When searching for law review and legal journal articles, researchers often make the choice between LegalTrac (http://library.duke.edu/metasearch/db/id/DUK00130) and Index to Legal Periodicals (http://library.duke.edu/metasearch/db/id/DUK00535) out of necessity: LegalTrac is available to off-campus...
“Web 2.0” technologies (like blogs, wikis and social networking sites) can be identified by their emphasis on dynamic content and user participation, as opposed to the more static websites that populated the early years of the World Wide Web...
With just one month until the July bar exams, test-takers often seek additional reinforcement of the materials learned in prep courses...
Current members of the Duke Law community now have access to World Intellectual Property Report, a monthly newsletter of global developments in patents, trademarks, copyrights, and related topics...
Recent law school graduates face an uncertain future beyond the bar exam: many law firms have pushed back start dates for new associates. Depending upon the firm, recent hires might be waiting as long as January of 2011 to start their full-time legal employment...
Goodson Blogson readers are probably too young to have viewed the famous “Duck and Cover” filmstrip in elementary school, but most have likely seen it parodied on shows like The Simpsons and South Park...
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The records and briefs of U.S. Supreme Court cases can be a valuable source of information for the legal researcher. Briefs filed by the parties (and by interested amici curiae, or “friends of the Court”) outline the arguments advanced by each side of the case...
Researchers might consult the transcript of a trial for many reasons-- perhaps even entertainment...
Duke University Law Library welcomes all of our summer starters! Feeling lost in the library? Check out http://www.law.duke.edu/lib/floorplans.
Today, President Obama announced 2d Circuit Judge Sonia Sotomayor as his pick to replace Supreme Court Justice David Souter, who plans to retire later this year...
Duke University Law Library will be closed on Monday, May 25 in observance of Memorial Day. Law students, faculty, and staff retain 24-hour building access.
Today, the federal government released its spring 2009 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (also known as the "Semiannual Regulatory Agenda"). The “Unified Agenda” fulfills a requirement set forth in the U.S...
The federal government generates a huge amount of information every year: budgets, statutes, regulations, brochures, pamphlets, speeches, press releases…the list goes on and on. Who is responsible for keeping track of these millions of pages...
Congratulations to the Class of 2009...
Duke University Law Library is now operating under summer service hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Law School students, faculty and staff continue to have 24-hour building access with a DukeCard.
Effective today, the Goodson Law Library service desk will be staffed under summer operating hours, Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Current Law School students, faculty and staff will retain 24-hour building access over the summer...
Duke University Law Library congratulations to our contest winners-- and to the rest of the Class of 2009! We will miss you, too.
On April 15, West released its first iPhone application, Black’s Law Dictionary...
When tensions run high during final exams, students often seek an outlet in the form of a prank...
The library is a busy place during finals. Study rooms are often booked solid 24 hours in advance, carrels are crowded, and tempers can flare...
Westlaw just announced an upcoming change to its password policy: beginning May 31, Westlaw users will see a prompt to create a OnePass account (username and password) in order to access the research sites, rather than use the 11-digit “Westlaw Password” from your original registration card...
The reading and examination period marks the beginning of changes to library service hours. Beginning on Monday, April 20, the Reference Services Desk will be staffed from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday...
While The Bluebook remains the style manual of choice for most law reviews and legal journals, there are times when it does not answer a particular citation question...
Over the summer, LexisNexis and Westlaw traditionally cut off access to student passwords, as law students will use their summer firm’s commercial Lexis and Westlaw accounts...
The Institute for Advanced Legal Studies recently launched the Flare Index to Treaties (http://ials.sas.ac.uk/treatyindex.htm), a free database of more than "1,500 of the most significant multilateral treaties concluded from 1856 to the present."What makes FIT different from the many other treaty...
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2nd place- Kristen Riggs (500 Lexis points)
3rd place- Chioma Ajoku (500 Lexis points)