congressional Documents (HeinOnline)
• U.S. Federal Legislative History Library (HeinOnline)
• U.S. Presidential Library (HeinOnline)
• U.S. Statutes at Large (HeinOnline)
• U.S. Supreme Court Library (HeinOnline)
• United States Code (HeinOnline)
• World Constitutions Illustrated (HeinOnline)
• World Trials Library (HeinOnline)

Something for Fun

Yes, despite all you've heard, law can be humorous. Just remember that when you are studying for exams! One place to find legal humor is Lowering the Bar. Just to keep this post educational, do you think the person in this real-life story could be charged with second-degree assault under Minnesota law? Is a tree branch considered a dangerous weapon in Minnesota?

Welcome

Welcome to all of our new 1L Hamline Law students! Congratulations also to our returning law students who have completed a year (or two or three). As you begin this academic year please bookmark or select as one of your favorites our Hamline Law Library page and our Hamline Law Library News.

Our Law Library page gives you so much information about your library's hours and services. In addition to the many databases and digital information you can access as a member of Hamline University we have specific guides, currently 53 in number, which give you tips about research: health law, water law, human rights law and how to pick a topic for your research paper are just some of the available guides.

We have a specific guide for 1L Orientation Resources not to be missed.

Stop by my office at Room 240H to say hello.

Law school studying is different - WE CAN HELP!

Studying for law school classes is very different than studying for undergraduate classes. As Amy Jarmon, Texas Tech's Asst. Dean for Academic Success Programs, says in her blog posting law professors require you to read and analyze the cases prior to class. The average undergraduate student studied 10-20 hours per week at law school 50-55 hours is not unexpected.

Your Law Library is here to HELP You.

Your Hamline Law Library has study aids (Black Letter Series, Examples & Explanations, Nutshell and the Understanding series) for 1L and many upper-level courses. The most current editions are kept On Reserve in our Reserve Room, at the Circulation Desk. Older editions are within our collection. Please check our Library catalog, CLICNET, for information on a topic or a specific title.

David M. Cobin Slavery Collection

We in the library are still reeling from the sudden passing of Professor David Cobin. He was a wonderful friend, teacher, and supporter of the library. David had a passion for books, and his family graciously donated many of them to our library. We are grateful to have them! The majority of the donated books are on the subject of slavery since David taught a slavery seminar here at the Law School. Professor Marie Failinger said it best when she said David has had an abiding commitment to justice for oppressed people, which he has shared with students in courses such as his slavery seminar.
Before putting the books on our shelves for all to have access to, a bookplate that was specially designed by Grace Mills, the Director of our Library, was affixed to the front of each book to identify them as having been donated by the Cobin family in David’s memory.
Please feel free to access these books. They are on the shelves and available to be checked out. To locate the book titles go to our web page http://lawlibrary.hamline.edu and do a keyword search for David M. Cobin slavery collection.
If you have trouble locating any of the items please find one of our reference librarians for help!

Thirty Books Every (Aspiring) Attorney Should Read

The ABA Journal recently asked 30 successful lawyers to pick 30 books that merit every lawyer's close attention. Check out the Top 30 Gallery to discover the 30 book titles and find out why the attorney who recommended a particular book felt it deserved a place of honor. Recommending the legal memoir My Life in Court, attorney Roy Black writes, "[Louis Nizer's] true stories make the Grisham and Turow legal thrillers pale and bloodless by comparison." Can you find your pick in Our Library Catalog CLICnet or World Catalog? Do you prefer to read your books in bound form or on an e-reader?