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    21
    Jul

    Learn Real World Legal Skills this Summer

    Posted by Farrah Nagrampa | Comments Off on Learn Real World Legal Skills this Summer

    The Practicing Law Institute, a leading provider of professional legal education, offers law students scholarships providing free access to all of PLI’s online educational programing (excluding its Patent Office Registration Exam Course). The program enables students to “quickly improve [their] skills and substantive knowledge, as well as gain a competitive edge in the job market […]

    Category : Law Practice
    20
    May

    2019 Summer Research Challenge

    Posted by dustinkwilson | Comments Off on 2019 Summer Research Challenge

    The Challenge is On! Join us Wednesday June 5 (and on any or all of the following Wednesdays through June 26), for the Mendik Library’s 2019 Summer Research Challenge! Hone your research skills with real issues you’ll encounter in practice and have some fun at the same time. Get all the details here and follow […]

    Category : Events, Law Practice, Library Information
    22
    Apr

    Course Registration: Why You Should Consider Legal Research

    Posted by dustinkwilson | Comments Off on Course Registration: Why You Should Consider Legal Research

    Among the most important skills all lawyers rely upon ins the ability to do legal research– to find what’s needed to interpret and analyze legal issues. It’s an integral part of the “competencies” that NYLS and the ABA require of law students.  Effective research skills are vital to students engaged in any type of legal […]

    Category : Law Practice, Law School, Research
    24
    Oct

    PLI Webinar: First 90 Days in a Firm

    Posted by Farrah Nagrampa | Comments Off on PLI Webinar: First 90 Days in a Firm

    The Practising Law Institute’s new on-demand webinar, Your First 90 Days in a Firm, offers new and aspiring attorneys practical advice on navigating life as a new lawyer.  Experienced attorneys address basic questions new associates may have about their role in a firm and suggest best practices to adopt and conduct to avoid as a […]

    Category : Law Practice
    16
    Apr

    Finding Federal Court Records Online

    Posted by Farrah Nagrampa | Comments Off on Finding Federal Court Records Online

    Finding federal court records online has always seemed more difficult than it should be!  While Westlaw and LexisNexis provide access to the federal docket sheets that list the filings for each case, the filed documents themselves are not always available.  Instead, a service called “PACER” (an acronym for “Public Access to Court Electronic Records”) became […]

    Category : Courts, Electronic Legal Research, Law Practice
    16
    Aug

    The Bluebook App

    Posted by Farrah Nagrampa | Comments Off on The Bluebook App

    Have you tried the Bluebook app yet?  It’s available for iPads, iPhones, and iPods (with an Android version probably in the works we’re told). The app supports full-text searching, browsing, highlighting, bookmarking, and annotating.  Among its features, the continuous display of the Table of Contents and hyperlinking of cross-references make navigation a breeze.  You don’t have […]

    Category : Law Practice, Law School, Research
    14
    Mar

    Save Money!

    Posted by Farrah Nagrampa | Comments Off on Save Money!

    Learn how to do cost effective legal research using WestlawNext and Lexis Advance.  It’s a vital skill that employers expect you to have and that you’ll want to tout.  Check the training calendars for Westlaw and Lexis and register while you can.  On Westlaw, select the Training tab at the top of the toolbar.  Then […]

    Category : Law Practice, Research
    28
    Feb

    Court-PASS: Online Database for NY Court of Appeals

    Posted by Farrah Nagrampa | Comments Off on Court-PASS: Online Database for NY Court of Appeals

    On February 1, the New York Court of Appeals launched a free online document database called Court-PASS. Practitioners will be able to upload court papers and the database will serve as permanent digital archive of all cases filed after January 1, 2013. Researchers will be able to search or browse Court-PASS and view decisions, briefs, […]

    Category : Bar, Courts, Law Practice, Research
    5
    Oct

    Bloomberg Law Training Sessions

    Posted by farrah nagrampa | Comments Off on Bloomberg Law Training Sessions

    Bloomberg Law is offering a series of trainings on how to use Bloomberg Law to search for various content types.  If you are a 1L, these trainings satisfy the Research Skills Workshops component of your Legal Practice Course requirement. The current schedule of training classes is as follows: Finding and Researching Administrative Regulations on Bloomberg […]

    Category : Electronic Legal Research, Law Practice, One Ls, Research
    26
    Sep

    First Monday in October

    Posted by farrah nagrampa | Comments Off on First Monday in October

    The 2011-2012 term of the United States Supreme Court begins Monday, October 3, 2011, the first Monday in October.  In most terms, the Court usually completes its work by the following July 1.  Of the approximately 10,000 petitions filed with the Court each term, very few cases are granted review and receive signed opinions. Many […]

    Category : Courts, Law, Law Practice
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