Are you interested in learning more about the iPad? The Academic Technology Department is presenting a series of workshops exploring how the iPad can be used in both the courtroom and the classroom. The second workshop in the series will cover task management with apps like Dragon Dictation, Evernote, and Mindjet. This session will take…
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As the name implies, the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin is Chicago’s premier daily legal newspaper. Since 1854 lawyers have been relying on this newspaper for important legal information. It is an absolute must-read for all attorneys practicing in Chicago…and for law students. The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin covers all the important legal stories…
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The Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI) is offering a FREE online course called Topics in Digital Law Practice. The course will run for 9 weeks beginning on Friday, February 10, 2012 at 1:00. This course is designed to provide an overview of the changes that are occurring in the practice of law today, especially with…
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Are you interested in learning more about the iPad? The Library will be presenting a series of workshops exploring how the iPad can be used in both the courtroom and the classroom. The first workshop will cover “cloud” computing, and how services like iCloud, Dropbox, and SugarSync can be used to manage documents and…
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The Index to Legal Periodicals, previously available through the WilsonWeb platform, is now available through EBSCOhost. What does this mean for you? You can now search for legal and non-legal articles in the same place! The library subscribes to EBSCOhost for the popular Academic Search Complete, a comprehensive database featuring scholarly articles from a wide…
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Students can now reserve group study rooms online by visiting http://libcal.jmls.edu/booking/studyrooms or by clicking Study Rooms on the library’s website. Study rooms are available for group study by two or more current JMLS students. Each student is limited to reserving two hours per week. After submitting a booking request, an email will be sent requesting…
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Lori Andrews, internationally acclaimed legal pioneer in the areas of modern ethics and privacy, discusses and signs her latest book, I Know Who You Are and I Saw What You Did: Social Networks and the Death of Privacy. This will take place at the Harold Washington Library Center Cindy Pritzker Auditorium (400 S. State Street)…
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Seinfeld mocked it. Letterman ranked it in his top ten list. And more than fifteen years later, its infamy continues. Everyone knows the McDonald’s coffee case. It has been routinely cited as an example of how citizens have taken advantage of America’s legal system, but is that a fair rendition of the…
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The Library will be closed on Monday, January 16, 2012, for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. There are no classes that day. Regular hours resume on Tuesday, January 17.
The last day of the Fall 2011 semester is December 21. The first day of orientation for the Spring 2012 semester is January 10, and classes begin on January 17. Library hours during the intercession: Wednesday, December 21: 8 am – 6 pm Thursday, December 22: 9 am – 6 pm Friday, December 23 – Monday,…
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