News and links of interest to the law school community

Ernie makes some very good points in this post. If you do go the feed reader route, my advice is to choose your feeds wisely, otherwise you might feel overwhelmed.

From the folks at Law Vibe:Top 10 Law Student Books of the Moment: Starter Edition

This year’s CALI Conference for Law School Computing is being held at our sister law school here in Baltimore, starting tomorrow (June 19). The conference runs through Saturday (June 21). You can find the program here. There is also a wiki.

Proceedings of the Old Bailey, 1674-1913: A fully searchable edition of the largest body of texts detailing the lives of non-elite people ever published, containing 197,745 criminal trials held at London’s central criminal court.

The New York Times has an article on SSRN download rankings. Speaking from personal experience, I know that many faculty members are interested in these rankings.

The link to this series is here.  (http://www.law.suffolk.edu/podcasts/lps-2008-summer.html). You’ll need iTunes to subscribe.

Did you know this site has an archive and that you can read the archived posts?

Law Librarian Blog: Those All Powerful Law Review Student Editors Again: A group of anonymous law review article editors are publishing the Anonymous Articles Editor Blog. Hat tip to Adjunct Law Prof Blog. This new blog is offering “tips for law professors on how to increase their chances of getting published (or at least a favorable [...]

Law Librarian Blog: Roy M. Mersky, Dead at 82. The world of law librarianship loses a giant in the field.

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