Law Library News for the Week of Dec. 10, 2007
Cheryl Nyberg, editor
ABA Journal Picks Top 100 Lawyer Blawgs
From nearly three thousand blogs written by and for attorneys, the editors of the ABA Journal have selected the top one hundred. Categories include:
- Generally Speaking
- All Business
- Politics for Sport
- Benched
- Ivory Tower
- Blackletter Law
- Lawyer’s Toolkit
- Caution: Gossip, Rumor & Innuendo Ahead
- Your So-Called Life
- Crime Time
- J.D.s in Training
- Lawyers Behaving Badly
Did any of your must-read blawgs make the list? Review the ABA’s picks. at And vote for your favorites too (until Jan. 2, 2008).
Interim Hours
When exams end, the Library begins its abbreviated interim schedule:
Date |
Day |
Library |
Reference |
Dec. 15-18 |
Sat-Tue |
Closed |
Closed |
Dec. 19-21 |
Wed-Fri |
8am-5pm |
9am-noon & 1-5pm |
Dec. 22-25 |
Sat-Tue |
Closed |
Closed |
Dec. 26-28 |
Wed-Fri |
8am-5pm |
9am-noon & 1-5pm |
Dec. 29-Jan.1 |
Sat-Tue |
Closed |
Closed |
Jan. 2-4 |
Wed-Fri |
8am-5pm |
9am-noon & 1-5pm |
Jan. 5 |
Sat |
Closed |
Closed |
Jan. 6 |
Sun |
Noon-5pm |
1-4pm |
Regular hours resume when Winter Quarter begins on Monday, Jan. 7, 2008.
Last-Minute Gift Ideas
Are friends and relatives nagging you for gift ideas? What should they get an attorney-to-be? For some law-themed items, visit the For Counsel website.
The “Pick of the Week” is a 20-inch artificial Christmas tree for the Legal Profession, which comes complete with a Lady Justice tree topper and ornaments of lawyer Santas, wooden gavels, miniature law books, and scales of justice.
Profession Gifts also features items for lawyers. A bronze Lady Justice, scales of justice desk clock, and red silk tie displaying the hand-written text of the U.S. Constitution are just a few of the available items.
Ernie the Attorney likes coffee mugs depicting images created by attorney and cartoonist Charles Pugsley Fincher.
For more ideas, check out the TechnoLawyer Blog. The post even links to a site suggesting holiday gifts for “your favorite law librarian”!
The greatest gift your friends and family long for is time spent with you this season. We wish you all a fun, festive, friends-and-family-filled winter break.