Now that you’ve dug yourself a path out of your home and back to campus, take a breather and learn what’s been going on in the world: The “Friendship Nine,” a group of civil rights protesters who were arrested while staging a sit-in at a South Carolina lunch counter, had their convictions vacated (Reuters) On…
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As you settle in to the groove of the semester, take a quick break and catch up on some recent legal news: Prosecutions for publishing links and the case of Barrett Brown (Above the Law) SCOTUS will review Oklahoma’s lethal injection protocol (BuzzFeed) On the fifth anniversary of Citizens United, an outburst from the Supreme Court…
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On December 8, 1969, the Sixth Illinois Constitutional Convention first met to begin work on what would ultimately become the 1970 Illinois Constitution. To commemorate the 45th anniversary of this occasion, on display on the library’s sixth floor is a poster featuring the signatures of the delegates to this convention. The poster also notes participants…
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Welcome back! To commemorate the beginning of the spring semester, we have–if I may say so–an especially fun collection of legal news and miscellany this week. Let’s get to it: IBM had the most patents in the country for the 22nd year in a row, but Google and Apple are gaining steam (WSJ Law Blog)…
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It’s time for the first Detours and Frolics of 2015! Catch up with some recent legal news and items of interest to distract you from the weather: Palestine will join the International Criminal Court (The Guardian) You may recall the litigant pro se litigant who was granted cert by the Supreme Court but was nowhere…
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Here’s a Supreme Court-heavy D&F to close out the year: The Supreme Court granted cert to a pro se litigant, and no one knows where to find him (Boing Boing) Also, the Court has asked an attorney to show cause as to why it shouldn’t sanction him (WSJ Law Blog) And SOTUS will decide how…
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In the Spring 2015 semester, the John Marshall librarians will be offering a two credit course, Advanced Legal Research. This course will cover topics far beyond what you learned in LS I and II, including legislative history, administrative law, foreign & international resources, and intellectual property, to name a few. The 14 week course will…
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The semester maybe winding down, but the world of the law is as hustle-bustle as ever. Get a taste of what’s going on here: In what I’m going to call a no-brainer, Congress will stop Social Security payments to Nazis (Newsweek) Steve Jobs has been awarded 141 patents since his death (MIT Technology Review) Sealtite?…
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As we trek through finals and toward the end of the year, take a break with and check out some of last week’s legal news and items of interest: Justice Ginsburg had a stent placed in her heart last Tuesday, and she’s back at the Court today for oral arguments. (NPR, Washington Post) Federal courts…
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We span the globe (relative to other editions) in this week’s Detours and Frolics: President Obama announced support for classification of the Internet as a public utility (The Atlantic) India’s Supreme Court ended a ban on female makeup artists in the movie industry (Al Jazeera) An Italian appeals court overturned the manslaughter conviction of six…
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