Lecture to City University's MSc Information Science students (March 2013). Covering the legal information profession, role of law librarians and intro to legal information.
This document provides an overview of copyright law as it relates to libraries. It discusses how copyright law has evolved over time from early traditions to the modern system of exclusive rights granted to creators. The document outlines the key aspects of U.S. copyright law, including the types of works protected, exclusive rights, and exceptions and limitations such as fair use. It notes the complexity of interpreting copyright law and balancing the interests of creators and users. The document advises librarians to carefully analyze questions around permission, fair use, and risk when deciding how to use or provide access to copyrighted content.
Copyright in Online Resources - AuthorsRowan Wilson
This document provides an overview of copyright law as it relates to online resources and content authoring. It discusses key concepts like intellectual property, copyright, licensing, fair use, and Creative Commons. The document was presented as a course to educate content authors about their rights and responsibilities when publishing work online. It covers topics such as determining copyright ownership, protecting works from unauthorized use, addressing potential infringements, and selecting an appropriate Creative Commons license.
The document summarizes several legal issues relating to copyright including electronic reserves, the GSU litigation, the NIH public access policy, and accessibility of print works for individuals with disabilities. It discusses guidelines for fair use of electronic course content, the ongoing Georgia State University copyright lawsuit, the Fair Copyright in Research Works Act, and limitations of the Chafee Amendment which exempts certain entities from copyright for accessible formats for print disabilities.
A Dozen and One Things to Know About CopyrightRogan Hamby
This is the original version of the presentation I did at SCLA in 2012. I still need to add citations and I'm already updating it for my next scheduled presentation of it since there were changes in the DMCA just last week!
Intellectual property rights in cyberspaceRistya Anditha
This document presents information about intellectual property rights in cyberspace, including copyrights, patents, trademarks, and trade secrets. It discusses how:
Copyright law protects original works and requires permission to copy, distribute or modify copyrighted material. Patents protect original and non-obvious inventions. Trade secrets include confidential business information. Trademarks identify the source of goods and services. However, rapid changes in cyberspace have made most intellectual property laws obsolete, requiring new laws to keep up with technological advances.
Copyright Protection in Cyberspace- A Comparitive Study of the USA and IndiaDevanshi Goyal
This document provides a summary and analysis of copyright protection laws in the United States and India, with a focus on protections in cyberspace. It begins with an introduction on the problem of increasing copyright infringement online. It then defines key terms like copyright and infringement. It analyzes the landmark Viacom v. YouTube case regarding the Digital Millennium Copyright Act's safe harbor provision. The bulk of the document performs a comparative analysis of US and Indian copyright laws, examining jurisdictional issues, compliance with international treaties, and the fair use doctrine. It concludes that while US law is more developed, India is working to update its laws to address copyright in the digital era.
This document provides an overview of copyright law as it relates to libraries. It discusses how copyright law has evolved over time from early traditions to the modern system of exclusive rights granted to creators. The document outlines the key aspects of U.S. copyright law, including the types of works protected, exclusive rights, and exceptions and limitations such as fair use. It notes the complexity of interpreting copyright law and balancing the interests of creators and users. The document advises librarians to carefully analyze questions around permission, fair use, and risk when deciding how to use or provide access to copyrighted content.
Copyright in Online Resources - AuthorsRowan Wilson
This document provides an overview of copyright law as it relates to online resources and content authoring. It discusses key concepts like intellectual property, copyright, licensing, fair use, and Creative Commons. The document was presented as a course to educate content authors about their rights and responsibilities when publishing work online. It covers topics such as determining copyright ownership, protecting works from unauthorized use, addressing potential infringements, and selecting an appropriate Creative Commons license.
The document summarizes several legal issues relating to copyright including electronic reserves, the GSU litigation, the NIH public access policy, and accessibility of print works for individuals with disabilities. It discusses guidelines for fair use of electronic course content, the ongoing Georgia State University copyright lawsuit, the Fair Copyright in Research Works Act, and limitations of the Chafee Amendment which exempts certain entities from copyright for accessible formats for print disabilities.
A Dozen and One Things to Know About CopyrightRogan Hamby
This is the original version of the presentation I did at SCLA in 2012. I still need to add citations and I'm already updating it for my next scheduled presentation of it since there were changes in the DMCA just last week!
Intellectual property rights in cyberspaceRistya Anditha
This document presents information about intellectual property rights in cyberspace, including copyrights, patents, trademarks, and trade secrets. It discusses how:
Copyright law protects original works and requires permission to copy, distribute or modify copyrighted material. Patents protect original and non-obvious inventions. Trade secrets include confidential business information. Trademarks identify the source of goods and services. However, rapid changes in cyberspace have made most intellectual property laws obsolete, requiring new laws to keep up with technological advances.
Copyright Protection in Cyberspace- A Comparitive Study of the USA and IndiaDevanshi Goyal
This document provides a summary and analysis of copyright protection laws in the United States and India, with a focus on protections in cyberspace. It begins with an introduction on the problem of increasing copyright infringement online. It then defines key terms like copyright and infringement. It analyzes the landmark Viacom v. YouTube case regarding the Digital Millennium Copyright Act's safe harbor provision. The bulk of the document performs a comparative analysis of US and Indian copyright laws, examining jurisdictional issues, compliance with international treaties, and the fair use doctrine. It concludes that while US law is more developed, India is working to update its laws to address copyright in the digital era.
The document discusses Philippine copyright law, which is governed by the Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines or Republic Act No. 8293. The law protects works like books from unauthorized photocopying and is based on US copyright law and principles of the Berne Convention. The Intellectual Property Office enforces copyright law and can impose penalties on infringers like cease and desist orders, fines, and property seizure.
1. The document discusses copyright and intellectual property issues related to digitizing collections for an archaeological and natural history society. It covers basic copyright rules and challenges with orphan works.
2. Clearing rights for digitization projects takes significant time and resources, including identifying rights holders, determining ownership status, and obtaining permissions.
3. When rights cannot be cleared, organizations should demonstrate "due diligence" in trying to identify rights holders and manage legal risks through non-commercial educational use.
The document discusses various ways that the Lawbore website can help law students at City Law School improve their prospects. It summarizes sections on the Lawbore site related to news, topic guides, databases, events, careers and possible improvements. The document emphasizes that Lawbore is a valuable resource that provides important information, opportunities and research tools to help students succeed in their legal studies and career.
Plenary Paper delivered at the 12th Congress of Southeast Asian Librarians on Information Resources Empowerment: Enhancing Knowledge Heritage, held at the International Convention Center, Berakas, Brunei Darussalam, 2003 Oct 19
Practical Legal Research training presented to the Legal Practice, Integrated Assessment Program and Final Year classes at the UCT Law Faculty. It covers various legal research skills, including the research process for practical legal problems.
Once you identify a problem within an industry or industries, you should delve into it more deeply. Questions might include:
- What are the various perspectives on this issue? Who are the stakeholders?
- Who benefits from the current situation and who loses out?
- Is it widely acknowledged to be a problem? Why or why not? By all or only by some?
- When/why/how did the problem come to be?
- Are there relevant sources of federal or state law, including cases or statutes, that exacerbate, ameliorate, or contributed to the creation of this problem?
- Are there cases that acknowledge the problem? How do they frame it? - Are the approaches of various jurisdictions consistent or inconsistent?
- What, if anything, brought the problem to a head or led to awareness of it?
- Would any proposed legislation or pending cases resolve the issue?
- What is the universe of possible solutions?
- Which solution do you advocate and why?
- What values motivate that choice?
The document summarizes the Lawspot virtual library in Second Life, which provides free legal resources and information on legal issues related to virtual worlds. It discusses the types of resources available at Lawspot, such as primary and secondary legal sources, self-help guides, and information on practicing law and legal disputes in virtual environments. The document also notes that real-world legal professionals and academics are increasingly recognizing and studying legal issues emerging in virtual worlds.
The document summarizes the Lawspot virtual library in Second Life, which provides free legal resources and information on legal issues related to virtual worlds. It discusses the types of resources available at Lawspot, such as primary and secondary legal sources, self-help guides, and information on practicing law and legal disputes in virtual environments. The document also notes that real-world legal professionals and academics are increasingly recognizing and studying legal issues emerging in virtual worlds.
The document summarizes the Lawspot virtual library in Second Life, which provides free legal resources and information on legal issues related to virtual worlds. It discusses the types of resources available at Lawspot, such as primary and secondary legal sources, self-help guides, and information on practicing law and legal disputes in virtual environments. The document also notes that real-world legal professionals and academics are increasingly recognizing and studying legal issues emerging in virtual worlds.
This document discusses various types of secondary legal sources including online research guides, directories, American Law Reports (ALR), looseleafs, periodicals, treatises, encyclopedias, form books, and restatements. It provides details on how to access and use each source and notes that while secondary sources should generally not be cited, there are rare exceptions such as when the legal question is novel or controversial.
This document discusses various types of secondary legal sources including online research guides, directories, American Law Reports (ALR), looseleafs, periodicals, treatises, encyclopedias, form books, and restatements. It provides details on how to access and use each source and notes that while secondary sources should generally not be cited, there are rare exceptions such as when the legal question is novel or controversial.
What Are The Different Primary And Secondary Sources Of Law UK Research? - Ph...PhD Assistance
Legal research can be defined as the process by which Law-related Information is discovered and collected which in turn helps in making legal decisions. In a legal research, each phase has a course of action that starts with an examination of the facts of an issue and ends with the implementation and presentation of the investigation results (Steven M. Barkan et al., 2015). In the beginning, gaining expertise in legal research is to attain understanding of the types of materials that constitute "the law," and the connections between these resources. While investigating a legal issue, it is also appropriate to examine laws (legislative enactments), cases (judicial opinions), and/or statutory documents (regulations and decisions of administrative agencies). All these resources are considered as "primary sources." However, most researchers look for at least one additional resource, called "secondary sources," to assist their investigation or research. Mostly, sources used in Legal Research are Primary Sources and Secondary Sources.
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World Without Law Professors: Legal Research and EducationPreeti Sikder
- Law professors play an important role in conducting legal research that benefits both the academic world and legal system. However, there are differing views on the types and value of legal research.
- Doctrinal research involves analyzing legal rules and principles to establish coherence and clarify ambiguities. It is important for consolidating dispersed legal materials but may lack theoretical ambition.
- "Deep" or non-doctrinal research, such as interdisciplinary legal fields, better qualifies as academic by transcending what practitioners can do. However, dispersing legal scholars may diminish engagement between them.
- Without law professors, doctrinal research could still be conducted by practitioners, but diversity and impact of legal research may decrease as deep
A survey of electronic research alternatives to lexis and westlaw in law firmsDillard University Library
The document summarizes the results of a 2010 survey of law firm librarians about electronic research alternatives to Lexis and Westlaw. It found that primary source alternatives like LoisLaw, Fastcase, and Casemaker were commonly subscribed to. Court docket services and financial/business databases were also popular. Some firms had policies limiting Lexis and Westlaw usage in favor of cheaper alternatives. Most large firms had flat-rate contracts with one or both services. The survey provided insight into how law firms allocated budgets between Lexis/Westlaw and other options.
Libraries as repositories of legal knowledgeNilendra Kumar
Libraries face a major challenges relating to their role, management, inventory, budget and shift to IT & digital form. They have to measure up again search engines too. Such a situation calls for library leadership upgrade, especially in context of law domain.
The free legal info landscape: treacherous quagmire or inspiring view? Emily Allbon
Talk from Justice Wide Open: courts and legal information in the digital age. This event for lawyers, journalists and academics, was held by the Centre for Law, Justice and Journalism at City University on 29th February 2012.
This document provides an overview of copyright law and its application to libraries from a presentation given to interlibrary loan librarians. It discusses the complexity of copyright law and guidelines, highlighting sections like 108 that provide exceptions for library activities. It also summarizes CONTU guidelines for interlibrary lending and addresses how digital technologies have impacted practices like document delivery and preservation. Overall, the document aims to help librarians navigate copyright considerations in their work.
This document provides an overview of how to read and understand legal cases and statutes. It discusses finding relevant legal materials and understanding citations. Key points covered include:
- The primary legal sources are legislation, case law, and delegated legislation. Secondary materials include indexes and official reports.
- Legislation includes Acts of Parliament and subsidiary legislation. The legislative process in Malaysia involves bills being introduced and read in Parliament.
- Case citations include the names of parties, date, page number, volume, and abbreviation of the law report. Understanding precedents and the holdings of cases is important.
- Reading a case report involves examining the procedural history, arguments presented, judges' reasoning, and orders of the court
The document is a manual called The Indigo Book that provides an open-source implementation of the Uniform System of Legal Citation (also known as "The Bluebook"). It covers citation rules for U.S. legal materials like cases, statutes, regulations, and other sources. The introduction explains that The Indigo Book is free to use and distribute, unlike The Bluebook, in order to promote accessibility and improvements to the citation system. It aims to be compatible with The Bluebook's rules but may diverge in the future to simplify citations.
Frist year legal resources and study materials 2011Pgragg
1) Cases are written opinions issued by appellate courts that can range from a few sentences to hundreds of pages long. Students will read edited case excerpts in textbooks.
2) Lexis and Westlaw are commercial legal research services that law students can use for free. They provide access to cases, statutes, law reviews, and other materials.
3) Statutes are laws passed by legislative bodies that are available in print and online for all U.S. states and federal legislation. A statute progresses from a bill through various published iterations.
The document discusses Philippine copyright law, which is governed by the Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines or Republic Act No. 8293. The law protects works like books from unauthorized photocopying and is based on US copyright law and principles of the Berne Convention. The Intellectual Property Office enforces copyright law and can impose penalties on infringers like cease and desist orders, fines, and property seizure.
1. The document discusses copyright and intellectual property issues related to digitizing collections for an archaeological and natural history society. It covers basic copyright rules and challenges with orphan works.
2. Clearing rights for digitization projects takes significant time and resources, including identifying rights holders, determining ownership status, and obtaining permissions.
3. When rights cannot be cleared, organizations should demonstrate "due diligence" in trying to identify rights holders and manage legal risks through non-commercial educational use.
The document discusses various ways that the Lawbore website can help law students at City Law School improve their prospects. It summarizes sections on the Lawbore site related to news, topic guides, databases, events, careers and possible improvements. The document emphasizes that Lawbore is a valuable resource that provides important information, opportunities and research tools to help students succeed in their legal studies and career.
Plenary Paper delivered at the 12th Congress of Southeast Asian Librarians on Information Resources Empowerment: Enhancing Knowledge Heritage, held at the International Convention Center, Berakas, Brunei Darussalam, 2003 Oct 19
Practical Legal Research training presented to the Legal Practice, Integrated Assessment Program and Final Year classes at the UCT Law Faculty. It covers various legal research skills, including the research process for practical legal problems.
Once you identify a problem within an industry or industries, you should delve into it more deeply. Questions might include:
- What are the various perspectives on this issue? Who are the stakeholders?
- Who benefits from the current situation and who loses out?
- Is it widely acknowledged to be a problem? Why or why not? By all or only by some?
- When/why/how did the problem come to be?
- Are there relevant sources of federal or state law, including cases or statutes, that exacerbate, ameliorate, or contributed to the creation of this problem?
- Are there cases that acknowledge the problem? How do they frame it? - Are the approaches of various jurisdictions consistent or inconsistent?
- What, if anything, brought the problem to a head or led to awareness of it?
- Would any proposed legislation or pending cases resolve the issue?
- What is the universe of possible solutions?
- Which solution do you advocate and why?
- What values motivate that choice?
The document summarizes the Lawspot virtual library in Second Life, which provides free legal resources and information on legal issues related to virtual worlds. It discusses the types of resources available at Lawspot, such as primary and secondary legal sources, self-help guides, and information on practicing law and legal disputes in virtual environments. The document also notes that real-world legal professionals and academics are increasingly recognizing and studying legal issues emerging in virtual worlds.
The document summarizes the Lawspot virtual library in Second Life, which provides free legal resources and information on legal issues related to virtual worlds. It discusses the types of resources available at Lawspot, such as primary and secondary legal sources, self-help guides, and information on practicing law and legal disputes in virtual environments. The document also notes that real-world legal professionals and academics are increasingly recognizing and studying legal issues emerging in virtual worlds.
The document summarizes the Lawspot virtual library in Second Life, which provides free legal resources and information on legal issues related to virtual worlds. It discusses the types of resources available at Lawspot, such as primary and secondary legal sources, self-help guides, and information on practicing law and legal disputes in virtual environments. The document also notes that real-world legal professionals and academics are increasingly recognizing and studying legal issues emerging in virtual worlds.
This document discusses various types of secondary legal sources including online research guides, directories, American Law Reports (ALR), looseleafs, periodicals, treatises, encyclopedias, form books, and restatements. It provides details on how to access and use each source and notes that while secondary sources should generally not be cited, there are rare exceptions such as when the legal question is novel or controversial.
This document discusses various types of secondary legal sources including online research guides, directories, American Law Reports (ALR), looseleafs, periodicals, treatises, encyclopedias, form books, and restatements. It provides details on how to access and use each source and notes that while secondary sources should generally not be cited, there are rare exceptions such as when the legal question is novel or controversial.
What Are The Different Primary And Secondary Sources Of Law UK Research? - Ph...PhD Assistance
Legal research can be defined as the process by which Law-related Information is discovered and collected which in turn helps in making legal decisions. In a legal research, each phase has a course of action that starts with an examination of the facts of an issue and ends with the implementation and presentation of the investigation results (Steven M. Barkan et al., 2015). In the beginning, gaining expertise in legal research is to attain understanding of the types of materials that constitute "the law," and the connections between these resources. While investigating a legal issue, it is also appropriate to examine laws (legislative enactments), cases (judicial opinions), and/or statutory documents (regulations and decisions of administrative agencies). All these resources are considered as "primary sources." However, most researchers look for at least one additional resource, called "secondary sources," to assist their investigation or research. Mostly, sources used in Legal Research are Primary Sources and Secondary Sources.
Visite : https://www.phdassistance.com/blog/
Contact Us:
UK NO: +44-1143520021
India No: +91-8754446690
Email: info@phdassistance.com
World Without Law Professors: Legal Research and EducationPreeti Sikder
- Law professors play an important role in conducting legal research that benefits both the academic world and legal system. However, there are differing views on the types and value of legal research.
- Doctrinal research involves analyzing legal rules and principles to establish coherence and clarify ambiguities. It is important for consolidating dispersed legal materials but may lack theoretical ambition.
- "Deep" or non-doctrinal research, such as interdisciplinary legal fields, better qualifies as academic by transcending what practitioners can do. However, dispersing legal scholars may diminish engagement between them.
- Without law professors, doctrinal research could still be conducted by practitioners, but diversity and impact of legal research may decrease as deep
A survey of electronic research alternatives to lexis and westlaw in law firmsDillard University Library
The document summarizes the results of a 2010 survey of law firm librarians about electronic research alternatives to Lexis and Westlaw. It found that primary source alternatives like LoisLaw, Fastcase, and Casemaker were commonly subscribed to. Court docket services and financial/business databases were also popular. Some firms had policies limiting Lexis and Westlaw usage in favor of cheaper alternatives. Most large firms had flat-rate contracts with one or both services. The survey provided insight into how law firms allocated budgets between Lexis/Westlaw and other options.
Libraries as repositories of legal knowledgeNilendra Kumar
Libraries face a major challenges relating to their role, management, inventory, budget and shift to IT & digital form. They have to measure up again search engines too. Such a situation calls for library leadership upgrade, especially in context of law domain.
The free legal info landscape: treacherous quagmire or inspiring view? Emily Allbon
Talk from Justice Wide Open: courts and legal information in the digital age. This event for lawyers, journalists and academics, was held by the Centre for Law, Justice and Journalism at City University on 29th February 2012.
This document provides an overview of copyright law and its application to libraries from a presentation given to interlibrary loan librarians. It discusses the complexity of copyright law and guidelines, highlighting sections like 108 that provide exceptions for library activities. It also summarizes CONTU guidelines for interlibrary lending and addresses how digital technologies have impacted practices like document delivery and preservation. Overall, the document aims to help librarians navigate copyright considerations in their work.
This document provides an overview of how to read and understand legal cases and statutes. It discusses finding relevant legal materials and understanding citations. Key points covered include:
- The primary legal sources are legislation, case law, and delegated legislation. Secondary materials include indexes and official reports.
- Legislation includes Acts of Parliament and subsidiary legislation. The legislative process in Malaysia involves bills being introduced and read in Parliament.
- Case citations include the names of parties, date, page number, volume, and abbreviation of the law report. Understanding precedents and the holdings of cases is important.
- Reading a case report involves examining the procedural history, arguments presented, judges' reasoning, and orders of the court
The document is a manual called The Indigo Book that provides an open-source implementation of the Uniform System of Legal Citation (also known as "The Bluebook"). It covers citation rules for U.S. legal materials like cases, statutes, regulations, and other sources. The introduction explains that The Indigo Book is free to use and distribute, unlike The Bluebook, in order to promote accessibility and improvements to the citation system. It aims to be compatible with The Bluebook's rules but may diverge in the future to simplify citations.
Frist year legal resources and study materials 2011Pgragg
1) Cases are written opinions issued by appellate courts that can range from a few sentences to hundreds of pages long. Students will read edited case excerpts in textbooks.
2) Lexis and Westlaw are commercial legal research services that law students can use for free. They provide access to cases, statutes, law reviews, and other materials.
3) Statutes are laws passed by legislative bodies that are available in print and online for all U.S. states and federal legislation. A statute progresses from a bill through various published iterations.
Lord Sumption indexes relevance or Otherwise of
Limit
Knowledge of Which is Precondition re: and Requisite for
Management
Management according to Law
Legal Concourse
Legitimate Conduct
Current or Future - Past or Present
determinable by and with reference to
Currency - Communication - Currency of Communication and Communication of Currents - as may or may not be evidenced by or deployed - deployable or otherwise according to Marine Law - Maritime Regard and Observance of Seabord - basis of which indicates and is indicative of
Thalassocracy - Evidencing The Precedent of Trafalgar and the License of Those Who Provision and In regard of Whose
SEAT - Tenure - Tenet and Capacity - (The 4 Agreements)
Provision is Made - See: Legacy of Royal Exchange (Sir John Gresham) Gresham Institute and Gresham's LAW.
This document discusses challenges facing legal education in a global context, specifically in England. It analyzes how globalization, rising technology, and changes in government regulation are impacting legal education. Some key points:
1. Globalization is increasing the internationalization of legal education through the importing and exporting of students and law schools. Rising technology is also transforming legal education.
2. There is a shift from country-specific ("polycentric") models of legal education to more standardized ("monocentric") models, especially the increasing adoption of the JD degree over traditional degrees.
3. The legal profession is becoming "re-professionalized" through growth of large law firms and new regulations, analogous changes may be needed
The primary object of this assignment is to offer a systematic study of the Civil Law Legal System. An attempt has been made to examine what is civil law legal system, historical basics of civil law legal system, common types of legal system to the world, salient features of civil law legal system, differentiation from other major legal systems, modern Common and Civil Law Systems, countries following Civil or Common Law, a comparative study between Common Law and Civil Law Systems, Civil Courts and their Jurisdictions in Bangladesh, Hierarchy of Civil Courts in Bangladesh, Pecuniary Jurisdiction of Civil Courts in Bangladesh...
A Lawyering Approach to Teaching StatutesKate Galloway
Judicial concern with the adequacy of statutory interpretation education in law school has been persistent. In some discipline areas such as property law, the nature of the problem has been slightly puzzling for some in light of the inevitability of working with statutes in a statute-based subject. This presentation articulates what may be a differential experience with ‘statutory interpretation’ from the standpoints of judging and lawyering. Further, it asks whether the well-described focus in legal education on the appellate adjudicative process has contributed to the apparent lack of graduates’ experience in ‘statutory interpretation’. This presentation suggests that teaching ‘statutory interpretation’ needs to encompass both a judicial and a lawyering approach to statutes, and presents for discussion teaching approaches that emphasise the role and application of statutes in a transactional context.
This document provides an introduction to researching case law. It discusses how cases are reported in a hierarchy of law reports and publications. It explains how to understand case citations, decipher parties in civil and criminal cases, and use abbreviations to find relevant law reports. The document demonstrates how to locate case reports both physically in a library and online using databases like Westlaw and LexisNexis. It concludes with short tasks for readers to develop their case research skills.
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Willem C Vis Moot Presentation 2016-2017Emily Allbon
The document provides information about the Willem C Vis Moot international commercial arbitration competition. It summarizes that the competition is the largest of its kind, involving over 300 universities from over 50 countries. The problem involves an international sale of goods dispute governed by the CISG to be arbitrated under the UNCITRAL Model Law. Teams submit memorandums and participate in oral hearings in Vienna. Selection for the UK team is competitive and involves submitting an application addressing an issue in the problem. Members work together to research and prepare their arguments according to the schedule.
Seeing is believing: we are all converging Emily Allbon
This document discusses strategies for engaging law students through the use of visual and multimodal teaching approaches. It notes that students have grown accustomed to visual media and short attention spans. The document advocates for partnerships between academics and librarians to embed information literacy skills, incorporating more visual elements like videos and diagrams into teaching, and providing realistic experiential learning opportunities. Examples mentioned include legal research coloring books, Lego criminal law videos, and virtual law firms to simulate practice. The goal is to move beyond solely textual instruction and better prepare students for research and practice demands.
Paper given at the BIALL Conference 'Charting the C's: Collaboration, Co-Operation and Connectivity' 11th June 2015, Brighton, UK.
Paper entitled: Infiltrate and conquer? Showing the world what librarians can do.
Emily Allbon is a lecturer and director of mooting at City University who has been there for 14 years. She provides support to students on academic and personal issues, and monitors their attendance and progress. Her office hours are Monday 1-3pm in room G309, and she can also be reached by phone or Twitter.
Too cool for (law) school? Using technology to engage students in legal skillsEmily Allbon
The document discusses using technology to engage law students in developing legal skills. It describes the creation of an online resource called "Learnmore" that provides multimedia tools like videos and slideshows to help students learn in a more interesting way compared to traditional textbooks. A survey of students found that they appreciated Learnmore for providing different types of resources to suit various learning styles and for making legal skills learning more stimulating. There is discussion of potential ways to expand Learnmore, such as developing a mobile app or creating new multimedia content.
Academic law librarians: wallflowers or social butterflies? Emily Allbon
Presentation given at BIALL 2011 conference by Emily Allbon (City University), Maria Bell (LSE) and Wendy Lynwood (Birkbeck). Focus is on the role of academic law librarians within their institutions and the wider HE sphere, with a look at the varied experiences of the speakers and the relationships formed.
From black and white to colour: engaging and educating the screen addicts of ...Emily Allbon
1) Learnmore is a legal skills resource created by City University London to engage law students through multimedia learning tools. It includes tutorials, slideshows, videos, and wiki pages on topics like mootings and essay writing.
2) Student feedback found that Learnmore helps learning by presenting information in fun and stimulating ways through different media. It accommodates different learning styles and makes intensive reading less of a chore.
3) The resource aims to promote independence and confidence by being available online 24/7 with peer-learning content and alumni stories to provide role models for students.
This document discusses the rise of Twitter use among legal professionals. It notes that lawyers have increased their Twitter presence over the last 6 months. It then outlines various ways that the author uses Twitter, including keeping up-to-date on big legal cases, engaging with the legal community, promoting their work, and gathering expertise. The author finds Twitter to be an engaging way to communicate and connect with a wider community.
Tuning in not zoning out: teaching students legal skills via a multimedia leg...Emily Allbon
Paper given at UKCLE Learning in Law Annual Conference 2011, this details the work in progress at the City Law School to give students support in learning legal skills online. Project and paper courtesy of Sanmeet Kaur and Emily Allbon.
Innovative involvement not embarrassing imitation: using technology to connec...Emily Allbon
Presented at the BIALL Conference 18 June 2009, Emily Allbon gives her paper about connecting with law students via her website Lawbore, her teaching and the use of classroom clickers. Question slides (and answers) from the session are included. For full description of session: http://www.biall.org.uk/pages/session-2a.html
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1. Emily Allbon is an Academic Law Librarian and Head of Information Literacy at City University London. She has degrees in English Literature, Information Science, and Law.
2. As the Law Librarian, she oversees the law library and provides reference services, collection maintenance, information literacy training, and research support to law students and faculty.
3. She enjoys her job because it provides freedom and opportunities to develop resources like Lawbore, help students, use new technologies, and participate in professional conferences and organizations.
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3. What makes law special and unique?
Academic libraries produce special subject guides for law
Law has its own thesauri/classification systems (see
Moys)
Legal information users are regarded as a specific
grouping
English Law has a long history, giving rise to its own
literature, as does law librarianship
Primary legal documents take very specific forms (e.g.
legislation)
It has its own specialist language
Indexing legal documents is a specialist area and legal
information retrieval is also very specialised skill (e.g.
doctrine of precedent)
*Special thanks to Hilary Vieitez for this – ideas from her
2010 dissertation on domain analysis and law.
4. Classifications
General classification schemes incorporate law but Moys (1968) is law-
specific.
LC didn‟t allow levels of complexity required – Moys splits into primary,
secondary, law reference and law journals.
Moys still used in many corporate, government and academic settings – now
on 5th edition (2012) in UK, Canada, Australia and NZ
Law usually approached in terms of jurisdiction
MOYS PRIMARY LAW CLASSIFICATIONS
KF - Great Britain
KF 20-34 English Legislation
KF 51-54 English reports of cases before 1865
KF 55 English Authorised law reports after 1865
KF 60 English General law reports
KF 65 English specialised law reports
KF 101-160 Scottish legislation and law reports
KF 201-260 Irish legislation and law reports
KG - North America
KG 1-280 Canada - legislation and law reports
KG 301-377 United States - legislation and law reports
5. Law librarians
Work in range of places
Law firms
Academic institutions
Professional orgs
Industry & commerce
Government
Freelance
International network
Professional organisations
Variety
6. Director of Information & Research in Law
Firm ~ remit
Library, legal information & Records & archive
research
Data protection Environmental Group Chair
Know how Intranet & web 2.0
functionality
Budgets Liaison with Professional
Support Lawyers
Vendor negotiations and Strategic advice to Chicago
development HQ on information retrieval
and access
7. What do the team do?
Library admin (jnl circulation, Research – business/financial
cataloguing, invoices etc) & legal
Current awareness – Training – including research
monitoring & alerts, filtering, skills to lawyers (CPD
compiling, distribution accredited)
Intranet content control & Know how database
development
Pro bono administration CPD records
Copyright permissions & advice Vendor meetings/Practice
group meetings
Demos & webinars with other Competitive
offices intelligence/practice
development/client pitches
8. Challenges for our sector
Doing more with less – squeezed budgets arising
between fierce competition between law firms mean
being more inventive in supplying services and
resources
More pressure on fee earner time so easier the
better for them – looking at federated searching
Squeeze on space – Reed Smith moving again and
losing 40% of space
Industry, geographic and and international company
info most in demand
Outsourcing
Legal information literacy – improving standards of
legal research to offset google effect
9. What is my role?
Background
Why law?
Who are my users?
Responsibilities:
Collection
Teaching & assessment
Managing the space
Supporting the CLS –
active liaison with
academics, students, law
careers, volunteering.
Mooting
Lawbore
Current projects
11. What are people’s perceptions of legal
info?
Scary
Too important to get wrong
Either know it or you don‟t
All over the place
Expensive
12. Realities
Very specialised
Many pitfalls
Essentially getting your help wrong could mean
someone failing an essay or losing a case
Mix of sources, electronic and hard copy
Legal publishers rule
13. Lawbore
Student guide to web Unique
Created 2002 International interest
14. More Lawbore
Topic guides: links to web resources via subject
studied
City Hub: community site for students: E-Library,
News, Twitter, Database access
Learnmore: how-to wiki, learning legal skills
Future Lawyer: careers blog – participation from
current students AND alumni
15. Sources of the law of England & Wales
PRIMARY SECONDARY
CASE JOURNALS TEXT REFERENCE
LEGISLATION LEGAL
LAW ENCYCLOPEDIA BOOKS WORKS
PRIMARY SECONDARY
ACTS
BYELAWS STATUTORY CODES
STATUTORY OF PRACTICE
INSTRUMENTS
LOCAL &
PUBLIC GENERAL PERSONAL ACTS
ACTS From Clinch, P. Using a Law Library,
2nd ed, 2001, Blackstone
16. Sources of Primary UK law
Case law Legislation
„Made‟ by the courts „Made‟ by Parliament
Interpret what is in the Split into primary and
act in relation to the secondary.
very particular situation Act = primary: general
laid out in front of them principles
Some areas do not SI/Byelaws/Codes of
have much legislation – Practice = the detail
courts have to lead the Progress of an act is
way very lengthy
17. Sources of Secondary UK law
Journals
Legal encyclopedias
Textbooks
Reference works e.g.
dictionaries
18. What about sources of EU law?
PRIMARY SECONDAR
Y
PRIMARY SECONDARY
LEGISLATION LEGISLATION CASE LAW
JOURNALS
TEXTBOOKS &
ENCYCLOPEDIAS
TREATIES REGULATIONS DIRECTIVES DECISIONS RECOMMMEN OPINIONS
-DATIONS
20. What types of UK legal information are
there?
Case law (law reports)
Legislation (statutes, SI‟s, bills…)
Parliamentary material (Hansard,
command papers, House papers)
Commentary (journal articles,
practitioner texts)
Reports (e.g. Law Commission,
government departments)
21. Free stuff
More of a reality, but…
Legal publishing
aggressive
LexisNexis/Thomson
dominate
Specialist areas tied up
by international
publishers like Kluwer,
Informa
Legislation complex
BAILII is the king of the
free legal web
Legal Information
Institute movement
22. Legal Databases – the two giants
LexisLibrary Westlaw
Cases, Legislation, Cases, Legislation,
Journals, Books Journals, Books
Covers UK, EU, US and
other common law Covers UK, EU, US and
jurisdictions other common law
Not easy to use jurisdictions
Holds a wider range of Popular for its
law reports navigation
Respected for its Brilliant for value-added
legislation and
encyclopedia facility info (Case Analysis esp)
(Halsbury‟s Laws) Excellent journals
26. What is Westlaw?
Online searchable database
1000‟s of sources of legal information
Legislation, law reports
Books &…
Brilliant for journals
34. „Traffic light‟ coding system:
• Red no entry = negative judicial treatment
•Yellow exclamation mark = mixed or mildly negative judicial treatment
•Green C = Positive or neutral judicial treatment received
40. Sections of the Act
It‟s those traffic lights
again!
• Tick = In force
• N = Not yet in force
• P = Partially in force
• R = Repealed
• ! = Amendment
pending
43. Journal searching
LEGAL JOURNALS FULL TEXT
INDEX Full text articles from
Summaries of articles 111 legal journals.
from 400 legal journals.
Gets straight to the
Comprehensive search.
article.
Articles not on Westlaw
Not comprehensive –
could be in library or on
coverage never goes
Lexis or HeinOnline.
back further than
Frustrating if no access
1986.
to full text.
49. Commentary
Several key practitioner texts including Archbold (for
Crime)
Be aware that we only have the basic subscription
for books…We don‟t have access to Chitty
(Contracts) or Clerk & Lindsell (Tort) amongst others.
55. Connectors
and or
NARROWS SEARCH BROADENS SEARCH
• Use when both words • Use for synonyms
HAVE to appear • Use for abbreviations
• Use when both words • Use when you don‟t mind
have to appear but not which word appears so
next to each other long as one of them does
72. Remember – how to cut down
results…
• Use more keywords
• Use more specific keywords
• Restrict by date
• Restrict by publication
• Use proximity connectors rather than AND
• Look at your results and adjust your
search
• Maximum results for browsing probably 25
73. Other jurisdictions?
Patchy and well
hidden
UK & EU as standard
US, Australia, Canada
more limited
International materials
available
74. A silly one to finish…
Find a case about
dodgy cabbage seeds
where Lord Denning
quotes the walrus
from Lewis Carroll‟s
Through the Looking
Glass…
75. …and another
Find a case involving
midgets, who were on
exhibition at a circus
when an elephant
knocked them down.
76. Some insults…
Can you find the name
of the case where the
defendant called
someone a „monkey-
faced tart‟?
77. In which case did a well-known actor, director
and writer bring an action against a journalist
for writing statements which purported him to
be „hideously ugly‟?
78. Saving your research
• New feature allows you to save your
research in Westlaw.
• My folders
79. Further reading
Introductions to using a law library:
Clinch – Using a Law Library (2001) Blackstone also Legal
Research: a practititoners handbook (2010) Wildy
Holborn – Butterworths Legal Research Guide (2001)
Butterworths
Journal: Legal Information Management (CUP) via
Westlaw
Online stuff:
Talking slideshow (via Learnmore)
BIALL website http://www.biall.org.uk/ and blog
http://biall.blogspot.com/
Mailing lists – lis-law and BIALL list
Keep an eye out for BIALL events – especially bursaries
for conference.
Domain analysis from Hjorland approach. Lots of dissertations/studies been done on how legal info users unique in their needs and processes.English law – 4 Inns of Court have the exclusive right to Call men and women to the Bar – Inner Temple, Lincolns Inn, Grays Inn and Middle Temple came into existence before the middle of the 14th century. Voluntary associations essentially. Inner Temple destroyed by Great Fire and then blown up a couple of times. Grays Inn bombed too. 25-30, 000 members. Collections aren’t just about books but about legislation, case law…Legal jargon, esplatin. Giveeg of student searching for moot eg babies and life support – widening search out. Students may find case on exact facts but may be lower court, more valuable to find one on related facts in higher court.
Academic, law firm, government, for the legal professions (the Law Society, Inns of Court, Advocates Library), Industry and Commerce, Freelance and consultancy. Loose-leafing to building taxonomies, organising conferences, database design, editing publications, sales representation, CPD trainingLocal and specialist groups too – e.g. US law firms in London, Information leaders in lawWithin law firms the top legal information professionals manage IT, technology-led , large teams (sometimes the PSL’s too) - responsible for a big chunk of a law firms spend. Directors of Knowledge Management. A large % of these reporting to Managing Partner or CEO.
Sue Doe – Sidley Austin (US law firm)Loyita Worley – Reed Smith – manages all library teams in Europe, Middle East and Asia – never met those in HK and Beijing. The LIS team here is responsible for all information needs in Europe, the Middle East and Asia.We work across different time zones, languages, currencies and cultures.5.5 staff in London, 1.5 in Paris, 1 in Beijing and 1 in Hong Kong – we are the central hub for EMEA.Many LIS staff in US.Our 2 main roles are to provide the materials needed and to offer research services.This includes training, troubleshooting, updating the intranet, providing current awareness services via Ozmosys etc. · I manage all the EMEA team – some from afar and have never met those in HK and Beijing.· Very little travel permitted now so we rely heavily on the telephone, video-conferencing, Live Meeting/WebEx etc.· I set and manage the budgets for all the practice groups (PG) and libraries in offices in the EMEA region.· I negotiate contracts for the online resources.· I attend PG meetings to offer services and promote Library· As an Operational Head(!) I am also involved in certain areas of the firm’s management.
MSc – what are my friends doing now?Issues with GIP Some promotional stuffDo open evenings/law fairs at other universitiesAttend committee meetingsJISC appLawbore redesign/mobile compatibilityExciting stuff around conferencesTwitter
http://newhome.lawbore.net/
Primary - Treaty provisions that establish the legal framework of the EU. Agreed upon by each of the MS. OJ series – record of the EU. Pink L series – text of adopted legislation and details of international agreementsC series – brief details of ECJ cases and CFI action and judgments, draft legislationRegs- apply directly in all MS – binding and does not need to be implemented separately by national law to come into force.Directives - Do not apply directly to all MS. Need to be implemented separately by governments into national law. Is legally binding and will normally be accompanied by implementation instructions and proposed timetable (implementation usually via SI in UK and timeframe of 2 or 3 yrs)Decision - Different in that they usually address specific individuals, organisations (companies) or national governments. Binding. Recommendations & opinions – not legally binding