Law Library News Archive
The Law Library News column appears in The Crier, the weekly University of Washington School of Law newspaper.
The column features news on Law Library policies, legal research tips,
events, trivia contests & other items written by the Gallagher Law
Library staff. See also the separate Book of
the Week archive.
This archive contains Law
Library News columns from January 1999 forward. Please note links to
some websites mentioned in these columns may no longer be active.
2008 Issues of the Law Library News
| May 12 |
Talk Back to the Bluebook Editors
| Book of the Week: From Law School to Law Practice: The New
Associate's Guide | Westlaw Summer Access |
Website of the Week: Proceedings of the Old Bailey, 1674-1913 |
| May 5 |
Book of the Week: Licensing Intellectual Property | Website of the Week: Justice Talking | Bridge the Gap |
| April
28 |
Bluebook Citations for Nonlaw
Journal Articles | Check Out Journals from UW Libraries
Through Summit | Summer Access to LexisNexis |
| April
21 |
National Library Week Cartoons
| History of Moot Court | Bridge the Gap |
Website of the Week: Regulatory Resource Center |
| April 14 |
Book of the Week: Trial Stories | Legal Research Handouts Now Outside the LRTC | State & International Law Digests on the Internet | Website of the Week: The Public Library of Law |
| April 7 |
Two Librarians Walk into a Bar [TGIT
& National Library Week] | 9th Circuit Panel Visits Gates Hall
| Website of the Week: JD Supra, part 2 |
| March
31 |
Free UN Treaty Collection
Database | Cost-Effective Searching on LexisNexis |
Website of the Week: JD Supra |
| March 3 |
New Washington Practice Volume:
Motions in Limine | Website of the Week: Zimmerman's
Research Guide | West's Washington Law Finder |
| Feb. 25 |
The New Online Bluebook | Government Secrecy Program | Website of the Week: National Conference of State Legislatures |
| Feb. 18 |
I See London, I See France (CIA World Factbook) | Website of the Week: European Judicial Network in Civil and Commercial Matters |
|
Feb. 11 |
Public Service
Careers | Presidents' Day Hours | Presidents' Day
Precedents |
| Feb. 4 |
New Westlaw Printer in L2 Copy Alcove | Website of the Week: Religion and Law International Documents Database |
|
Jan. 28 |
Bloggety, Bloggety, Blog
| The Regulation of Chocolate | Website of the Week: The
Empirical Legal Studies Bibliography |
| Jan. 21 |
Subprime Lending Legal
Research Guide | Color My (Research) World: Beige |
Locating Lawyers Using Directories | Website of the Week:
Legal Technology Resource Center |
| Jan. 14 |
Using LexisNexis with
Firefox or Safari | Cool Databases That You've Never Used (RIA
Checkpoint and Securities Mosaic) | Website of the Week: U.S.
Electoral College |
| Jan. 7 |
Looking Back ... Looking Ahead | Website of the Week: GlobaLex
|
2007 Issues of the Law Library News
| Dec. 10 |
ABA Journal Picks Top 100 Lawyer Blawgs | Interim Hours | Last-Minute Gift Ideas |
| Dec. 3 |
Same-Day Release of US Supreme Court Oral Arguments |
Scoop Jackson Digital Collections | The Public Return |
New Gov't Report: Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the US |
| Nov. 26 |
Law School Exams | Interim Hours | Searching the Web on Westlaw | New Government Reports |
| Nov. 19 |
Library Hours for Thanksgiving | Bluebook 101 | Amended Federal Rules of Civil Procedure | New Corporations Guide | Updated Library Maps |
| Nov. 12 |
Annual Review Issues | Human Rights Search Engine | New Research Guide on the Nuremberg Trials | New Government Reports |
| Nov. 5 |
Building a Better Legal Profession | Finding Missing
Webpages | Gallagher Guides: More Than Just Legal Research |
| Oct. 29 |
CaseMap from LexisNexis | Educational Use of LexisNexis &
Westlaw | The Law of Halloween |
| Oct. 22 |
Inside the Legal System - A Blawg | It's Greek to Me! (online Foreign Law Guide) | It's a Small World, After All (foreign legal research guides | Recent Statistical Reports |
| Oct. 15 |
Goodbye ALR; Hello Case in Brief (LexisNexis) | Reserved for You (Course and E-Reserve) |
| Oct. 8 |
Back Up or Break Down: You Decide | The Ball's in Their (Supreme) Court | Campus Security Alerts | On a Lighter Note |
| Oct. 1 |
Changes . . . In the Reference Area | In the Reference
Office | In the Study Area on L1 | In the Copy
Alcoves | Important Things Remain the Same |
| Sept. 24 |
Arrive Early; Stay Late (hours) | Exclusive Jurisdiction
(seating for UWLS students) | Caffeine & Carbohydrates (food &
drink) | Security Inside & Out | Databases by the
Dozens | Asked & Answered | It Takes a Village (library staff) |
| May 21 |
Last Library Lifesavers Session | Summer Access to LexisNexis & Westlaw | Library Services During the Summer |
| May 14 |
Library Lifesavers: Casemaker & Loislaw | Fight Gaposis! | Services for Soon-to-be-Alumni | Two Catalogs Diverged in a Web |
| May 7 |
EJournal Enhancements | Summer Associate Central | Library Lifesavers (WA legislative history & citing Congressional documents) | Study Up on Interview Skills |
| April 30 |
Upgraded Computers in the Law Student Lounge | Library Lifesavers (regulations and everything you always wanted to know about legal research) | Summer Access to LexisNexis & Westlaw | Stay Up-to-Date with Congressional Action Using OpenCongress |
| April 23 |
Save the Date for Bridge the Gap | Library Lifesavers (LexisNexis cite checking tools & what you don't know about the Washington Courts) | The Sweatt v. Painter Archive | Book of the Week: The Curmudgeon's Guide to Practicing Law |
April 16 |
Library Lifesavers (Environmental Law Resources & Freedom of Information Act Materials) | Color My (Research) World: Yellow | The Silly Side of Law |
| April 9 |
Library Lifesavers Present Death, Taxes & Prizes | Where Do My Tax Dollars Go? | Book of the Week: The State of Play: Law, Games, and Virtual Worlds |
| April 2 |
Law Student Lounge (Temporary) Closure | Library Lifesavers | Laptop Stollen | Trials in the U.S. Supreme Court | Book of the Week: Law as a Means to an End |
| March 26 |
Entrance Exam | It's Time to Back Up Your Files | Book of the Week: Culture to Culture: A Guide to U.S. Legal Writing |
| March 5 |
Trial by Jury, a Comic Opera | Come Savor the Flavor of the Last Lifesaver | Book of the Week: Price on Contemporary Estate Planning | Space: The Final Frontier |
| Feb 26 |
Library Lifesavers | Debunking Sites on the Internet | New Research Guide: U.S. Admiralty and Maritime Law | Book of the Week: Sexual Orientation and the Law |
| Feb. 19 |
Library Lifesavers | Staying Connected While Traveling
| Citing Wikipedia? Just Say No | Book of the Week:
Intellectual Property, Software, and Information Licensing |
| Feb. 12 |
Library Lifesavers | Bluebook 101 | Book of the Week: Adoption Law: Theory, Policy, and Practice | Supreme Court Box Scores |
| Feb. 5 |
Westlaw Training for 1Ls | PBS Series on the Supreme Court
| Library Lifesavers | Color My (Research) World: Blue
Part Two |
| Jan. 29 |
Library Lifesavers | Legal Research: The Movie | Book of the Week: Washington Elements of an Action | Beyond the Summit |
| Jan. 22 |
Library Lifesavers (schedule for Winter Quarter) | Book of the Week: The Canon of American Legal Thought | LexisNexis & Westlaw Training for 1Ls | Website of the Week: USA.gov |
| Jan. 15 |
Early Admission | Library Lifesavers | New Library Exhibits | Color My (Research) World: Blue |
| Jan. 8 |
Easy Access to Electronic Journals | Thomas Tests Trendy Tricks | Library Lifesavers |
| Jan. 1 |
Welcome Back | Seeking New Flavor Ideas for Library Lifesavers | Color My (Research) World |
2006 Issues of the Law Library News
| Dec. 11 |
Interim Library Hours | More on Preparing for Exams
| Seeking New Flavor Ideas for Library Lifesavers |
Undergrads on L1 |
| Dec. 4 |
Library Lifesavers on Word Outlines and Fun Searching on the Internet
| Best Way to Prepare for Exams (according to Kartoo) |
Book of the Week: A Collection of In Chambers Opinions by the
Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States |
| Nov. 27 |
Library Lifesavers | Staples . . . Yeah, We Got That | UWLS Exams | Exam Time Specials | How Do You Spell Relief? |
| Nov. 20 |
Note to Early Birds | Library Hours During Holidays
| Library Lifesavers | Under New Management |
The Law of Turkey Stuffing |
| Nov. 13 |
Library Lifesavers | CALI Exercises for 1L, 2L & 3L
Courses | Book of the Week: Student Lawyer |
| Nov. 6 |
Library Lifesavers | CFR on Hein Online | The Truth about the Billable Hour | Take Break from Studying with Some "Good Reads" |
| Oct. 30 |
New Display: Sandra Day O'Connor | Library Lifesavers | LexisNexis Training for 1Ls | Book of the Week: Environmental Law in Indian Country |
| Oct. 23 |
Library Lifesavers | Westlaw Certification Classes | Legal Writing Guides |
| Oct. 16 |
Register Your Passwords | LexisNexis Training for 1Ls |
Lost & Found | Laptop Ergonomics Tip | Library
Lifesaver | Book of the Week: Washington Community Property
Deskbook |
| Oct. 9 |
Library Lifesaver | Past Exams | Course Evaluations | Casebooks & Study Aids | Law Cartoons |
| Oct. 2 |
Library Lifesavers | Register LexisNexis & Westlaw |
Free UW Parking | Book of the Week: The Law of Electronic
Commerce, 4th ed. |
| Sept. 25 |
Library 101 | Library Lifesavers | The Daily |
| May 29 |
Bridge the Legal Research Gap at UW | Lost & Found |
Blogs, Blogs Everywhere . . . But How Do I Find One on Point? |
| May 22 |
Summer Access to LexisNexis & Westlaw | Study & Exam
Period | Book Locators | Building a Personal Legal
"Know How" File | Book of the Week: Lowering the Bar:
Lawyer Jokes & Legal Culture |
| May 15 |
Summer Access to Online Legal Research Systems | Summer
Access to Reference Assistance | Public Computer Terminals
| Book of the Week: Legal Ethics Stories |
| May 8 |
Borrowing Through AccessLaw | Law Jobs in Asia |
Court Records |
| May 1 |
Casemaker & Loislaw Session | 11th Annual Bridge the
Legal Research Gap | Trial Ad Blog | Book of the
Week: On American Soil |
| April 24 |
Citing Unpublished Opinions | Casemaker & Loislaw Session
| AccessLaw Improvement Coming Soon | Book of the Week:
Cohen's Hanbook of Federal Indian Law |
| April 17 |
Public Computer Terminals | National Library Week Winners
| Trivial Contest Results | Book of the Week: Real
Estate: Property Law & Transactions |
| April 10 |
Off-Campus Access | Interdisciplinary Databases |
Lost & Found | Books of the Week: Washington Estate
Planning Deskbook & Washington Probate Deskbook |
| April 3 |
National Library Week | Trivia Contest Deadline Is Friday
| Tax Returns | Book of the Week: Many Unhappy
Returns |
| March 27 |
LexisNexis Printer in the Library | Trivia Contest
Deadline Extended | New Display: Bricks & Bytes |
Book of the Week: Washington Appellate Practice Deskbook, 3d ed. |
| March 6 |
Library Code of Conduct | Secure Your Belongings |
The Docket on TVW | Book of the Week: Protocol: The
Complete Hanbook of Diplomatic, Official & Social Usage) &
Trivia Contest |
| Feb. 27 |
New Display -- Nuremburg Tribunal | Free Movie Rentals
| Book of the Week:
Rights & Liberties in the Biotech Age: Why We Need a Genetic Bill of
Rights |
| Feb. 13 |
Casemaker Is Here! | Book of the Week: Washington
Administrative Law Practice Manual |
| Feb. 6 |
Drinks in the LRTC | Circulation Notice | Book
of the Week: Student Lawyer |
| Jan. 30 |
Presidential Signing Statements | New Display: Washington
Supreme Court |
| Jan. 23 |
Printing from a Laptop | THOMAS Has a New Look |
This Could Happen to You |
| Jan. 16 |
New Displays | The Bluebook & the Washington Style Sheet
| Book of the Week: Essential Lawyering Skills |
| Jan. 9 |
Three C's for Internet Research | Book of the Week:
Long Goodbye |
| Jan. 3 |
Email Reference Service | Mylawlibrary: Manage Library
Account | The Yale Law Journal Pocket Part |
2005 Issues of the Law Library News
| Dec. 5 |
Library Hours & Services During Exam Period | Book of the Week: The New Lawyer's Wit and Wisdom |
| Nov. 28 |
All About the U.S. Supreme Court | Book of the
Week: The Supreme Court of the United States: Hearings & Reports on
Successful & Unsuccessful Nominations of Supreme Court Justices by the
Senate Judiciary Committee, 1916-1994 |
| Nov. 21 |
Past Exams | What Do You Want to Know? |
Book of the Week Washington Legal Research |
| Nov. 14 |
New Westlaw Database: 50-State Surveys | SUMMIT:
Visiting Patron & Pick Up Anywhere |
| Nov. 7 |
Legal Scholarship Workshop | Cool General
Reference Tools | LexisNexis & Westlaw Printers |
| Oct. 31 |
Looking for Journals? | LegalTrac Gets Relevant |
| Oct. 24 |
Printing in the Library | Remote Access to the
Library's Online Resources | Google Scholar |
| Oct. 17 |
Trial Ad Blog | Looking for a Book? |
Study Aids for Law Students |
| Oct. 10 |
Reference Office | Research Guides |
Group Study Rooms | Night Ride Shuttle Service |
| Oct. 3 |
Course Reserves | LexisNexis & Westlaw
Registration | Laptop Cables | Library Displays |
| Sept. 26 |
Welcome | Library Hours | Food &
Drink | Recycling | LexisNexis & Westlaw |
| May 31 |
Library Hours During Exam Period | Need a Break
from Studying? | Bridge the Legal Research Gap--Reminder |
Abortion Case in the U.S. Supreme Court |
| May 23 |
Lost & Found | New Library Display--"Ask Us"
| Summer Job Tips, Part 3: E-mail |
| May 16 |
Early Exams During May 19-21 | Summer Use of
LexisNexis & Westlaw | Tenth Annual Bridge the Gap Program
| Summer Job Tips, Part 2: Etiquette |
| May 9 |
Summer Job Tips, Part 1 | New Library Displays
| How Can Something So Wrong Feel So Right? Reading Ethics Opinions
for Fun |
| May 2 |
Access to Japan's National Diet Library Materials |
Animal Law Research Sources | Trial Ad Blog |
| April 25 |
Some (Unsolicited) Advice about the Bar Exam |
National Library Week Winners |
| April 18 |
The USA PATRIOT Act & Libraries | Library
Lingo 101 |
| April 11 |
National Library Week Is Here! | A Day in the
Life of the Law Library | Book of the Week: Craig Allen's Farwell's Rules
of the Nautical Road |
| April 4 |
National Library Week Is Coming | Income
Tax Day | Looking for Court Briefs |
| March 28 |
Welcome Back | Get More from Google No.
2: Cache & Carry | Book of the Week: Specialized Legal Research |
| March 7 |
Exam Period Specials | LexisNexis Tips
Worth Remembering | Library Lookup Bookmarklet |
| Feb. 28 |
Importance of a Solid Foundation: Real World
Application of Basic Legal Skills | Faster Access to Library
Resources | Crime-Busting Librarians | Valentine's Day Trivia
Contest Winners |
| Feb. 21 |
Westlaw Tips Worth Remembering | Book of
the Week & Trivia: America's Lawyer-Presidents |
| Feb. 14 |
Valentine's Day | Books of the Week
| Trivia Contest |
| Feb. 7 |
Pursuing Presidential Directives | Lost
Something? | Online Research Spotlight: Search Systems
Free Public Records Directory |
| Jan. 31 |
Judge William L. Dwyer: Distinguished Alumnus
| Copy Center--New Hours | Do You Know about
JURIST? | Book of the Week: Winning Every Time |
| Jan. 24 |
Indian Law | Book of the Week: A Judgment for
Solomon: The d'Hauteville Case & Legal Experience in Antebellum
America |
| Jan. 17 |
Martin Luther King, Jr., Day | Remote
Access to Library's Online Resources | Law School Survey
of Student Engagement | Book of the Week: Law School: Legal
Education in America from the 1850s to the 1980s & Legal
Education & the Reproduction of Hierarchy: A Polemic Against the
System |
| Jan. 10 |
SmartCILP: Email Alert for New Law Review Articles
| Library Records Are Confidential | Book of the Week: The
Law School Trip |
| Jan. 3 |
Welcome Back | New Copy Center Hours
| Recycling Is Divine |
2004 Issues of the Law Library News
| Dec. 6 |
Preparing for Exams | Where'd It
Go? It Was on the Web Last Time I Looked | Same-Sex Marriage |
Book of the Week:
Would You Convict? Seventeen Cases That Challenged the Law |
| Nov. 29 |
Get More from Google
| Advice for the Lawlorn | Book of the Week: Garner's Modern
American Usage |
| Nov. 22 |
Introducing Clusty, A New Web
Search Tool | Books, Books, Books of the Week: Most-Cited
Books |
| Nov. 15 |
Videos |
Videos--Fun Ones | Book of the Week: The United States Government
Manual |
| Nov. 8 |
Legal Journalism |
Book of the Week: A Time for Every Purpose: Law & the Balance of Life |
| Nov. 1 |
What to Write & How to
Cite It | Lawyering in Poulsbo | Book of the Week: L.
Rev.: The Law Review Experience in American Legal Education. A Personal
Memoir |
| Oct. 25 |
Copy Card Convenience
| LexisNexis & Westlaw Printers | Book of the Week: How to Start
& Build a Law Practice |
| Oct. 18 |
Website of the Week
| Book of the Week: The Washington State Constitution: A Reference Guide
| Newspapers |
| Oct. 11 |
Hot Docs: New & Noteworthy Government Documents
| Library Hours | Book of the Week: Dear Sisters, Dear Daughters |
| Oct. 4 |
LexisNexis, Westlaw, & Service
Pack 2 | mylawlibrary | Books of the Week: Objection
Overruled: Overcoming Obstacles in the Lawyer Job Search & Ask the Career Counselors: Answers for
Lawyers on Their Lives & Life’s Work |
| Sept. 27 |
Welcome | Book of the Week:
Black's Law Dictionary, 8th ed. | Profiles of Local Lawyers |
| May 31 |
Exam & Interim Library
Hours | Summer Dreamin' in Far Away Libraries | Bridge the Legal Research
Gap! | "Brick Wall" Legal Research Solutions |
| May 24 |
Bridge the Legal Research Gap! | Reminder | 1Ls &
2Ls | Full Access to Westlaw & LexisNexis |
Lost & Found |
| May 17 |
Automated Cite Checking |
Costs for Online Research | True or False | OSHA is a Small Town in
Wisconsin | Ninth Annual Bridge-the-Legal-Research-Gap Program |
| May 10 |
Calling Perry Mason! Or |
What do They Really Say in Court? | Attention 3Ls | Access
to Westlaw for Bar Preparation | Summer Access to LexisNexis & Westlaw |
| May 03 |
Joan M. Fitzpatrick | A Tribute to Her Life & Work |
The Harry A. Blackmun Papers | We Have Winner$ |
| Apr. 26 |
A Goldmine of Statutory
Legal History | Another Unqualified Success | National Library Week 2004 |
| Apr. 19 |
"Who are You Who-Who, Who-Who? | Fuzzy Kitten Key Chains . . .
&
More! | National Library Week 2004 Update |
| Apr. 12 |
Spies Like Us | Calendar
of Upcoming National Library Week 2004 Events |
| Apr. 5 |
RedLightGreen |
A "Corpus Delectable of Legal Materials" | National Library Week April
19 - 23 On the Horizon | Trivia Contest Photo Finish |
| Mar. 29 |
Welcome Back | SmartCILP | Keeping Up With the Literature
| A Bit of Federal
Register Trivia |
| Mar. 8 |
Exam Period Library
Access | U.S. Government Publications | Smiles All Around the Place |
| Mar. 1 |
Judge Walter B. Beals,
Class of 1901 | Point of Information | The Doctors' Trial |
| Feb. 23 |
Comings & Goings in the
Library | Interested in Tax? | The Law Review Two-Step |
| Feb. 16 |
Digging Deeper | Changes
in Westlaw |
| Feb. 9 |
Plain & Simple | Alumni
Trivia Answers |
| Feb. 2 |
Class Photo Display | Famous Alumni Trivia
| & Nicely Done! |
| Jan. 26 |
Laying a Foundation |
Evidentiary Trivia |
| Jan. 19 |
Comparative Law | Lexis
vs. Westlaw |
| Jan. 12 |
Martin Luther King Jr.,
Day | Book of the Week: What Brown v. Board of Education Should Have
Said |
| Jan. 5 |
Welcome Back! |
2003 Issues of the Law Library News
| Dec. 8 |
Brushing Up For Exams | &
Speaking of Exams . . . | Seattle Human Rights Day Celebration | Reminder
|
Lost & Found | Merry Christmas in Legal Terms |
| Dec. 1 |
Reminder | Interim Library
Hours | Alternative Study Locations | Book of the Week:
Be Careful Who You SLAPP |
| Nov. 24 |
Finding Your Way From A
to Z | The Exam Season Cometh | Thanksgiving Library Hours |
| Nov. 17 |
A Letter to UW Law
Students from Associate Dean Hazelton | Sticky Wickets, Questionable
Practices, & Other Conundrums of Legal Ethics |
| Nov. 10 |
Email Reference | Summit
Exp&s Your Information Universe | Trick or Treat Contest Answers |
| Nov. 3 |
Lost & Found Quiz | St&
Up & Be Counted | Art Walk Honors |
| Oct. 27 |
The Mysterious Case of the
Disappearing Book | Books of the Week:
The Deluxe Transitive Vampire | The Ultimate H&book of Grammar for the Innocent,
the Eager & the Doomed | Gallagher Art Walk Continues | Trick or
Treat! |
| Oct. 20 |
Law Librarianship at the UW | Native American Art
| Art Walk Contest |
| Oct. 13 |
Circulation Reminders | Book of
the Week: Family Evaluation in Custody Litigation | Answers |
| Oct. 6 |
Restrictions on Using
Westlaw & LexisNexis | First Monday in October | Query |
| Sept. 29 |
Welcome | Hours | Tours | Website | Closing Thoughts |
| May 26 |
Future Interests | Bridge the Legal Research Gap, Final
Notice---Lost & Found, Goodbye to Condon Hall | Online Redux | Summer Access to LexisNexis
& Westlaw | Books of the Week | Finding Balance | Closing Thoughts |
On Finding Unity in an Infinite Perspective |
| May 19 |
Future Interests | Have You Heard?, Second Alert---Lost &
Found, Bridge the Gap | Full Access to LexisNexis & Westlaw During
the Summer | Book of the Week: A Murder in Virginia | Trivialities
| Library Workers, Questions, & Answers | Closing
Thoughts | On the Search for Knowledge |
| May 12 |
Future Interests | Reminder, Summer Access to Online Services,
8th Annual Bridge the Gap Program | Legal Quotations | The Hunt
for a Great Burger . . . | Trivialities | Speaking of
Quotations, Questions, & Answers | Closing Thoughts | On
Quotations |
| May 5 |
Future Interests | Update on
the Big Move | Orbis + Cascade = Orbis-Cascade Alliance ORCA | Book of the Week | Gates Argues
for Estate Tax | Trivialities | Leaving the Bench | Closing
Thoughts | On Barking Up the Wrong Tree |
| April 28 |
Future Interests | First Alert---Lost & Found, Orca is
Coming! | Ode to the Law & to Lawyers | Trivialities | Lyrics of
the Law | Closing Thoughts | On Poetry |
| April 21 |
Future Interests |
National Law Day, Moving Day, & Do Yourself a Favor Day | Book of the
Week: Tax Stories: An In-Depth
Look at Ten Leading Federal Income Tax Cases | Afterthoughts | National Library Week
| Trivialities | Fake Cases . . . What
Next? | Closing Thoughts | On Libraries |
| April 14 |
Future Interests | Movers
& Shakers | Bibliographic Note - Book of the Week: Hereof, Thereof, & Everywhereof:
A Contrarian Guide to Legal Drafting | Trivialities | Sleepless
in Seattle? | Closing Thoughts | On Books |
| April 7 |
Future Interests | National Library Week
| Bibliographic
Notes | Animal Resources | Trivialities | Celebrating
Libraries | Closing Thoughts | On Libraries |
| March 31 |
Welcome Back!, Planning Ahead, Bibliographic Note
| New Legal Research
Guides, Comings & Goings | Sarah Hollingsworth, Trivialities | April
Fools, Closing Thoughts | On Relevance |
| March 10 |
N.B. | i.e., e.g., cf.,
& ibid. | The Constitution of the United
States of America: Analysis & Interpretation |
| March 3 |
Books of the Week: The
Tilted Playing Field | Is Criminal Justice Unfair?, Lawyers Crossing
Lines | Nine Stories of Greed, Disloyalty, & Betrayal of Trust |
Animal Law |
| Feb.24 |
What Are the Odds? | Where
is Qatar? Websites With Country Information |
| Feb.17 |
Causes of Action | Google Anyone?
| Lawyer Humor on the Web |
| Feb. 10 |
Book of the Week: A
Problem From Hell: America & the Age of Genocide | Planning for
a Career in Law |
| Feb.3 |
Litigation Latin | Japanese
Databases Available at UW |
| Jan. 27 |
Law & Economics | SmartCILP
| E-mail Alert for New Law Review Articles | Taking Care of Library
Resources |
| Jan. 20 |
What is a Law Blog? |
Federal Appendix |
| Jan. 13 |
Complete Washington Law Review Now Online
| Your Contact
Information | Arts at the UW |
| Jan. 6 |
Marian Bookmarklet | Course Reserve
| U.S. Supreme Court Christmas Cases |
top2002 Issues of the Law Library News
| Dec. 9 |
Good Library Karma |
Library Hours in December | Book of the Week: Tempered
Zeal | SEC Releases Rules of Conduct for Lawyers |
| Dec.2 |
Book of the Week: The
Free Women of Petersburg | Books to Read for Fun or Give as Gifts | Taking Exams in
the Library |
| Nov. 25 |
Human Rights Report
| What's in the Basement? | Unpublished Opinions |
| Nov. 18 |
Thanksgiving Library Hours
| Preparing for Law School Exams | Book of the Week: The International Lawyer's
Deskbook |
| Nov. 11 |
LexisNexis Contest Banner
| Book of the Week: The Law of Torts | Reflections on
Washington Reports |
| Nov. 4 |
Library Open on Veterans' Day | Current
Washington Legal News | Online Scams | WSBA's
Humor Page |
| Oct. 28
|
What Do the Federal Register & the Harvard Law Review
Have in Common? | Entering Condon Hall Afterhours | Who Are You Going to
Vote for? | Daylight Savings Time |
| Oct. 21 |
Lost Anything in Condon
Hall? | Book of the Week: The Fragile
Middle Class | Noah Webster's 244th Birthday | Study Aids for
Class |
| Oct. 14 |
Figuring Out Legal Terms | Announcing a New Japanese Legal Resource
| Law Librarianship at the UW |
| Oct. 7 |
Restrictions on Using Westlaw & LexisNexis
| U.S. Supreme Court Begins New Term |
| Sept. 30 |
Welcome | 12 Things You Need to Know about the Law Library
| Library Display |
| May 27 |
PDA Tips for Law Students & Lawyers
| Summer Use of LexisNexis &
Westlaw | Bridge the Legal Research Gap! | Memoirs of a Supreme Court
Spouse |
| May 20
|
New Books | Bridge the Legal Research Gap Reminder
| Use Loislaw This Summer in Your Job! | Washington Practice |
| May 13 |
7th Annual Bridge the Gap Program
| Summer Use of LexisNexis &
Westlaw | Finding Law Review or Legal Research Paper Topics |
| May 6 |
Trivia Contest Answers: Name That (Constitutional) Clause
| A Theory of Plate Mnemonics |
| April 29 |
National Library Week Follow-Up
| Puzzle People | Trivia Contest: Name
That (Constitutional) Clause | Professional Dilemmas in Law Practice |
| April 22
|
Lists of Good Law-Related
Books | April is National Poetry Month |
| April
15 |
National Library Week Events | NEED That Case? | Law Day -- May
1, 2002 |
| April 8 |
National Library Week, April 15-19
| WA Cases Online - Free! | Take Your Kids to Work |
| April
1 |
Library Materials on the Move | Take Your Kids to Work! |
Earthquake Damage at the Law Library |
| March 11 |
Extended Library Hours During Exams
| Lost & Found | Where is CD
Law? | Finding the History of Women Lawyers in America |
| March 4 |
Book of the Week: Washington Legal Researcher's Deskbook, 3d
| National Center for State Courts |
| Feb. 25
|
Books for African American History Month
| Citation Blues | Public Interest Awareness Month |
| Feb. 18
|
Book of the Week: Law
in America | Online Index to
Early Legal Periodical Literature | New Index to Washington Practice
| Presidents' Celebration - Which One? |
| Feb. 11 |
African American History Month
| What Are Restatements? |
| Feb. 4 |
Law Book's for Valentine's Day
| Understanding the U.S. Supreme Court Justices |
| Jan. 28 |
Library Shifting Project |
In-the-Trenches Guide to Legal Abbreviations |
| Jan. 21 |
What Stuff Can You Find on
Reserve? | Book of the Week: The
Politics of Law | Washington Legislature
in Session |
| Jan. 14 |
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
| January 21, 2002 | Books of the Week |
| Jan. 7 |
Email Reference Just for
You | What's on the Gallagher Law Library Website? | Book of the Week: Looking at Law School |
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2001 Issues of the Law Library News
| Dec. 10 |
Library Interim Hours | New Book Display
| Rare Book Display |
Mind-Stretcher | Human Rights Day Celebration - December 10 |
| Dec. 3 |
Cool New Resource: Hein Online
| Where Can You Study? | Taking Exams in the Library |
| Nov.26 |
Extended Law Library Hours
During Exams | Lost & Found | Access Services at the Law Library | Book
of the Week: Conduct Unbecoming: Gays & Lesbians in the U.S.
Military |
| Nov. 19 |
Thanksgiving Holiday Library Hours
| Preparing for Law School Exams | Seattle's Sesquicentennial
Celebration |
| Nov. 12 |
Books of the Week: Scholarly Writing for Law Students
| The
Constitution of America: An Analysis & Interpretation | Goddess
of Justice |
| Nov. 5 |
Library Open on Veterans Day
| Law Review Symposia | Trivia Contest | Faculty Books & Videos |
| Oct.
29 |
2001 Voter Information on the Web | Printing to the LexisNexis
& Westlaw Printers | Visit the Library on Veterans Day |
| Oct. 22 |
"Good Reads" in the Law Library?
| Printing & Copying in the Law Library |
| Oct. 15 |
Study Aids for Law Students
| Connecting to Online Library Services |
| Oct. 8 |
Email Reference | Using LexisNexis & Westlaw
| U.S. Supreme Court Begins New Term |
| Oct. 1 |
Welcome | Library Hours |
Do You Need Help? The Library Has All the Answers! |
| May 21 |
Summer Reading Recommendations
| Legal Research Guides on the Web |
| May 14 |
Summer Access to Westlaw
& LEXIS-NEXIS | Book of the Week: A History
of American Law | USCCAN & Summer Jobs |
| May 7 |
Legal Research Refresher |
National Reporter Blue Books & Parallel Citations | Book of the Week: The Gregg Reference Manual
| The Berring Beat |
| April 30 |
Yamashita Display | Law Week
| Celebrate Your Freedom April 30-May 4, 2001 | Summer Access to LexisNexis
& Westlaw
| Dueling Federal
Websites: All Are for Work, One Is for Fun |
| April 23 |
Who Knew? | Resources
for Starting a Solo Practice or Locating Alternative Careers |
| April 16 |
Final Exams & Test-Taking Strategies on the Web
| Courthouse Stories |
| April 9 |
Online Help | Changes in Martindale-Hubbell
Access | Book of the Week: To Steal a Book Is an Elegant Offense |
| April 2 |
Free Giveaways During
National Library Week | Upcoming Bar Exam | Feeding Time at the Fed
| Take
Your Kids to Work Day |
| March 26 |
Feeding Time at the Fed
| Need a Good Laugh? | Printing to LEXIS &
Westlaw Printers | Take Your Kids to Work |
| March 5 |
Publication Display |
Book of the Week: The Oxford Dictionary of
American Legal Quotations | What's in a Title? | Extended Library
Hours |
| Feb.
26 |
Lost & Found | Extended Library Hours | Germain's
Transnational Law Research |
| Feb. 21 |
Book of the Week: The Living Together Kit
| Uncle John
& the Federal Cases |
| Feb. 19 |
Book of the Week: Simple Justice
| Lost Your Coat? | How Complete & Current Is Thomas? |
| Feb. 12 |
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| Feb. 5 |
Searching for Statutes in USCA
| Online Study Aids |
| Jan. 29 |
On
the Virtues of "Plain" | Trivia Contest: Courts |
| Jan. 22
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What Does That Westlaw Database or LEXIS File Contain?
| Judicial
Biographies | Extended Exam Hours, Fall 2000 |
| Jan. 16 |
Locating the Perfect Database
| LEXIS & Westlaw | Bench & Bar Files |
| Jan. 8 |
LEXIS-NEXIS Standalone Printer Returns
| Study Aids for Law Students |
| Jan. 2 |
Welcome
Back | Equal Justice Project |
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Dec. 4 |
Study All Night Long | Taking Exams
| Library Interim Hours |
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Nov. 27 |
Dean Candidates' Publications
| Exams are Coming | UCITA |
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Nov. 20 |
Thanksgiving Holiday Hours
| Exams are Coming | The Wonder of Down Under |
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Nov. 13 |
Election Results on the Web
| What's This *%&!@+ About an
Electoral College? | We're Wired |
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Nov. 6 |
Veterans' Day Trivia Contest
| Internet Legal Research | Formbooks |
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Oct. 30 |
May I Help You? | Internet Legal Research Sessions
| Printing in the Law Library |
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Oct. 23 |
Voter Information on the Web
| C&idates for Law School Dean -
Publications | United Nations Day |
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Oct. 16 |
Marian & Cascade Training
| Domestic Violence Awareness Month |
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Oct. 9 |
Access to LEXIS-NEXIS & WESTLAW | Maps at the UW Libraries |
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Oct. 2 |
Cascade Exp&s Your Information Universe
| First Monday Guide | U.S.
Supreme Court Term Begins | Covered Mugs |
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Sept. 25 |
Welcome | Library Hours
| What We Did During Your Summer
"Vacation" | Do You Need Help? The Library Has All the
Answers | We're Getting Wired |
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July 11 |
Cascade Is Coming |
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May 22 |
Studying for Exams | Library Privileges for Graduating Students
| LEXIS
& Westlaw for Graduating Students | Bridge the Gap in Legal Research
Skills | Free &d Low-Cost Legal Services | Gay Rights |
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May 15 |
Displays of Faculty
Publications | Low Cost Alternatives to LEXIS-NEXIS & Westlaw, Part 2
| VersusLaw & CD Law | Summer Access to LEXIS-NEXIS & Westlaw | WSBA Demographics
| International IP Research Guide | Syttende Mai Trivia Contest |
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May 8 |
Summer Access to LEXIS-NEXIS
& Westlaw | Administrative Law Research Session | Low Cost
Alternatives to LEXIS-NEXIS & Westlaw, Part 1 | Loislaw | Japanese
American Internment |
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May 1 |
Study Tips | Consider a
Career in Law Librarianship |
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April 24 |
Moot Courts Aplenty |
Getting More from the Firm Library |
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April 17 |
Pulitzer Prizes | Why Use a Citator?
| Supreme Court on the Web |
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April 10 |
Moot Court Research Tips
| The
Nineties--The Digital Docket Decade | American Memory Historical
Collections | National Library Week Trivia Contest |
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April 3 |
Reference on the Internet
| Reference Services | Take Your Kids to Work
Day | How to Run a Law Practice |
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March
27 |
Unveiling the New Law Library Website | Take Your Kids to
Work | St&-Alone Printers | WTO Woes & Websites | March Madness
Trivia Contest |
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March
6 |
Beating the Bluebook Blues | History of the Federal
Judiciary Website | Latin Tips & Trivia Contest |
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Feb. 29 |
Networking with Martindale-Hubbell
| Black History Month websites |
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Feb. 22 |
Email Discussion Lists | Reviews of Websites
| President's Day Trivia Contest | Do You Read This Column? |
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Feb. 14 |
LEXIS & Westlaw | How Do
I ... ? | Jurisline.com | It's New, It's Free
... But Is It for Real? website | Trivia Contest Valentine's Day |
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Feb. 7 |
The Supreme Court--In Brief
| Washington State Bar News |
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Jan. 31 |
Who's That Bust Judge
Thomas Burke | Rock 'n Roll Trivia Contest |
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Jan. 24 |
Printing in Law Firms |
New LEXIS Sign-on Procedure |
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Jan. 17 |
Help! The Reference Office Is Closed!
| The Hurricane | Trivia Contest Denzel Washington Movies |
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Jan. 10 |
Research Guides on the Web
| Washington Lawyers Practice Manual | Martin Luther King, Jr., Day Websites |
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Jan. 3 |
Welcome Back! | Library
Services | New Year's Resolutions |
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Dec. 6 |
Good News about LEXIS-NEXIS & Westlaw Printing
| Taking Exams | Interim Hours | Trivia Contest popular culture |
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Nov. 29 |
Exams on the Web |
Stalking the Elusive 50-State Survey | WTO Trivia Contest |
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Nov. 22 |
Thanksgiving Hours | Roost for Night Owls
| Seattle Hosts the World
Trade Organization websites | Finding Help for Westlaw & LEXIS-NEXIS
Research |
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Nov. 15 |
Where to Search LEXIS-NEXIS & Westlaw
| Election Results Resources
websites | Faculty Books Trivia Contest |
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Nov. 8 |
Black's Law Dictionary |
Veterans Day Trivia Contest |
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Nov. 1 |
Fee-Based Electronic Resources
| The Future of Legal Research | Feeling
Cooped Up? | March King Trivia Contest John Philip Sousa |
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Oct. 25 |
Voter Information on the Web
| Halloween Trivia Contest | Security Reminders |
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Oct. 18 |
Watch Your Stuff | Trivia Contest
| United Nations | Foreign & International Legal Research |
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Oct. 11 |
Finding Your Way | Trivia Contest gay legal history |
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Oct. 4 |
First Monday in October | Court Watching
| Supreme Court Briefs | See
How the Pros Do It | The Supreme Court on the Web | UWICK |
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Sept. 23 |
Library Services | LEXIS-NEXIS & Westlaw Access
| Check It Out Husky card | Covered Containers |
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May 24 |
Memorial Day Hours | Longer Library Hours for Finals
| Taking Exams in
the Library | Library Open for Commencement Reception | Graduating
Students | Interim Library Hours |
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May 17 |
Summer Access to LEXIS-NEXIS & Westlaw
| Thinking about Graduation Gifts? |
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May 10 |
Getting Results on LegalTrac |
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May 3 |
Two Golden Rules of Research & Using LegalTrac |
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April 26 |
Specialized Courts &
Court Reporters |
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April
19 |
Research Refresher | Quotation Trivia |
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April
12 |
Take Your Kids to Work | Pine Tips email |
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April 5 |
Meet MARIAN, the Library's New Web-Based Catalog
| Federal Court Rules |
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March 29 |
Drinks with Lids, Yes!
| MARIAN Is Coming |
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March 8 |
Culture Wars | Books & Computers in the Next Century
| Making the
Move to MARIAN | Washington Court Rules |
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March 1 |
Holiday Trivia Contest |
Congressional Insider Information Now Available |
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Feb. 22 |
Mark Your Calendar! town
meeting | Trivia Contest Winner | Electronic Journals & Law Reviews |
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Feb. 15 |
Romantic Trivia Contest |
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Feb. 8 |
President's Day Library Hours
| Trivia Contest Winner | Nonlegal Research on the Web |
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Feb. 1 |
Trivia Contest | The
Constitution in the News |
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Jan. 25 |
Children in the Law School at Night
| Intelligence Online websites |
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Jan. 18 |
Civil Rights Legislation Trivia Contest
| Statistics Online
websites |
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Jan. 11 |
Security Alert | CILP on
the Web |
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Jan. 4 |
A Civil Action | 106th Congress |
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