Demonstrating
our commitment to the role that access to information plays in
supporting the establishment of the Rule of Law globally, and our
dedication to the profession of law librarianship, the Law Library has
participated in training a number of law librarians from other
countries, including Albania and Ghana, over the past decade. Our
most recent visitor was Liana Qwaider who trained at the Law
Library for twelve days in early August. Ms. Qwaider serves as Head
Librarian for the Montesquieu Library at Birzeit University's Institute
of Law in the West Bank. During her time at UGA, she learned a great
deal about the types of services we provide to students and faculty,
and she also learned about our computing systems and the functionality
they bring to our operations. Because she teaches legal research
to the Institute's law students, Ms. Qwaider found it quite useful to
sit in on a 1L Legal Research and Writing class, and she also enjoyed
observing the Socratic Method employed in a Contracts class.
The law librarians here benefitted too from Ms. Qwaider's 20+ years
of experience as a librarian as well as her infectious enthusiasm for
law libraries. In addition to discussing possible
solutions to the common problems faced by most libraries (lack of
space, budgetary issues, information overload, etc.), Ms. Qwaider
kindly consented to present an interesting program about
the issues specific to running a law library in the West Bank. This
session was attended by librarians from UGA Libraries as well as Law
Library staff.
Ms. Qwaider's visit was made possible by the Rusk Center and by the
European Consortium, established in 1995 by a group of European law
schools in support of the Institute of Law. The Institute of Law
also receives support from USAID, the European Union, the French
government, the World Bank and a number of other governments and
international organizations.
New
Resource: Making of Modern Law Trials
The
Law Library has recently acquired another historical full text
database which we are excited to announce to the law school community -
The Making of Modern Law Trials - 1600-1926. With this collection, you
can research three centuries of celebrated and historically important
trials from America, the British Empire and the world through a wide
variety of official literature, reports and ephemera. The database
contains over 10,000 titles and 2 million pages from the Harvard and
Yale law libraries and the Library of the Bar of the City of New York.
The literature of legal transcripts and trial accounts offers an
unfiltered narrative into the daily lives of everyday people. The
collection also contains materials from precedent-setting cases which
illustrate constitutional values. Examples of trials which provide a
first hand look at important historical issues include the Dred Scott
case, the Scopes Monkey Trial and the Amistad Slavery case. The
collection also includes trials of famous individuals such as Charles
I, Sacco and Vanzetti, Oscar Wilde, Aaron Burr and Lizzie Borden.
Full text searching capability allows you to search and explore these
materials in ways that were not possible with print format. The Making
of Modern Law Trials can be accessed from the Law Library's Research
Resources page:
Keeping
up with the latest information can be difficult. One way to
manage your current awareness is to have the information delivered
directly to your email.
The Law Library has collected onto its new "Alerts" page (http://www.law.uga.edu/library/Alerts.html)
as many relevant sources it could find that provide this service. Some
are free, and some are based on subscription services paid by the
library. Many offer an RSS feed option in addition to the more
traditional email notifications. There is probably something for
everyone!
Law School members have the option of using the links to subscribe
themselves directly. This can be the best option, since some
require tailored search information to make sure you only get the
results you want. The page also offers a checkbox that will send
a notice to the librarians. If we can subscribe you directly, we
will; if more information is required, we'll contact you.
Let the information flow!
Lunch-n-Learn:
What's New and Hot
Please join the
Law Library for the next installment in our Lunch-n-Learn series with
Special Collections Librarian Sharon Bradley presenting "What's New and Hot: Services and Products for Lawyers."
When: Friday,
September 28, 12:30-1pm
Where: Classroom C
We'll provide the pizza (and plenty of it this time!) -- you bring a
beverage.
September's
Interactive Puzzle
by James Donovan
PORTRAITS IN THE HALL: WHO DO YOU WALK BY EVERY
DAY?
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interactive
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